New World of Darkness#

key: nwod

Urban fantasy in the modern era

Building on the success of the World of Darkness setting, White Wolf released New World of Darkness to unify the various monsters and allow shared play. It was rebranded later as Chronicles of Darkness and got a 2nd edition release.

The New World of Darkness system defined here tries to capture the unique quirks of each character type by using lots of type-specific tags. It is only compatible with NWoD / CWoD 1st edition. CWoD 2nd edition uses different tags and different meanings for shared tags, so it does not work with the NWoD character types.

Metatags#

These metatags will be expanded into their static and match tags when a character file is loaded. Groups of those tags will be condensed into a metatag when a character is saved. For an explanation of how metatags work, see Working with Metatags.

@changeling#

Shorthand for setting type, seeming, and kith for changelings

Static Tags:

@type: changeling

Matches Tags:

@seeming
@kith

separator: “ “

greedy: no

Character Types#

Type	Description
Changeling	A human who was captured by the fae and returned to the mundane world
Fetch	The creature who takes the place of a changeling in the mortal world
Geist	A ghost reshaped by the underworld into a representation of death
Ghost	A dead soul clinging to the mortal world
Ghoul	A mortal enhanced by, and dependent on, vampire blood
Goblin	A twisted denizen of the hedge
Hunter	A person specializing in hunting monsters
Mage	An awakened human with access to world-shaping magic.
Mortal	A mundane human
Promethean	Soulless creatures given life through powerful alchemy
Sin-Eater	A mortal who bound themselves to a geist through a bargain while on the brink of death
Spirit	An ephemeral representation of a thing, place, or concept
Vampire	A cursed denizen of the night who feeds on blood.
Werewolf	Shapechanging warriors who guard the spirit world