World of Darkness: Immortals

World of Darkness: Immortals is a sourcebook for the Chronicles of Darkness. It focuses on the type of immortals that inhabit the World of Darkness.

Summary

From the Onyx Path catalog:

Eternal Life

What would you do to live forever? Would you bathe in the blood of innocents? Would you steal the body of a younger man or woman? Could you drive the impurities from your soul? And is eternal life worth the cost?

A Character Book for World of Darkness®

A detailed examination of three types of immortal: the murderous blood bathers, the horrifying body thieves, and the exotic purified.
Detailed rules so that players can create any of the above types of immortal beings.
Numerous immortal antagonists and allies suitable for use in almost any chronicle.
A selection of others rare and unique immortals that Storytellers can use for both mortal and supernatural chronicles.

Inspirations:
- Nonfiction:
  - The Bloody Countess by Valentine Penrose
  - Chinese Alchemy: The Taoist Quest for Immortality by J. C. Cooper
  - In Search of the Immortals: Mummies, Death and the Afterlife by Howard Reid
- Fiction:
  - Homonculous by James Blaylock
  - The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
  - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
  - This Rough Magic by Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint and Dave Freer
  - The Mummy by Anne Rice
- Movies & TV:
  - Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
  - The Mephisto Waltz (1971)
  - Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "This Year's Girl" & "Who Are You?" (2000)
  - Blood Ties: "We'll Meet Again" (2007)

Chapter One: Blood Bathers

Reveals the most visceral and direct method if immortality - stealing life from another person by bathing in their blood. These immortals range from serial mass murderers who bleed dozens of people dry every few months in order to extend their lives and health to desperate individuals who must occasionally commit a murder or two to stave off a swift and otherwise inevitable demise. This chapter contains a complete character generation system for creating these monstrous individuals.

Facets
- Bath:
  - No Tub
  - Any Tub Will Do
  - Specific Material
  - Unique Tub
  - Symbols and Carvings
  - Attendants
  - Any Hour, any day
  - Day or Night
  - Sunlight/Moonlight
  - Moon Phase
  - Seasonal
  - The Stars Are Right
- Blood:
  - Some Human
  - Any Human
  - Half the Population
  - Age
  - Race, Creed or Color
  - Supernatural Blood
  - One Source
  - Drained to Death
  - Left Alive
  - Coat the Skin
  - Immersion
  - To Spare
  - Fresh
  - Preserved
- Effects:
  - Immortal
  - Immune to Poison
  - Immune to Disease
  - Attribute Increase (temporary)
  - Attribute Increase (permanent)
  - Quick Healer
  - Regeneration
  - Return from Death
  - Striking Looks
  - Intoxicating Presence
  - Blood Manipulation
  - The Fading
  - Life-Bound
- Frequency:
  - Chronicle
  - Five Years
  - Yearly
  - Semiannually
  - Quarterly
  - Monthly
  - Weekly
  - Daily
  - Strict Timeline
- Preparation:
  - Any Biomass
  - Simple Blood
  - Pure Blood
  - Infusions
  - Still Alive

Examples:
- Mr. Arthur Halliwell & Mrs. Belinda Halliwell - Blood Bathers
- Ms. Winnow - Blood Bather
- Aidan Corbett - Blood Bather

Derangements:
- Sanguinary Animism (mild)
- Personality Shift (severe)
- Blood Addiction (mild)
- Homicidal Addiction (severe)

Sample Characters:
- Mother Liesel
- The Circle of Eternal Life - Mother Liesel's Cult
- Dr. Remy Darabont
- Belle Darabont - Ghost
- Pig
- Shawn Crane
- Domingo Flores
- Bob Pilot

Chapter Two: Body Thieves

Explores the lives of the mortals who survive beyond their time by stealing other's bodies. There are mystics with innate talent for projecting their minds into another body and destroying the mind that initially inhabited it and magicians who learn the secret of exchanging bodies with a usually unwilling subject. This chapter offers character generation information about stranger and rarer forms of body stealing, including a drug that causes this to happen and a Web site that steals minds and souls.

The Mentally Talented (Groups):
- The Club
  - Matin Oakley
- The Seekers of Knowledge
  - Sister Stone

The Magically Talented (Groups):
- The Avalon House Wardrobe
  - Caina Ugolino
- The Archer Family
  - Isbelle Archer-Fay

Oddities in Body Swapping:
- The Brown Acid (Drug)
- Death.Com (Website)

Mundane Merits for the Body Thief:
- Cultural Language (*)
- Support Network (** Social Merit)

Supernatural Merits for the Body Thief:
- Amulet (** or ****)
- Emotional Urging (****)
- Luck Drain (****)
- Morality Sap (****)
- Sleight of Hand (****)
- Steal Sense (***)
- Theft of the Sublime (*****)
- Unobtrusiveness (**)
- Vitality Drain (***)
- Willpower Drain (****)

Chapter Three: The Purified

Explains the mysterious lives and strange abilities of the purified. These once-mortal beings are humans who discover a ritual to allow them to return from death as fully deathless beings with a permanent tie to the inhuman Shadow Realm. They become truly immortal and can return from the death of their bodies or the destruction of their souls. This chapter contains a complete character generation system for creating purified. However, these characters and the rules to create them will be of most use to those who also own either The Book of Spirits, Werewolf: The Forsaken or Mage: The Awakening.

Chapter Four: Immortal Lives

Provides insight into the variety of unique or exceedingly rare immortal beings, such as eternal guardians, serial reincarnations, and human predators who extend their lives by hunting other immortals. Some of these immortal beings buy their immortality with the lives of others; others are unwilling, finding their immortality as much of a curse as a blessing; and a few win their immortality through profound dedication and consummate skill. Designed for use by Storytellers, this chapter offers a wide and exotic selection of allies and antagonists suitable for almost any chronicle.

The Visitors
The Patchwork People
Wardens
Reborn
Eternals
Harvesters
Lizzie Snow - Harvester

Background Information

Memorable Quotes

"My body has died 57 times in the last 683 years. Empires rise and fall around me, but I remain - coming back from all manner of deaths. I know truths you cannot imagine and I'm offering you a potentially eternal life. This path is not without risk - to become immortal you must first die by your own hand. If you are both clever and strong, you will return from this death to be like I am now, and you will keep on returning whenever your body is killed." - Wallace Kahn, once known as Abraham Geld of Prague (Book Back Cover)

Characters

Wallace Kahn, once known as Abraham Geld of Prague (Back Cover)
Ajatashatru - Immortal, Purified
Bija - Mortal, Reborn
Gua - Mortal, died
Laum - Mortal, Reborn
Stan - Mortal
Tess - Blood Bather
En Isiratuu - Vampire
Chlorine - Mage
Beth Frakes - Blood Bather
Resurrection Mary - Promethean
Rachel - Blood Bather
Halk - Promethean
Brian McAllister - Egyptologist, Mortal, died
Lisa - Mortal, died
Bill - Mortal, died
Lyuba Novy - Mortal, died
Jesse - Body Thief
Nancy Murphy - Body Thief (Now Sophia DiAngelo)
Edna - Mortal
Rachel - Purified
Rod - Mortal, Harvester
Daria - Visitor
William - Mortal
Lauren - Patchwork Person
Dr. De Sanctis - Mortal
Brianna - Warden
Gwyneth - Reborn
Gerald - Mortal
Tiffany - Mortal
Andy - Mortal
Gail - Mortal, died
Professor Hannigan - Eternal
Matt - Mortal, Harvester
Dorian - Mortal, Harvester

Terminology

Immortals; Blood Bathers, Body Thieves, Purified, The Visitors, The Patchwork People, Wardens, Reborn, Eternals, Harvesters; Groups: The Club, The Seekers of Knowledge, The Avalon House Wardrobe, and The Archer Family

References

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