Hunter Book: Defender

by Angel Leigh McCoy, Wayne Peacock, Tommy Edwards (Illustrator)

"We know your kind. You stalk and kill innocent human beings for your own amusement. Not on our watch. This is our turf. You're not welcome." stalwart, determined, the last line against the monstrous hordes. What drives a person to make herself a veritable shield in the war against the abominations? Passion? Pride? Penance? There's no time to ask. They're the ones saving your skin.

Hunter Defenders is the second in a new The Reckoning series dedicated to the creeds, the character types of the imbued. Learn Defenders' philosophies, motives and ultimate goals in the war against the supernatural. Defenders are ever vigilant, but they know when to fight, and all these new weapons and wards help keep the supernatural at bay. Helpful, if you must fill the breech.

Genres: Role Playing Games, World Of Darkness

96 pages, Paperback

First published February 3, 2000

About the author

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Reviews

[Michał Przestrzelski · Rating 2 out of 5]

Częścią książki, która najbardziej mi się podobała, była historia z prologu. Pomysł główną część też był dobry, chociaż niekiedy dygresje odchodziły za bardzo od głównego tematu konfliktu między dwojgiem łowców. Był to jedyny hunter book, który miałem w wersji papierowej, więc dlatego przeczytałem właśnie niego. W innym przypadku pewnie wybrałbym któryś z bardziej egzotycznych typów, bo łowców-obrońców akurat bardzo łatwo sobie wyobrazić samemu. Nie zmienia to faktu, że cała koncepcja postawienia ideologii łowców w miejsce np. wampirzych klanów mi się nie podoba i jest nienaturalna. Po lekturze pozostałem z wrażeniem, że opisane postacie bardziej nadawałyby się na NPC w innych grach z serii.

Podręcznik ma wyjątkowo brzydką okładkę – zwłaszcza dzieciak z tylnej strony.

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

I kinda disliked the fluff of this creed book for Hunter: The Reckoning. The format is odd, all fluff is in the form e-mails from various hunters of the Defender creed. The Defenders fight amongst each other. While I enjoyed the bits where the hunters described how they were Imbued, I didn't much care for the rest. If it was supposed to be compelling narrative, I missed the point.

The only reason the book is getting 3 stars is that I really enjoyed the crunch. The rules additions and archetypes are very solid, and the pregen-characters gave me some good ideas for the character generation of my own Hunter.