11 Supernatural Antagonists by Jacob Klünder is a role playing game published by White Wolf through the Storytellers Vault Community Content Programme for use with Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition.
The supplement is available as a 17-page PDF for free from Storytellers Vault. One page is the front cover, two the front matter and one the contents.
The Introduction states that vampires are their own worst enemies, but they are not the only creatures in the World of Darkness. There are other supernatural beings who see vampires as enemies, rivals or possibly even a resource. The threats cover a variety of types.
The antagonists are then covered. All but one take up a page; that one takes up two but doesn’t have substantially more content due to a chapter header. Each antagonist is given a name, an extensive background, game stats and finally a piece of related stock art.
Each antagonist is a different type; revenant, lupine, ghost, demon, fallen watcher, mage, tupilaq, urban spirit, alchemist, brain bug and ifrit. Each has different motivations. A couple use vampires as a resource for their longevity. Some are out and out after vampires. Some have other goals. All could be potential threats.
11 Supernatural Antagonists in Review
The PDF lacks bookmarks and is long enough with enough different sections that these would have been useful. Navigation is poor. The text maintains a two-column format and appeared to be free of errors. Each antagonist has a stock art picture that is generally appropriate. Presentation is okay.
Whilst these antagonists are aimed at vampires, and some are directly opposed to vampires, some could easily do as antagonists for other supernatural creatures. There is no reason why another creature couldn’t fall afoul of an ifrit on a mission of vengeance simply by getting in its way, especially when the vengeance isn’t against vampires. Each of the antagonists is nicely detailed with different motivations that mean each one’s interaction can be different. 11 Supernatural Antagonists is a nice collection of antagonists and it can be downloaded for free by clicking here.
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