<strong>Vampire</strong>: <strong>the</strong> <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Kingdom</strong> The Kindred of <strong>the</strong> East New World of Darkness Systems Conversion Written by Steven Markley (aka I Hate All Life/Predaphile) E-mail: Predaphile@hotmail.com Kindred of <strong>the</strong> East Resources: http://www.geocities.com/predaphile/wod-kote-index.html What This Is This is a conversion of Kindred of <strong>the</strong> East to <strong>the</strong> “new” World of Darkness mechanics. Kindred of <strong>the</strong> East was, and still is, a great game, but one hampered by clunky rules and a poorly organized book. Hopefully this version redresses <strong>the</strong> mechanical issues while preserving <strong>the</strong> soul of that wonderful game. <strong>Vampire</strong>: <strong>the</strong> <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Kingdom</strong> is largely lacking in background and flavor text, and <strong>the</strong>re's no artwork. (But at least <strong>the</strong>re's a character sheet!) This is pretty much all crunch; you can get <strong>the</strong> story elements and descriptions from <strong>the</strong> Kindred of <strong>the</strong> East "core," and you'll need that plus <strong>the</strong> World of Darkness to use <strong>the</strong>se rules. Even so, it's not <strong>the</strong> simple little rules patch I thought it was going to be, as bare-bones and no frills as it is. Some things I've had to straight-up rewrite or revise. I attempted to translate <strong>the</strong> original as closely as possible, but some things have been judgment calls – like clarifying, expanding and/or restricting certain Discipline arts, revising guanxi, and greatly reducing <strong>the</strong> utterly ridiculous amount of aggravated damage in <strong>the</strong> setting. Still, <strong>the</strong> basics remain intact, and you'll have no problem recognizing Kindred of <strong>the</strong> East in its new format. What This Ain't Before I start getting e-mails about how “imbalanced” all this is, I'm not converting Kuei-jin to be used in <strong>the</strong> new World of Darkness setting, nor is this a re-envisioning of Asian vampires. Instead, I'm using <strong>the</strong> new system to model <strong>the</strong> classic Wan Kuei in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Kingdom</strong> setting. The Cathayan vampires presented here aren't compatible with, or balanced in regard to, <strong>Vampire</strong>: <strong>the</strong> Requiem's knockoff brand of Kindred, or with any o<strong>the</strong>r creatures in <strong>the</strong> new World of Darkness. This is quite deliberate, as it's my stated intention to model Kindred of <strong>the</strong> East in its own context, but with <strong>the</strong> better system. Of course, feel free borrow as much of this as you like if you should want to port Cathayan-like creatures to <strong>the</strong> new setting. Just know that's not what I'm doing with this. And this isn't <strong>the</strong> final product. I've taken pains to edit this and catch all my mistakes and bugs, but no doubt some will slip past me and <strong>the</strong> editors. It's an unavoidable part of <strong>the</strong> creative process. Now-unseen errors will become apparent once this document is in general circulation. So if you see any problems – typos, wonky or broken mechanics, inconsistencies, missing information, conceptual issues – do me a big favor and drop me a line, will ya? Criticism might be a bit hard on <strong>the</strong> ego at times, but it's also invaluable. <strong>Vampire</strong>: <strong>the</strong> <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Kingdom</strong> will improve through revision, and I need you guys' feedback. Where Are The Heretics and Akuma and O<strong>the</strong>r Disciplines and [Whatever]? A lot of stuff came out for Kindred of <strong>the</strong> East line, and I simply can't cover all of it. This writeup is pretty massive as it is. I stuck with converting <strong>the</strong> “corebook” and didn't deviate from that much – I included Iron Mountain as one of <strong>the</strong> “base” Demon Arts and referenced o<strong>the</strong>r Year of <strong>the</strong> Lotus books for <strong>the</strong> shen conversions, and that's about it. I'm not ruling out my doing a supplemental document that covers some of this o<strong>the</strong>r stuff one day, but for now you can use this foundation to do <strong>the</strong> conversions yourself. I'll be happy to help, just get in touch with me. Nitpicks Semantics Though a great game, several decisive mistakes were made with Kindred of <strong>the</strong> East from <strong>the</strong> very beginning. It was marketed as <strong>Vampire</strong>: <strong>the</strong> Masquerade supplement, in hindsight a bad idea. A supplement to a game line should be <strong>the</strong>matically and systematically compatible with <strong>the</strong> core game, and Kindred of <strong>the</strong> East was nei<strong>the</strong>r. It should have marketed as its own separate line, with its own complete core rules set and minimal reference to Masquerade. And finally, to nail <strong>the</strong> game on a semantics point, "Kindred of <strong>the</strong> East" is itself a misnomer, as <strong>the</strong> featured vampires aren't Kindred. Honorable Mentions and Mad Props <strong>Vampire</strong>: <strong>the</strong> <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Kingdom</strong> wouldn't have been possible without <strong>the</strong> folks at www.Shadownessence.com, who provided invaluable feedback and inspiration for this. It's <strong>the</strong> best place anywhere on <strong>the</strong> 'net for World of Darkness fans, so please stop by and visit us <strong>the</strong>re, especially <strong>the</strong> <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Kingdom</strong> forum. Thank you to everyone that pointed out mistakes and typos in <strong>the</strong> first version of this document, and offered responses to it. Chris Leland (Mr. Gone) was an entirely unintentional omission from <strong>the</strong> first printing, who helped immensely with formatting this, as well as making <strong>the</strong> character sheet; thug love and hugs, man. Thanks to LostSoul from SnE for <strong>the</strong> Kindred of <strong>the</strong> East symbol artwork. Finally, thank you White Wolf publishing for Kindred of <strong>the</strong> East and all <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r wonderful games you've given us. This work is a labor of love and a supplement to that company's body of work, not a challenge to copyrights or anything like that.
Table of Contents <strong>Character</strong> Creation 4 Merits 5 Virtues 6 Dharma 9 Disciplines 10 Rites 23 Dramatic Systems 24 The Tapestry 31 Artifacts 37 The Ten Thousand Things 38 <strong>Character</strong> Sheet 51
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