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VtM - Review: The Ashen Thief
WW 2827 $14.95 Jul-00
The Ashen Thief
Written by Geoffrey C. Grabowski and Sarah Roark
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● Review by Loki for ELN (Jul 2000)
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Thieves in the Night
Stolen blood, stolen coin and stolen lives, the childer of Caine know all three. Beyond the courts of
princes and voivodes, vampires earn their bloody way in the city streets and bandit warrens. They stake
out their own informal principalities among the growing cities and lawless woods. Murder, larceny and
trickery are their tools - often used against the very elders who consider them beneath notice.
Flames of Revolt
The Ashen Thief is a complete guide for players and Storytellers of the unliving tricksters, bandits and
thieves of Vampire: The Dark Ages®. It covers vampiric involvement in the banditry and growing
panoply of crimes in medieval cities. It also covers the sects that use crime and larceny as a cover for
their struggle against the princes of the Long Night: the subtle Prometheans and the violent Furores.
Review by Loki
Summary: A surprisingly good book, a few flaws detract only slightly from an otherwise informative
book.
My skepticism over the possibly quality of this book was well known among my local colleagues.
However, after actually sitting down and reading the book, I found my task to be entertaining and
interesting, rather than the chore that I expected it to be.
Visually and from a layout perspective, this book is sometimes a mixed bag. The layout and organization
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