Resources & Links

What are the facts? Not those in Homer, Shakespeare, or even the Bible. The facts for most of us are a dark street, crowds, hurry, commonplaceness, loneliness, and, worse than all, a terrible doubt which can hardly be named as to the meaning and purpose of the world.

- Mark Rutherford

This is a list of some links on the net people can go to in order to find information relaling to this game. Anyone with additional links of note can e-mail them to me if they wish. Thanks.

Gaming

Uncle Figgy's Guide to Roleplaying for Non-Roleplayers: A Manual for Parents, Friends and Gamers
Pretty much says it all. If you don't know what roleplaying is, click it. As well, there is the Uncle Figgy's Guide to Good RolePlaying or... How to Make Your Minor Deity Earn His Pay which is an awesome resource for players of RPGs.

Voodoo


Quite simply the best and most straight-foward fact on voddo I've found yet.

A brief history of Voodoo (More along the lines of a defence)
"The practice of Voodoo is probably as old as the African continent itself. Sometimes written Voudou, Vodou or Voudun, the word itself means God Creator or Great Spirit. It has been greatly distorted and misused; human sacrifices, vampires, dripping blood and devil worship all make the stuff of spooky novels and Hollywood movies. Yet none of these originated with or ever belonged to Voodoo!"

The traditional religion of serving the Loa Vodun/Voodoo in the Republic of Haiti
A very good resource for factual information about voodoo and it's worship.

The Origins of Voodoo
"Many spiritualists agree that we are not separate, we all serve as parts of One. So, in essence, what you do unto another, you do unto you, because you ARE the other. Voo doo. View you. We are mirrors of each others souls. God is manifest through the spirits of ancestors who can bring good or harm and must be honored in ceremonies. There is a sacred cycle between the living and the dead. Believers ask for their misery to end. Rituals include prayers, drumming, dancing, singing and animal sacrifice."

Supernatural Creatures

A F.A.Q. about vampires. (not fiction, I guess?)
A nice work for humans who think they're vampires.

Myths * Truths (Some amusing stuff about vamps, weres, dragons and the like)
"Vampires can turn into bats. --Way too false. What a joke. This is me, laughing. *rolls eyes* Vampires don't need to turn into bats."

Werwwolves: The Myths and The Truths
A site on weres that tries to be scientifiic and looks at weres both from a standpoint of myth and anthropology.

Demons
"Myth and Legend have given us accounts of various beings that have terrified us over the years. The goblins and bogeymen, are the most common fears of children. Also, Vampires and Werewolves and Zombies, oh my."

Mythical Monsters
a quick look at various monsters and their origins.

Inspirations

If you can not find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

- Dogen

American Gods by Neil Gaiman
A novel exploring deities along with what happens when someone enters another world within their own world.

Summon The Keeper & The Second Summoinng by Tanya Huff
Two funny fantasies set in this world, they provided a basic idea for magic altering possibility.

Of Saints And Shadows by Christopher Golden
The first book in a not easy to find trilogy, it takes a very neat twist on vampires and the supernatural.

King Rat by China Mieville
Jungle music, the Pied Piper of Hamlin and the King Rat mythology. What more could anyone want?

There are likely others, I just can't recall them off-hand.

Credits

The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

- Marcel Proust

Currrently, thanks to go aslhk, leet and caltak for reading the drafts of the game system itself and suggesting changes and improvements. Everything wrong is their fault. :p

 
     

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