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VtM - Review: New Orleans by Night
Review by Richard Addy (18 Apr 94)
Well, folks, this is my mini-rant about that new supplemnt, New Orleans by Night. Having cheerfully
paid $18 for it (After all, this was the ... by Night I've been waiting months for) I took it home to give it a
good read.
It's not worth it.
It's not as if it's bad or anything, it's just very, very typical. A ventrue Prince? Please - do they control
every city in the Camarilla? If any city was going to be ruled by the Toreador or Tremere (or even the
Setites), New Orleans would be it. None of the NPC's really stood out - all of them were pretty typical of
their clans.
Except for the Tremere. I'm sorry, but the Tremere don't have a major prescence in the city because they
tend to lose folks there? I don't believe it. New Oleans is, by story and myth, one of the most magical
cities in North America. So what if there are a bunch of mages be-bopping about? At the very least, the
NO chantry would major, and I'm very surprised the Pontifex or Lord or whoever controls the chantries
in a state or two doesn't make his home nearby. Misfits? I don't think so.
And I know the concept of "the altered perceptions of the Malkavians give them great insights into
reality" is popular, but I still don't see how Uriah knows more about what's going on than anyone else in
the city. He lives in a shack in the bayou - how can he tell what's going on? His obfuscate is pretty
pitiful, and I don't think his Auspex was any great thing, either. Either I missed reading his information
source or its description is in some odd part of the book.
At least Sammy Haight is only a background character in the adventure. The adventure didn't cause the
instant revulsion that the one in Chantries did, so I guess it's not that bad.
The geography sections of the book were well done (I especially liked the description of the graveyards),
but they just weren't enough to bring the rest of the book up. There was very little magic or ambiance or
style to most of the book - the NPC's could very easily be placed in any city of the Camarilla. This
certainly isn't the quintessential city of darkness that I was expecting.
Richard Addy
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