Ratkin

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Summary: Agents of the Wyld
Review: The Ratkin have a purpose; when all the other werecreatures fail to keep humanity in line, it's the Ratkin's turn. They are purely of the Wyld, and though the Weaver has its place, it often gets out of line. That's where the Ratkin step in. The Ratkin seek to hasten the Apocalypse because it will provide for a new beginning, and the hordes and hordes of Ratkin are more than ready for this day. In this book, you'll find a lot of good stuff. The Ratkin are along the lines of the Bone Gnawers, just with more enthusiasm and take themselves even less seriously. As a result, there's a lot of neat stuff in here; since television shows (particularly cartoons) are often given a lot of attachment and watched a lot, they have a reflection in the Umbra, just like everything else. Tom and Jerry is a good example, and for the Ratkin Engineers, there's Pinky and the Brain. Anyway, aside from all that, the Ratkin book is well worth reading if you have a sense of humor about it; they're spastic, destructive, and at the same time, quite shrewd about what they do. Should another War of Rage erupt, you can bet the Ratkin would be messing any Garou that got in their way...

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Summary: A great title from White Wolf
Review: This should have been a year of the Reckoning books. The book gives the perspectives of the Ratkin, psychotic were-rats who are trying to bring about the apocolypse. And yet they are not evil, not wyrm creatures, merely alien to us and to the Garou. The art is excellent, and I loved the opening story, particularly the Che inspired poster of the hero.

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Summary: Reckoning Rats
Review: This should have been a year of the Reckoning books. The book gives the perspectives of the Ratkin, psychotic were-rats who are trying to bring about the apocolypse. And yet they are not evil, not wyrm creatures, merely alien to us and to the Garou. The art is excellent, and I loved the opening story, particularly the Che inspired poster of the hero.

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Summary: Ratkin, the dirtiest(no pun intended) fighters on Gaia.
Review: Wow! Raw, energetic, and untamed. Ratkin and the book itself. I suspected a few things about them, but it was nice to be justified and have something to point at when it came right down to it. I like the view on Ratkin and their world. The only thing I have problems with are possibly the 'Freak' aspects. They are fairly powerful and very disruptive, not to mention weird. Still the new gifts, different perspective on old ones, and new stats/abilities are new breath to old campaigns. Among all the shifting breeds it looks like the Ratkin are the most prepared for the end of it all. With the growing trend in WW toward the "Last Days" theme Ratkin will truely come into their own. If you want Ratkin characters, buy it. If you want a change of pace in the foes your Garou are fighting, buy it! I keep having this vision of the movie Aliens when the marines were being overrun as being what it would be like to stumble over a Ratkin nest.

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Summary: Ratkin, the dirtiest(no pun intended) fighters on Gaia.
Review: Wow! Raw, energetic, and untamed. Ratkin and the book itself. I suspected a few things about them, but it was nice to be justified and have something to point at when it came right down to it. I like the view on Ratkin and their world. The only thing I have problems with are possibly the 'Freak' aspects. They are fairly powerful and very disruptive, not to mention weird. Still the new gifts, different perspective on old ones, and new stats/abilities are new breath to old campaigns. Among all the shifting breeds it looks like the Ratkin are the most prepared for the end of it all. With the growing trend in WW toward the "Last Days" theme Ratkin will truely come into their own. If you want Ratkin characters, buy it. If you want a change of pace in the foes your Garou are fighting, buy it! I keep having this vision of the movie Aliens when the marines were being overrun as being what it would be like to stumble over a Ratkin nest.