Hunter: The Reckoning 5th Edition Review - Return To The World of Darkness
Hunter: The Reckoning 5th Edition is the latest in the World of Darkness series, which has spanned numerous games across multiple decades. For those unfamiliar, Hunters are quite literally monster hunters that not only must fight a range of foes like shapeshifters and ghouls but also have to contend with a number of orgs (organizations) that exist with varying motives. With sci-fi noir elements mixed with Gothic-punk horror, the 5th Edition of Hunter: The Reckoning has a lot to offer fans of the series — and provides interesting gameplay mechanics and storytelling that should reel in newcomers, too.
Players are the Hunters, and they can customize characters through Creeds, Drives, and more. Players can be a Club Promotor or an Adjunct Professor — a Smuggler or a Mole. Characters can also choose from a range of Desires and Ambitions, while Touchstones serve as the people the Hunter is fighting for. These can also affect a range of stats like Dexterity and Wit. Firearms, Driving, and Larceny all offer some more unique gameplay aspects for characters in Hunter: The Reckoning, and also help set it apart from the many high fantasy TTRPGs out there.
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The Hunter: The Reckoning 5th Edition Core Rulebook includes all of this information, as well as plenty of details regarding Storytelling — what a Game Master, or Storyteller, will need to know to run an adventure. There are also sections dedicated to «Supernatural Threats,» detailing the kinds of monsters Hunters might come across and «Rival Organizations,» which can also serve as antagonists during a campaign. Mature audiences are the target demographic here, but there's also a nice «Advice for
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