Ghouls: Fatal Addiction
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{{Infobox game
| name = Ghouls: Fatal Addiction
| image = Cover_of_Ghouls_Fatal_Addiction_1997.png
| image_alt =
| caption = Cover art by Guy Davis and Vince Locke
| designer = Robert Hatch
| illustrator = {{ubl|Guy Davis|Vince Locke}}
| writer = {{ubl|Ronni Radner|Ethan Skemp}}
| publisher = White Wolf Publishing
| date = June–July 1997
| genre = Tabletop role-playing game supplement
| system =
| parent_game = Vampire: The Masquerade
| series = World of Darkness
| isbn = 1-56504-230-1
}}
Ghouls: Fatal Addiction is a tabletop role-playing game supplement published by White Wolf Publishing in June–July 1997 for their game Vampire: The Masquerade.
Contents
Ghouls: Fatal Addiction describes how to develop and play characters who are ghouls, creatures who are half-way between mortal and vampire after being fed vampiric blood. This gives them longevity and new powers, but the blood also becomes an addiction that enslaves ghouls as servants of the vampires. The book is divided into an introductory short story, "Blood is Thicker", and six chapters:
- The First Taste: Introduction
- A Clockwork Crimson: The physiology of ghouls
- Master & Servants: The social relationship of ghouls and vampires
- Character Creation: How to create a ghoul character
- Storytelling: Tips for Storytellers
- Templates: Four character archetypes{{cite web |url=http://www.legrog.org/jeux/vampire-la-mascarade/vampire-2eme-edition/ghouls-fatal-addiction-en |title=Ghouls: Fatal Addiction |website=Guide du Rôliste Galactique |publisher=Association du Guide du Rôliste Galactique |date=2009-05-08 |access-date=2020-11-06 |language=fr |archive-date=2020-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118203428/http://www.legrog.org/jeux/vampire-la-mascarade/vampire-2eme-edition/ghouls-fatal-addiction-en |url-status=live }}
Production
Ghouls: Fatal Addiction was developed by Robert Hatch,{{cite book |author=Hatch, Robert |author-link=Robert Hatch (game designer) |title=Ghouls: Fatal Addiction |publisher=White Wolf Publishing |page=2 |date=1997 |isbn=1-56504-230-1}} and written by Ronnie Radner and Ethan Skemp. The art direction was handled by Lawrence Snelly, while the interior and cover art was drawn by Guy Davis and Vince Locke.
The book was released by White Wolf Publishing in June–July 1997{{cite magazine |date=July–August 1997 |title=White Wolf |magazine=Casus Belli |issue=107 |language=French |page=11 |publisher=Excelsior Publications}} as a 120-page softcover book, and has since also been released as an ebook.
Reception
Rick Swan of Dragon commented "obviously this isn't for the fainthearted, and it certainly isn't for kiddies. But if you’re a lover of the grotesque, you’ll find this as titillating as cuddling up to a fresh corpse."{{cite magazine |last=Swan |first=Rick |authorlink=Rick Swan |date=December 1997 |title=Roleplaying Reviews |magazine=Dragon |publisher=TSR, Inc. |issue=242 |pages=114}}
Reviews
- Backstab No. 4 (Jul–Aug 1997){{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/backstab-magazine-french-04/page/n47/mode/2up|title = Backstab Magazine (French) Issue 04}}
- Casus Belli V1 No. 107 (Jul–Aug 1997){{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/casus-belli-107/page/n15/mode/2up | title=Casus Belli #107 | year=1997 }}
- Dragão Brasil No. 30 (Sep 1997)
References
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Category:Role-playing game books