Secret Societies (Nephilim)

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Secret Societies is a 1995 role-playing game supplement for Nephilim published by Chaosium.

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Contents

Secret Societies is a supplement which details the secret societies which align against the Nephilim as they quest for spiritual transcendence. [1]

Secret Societies is a supplement about the hidden world of the occult and the shadow war that humans fight against it. Pyramid V1, #18 (March/April, 1996) [2]

The book details some of the major secret societies that oppose the Nephilim, as well as some new groups. [1]

Publication history

The book was written by Kenneth Hite. [1]

Reception

Andrew Rilstone reviewed Secret Societies for Arcane magazine, rating it a 5 out of 10 overall. [1] Rilstone comments that "I get the feeling that this book is aimed at people who are interested in the world of Nephilim for its own sake, irrespective of whether they are actually going to play it. if you're one of them, then you'll probably find it indispensable." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Rilstone, Andrew (January 1996). "Games Reviews". Arcane. Future Publishing (2): 75.
  2. "Pyramid: Pyramid Pick: Secret Societies".