Authors: | Sam Shupp, Andrew Greenberg |
Developer: | Andrew Greenberg |
Editor: | David D. Gragert |
Art Direction: | Richard Thomas |
Artists: | Joshua Gabriel Timbrook, Lawrence Schnelli, E. Allen Smith, Dough Alexander Gregory, Larry MacDougal, Robert MacNeill, Craig Gilmore, John Cobb, Erik Hotz, Timothy Bradstreet, Andrew Robinson, Ken Meyer Jr.,John Bridges, Tom Berg, Steve Casper |
Cover Art: | |
Layout: | Michelle E. Prahler |
Publisher: | White Wolf Publishing, Inc. |
Imprint: | White Wolf Game Studio |
Published: | December 1, 1995 |
Pages: | 134 |
Year: | 1995 |
Publication #: | |
Reference #: | ISBN 1-56504-078-3 |
Price: | $56.66 US |
The Book of Nod, published by White Wolf Publishing Co. in 1995, gives players a collection of texts that are viewed as sacred by Noddist scholars and most Elders, especially of the Sabbat. This book is designed to be setting material only, avoiding any game mechanics, to serve as a prop for Masquerade Mind's Eye Theatre or Vampire: The Masquerade chronicles.
Summary
The contents of the Book of Nod is divided into three major sections: "The Chronicle of Caine", "The Chronicle of Shadows", and "The Chronicle of Secrets". The first section is the "History of vampires", giving insights to how Caine became cursed, his encounters, and the founding of the thirteen vampire clans. The second section, Shadows, are the "Laws of vampires", providing commandments that Caine dictates to the Kindred, as well as each clans' expectations. The final section, Secrets, is the "Prophetic word for vampires", declaring the comming of Gehenna that Noddist activists preach.
Introduction
- How to Use the Book of Nod
- Preface
The Chronicle of Caine
- A Brief Word on The Chronicle of Caine
- A Parable of Genesis: Recognizing Allegory in the "Chronicle of Caine"
- The First of Times
- The Coming of Lilith
- Lilith's Magick
- The Temptation of Caine
- Zillah's Tale
- The Tale of the Crone
- The Tale of the First City
- Notes to the "Chronicle of Caine"
The Chronicle of Shadows
- A Brief Word on The Chronicle of Shadows
- Of Progeny
- The Rules of the Canaille
- Of the Feeding
- Of the Gifts of Caine
- Of Those Who Serve
- Of the Moon-Beasts
- Of the Wild Ones
- Of the Enlightened
- Of Those Spirits of the Dead
- Of the Commandments of the Kindred
- The Words of the Clan Chiefs
- A Valediction, Forbidding Diablerie
- Caine's Law and Punishment
- Proverbs
- Notes on the "Chronicle of Shadows"
The Chronicle of Secrets
- A Brief Word on The Chronicle of Secrets
- The Chronicle of Secrets
- The Signs of Gehenna
- Of Love
- Of the Moon-Beasts
- The Time of the Thin Blood
- The Awakening of the Dark Father
- Notes on the "Chronicle of Secrets
Appendix
- The Known History of the First City
- Slaves
- Feeding
- Calendar
- Breeding
- Religion
Afterword
- The Elders
- The Methuselahs
- The Antediluvians
- Caine
- Beware, Kindred, Beware
Lexicon
Twenty-five definitions are listed.
See Also
- Book of Nod, A collection of ancient texts considered sacred to Noddists of the Sabbat, while kept secret, if not discarded, by the Camarilla.