Renegades is a supplement for Wraith: The Oblivion that covers the many Renegades of Stygia in depth.
Summary[]
From the White Wolf catalog:
- We Got Your Dictum Mortuum Right Here
- Don't tell me you were dumb enough to buy the load of crud the Hierarchy's been trying to sell you. If you believe the Deathlords are benevolent, the Legions are here to protect us and soulforging is a necessary part of the Stygian way of life, I've got a Fetter on the Brooklyn Bridge to sell you. It's all lies, kid, but you're lucky. You're about to hear the truth.
- Up Yours, Charon!
- Renegades takes a cold, hard look at the outsiders of the world of Wraith: The Oblivion. With fiction from noted authors Tom Deitz and Bram Stoker Award winner P.D. Cacek, Renegades is a complete look at what the afterlife is like on the wrong side of the Code of Charon. Being a Renegade ain't pretty — but damn, it's fun.
- Renegades Contains:
- Everything the Deathlords don't want you do know about life on the outside - and the tactical secrets they'd kill for
- The truthy about the mysterious Renegade Council, and the organization of the major Renegade factions
- The nitty-gritty of playing a Renegade, from character creation to Byway Robbery to the details of overthrowing Necropoli
Contents[]
Ghost Story: CAT by P.D. Cacek[]
A legendary Renegade leads his female followers to avenge their deaths.
Ghost Story: Viking by Tom Deitz[]
A would-be Viking seeks to find a true Valhalla.
Introduction[]
A chronicle of a Renegade protest gone wrong, and the standard information on the book's purpose and supplemental reading to get a feel for its purpose.
- Bibliography
- About Revolution
- Exodus and Revolution, by Michael Walzer
- Revolution: 500 Years of Struggle for Change, by Mark Almond
- Revolutionaries and Functionaries: The Dual Face of Terrorism, by Richard Falk
- The World Atlas of Revolutions, by Andrew Wheatcroft
- Biographies and Memoirs
- Borstal Boy, by Brendan Behan
- Biography of a Runaway Slave, by Miguel Barnet
- Insider: My Hidden Life as a Revolutionary in Cuba, by Jose Luis Llovio-Menendez
- The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (Marat/Sade), a play by Peter Wiess
- The Revolutionary Career of Maximilien Robespierre, by David P. Jordan
- Walden and Resistance to Civil Government, by Henry David Thoreau
- Writings of Civil Disobedience and Nonviolence, by Leo Tolstoy
- About Revolution
Chapter One: A History of Revolution[]
A chaotically told history of the Renegades in the Dark Kingdom of Iron, almost derailed by comments from the peanut gallery.
Chapter Two: Under the Gun: The Structure of the Renegades[]
A chapter detailing the many diverse reasons wraiths become Renegades, and a vain attempt to categorize them.
Chapter Three: Bridges and Barricades: Renegade Relations[]
Renegade opinions on the established organizations of Stygia: the Legion, the Heretics, the Guilds, the Ferrymen, and many others.
Chapter Four: Making the Revolution[]
The standard ways that Renegades operate are detailed here, as well as some of the not-so-standard ways. A few new goodies, such as Renegade-specific Arcanoi and other bits and pieces are thrown in for good measure.
- Arcanoi for Renegades:
- Castigate
Bolster
- Keening
- Distraction
- Castigate
- New Knowledge: Publishing
- New Background: Companion Group
- New Archetypes:
- Fanatic
- New Shadow Archetype:
- Informer
- Merits and Flaws:
- Blabber Mouth (1 point Flaw)
- Control Freak (2 point Flaw)
- Inspired Orator (i point Merit)
- Unremarkable (1 point Merit)
Chapter Five: The Soul of a Renegade[]
Advice for creating conventional and unconventional Renegade characters and gangs.
Chapter Six: Children of the Revolution[]
Character templates for Renegades.
- Revolutionary Dreamer
- Hierarchy Defector
- Eccentric Weirdo
- Scumbag Slaver
- Profiteer
Appendix: Leading the Charge[]
Famous Renegades, what they stand for, and who they hate.
Background Information[]
- The Developer's Note mentions that Renegades is Richard E. Dansky's last Wraith book.
- Ads at the back of the book include: Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Deluxe Edition, Guide to the Camarilla, Guide to the Sabbat, The Vampire Clan Novel Series and Trinity: Battleground.
Memorable Quotes[]
"IS GOROOL THE SHADOW OF GODZILLA?"
"Man, you got no respect. Charon was the Shadow of Godzilla." - Movieman
"Who says we haven't?" (On the Hierarchy)
"Who says we haven't?" (On the Lost Guilds)
"Who says we haven't recruited them already?" - The Baron, Undertakers (On the Ferrymen)
"Do you ever say anything else?" - Whizkid
"Never never never try to Skinride a werewolf!" - A Survivor
"Never never never try to Skinride a faerie!" - A Survivor
"Werewolves believe in spirits. That makes them prime targets for visitations from beyond the Shroud. You have to learn the jargon, though, to make them fall for you. If they ask if you're a totem spirit, say "Yes." Then they'll do whatever you tell 'em to. Trust me on this." - Jessie D., Denver Deviants
"Mummies would make great Fetters! No, seriously, think about it. They're nearly indestructible, powerful as shit and if they do die, they just recycle themselves into a new body in a couple of centuries. All you'd have to do is wait it out with your lesser Fetters. The problem is, how do you get one? Oh well, a girl can dream...." - Byway Bonnie, Sarasota Skinriders Anonymous
Characters[]
- CAT - Renegade
- Snorri Sorenson - Renegade
- Hrolf Sorenson - Mortal, Snorri's Twin Brother
- Odin - Heretic, Destroyed
- Sal - Wraith
- Luken - Renegade, Salem Roadrunners
- Zoe - Renegade, Salem Roadrunners
- Roland - Renegade, Salem Roadrunners
- Maximilien Robespierre, "Max" - Renegade that has earned the enmity of the Artificers Guild
- Feyrh - Renegade
- Renegade Lord: Most say he doesn't exist. He begs to differ.
- Sangfroid - Renegade Council Leader
- Dervish - Renegade
- Glory - Renegade
- Roger, "Mercury" - Renegade of the Fellow Travelers, Quicksilver Fleet
Terminology[]
Consor, Consort, Dark Glamour, Dictum Mortuum, Dreamspeakers, Fellow Travelers (Gang), Freedom Isle (Shadowlands Loc.), Giovanni, Hedge Mages, Hollow Ones, Mediums, Mummies, Naglfar (Snorri's Ghostship), New York Necropolis, Orphans, Quicksilver Fleet (Assistants/Group), Remora (Soulforged Dagger), Renegade, Risen, Sabbat, Salem Roadrunners (Gang), Sal's Taproom (New York Haunt), Shining Road, Silent Striders, Technocrats, Wyrm,
References[]
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