Dark Ages: Inquisitor
{{Short description|Role-playing game supplement published by White Wolf, Inc.}}
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{{Infobox RPG
|title= Dark Ages: Inquisitor
|image= Dark Ages Inquisitor Cover.jpg
|caption= Dark Ages: Inquisitor cover
|designer= Matthew McFarland, Emily K. Dresner-Thornber, Myranda Kalis, Anthony Ragan, Sarah Roark, C. A. Suleiman, Adam Tinworth, Janet Trautvetter
|publisher= White Wolf
|date= September 1, 2002
|system= Storyteller System
|series=World of Darkness
|parent_game=Dark Ages: Vampire
}}
Dark Ages: Inquisitor is a supplement published by White Wolf, Inc. in 2002 for the horror role-playing game Dark Ages: Vampire
History
In 1991, White Wolf created the horror role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade set in the modern-day World of Darkness universe. This was followed in 1996 with a historical version, Dark Ages: Vampire, set in medieval France around the year 1230.{{cite web | url =http://www.legrog.org/jeux/age-des-tenebres/dark-ages-inquisitor/dark-ages-inquisitor-en | title =Dark Ages: Inquistor | date =2015-01-04 | website =Guide du Rôliste Galactique | access-date =2020-06-03 | language = fr}} When Dark Ages: Vampire was revised and updated in 2002, White Wolf also released a number of supplements for other groups of magical creatures, including Dark Ages: Inquisitor, a 237-page softcover book written by Emily K. Dresner-Thornber, Myranda Kalis, Matthew McFarland, Anthony Ragan, Sarah Roark, Colin A. Suleiman, Adam Tinworth, and Janet Trautvetter.{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7|page=224}} Artwork was provided by Jim DiBartolo, Marko Djurdjević, Eric Hotz, Becky Jollensten, Tom Mandrake, Rik Martin, Alex Sheikman, Adrian Smith, James Stowe, and Timothy Truman.{{cite web | url =https://boardgamegeek.com/rpgitem/55535/dark-ages-inquisitor | title =Dark Ages: Inquisitor | website =Board Game Geek | access-date =2020-06-03}}
Description
The book describes how players in Dark Ages: Vampire can create and play characters who are powerful members of a secret Shadow Inquisition, charged with discovering and destroying vampires and other "Get of Satan." The Inquisitor can be a member of one of five factions, each with special skills and magic.
Since many players of Dark Ages: Vampire join the game to play vampires and other non-human creatures, the Storyteller can alternatively use this book to create dangerous opponents who are actively seeking out the players in order to expose them and destroy them.{{cite web|last=Darker Days Radio Episode #3|title=Dark Ages Inquisitor Overview|url=http://darkerdays2.podbean.com/2009/06/05/darker-days-radio-episode-3/|work=Darker Days Podcast|access-date=2012-02-26}}
Reception
Peter Holian was impressed by the abilities granted to Inquisitors that gave them the power to stand up to a vampire or witch, saying, "I quite like Dark Ages: Inquisitor." Holian did feel this should have been a stand-alone game, commenting, "I was extremely annoyed that you need Dark Ages: Vampire to be able to run a game, whether you want it or not, because only it contains the core rules." Holian concluded, "All in all, this game embodies (even if it appears otherwise) what all the [World of Darkness] games historically entailed."{{cite web | url =https://www.flamesrising.com/dark-ages-inquisitor-review/ | title =Dark Ages: Inquisitor Review | last =Holian | first =Peter | date =2004-09-20 | website =Flames Rising | access-date =2020-06-04}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060314121403/http://secure1.white-wolf.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=459 Official Site]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050220171145/http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showbook&bookid=2726 Dark Ages: Inquisitor on Pen&Paper]
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Category:Role-playing games introduced in 2002
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