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Authors: Steffie De Vaan, Lawerence Hawkins, David A Hill Jr, Matthew Dawkins, Hayley Margules, Malcolm Sheppard
Developer: David A Hill Jr
Editor: Ellen Kiley
Creative Director: Richard Thomas
Layout & Typsesetting: Becky Jollensten
Interior Art: Andrew Trabbold, Sam Araya, Michael Gaydos, Felipe Gaona
Front Cover Art: Sam Araya
Art Direction: Mike Chaney
Publisher: White Wolf Publishing, Inc.
Imprint: White Wolf Game Studio
Published: 2016
Pages: 117
Year: 1242
Reference #: DriveThruRPG DriveThruRPG
Price: $14.99

Tome of Secrets is a supplemental product to V20 Dark Ages, offering additional information on Blood Sorcery, medieval society, and True Faith.

Summary

From the White Wolf catalog:

Every occult order worth its weight has a library of mystic truths. But the truly wondrous, truly frightening truths require you look deeper. That you delve in long, lost places. These, my friend, are those long, lost places.
  —  Creidne

The Tome of Secrets is a treatment of numerous topics about Cainites and stranger things in the Dark Medieval World. It’s about peeling back the curtain, and digging a little deeper. Inside, you'll find:

Expanded treatment of Assamite Sorcery, Koldunic Sorcery, Necromancy, and Setite Sorcery
A look at Cainite knightly orders, faith movements, and even human witchcraft
Letters and diaries from all over the Dark Medieval World

Introduction

Chapter One: The Dark Medieval world

A list of letters detailing the Bloodless Crusade's quest for the city of Scáth and reactions among the Cainite world

Chapter Two: Forgotten Secrets

Lost powers of Abyss Mysticism, Assamite Sorcery, Koldunic Sorcery, Akhu, and Necromancy, as well as the magic used by witches.

Chapter Three: The Weight of Nobility

A short description of Cainite knighthoods and responsibilities to one's vassalage.

Chapter Four: Faith

Details about True Faith, as well as Faith-based power for true believers. Deals also with the role of Dark Thaumaturgy and demons

Appendix: Player Options

A list of Combination Disciplines that were omitted from the final version of Vampire Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages

Background Information

The Tome of Secrets was funded as a part of the V20 Dark Ages Kickstarter.

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