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VtM - Review: Clanbook: Gangrel
the contrast between the precise, sometimes even pedantic style of the old-fashioned British Gangrel who
supposedly wrote most of the material, and the in-your-face style of the American ex-muckrakerjournalist
Gangrel who edits it, makes for very entertaining reading, and really gives the reader a sense of
the Gangrel opinion towards things. I felt like I got much more of an insight into the clan than I did from
the Brujah clanbook; character conceptions were writing themselves in my mind as I read it.
As a Werewolf fan first and foremost, I found the section on the interaction between the Gangrel and the
Lupines to be particularly good. I don't want to spoil it for you, but for me the section on the Ragabash
was worth the price of admission all by itself. :)
As I mentioned earlier, the character templates are extremely good, and you get ten of them. Many of
them, like the Biologist, are way outside the conception I had of the Gangrel, but they make sense once
you look at them, they're well-presented, and the quotes are priceless. ("My, what an interesting
evolutionary adaptation--a hybrid of _Canis lupus_ and _Homo sapiens_ specifically occupying a
leucocytic niche in the biosphere. How, I wonder, does it manage to violate the First Law of
Thermodynamics with its transmogrifications? It appears to regard me an an intruder upon its
territory...")
Finally, there's a few new rules and skills presented, for infiltrating Garou society, varying the forms
taken by the Protean ability, and so forth.
To summarize, this is a great book, if a bit light on material. Is it worth ten dollars? Probably. Is it worth
at least taking a long hard look at? Definitely.
[Disclaimer: As you probably know, I did some work for White Wolf for an upcoming Werewolf book. I
bought this one fair and square, though. :) ]
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