Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. World of darkness is a series of tabletop roleplaying games by white wolf publishing and is also the name of their shared setting. Dirty secrets of the black hand is a sourcebook for vampire. Enter the name of the series to add the book to it. Buy dirty secrets of the black hand 2nd printing vampire the masquerade from white wolf part of our role playing games storyteller system world of darkness collection. In addition to information about vampires, the book also offers some information about the idran mages and their modern descendants, the itarajana. Tbh i think it was a miss that i cant share their secrets with all of them, thus ruining everyones chance on the competition. Dirty secrets of the black hand is a supplement published by white wolf publishing in 1994 for the modernday horror roleplaying game vampire. The masquerade 2e with dirty secrets of the black hand, then being wiped out by vampire.
But apparently all the tzimisce already knew that the eldest lived on within their blood like some kind of cancer, so that tzimisce is alive isnt a revelation. The masquerade revised edition its mentioned explicitly that they no longer exist but had proven so enjoyable that it was decided to bring them back. Nihilistics dirty secrets of the black hand eyes of the wraith consume the dead aura of decay the dark touch nightcry black blood oblivions dance obeah v. Dirty secrets of the black hand 1565042107 le grog. The talmahera, the black hand, plays the long game. Jun 23, 2018 i chose adam just because hes the weaker of the three and itll be useful to my camarillaanarch character if the next giovanni vampire is a stupid arrogant weakling with poor financial skills. While the bulk of dirty secrets of the black hand is nominally canon, as the events discussing ends of empire indicate, the talmahera order was exterminated without mercy.
The book of nod is a fictional book in white wolf game studios roleplaying setting, world of darkness. The vampire storytellers handbook revised details the remnants of the true black hand in some detail and establishes that they were almost entirely wrong about everything. The masquerade that details for the first time the black hand. Dirty secrets of the black hand synonymous with terror and destruction, for centuries. Takes the black hand in a new direction and reveals an entirely new sect thats playing at a completely different level than the sabbat or the camarilla. The original version of temporis, released in dirty secrets of the black hand, was infamously regarded as unbalanced. Vampire the masquerade dirty secrets of the black hand 2. The masquerade 20th anniversary edition that details the true black hand, first introduced in dirty secrets of the black hand. They are an elite group of vampires recognized as separate from all other members of the sect. Preserve corpse dirty secrets of the black hand 79 protect the tomb a world of darkness 100 purge the inner demon blood magic. The black hand, or simply the hand, comprise a special subdivision of the sabbat, a sect within a sect.
What would the members of that august sect give to know the role the black hand has played in its own history. The masquerade offers the players the opportunity to play in a politically diverse world in which sects rule over all of vampire society. The reckoning have been adapted into video games by different developers, covering several genres including roleplaying games, action games, and adventure games. It takes the general citybased scope of most vampire campaigns and shoots it out of the water. Although earlier vampire books had featured options for characters who belonged to.
A guide to the talmahera is a sourcebook for vampire. The black hand has had a chequered existance, being first introduced in vampire. While the ideas are good, the presentation is awful. Although it is an entirely new game, rather than a continuation of the previous editions, it uses many elements from the old game including some of the clans and their powers. An updated look at the talmahera, which brings the ancient conspiracy into the twentyfirst century. Stop by on sundays at 11 am pst if you want to hang out with us while we play and give this. Okay, my group and i have a vague plan to start a vampire. What im talking about is probably fan made and put in a gaming magazine as an antagonist theyre walking masquerade breeches. The cultural significance vampire left on not just the gaming world but on modern vampire related pop culture can be seen and felt at virtually every turn and in every medium today. Dirty secrets of the black hand white wolf vampire. Tricks of the black hand s trade, including new disciplines, backgrounds, merits, and eldritch sorceries. Those are published in the dirty secrets of the black hand. Is dirty secrets of the black hand the worst book published for vampire the masquerade. It could be if only for the fact that it was white wolfs attempt to create a book to support crossover games or high level content.
Download dirty secrets of the black hand pdf pdf from 1 mb, caines chosen the black hand. The black hand is not truly a separate body from the. Go back in time a few rounds at great mental cost version differences edit. The masquerade novels by brown, steve, white wolf games studio isbn. To create a series or add a work to it, go to a work page. The masquerade product listing rpgnet rpg game index. Jul 26, 20 is dirty secrets of the black hand the worst book published for vampire the masquerade. Wasnt it moreorless officially said at one point that dirty secrets of the black hand from whence the vicissitude is an alien parasite thing comes was noncanon, and they pretty much disavowed it. Also, the black hand is remarkably adept at hunting down sabbat who claim membership in the sect but do not truly belong liars, beware. The world of the kindred is always fraught with blood and danger, and embrace amid the fires of revolution only heightens that fact. A great resource for an st whos looking to run a game of global conspiracy or want to mess with the themes of betrayal in a campaign that may have gone stale.
Dirty secrets of the black hand white wolf publishing. Every interaction, every fight, every clandestine meeting, its all about the truth. While many factions and subsects exist in the game, the main focus is the conflict between the camarilla, the sabbat and the anarchs. It tells the creation myth of vampires, the story of the curse of caine, his exile in the land of nod, and his words to his descendants, as well as prophecies covering the eventual fate of the vampire race. The oldest covenant of vampires in the world of darkness keeps its secrets close, and there are many of them. Behind the jyhad of the modern nights stands the black hand. Here are kindred who have risen to guide the black hand, who have led the armies of alexander, who have earned the lextalionis, and who have been reborn in the fires of the arab spring.
Vampire the masquerade dirty secrets of the black hand. Dirty secrets is one of the best support books yet put out. The common knowledge section now includes a series field. Learn the secrets behind this most secretive of groups. The masquerade exploded into hobby games in 1991 and inspired a generation of fans the likes of which the game industry had never seen before or since. Brown, explores the black hand, the oldest covenant of vampires in the world of darkness, and its history and purposes. Dirty secrets of the black hand read the damn book. Vampire the masquerade, dirty secrets of the black hand dsotbh. Dirty secrets of the black hand 2nd printing vampire the. Storytellers handbook to the sabbat sourcebook for vampire. The black hand is far more powerful than the camarilla or even the sabbat suspect, and its role tonight is even more critical than ever.
My memory might be a little rusty, but i definitely recall that book having the most out there metaplot stuff. The requiem is a roleplaying game published by white wolf, inc. For the first time, this book opens up the secrets of the black hand, its history and purposes. Dirty secrets of the black hand by steve brown and white wolf publishing staff 1995, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. We havent sat down and discussed it in detail, but basically we want do an episodic, lowpower game with a bigger focus on characters and interaction than weve done much of. The black hand is far more powerful than the camarilla or. Preserve corpse dirty secrets of the black hand 79 protect the. Dirty secrets of the black hand rpgnet rpg game index. This is a blind play through of the game so i will most likely stumble around and generally not know what im doing. Some info from dirty secrets of the black hand reappears here, like the weird path of enlightenment of the true brujah, and the infamous ritual of the bitter rose, that gives the diablerie a very interesting edge, since it permits a whole coterie or pack to benefit from.