The Bygone Bestiary

by Mark Jackson and Mark Jackson

An essential tome for dark fantasy games, The Bygone Bestiary includes: * Descriptions, folklore, roleplaying hints and systems for dozens of creatures, both magical and mundane. * Character creation... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565044916
• ISBN13: 9781565044913
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: White Wolf Games Studio
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Controversial

Yeah, it's good for the storyteller, and players of mage would surely prefer seeing a dragon or a griffin every once in a while to the everyday werewolf, vampire and the so. However, the advise not to use it for player characters because characters are too powerful is something that needs to be kept in mind. Rather just use it sporadically to add up to the fun, not just to let beasts roam the mortal world. Be cautios, but outside of that, the supplement is fine.

One of the best peripherials for Mage

While intended foremost for use with the game Mage: Sorcerer's crusade, a medieval spin-off of the popular Mage: The Ascension game, the Bygone Beastiary is can practically stand alone (if you're already familiar with *some* white-wolf game), and is a fantastic addition to any Mage game, particularly if you don't want to incorporate the banality of predictable Garou and Kindred on every streetcorner, and/or you like custos, familiars, and so on, but don't own the anciently-out-of-print Ascension's Right Hand. (This is more comprehensive than Ascension's right hand for Consors and mythic beasties, anyhow.) Also very creative, mythic thinking.

An entertaining supplement

Not the best supplement for White Wolf that I've seen, but definitely useful and I like that they paid more attention to background and story than stats (though..check out the health levels for mundane frogs, I laughed). Get it if you work at all with changeling or the dark ages/Renaissance games.