*OP Kindred of the East (For Vampire, the Masquerade) (Hardcover)

by Justin Achilli (Author), Phil Brucato (Author), Jackie Cassada (Author), Mark Cenczyk (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 220 pages
• Publisher: White Wolf Publishing (November 27, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565042328
• ISBN-13: 978-1565042322
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #376,566 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books from White Wolf, January 4, 2000

By	"otaku" (Yomi World) - See all my reviews

I thought that KoE was one of the best books that I have read from White Wolf. It takes and enforces the original intention of Vampire: the Masquerade, the struggle between keeping your Humanity and succumbing to your Beast. It is designed to keep players from becoming ungodly strong power characters really quickly and simply ignoring the enlightenment part. In my opinion that alone makes it a very worthwhile game since it focuses on roleplaying more than how much power you can grab. And yes the Kuei-jin are strong, but they also have disadvantages that equal them out so they have no more of an advantage than any other group does. All in all, an extremely excellent book.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A well-balanced and handy book for the World of Darkness, September 2, 1998

By A Customer

Congratulations to White Wolf on this book. It offers a good view of a new type of supernatural to add to the World of Darkness (but, carefully.) I like the openness of the players moral decisions; they're much closer to Sabbat Paths than Humanity, yet they're not evil- they just have a different world view than the Western Kindred are used to. The book does a good job describing it and setting the feel for it. Contrary to the other reviews, I find the Eastern and Western Kindred to be fairly balanced power-wise. If you're interested in extending your World of Darkness setting into the East, this book is a must.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A whole new world of unique roleplaying experiences, January 13, 2000

By	M. Tilly (Sweden) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

White Wolf has captured the mysticism and uniqueness of the Orient in KotE, and describe an imaginative race of vampires that in no way are a copy of western vampires. In fact, after reading KotE, I think western vampires are quite boring and without purpose. Together with the rest of WW's Asia-oriented books, like Hengeyokai, KotE is a masterpiece. The only downside is that maybe it's not very easy to play KotE compared to Vampire, and it's definitely harder to find the right Asian atmosphere. But other than that, it's perfect.