Dirty Secrets of the Black Hand

by Steven C. Brown

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565042107
• ISBN13: 9781565042100
• Release Date: July 1996
• Publisher: White Wolf Games Studio
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Black Hand

This arrived in a short amount of time and in good condition. I bought this for my fiance and he refers to it often.

Dirty secrets that only the storyteller should know

A truly fantastic book, that adds incredible depth to the original WOD. But i warn you that this book is for the storyteller and should not be read by players or at least the unexperienced player. The secrets of the sect and how they use the world as pawns, gives the storyteller a new mystery for the players to unfold. But again it is not for players to read. Players that read this book may be unable to distinguish between what they know and what their characters know. The secrets in this book will only be known by a very small group of vampires and unless you have a very brave and creative storyteller, your character is not one of them. But by now your curiosity is probably overwhelming so go ahead and learn all you can, but remember you were warned.

An interesting twist to a twisted world

The Sabbat actually works to protect humanity? Sabbat paths that restrict frenzy and condone clear thought and logic? A great addition to the White Wolf family. The True Brujah, previously a myth in white wolf history, add an element of tragedy to the White Wolf scene previously exhibitied by the Salubri and perhaps the Cappadocians. The tie-ins to other WoD games is unique, logical and interesting. I give this book an A+ :)

Another GREAT Support Volume for V:tM

Dirty Secrets is one of the best support books yet put out. It takes the general city-based scope of most Vampire Campaigns and shoots it out of the water: providing an ancient, world-spanning conspiracy that Storytellers can use to torment their players for years in the future. I'd advise against it if you like to run a smaller-scale set of stories, True Hand Characters are generally much older and more powerful than V:tm characters. that would be my only significant criticism that the Templates in the back are a bit "overstocked" -- there are way too many 7th & 8th gen templates, almost none of 9/10, making the characters in the back suitable more for "deus ex machina" characters and "evil nemeses", rather than standards for PCs.

one of the best vampire sourcebooks around

Simply one of the best sourcebooks around. It details the Black Hand, the sect within the sabbat we all know and love. They are not what they seem with new bloodlines and a lot of surprises. Highly recomended