Pyramid Review
Scion: Hero
Published by White Wolf
Written & designed by Kelley Barnes-Herman, Carl Bowen, Bill Bridges, John Chambers, Ken Cliffe, Ned Coker, Conrad Hubbard, Michael Lee, Matt Milberger, Rich Thomas, Mike Todd, Aaron Voss, Justin Achilli, Alan Alexander, Peter Schaefer, James Stewart, & Andrew Watt
Edited by Carl Bowen
Art and Design by Matt Milberger, Anthony Carpenter, John Christopher, Oliver Diaz, Andrew Hepworth, Jeff Holt, Imaginary Friends Studio (with Kendrick Lim, Lan Jun Kang, Kevin Chin, Ray Toh, Yinah Goh, Derrick Chew, Djoko Santiko, and Marc Lee), Jeff Laubenstein, Brian Leblanc, Ron Lemen, Adrian Majkrazk, Pat McEvoy, Justin Norman, Ted Pendergraft, Stephanie Roberts, Klaus Scherwinski, Rich Thomas, Cathy Wilkins, and Michael Komarck
336-page b&w hardcover (with 48 color pages); $34.99
Once upon a time, White Wolf seemed content with its fabulously popular World of Darkness and the lines supporting it. Having blown that up and started a new one, it continues, by degrees, to poke its toe into new roleplaying waters. Since it depends more on Exalted for its rules, Scion: Hero doesn't seem even tangentially connected to White Wolf's more traditional gothic-punk plotlines.
Make no mistake, characters are still powerful beyond the pale but on a new playing field. They are children of the Gods - literally. They've all, at some point, enjoyed a Visitation by Mom, Dad, or a trusted agent who revealed the divine heritage (and how they came to bed the mortal parent). . . .
This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.
Article publication date: July 20, 2007
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