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V20 COMPANION

Credits

Authors: Justin Achilli and Eddy Webb

Editor and Indexer: Genevieve Podleski

Creative and Art Director: Rich Thomas

Layout and Typesetting: Ron Thompson

Cover Art: Steven Stahlberg

Interior Art: Christopher Shy, Michael Gaydos,

Mark Jackson, Vince Locke, John Cobb, Bill Sien-

kiewicz, Tim Bradstreet, Jon J. Muth, Guy Davis,

Ken Meyer, Jr.

Special Thanks

Justin “Ravnos-cadabra” Achilli for moving ive

times for four companies in one year.

Rich “Let’s Make It Up As We Go Along” Thom-

as for pulling the trigger on Kickstarter funding.

Ethan “The Curse Renewed” Skemp for being

drawn back into Werewolf development for the 20th

anniversary.

Aileen “Taskmistress” Miles for making sure Ethan

knew what side his bread was buttered on.

Kai “Bear Naked” Schiefer for the best kind of ne-

gotiation tactics.

Matthew “Once Were Tremere” Sanderson for

learning the hard way not to mess with a Malkavian

with True Faith.

Alan “The Whore of White Wolf” Orr for practic-

ing the second-oldest form of capitalism.

Rafael “Spam Trap” Grotti for digging Justin out

of the trash.

den, except for the purposes of reviews, and one printed copy which may be reproduced for personal use only. Vampire the

for settings, characters and themes. All mystical and supernatural elements are ictional and intended for entertainment purposes

only. This book contains mature content. Reader discretion is advised.

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INTRODUCTION

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter One: Titles

Chapter Two: Prestation

Chapter Three: Kindred and Technology

Chapter Four: A World of Darkness

Appendix

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INTRODUCTION

Introduction

This has been an interesting book to write and de-

velop.

When I started developing for Vampire: The Dark

Ages , back in 1997, making books was a very differ-

ent arrangement than it is today, especially with the

open development process. I’d have an idea, my man-

ager would approve it, I’d write an outline, the writer

would write it, the art director and graphic designer

would make it pretty, and it’d end up in your hands.

Now it’s very different. As both writer and devel-

oper, I have an immediate and always-open link with

the people who’ll be using the material I’m creating.

No more dumping words into my ofice and coming

out, six weeks later, with a book that I hope people

like. Now, you and I get to work together every step

of the way. That’s how we did it for Vampire: The

Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition — hereafter,

V20 , because that’s just too damned long to say —

and that’s how we want to do it from here on out.

For example, when I put up the development draft

of the titles chapter of the V20 Companion , an un-

deniable volume of feedback questioned the function

of the systems attached to titles. Players felt that the

systems made the titles too mechanical, that they left

too many questions as to how the systems conferred

their beneits, and the metaphysics of suddenly having

or losing three dice to a pool because an Archbishop

said, “You’re not a paladin anymore.” Poof! Those

dice vanished with the title.

As a result of player feedback, I cut the systems.

A book is a book. It’s of inite size and inite content.

Of course, I think this is a good book, with plenty of

good and fun and Vampire-themed ideas, but at the

end of the day, it’s about 40,000 words and 60 pages

long. With all of the discussion that went into this

book, on the White Wolf Blogs, in the comments, in

the forums, and across the social networks where we

talk about what we’re developing, we’d be at about

320,000 words. That’s about the size of the V20 book

itself, somewhere near 500 pages.

Where I’m headed with this is that, if you like

what’s in here, or if you just like to talk about Vam-

pire, join us in the open development process. You get

to help me deliver the book you want. I get to work

with a creative and insightful group of players who get

to know why I make the decisions I do instead of just

accepting what the publisher puts in front of them.

It’s a very good system.

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