Лучше, чем ачилик писал. Яснее
This chapter describes the setting of Vampire in detail:
the culture and society of both the mortal masses and the
vampire lords who prey upon them
Это мир людей , где есть проклятые, а не наоборот.
Gothic-Punk is a way of describing the setting in brief.
It is a metaphor for our own world, a warning of what we
might become and a shadow of the sickness that infects us
much of the misery.
?scribes the ambiance and institu.
The Church is stronger becaust
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now. It is a world with problems like our own, but where
vampires are to blame for
The Gothic aspect dc
tions of mortal society.
people always turn to the LhurCh in times of crisis, and
enough people have been touched by the Kindred to make a
difference. The institutions which they control tend to be
even more conservative and resistant to change than those of
our world. Architecture has a menacing gothic flavor to it;
in fact, some skyscrapers in this world might be girded with
gargoyles.
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the streets and organized crime dominatl
(and is in turn dominated by the Kindred’
The Punk describes the way people live - the gangs rule
es the underworld
). Rock, punk and
;e, and rebellion is
in all, the world is
numane than any
rap are even more of an escape and releas
codified in styles of dress and speech. All
more corrupt, more decadent and less 1
suburbanite would like to believe.
In the end, you will decide what the C
is like. The differences are so numerous,
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;ethic-Punk world
yet so subtle, that
tney are impossitxe to aescribe ~UIIY in this book. It is your job
to convey the mood of the Gothic-Punk world in the stories
you tell. You can do this through your descriptions, the
characters you play and the stories that you tell. Everything
and anything can add to the flavor that is Gothic-Punk.