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Ananasi: Changing Breed Book 7 (Werewolf: The Apocalypse)

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This book rates very highly on the 'I want to play one scale'. Whereas werewolves are designed as warriors, the werespiders are the regulators, taking on the tasks that the three primal forces of the universe have screwed up at. They serve all three and are dominated by none.

The alien perspective (spiders are a lot further from humans than wolves, reptiles or even sharks) is explored well. Werespiders aren't evil as such, just very detached and callous about others (if it's a choice between sacrificing their best friend or failing in their mission, well, time to look for a new best friend).

Their worldview is also explored with lots of interesting bits and pieces, such as the Ananasi-hunting monster stalking Australia and the dark fate of werespider metis (those with two shapeshifter parents) The retelling of world history is worthy of note, mainly because it's told from the point of view of the werespider goddess, Ananasa, who was actually there to witness it all.

Character templates, and non-player characters are also given (including the builder of the first human city and a collector whose hobby is the corpses of serial killers). Overall, a good, comprehensive book, and well worth a purchase.

This is a great book for anyone who plays the old World of Darkness system. I chose this book because the werewolves are to "gun-hoe" about killing anything that has to deal with the wyrm. Then you have the vampires. Don't get me wrong, I love the vampires; but they too seem to be at the far end of the spectrum as well. I was looking for a more balanced character. This is where the Ananasi come in. For the most part they don't care for one side or the other. They just want balance. For me this is perfect. I have the ability to play with either a werewolf game or a vampire game without worrying if I am going to anger one side or another. The Ananasi are a wonderful marriage of both the abilities and powers of the werewolf and the vampire. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is looking to play something different or to add some spice to the game.

Werespiders have to be the most interesting of the changing breed I've read about sofar. Like the Rom (Gypsies), they seem to know the whole truth about the World of Darkness. But, unlike the Rom, they color it with thier own systems of belief.

Most people think of the Spiders as working for the Weaver. The truth is they work as all parts of the Triat to correct it. The only confusing thing about them is that their aren't enough rules about how to kill a Spider swarm. This makes them nearly unstoppable and VERY hard to notice when they sneak up behind you. To make things even more unbalanced they can eat a persons brain and take over their body! That really isn't to pretty. All in all this book was well written stressing RPing over Rules.

Talk about aracnia phobia. This book tells you how to build and play a were-spider, now how cool is that! This should put the fear back into you world of darkness games