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Scion: Hero, Scion: Demigod and Scion: God
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Scion: Hero, Scion: Demigod and Scion: God are a series of three games where the players take the role of the half-children of Gods, in the mold of Hercules, blessed with the power of their divine blood and the moral complexity of their mortal lives.
The game takes elements of the mythic, and places them firmly in the modern day world, allowing Storytellers and Players to create tales of epic heroism in a contemporary setting.
Scion's premise is that the savage Titans have escaped their eternal prison to wage war with the Gods once more. While the Gods battle them in the Overworld, they leave the conflict on Earth to their Scion children, fearful of being ensnared in Fate's thread should they intervene directly. Armed with abilities and weapons granted by their divine parents, the Scions stand as humanity’s only defense.
Many players and White Wolf fans regard Scion as the spiritual inheritor of the Exalted games, focusing on heroic action and epic storytelling, but within a more familiar present day setting than the fantasy worlds of that game. The dice-systems used are similar, both games involving large pools of ten-sided dice, the ability to perform superhuman deeds, and the powers of demigod-like beings.
This wiki is somewhat unfinished but is growing continuously - contributions are needed from fans to fill out many of the sections, so if you are feeling creative, then please help us by adding what you can! The links below which lead to incomplete pages that need work are noted as (incomplete). Please help by adding material here!
Scion: Hero...
Released in April 2007 by White Wolf, Scion: Hero is the first of the three games. It focuses on the early legends of the Scion characters, starting from the point at which they discover their divine heritage then launching them head first into the excitement of the Titan Wars!
Scion: Demigod...
Released in September 2007 by White Wolf, Scion: Demigod is the second of the three games. In this book, the Scions come of age, and must deal with the power and responsibilities of a demigod's strength.
The book introduces a new Atlantean pantheon.
Scion: God...
Released in January 2008 by White Wolf, Scion: God is the third and final book in the series, where the demigods fulfil their potential powers.
Also in works
Currently in development are the Scion Companion, many portions of which are being released as PDFs prior to full publication, and Scion: Ragnarok, which is a full story arc leading up to the Norse end-of-days. Scion: Ragnarok has a date of January 21, 2009 and The Scion Companion has a release date of Spring 2009 listed on Barnes & Noble.com
FAQ: What is a Scion?
This section expands upon the general outlines given in the main Scion: Hero Corebook. It details just what it means to be a Scion. It will answer basic questions of fact, myth and the grey areas in between.
- Scion Forum FAQ - the FAQ from the Scion Forums prior to the scheduled March 2009 forum reboot.
Characters
Every participant in a Scion game must create a character to play. Your character is your alter ego whom you control and through whom you vicariously experience the Game World.
- Character Creation and Traits - An overview of the character creation process in Scion: Hero and the traits by which characters are defined.
- Complete Characters - Fan-made characters detailed for Scion.
Fan Created Material
The below link takes you the fan-created material within this wiki:
Scion Glossary and Index
An alphabetical list of many of the game terms and articles which appear within the Scion section of the wiki.
Pages defining Game terms can be added to the Glossary by adding the tag [[Category:Scion glossary]] to the top of any page.
Fan material can be added to the index by adding the tag [[Category:Scion Fan-created Material Index]] to the top of any page.
Help build the glossary by adding your articles to it.
Scion Products
No matter how extensive and interesting the articles in this Wiki, to really play the game, you need the rule books. Links to purchase all these books and more can be found at White Wolf's main Scion web page located here
Scion in Media
Useful Links
The following external sources can provide ideas to Storytellers and players.
- Theoi Greek Mythology A definitive site exploring Greek mythology in classical literature and art.
- Pantheon.org Large Mythology Database
- Mythweb Site Specializing in Greek Mythology
- Digital-Librarian Large list of Mythology Resources
- God Checker A humorous site presenting a light-hearted view of over 2,850 deities from over 20 pantheons.
- Encyclopedia of Shinto is the English translation of the Shinto jiten a general work of reference regarding Shinto.
- the Obakemono Project
- Women in Greek Myths A who's-who on all females in Greek mythology, with a section on Greek Men, a collection of myths, and a lot of beautiful images.
Also, for the curious:
- Wikipedia article The wikipedia-hosted article on Scion.
- American Gods The Neil Gaiman novel cited as an inspiration for Scion.
