Fun to read, benifit the character creation a lot.

I find the content in this book concerning the solo rule EXTRMELY similar to what I found in another old rule book designed for general solo game sessions: Mthyic Game Master Emulator, published in 2003.

I wouldn't jump too quickly to the conclusion that the author is "borrowing" from others or even plagiarizing, but there's certainly such probability judging from the astonishing similarity between the two.

I personally think it's ok to improve other people's idea and make it better, however: 1) one should mention or acknowledge the original author, and 2) the new content needs to be at least as good as the original stuff.

This book and its author achived neither of these.

Summary of my review. Get Mythic Emulator 2e.

The Good.
Professional layout and original artwork.
Character creation was usefull if you can't create one all on your own.
*The the Jyhad rating.

The not-so-good.
*Artwork is uninspiring but ok.

*Character creation. I have to modify every single table for character creation not just to fit my preferences but to make more sense. Example: you have just as good a chance to create a Salubri (a clan that is ultra rare and should be treated with a plot hook all on its own) as any other clan. This whole table alone i had to completely redo. And then a random generator for hairstyle and texture which I feel is completely unnecessary but maybe someone will like it.

*Price. This is a big one and the most important. Mythic Emulator 2e is the same price as this product and clearly what this product is based on. Mythic Emulator also has 47 meaning tables vs the 32 (29 of which are dedicated to random character creation tables) in this product. Additionally, this product is 65 pages vs 230 pages in ME2. This difference is even more evident when so many pages of this product are devoted to 'filler' artwork and 3 pages dedicated to 'consent in gaming' -- pages that are reproduced in virtually every other product in the v5 lineup including the book you need to play to begin with. If you include the pages in the beginning devoted to a story i would say about 50% of this product is actually dedicated to using this adopted system.

Eternal Struggle This is just the Fate Chart in ME2e Jyhad Rating This is just the Chaos factor in ME2e

I would do one of two things here. Either reduce the price to say 3$ maybe pay what you want OR use this in conjunction with ME2e, remove everything and simply keep the random character creation rules referring to the emulator giving suggestions on how to use it with VtM.

I'm a big solo player with few options and play a lot, especially Vampire, so i was dissapointed by the fact that all i did was purchase Mythic Emulater light for the same price

Greetings Vamily,

I purchased this product yesterday, read through it, and greatly enjoyed it. I have been playing VtM since shortly after the release of the first edition of the book. I have often found for many of my players, the character creation process is most the difficult aspect of the game. For people coming form D20 based systems, the character creation process of World of Darkness, with its focus on storytelling and character development, can be intimidating and sometimes frustrating. This book goes a long way to addressing that. The character creation system, which is different from the traditional VtM5e method, allows for a player to roll out their character giving a randomness to the process as well offering great lists of traits to choose from and prompts to get your ideas flowing around things like convictions and touchstones.

The Eternal Struggle System can seem a little daunting at first but once it is seen in action is very clear. It is modified by a simple system to determine how much control a character may have in a given situation. This whole system reminds me greatly of the Encounter Decks that I had for Ad&D. A player could draw a card, on which was a brief description of the situation and then monster stats with difficulties to defeat said monster or trap. This allowed D&D to be played without a DM. they could also be used by a DM to either run a session without much prep, or to kickstart an entire chronicle. This work has done that for Vampire.

I really have nothing "bad" to say about the book. Some of the things that stood out to me were the very few spelling errors, and some of the pictures appear blurry. I don't know if it would look different in print rather than on screen nor do I know if this effect was intentional. Either way they are not deal breakers for a person looking to get into Vampire but who perhaps does not have a group. I went to a Menonite high school so finding players for Vampire was difficult at best.

The layout of the book is logical and flows well. Information is where you would expect it to be and I never felt like I had to hunt around for what I wanted to know. If you have listended or currently listen to The Lore By Night Guy, his voice comes through in the writing.

Over all, this is a great prduct! I will be using it at my table for new characters to help them come up with characters, and to enhance my own storytelling in the future. Thank you so much for all your hard work!