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4.0 out of 5 stars
Promethean brings a new perspective to the World of Darkness., September 13, 2006
This review is from: Promethean: The Created (Hardcover)
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.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
DARK AND GOTHIC NEW CREATURES FOR WOD, December 31, 2006
This review is from: Promethean: The Created (Hardcover)
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
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Prometheans, March 25, 2009
This review is from: Promethean: The Created (Hardcover)
The concept of this game is great. You play a souless creature seeking to understand the human condition and what it means to be human, as well as become human.
While a great concept, the game isn't for everyone. Due to the very presence of Prometheans creating Wastelands and inciting a mob mentality, hatred if they stay too long in an area, the Promethean troop or character always needs to be on the move.
So if you're not willing to have your chronicle on the move or playing with a mixed group of other Supernaturals, the very nature of Promethean will create some problems and based on group maturity, this can be good opportunities for rp or break the group.
I personally think Promethean does best as a stand alone chronicle. And it does involve some reading to fully grasp the concept.
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