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City of Angels *OP
Book by Steve Kenson, Alan Kravit, Chuck Wendig
124 pages, Paperback
First published February 3, 2003
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August 17, 2025
This one is unfortunately bad. In many regards, it feels more like a generic Vampire: The Masquerade city book than one for Demon: The Fallen. Characters in it are pretty generic in every way and don't feel much like the uniqueness Demon brings to the table, they are all pretty much either power hungry ones or generally murderous ones with no real depth or development to make them interesting. There are a few exceptions, of course, but it's just that: exceptions.
Then the book moves on to explain the Courts in Demon: The Fallen, which is something not specific to L.A. so it should be in a general book instead of here. Doesn't matter much, to be honest, once again the court system feels like V:TM: a Tyrant instead of Prince, the Pentarchy instead of the Primogeniture, but that's about it. Nothing interesting or unique in what in general is a pretty interesting and unique setting, but here it just feels like being a demon is nothing special. The two courts present in L.A. are not interesting either, with the Infernal Court being pretty generic, and the Blood one being just the murderous one. Camarilla and Sabbat? Yeah, more or less. Lots of things in those two courts are never explained, nor they really make sense: why do the Cryptics want control of transport hubs? It's not a power-focused Faction, and I don't think an airport holds many ancient secrets in it... And that's just one of many examples.
And finally, Lucifer. Why is he here? What is he doing? And so on are never answered, he just shows up in the middle of an earthquake to try and fight the Earthbound by using faith and then... *puff* and he's gone.
So, all in all, a book that is definitely not worth it.
Then the book moves on to explain the Courts in Demon: The Fallen, which is something not specific to L.A. so it should be in a general book instead of here. Doesn't matter much, to be honest, once again the court system feels like V:TM: a Tyrant instead of Prince, the Pentarchy instead of the Primogeniture, but that's about it. Nothing interesting or unique in what in general is a pretty interesting and unique setting, but here it just feels like being a demon is nothing special. The two courts present in L.A. are not interesting either, with the Infernal Court being pretty generic, and the Blood one being just the murderous one. Camarilla and Sabbat? Yeah, more or less. Lots of things in those two courts are never explained, nor they really make sense: why do the Cryptics want control of transport hubs? It's not a power-focused Faction, and I don't think an airport holds many ancient secrets in it... And that's just one of many examples.
And finally, Lucifer. Why is he here? What is he doing? And so on are never answered, he just shows up in the middle of an earthquake to try and fight the Earthbound by using faith and then... *puff* and he's gone.
So, all in all, a book that is definitely not worth it.
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April 5, 2019
Of the demon books I've read so far, this is far and away the worst. And it doesn't even spend much time on history compared to the others! So far, it's had some really shitty editing (identical sentences appearing in several places, some minor grammatical issues) but, as always with demon, the number on issue is cultural insensitivity. Though in this case, it's not even something related to demons! It's just referring to a group of black people as "blacks" (specifically a "gang of blacks" which is actually SO MUCH WORSE)
The rest of the book is mostly just piles of characters and a bit of structure for the local Fallen. There are really only two things of significance in the book: metaplot involving Lucifer (though some of that falls to some of the published fiction) and the structure of the Infernal Court. The latter is the only real saving grace of the book, putting in the political structure that the Fallen would generally fall into in print and in detail. This piece is near essential for Demon players and STs, though the rest of the book can safely be ignored if you aren't running your game in Los Angeles, and even then, may not be of great value.
The rest of the book is mostly just piles of characters and a bit of structure for the local Fallen. There are really only two things of significance in the book: metaplot involving Lucifer (though some of that falls to some of the published fiction) and the structure of the Infernal Court. The latter is the only real saving grace of the book, putting in the political structure that the Fallen would generally fall into in print and in detail. This piece is near essential for Demon players and STs, though the rest of the book can safely be ignored if you aren't running your game in Los Angeles, and even then, may not be of great value.
November 22, 2022
Misguided attempt to add structure to Demon: The Fallen which fails to distinguish itself from the social organisation of, say, Vampire society. Full review: https://refereeingandreflection.wordp...
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