- Paperback: 152 pages
- Publisher: White Wolf Publishing (Aug 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1588462420
- ISBN-13: 978-1588462428
- Product Dimensions: 26.9 x 20.8 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,122,442 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Well, it's got a Vozhd in it. For supposedly the rarest of creatures in the WoD, they do seem to crop up a remarkable amount, don't they?
But aside from the Vozhd, what else is there?
Quite a fair bit, actually. When I first heard about the Time of Judgement idea, I was quite shocked. Vampire: The Masquerade coming to an end? I find it very hard to believe that White Wolf will actually kill their cash cow, and I live in fear of the leather-jerkin, dragon-slaying, generic nonsense that must inevitably follow (would Exalted please stand up?), but allegedly it's going to happen. As I write this, in 13 days, no less.
So this first book promised to hold many new and exciting secrets. And I'm a sucker for those, so I parted with my money, and decided to let the cash cow have a little more milk.
If you're buying this book for the secrets it holds, they are as follows: Saulot is active, and inscrutable as befits a potential Demon Emperor; and... Oh wait, that's it. However, if you are buying this book because you want a pretty interesting story setting, and a quite original set of characters, then this will probably do you quite nicely.
Now, the basic idea is there is a castle, with 12 Methuselahs in it, held together by a compact they all made with an Earthbound Fallen, and if any of them leave, they die; however, if they all agree to leave, they're free. The only problem is, they're all completely demented egomaniacs, driven even madder with the weight of 1000 years of living in what is essentially a Vampiric Big Brother House.
And your characters visit this place and say hello.
It's pretty good. Interesting, well-written, and with a fair amount of thought put into how to get your characters involved. My only real complaint is that as with a lot of the more esoteric Vampire supplements (or these days any that aren't one of the By Night books), it requires a RIDICULOUS amount of plot devices to hold the thing together. Read and you'll see what I mean. Of course, the characters are all fantastic, as you would expect, and if you're running a game about Golconda-seekers, then I strongly recommend this book: it's got a lot of practical plot hooks for such a group.
Plus, you gotta love that Vozhd.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Rare quality vampire product
31 Mar 2004
I'm really sad to see this book is no longer available in amazon, In case they bring it back, or you locate it elsehow, know that this is a rare book even for a company with such high quality standards as white wolf.
It is a story of a cabal of vampires in their search for the inner peace of Golconda. Ancient, all of them, they had known Saulot personally and witnessed his elevated state. Ever since, they are bent on the path of achieving Golconda.
Their search led them in ages long past to a castle in Transylvania. There they awakened a terrible secret that has haunted them ever since, keeping them virtual prisoners in a forgotten land. They are Inconnu of another time, lost in the quest of a cure long forgotten in the Time of Judgement.
The characters are to find this group of vampires and find out about some of the most intriguing sides of the curse of immortality. The issue of Golconda and the [sect known as] the Inconnu have never received adequate treatment.
The characters hidden within the castle are some of the most interesting methuselas ever created by White Wolf. They have strong, complete and absolutely believable personalities. They are locked in a grid of relationships so complex that a whole appendix of the book is dedicated to showing graphic relationship diagrams! And all from part of a grand story with epic proportions and dark secrets to discover. Oportunities for strong stories are endless in this book.
For people that play crossover chronicles from Dark Ages to Modern Times, this adventure will have several added bonuses. It draws heavily from both times, and although it is set in modern age Transylvania, old timers will have quite a few interesting memories come up...
5 stars it is from me.
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