Product Description

A Storytelling Game of Stolen Lives
Prometheans are soulless corpses animated by a mysterious, alchemical force -- the Divine Fire stolen from the gods. Their hideousness forces humans, animals, and even nature itself to reject them on an instinctual level. They wander the dark places of the world, seeking what their creators denied them: humanity.

New Game set in the World of Darkness
*A whole new type of character for players, inspired by the classic Frankenstein monster and the worldwide myths of Golems
*Explores aspects of the World of Darkness unknown to the other game lines
*Strange new antagonists and mysteries to unravel for players of any World of Darkness game

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #416678 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 288 pages

Customer Reviews

Promethean brings a new perspective to the World of Darkness.
Promethean: The Created enables extremely tragic roleplaying where players take on the roles of Prometheans - created beings similar to the Monster from Frankenstein. These creatures want more than anything to become human, which involves a long and difficult journey of self discovery and personal evolution that most Prometheans fail to complete. Humanity offers the promise of eternal life (Prometheans become nothing when they die), acceptance (Prometheans exude a supernatural aura of distrust), and peace (Prometheans suffer from great mental distress).

This is not a game for everyone. For many people this game is going to be too depressing. Humans (even the supernatural) turn against the character at every turn, nature fears and rejects the Promethean, and anywhere the Promethean stays becomes a desolate Wasteland. The character will develop mental derangements during the course of play, create another lonely monster in the quest for Humanity, and even at the end of the long road may fail to become human. If you enjoy playing action and adventure games, where the heroes battle the forces of evil and ultimately save the day, then this one might be worth a pass.

However, for those who are interested in a thought provoking examination of the good and bad of human life this could be a wonderful game. It serves as an excellent vehicle to pose questions like "What is the nature of morality?", "What does it mean to be human?", and "What would you do for acceptance?" A narrowly focused game, Promethean is meant to tell a certain sort of tragic tale and the mechanics reflect this at every turn.

DARK AND GOTHIC NEW CREATURES FOR WOD
Promethean The Created is a new hardcover book for use with White Wolf's mega-popular World of Darkness RPG, and represents a broad new canvas for fans of the game. Promethean offers a new type of character to build and play...soulless corpses, reanimated with life and representing pure Greek Tragedy in their scope, or pure gothic horror...or maybe even both to players. The book bases its background on the myths of things such as the Frankenstein monster, golems, and other such constructs. First, the book does a fantastic job of providing background on these creatures as well as source books and films, giving payers a wide array of options. These created need not be pieced-together bodies of corpses. As pointed out, even creatures such as DC Comics' The Swamp Thing are considered a created being.

Chapter One is vital and provides the player and GM with the setting and background for Prometheans. This is very key as the background of these characters is perhaps more important than any other type of WOD character. All manner of sample Prometheans and methods of creation are included...from alchemical to electricity to primordial beings. You'll find yourself mesmerized for hours by the depth of research done by the game designers. I'm not sure how much of this will ever be used, but it makes for interesting reading nonetheless.

After you've read about these various types of constructs, chapter two will not get you into the character creation phase. Let's just say there's a heck of a lot more to do here than rolling a few dice. Select the character's attributes, skills, specialties, features, and various advantages. There are some excellent examples provided to get players moving in the right direction in creating their Prometheans. There's a boatload of skills and powers with which to equip your character. These include various uses of fire and electricity, but also subtler mental powers as well. This is one of the very best sections in the book and one of the best such sections I've ever read for any RPG system. The amount of detail that the eclectic nature of the promethean abilities is stunning, and even a bit intimidating.

Succeeding chapters deal with Promethean antagonists and storytelling, as well as the Promethean condition and how they affect those around them. The book is capped off with a lengthy appendix. There is so much in this 280 plus book that it's impossible to cover it all in this review. Suffice to say this is one of the most richly detailed RPG supplements I've seen in quite some time. The book is accompanied by the usual outstanding art that you've come to expect from White Wolf.

This is a grand new book in the World of Darkness mythos that opens up a whole new landscape for its fans.

Reviewed by Tim Janson

Simply Amazing
Mature, well-written, rich both in dramatic ambience and in-game setting. Promethean could well be considered the New World of Darkness' top game of top games. Sure Vampire, Mage, Werewolf, Hunter and Changeling are fantastic - and the World of Darkness generals alike - but this one is so special you just cannot get enough of it. An extremely happy purchase, and a confirmation of its qualities above all greatest expectations. Highly recommended.