My Narrator liked this table. There are very much flaws, some are more dramatic and another more funny but they are a useful collection of distortions of reality. In the table appear more backlashes like realms or burn but they are more flaws than another else. Well, the web text is sincere, its a table, 350+ flaws, a useful list with all paradox spirits appeared at official books, another blacklashes integrated (not refill!)... this isn´t a book for reading like a novel, its a table with 100 results in 14 pages. Nice work!

With no indication of how well thought out this file was I was super disappointed that I paid $12 for only 14 pages of charts with effects such as "leaves fall", "a bird poops on the mage", or "Burn of one die of aggravated damage and reroll" the last of which appears many, many times.

Many of the effects are underwhelming and not scaled to their severity IE; a "Minor flaw" of a Mage walking upside down vs a "Severe flaw" of the mages XP becoming candy that must be eaten to regain the xp........

This book would have an appropriate value if it was closer to $3 or $4. The effects are random, unorganized, filled with type-o's, and over-all feels lazy.

This was a great idea, but I feel that it should have been crowdsourced and had more input to provide more options of actual clever flaws........

Edit: Thank you for putting the price point near a more realistic point to reflect the shape of the product, please post an actual preview page of content when you host a book like this......it makes me seriously question the quality and value of ALL of your other projects.

This is beautiful and filled with cool ideas. Every single part of every single page shine with a cool plot hook, bit of backstory, creepy picture, nicely designed layout or something else. It is dense and it feels like it punches you in the gut with a fist of creativity wearing a velvet glove of design.

I am looking forward to reading the full book because if they can keep even half of this quality up this is better than almost all professionally published books.

Paradox the Brainstorming is exactly what it says it is, a table listing possible pardox effects. The DSC gaming club found the table useful, for quick reference when the storyteller needs to come up with a paradox effect. There are a few minor spelling and format errors but nothing that decreases its usefulness.

The DSC Gaming Club believes this product is useful in any Mage Storyteller's library and with the proceeds going to ALS its a worthwhile investment.

Bought this for my game and within a couple hours had dozens of bookmarks and notes. Super usefull and very well designed. The layout of the book is amazing, both in format, and visualy.

This book is worth every cent and I cannot stress enough how useful this has been with my group.

So.....I am finally getting around to reviewing my purchases on Drivethru. i ain't very long winded, nor do I mince words. Been gaming since 1978 so I've ran a lot, played a lot and seen a lot, but by no means am I anything but a novice in this grand adventure called gaming. New is interesting as well as old. I keep an open mind and open pages towards games. Geist is a World of Darkness game that doesn't really need to be integrated into the Vampire, Werewolf, Wraith or Mage biome. It ain't Wraith, but it is easily confused until you open the first page. Geist deals with a lot about life and death and what happens between and after. It is its own language, dialect, accent. It doesn't belong anywhere else in the World of Darkness. It is a world of hope and despair and the places in between, and I am ok with that. Sin Eaters are those who deal with and guide or destroy aberrance in the After. There are serious powers going on here, used by ghosts and skills kind of link you to what you were good at in the past, and this is a plot device and character hook that makes GMs squee with excitement. You give the GM power to use you and your story. Better yet, those left behind are a tool for the Gm to emply for good or ill, in your unlife. I really enjoyed this game and it got my mind to working, which is a good thing. There is a lot of potential here that I haven't found that much in the other WOrld of Darkness games, to be honest. They are great games, don't get me wrong. They are also resting in fiction and a smattering of reality used to put you where your character lives. Geist the Sin Eaters IS reality. Death comes for us all, but can we outlast it and help others find their personal triumphs or eradication from all energy? The story is open and begs to be told.

Danny

While Ghomyniad is very nice with a full set of evocations, some pretty interesting abilities, and good mechanics that make me want to bring it in as part of a game I couldn't help but feel unimpressed by Glorybringer. It had multiple mechanical oddities that I felt didn't really make sense for the weapon. Using the improvised weapon tag to try and simulate it being an akward and heavy sword allow for characters to use both melee and brawl charms. That combined with it's shorter and incomplete feeling evocations mean I can't rate it as high. If it reworked I think it could be a pretty fantastic weapon but as it stands I'm not a big fan. If Glorybringer got reworked this would easily be a 5 star supplement.

Ghomyniad is a 5/5 star weapon but Glorybringer is 3/5.

It is a very useful list to know the effects of the paradox, we will use it a lot because until now it was not possible to find a simple table to use during the game. It makes the Narrator's work easier. He is also very creative.

All in all this is geared toward VERY human players, if you really wanna act like a vampire? Pick up an earlier edition, this is all about shortcomings and flaws, balance it out with some of the previous ones. Also FAR, FAR to game mechanics heavy, there is no way someone is going to write a book about this series, you have to roll a dice to tie your shoes!!!

What I was HOPEING for, was a little bit of a transition from masquerade to reguiem. This sadly provided NONE of that. It eleminated a lot of clans which were kinda game-style, and really didin't "fit".. But all in all this seemed like a work in progress.

masquerade revised still shines as the best. I'd put this near 2nd editon NEEDS WORK.

This is a very interesting story. It focus its premise on what Mage should always be, rather than blockbuster movies wannabees: stories about people.

We recommend the Secrets of the Masquerade Churchs photo pack for any community content creators.

We recommend the Secrets of the Masquerade Exterior photo pack for any community content creators.

This book is a short but interesting product. It discusses the importance of the prelude and goes through a list of reasons a vampire might embrace a person. Also included are three human characters with three different sire stories to use as examples of how this product was intended to be used.

Its a product that we recommend that all storytellers have in the library. And we also recommend that most players take the time to read the book, as it gives insight what makes a good character background.

Please see our review of the completed product at https://www.storytellersvault.com/product_reviews_info.php?&reviews_id=222831&products_id=253006

Once again, Secrets to the Masquerade provides us with another amazing product. It provides many tips on creating a long lasting game and a setting that true to real world. It provides tips on handling delicate topics such as religion or politics, which tend to be pervasive in most VTM games. The guide does seem to be designed to help storytellers create games that have the feel of first edition.

We can see where some of the book could be taken as being a little preachy, but overall we enjoyed the book and fits the type of games that we would like to run. We recommend at all storytellers at least take a look at this product.