Editing Time of Judgment

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{{Infobox game series
| title = Time of Judgment
| image = File:WoD Time of Judgement cover.jpg
| caption = 
| type = [[Tabletop role-playing game]] scenarios
| genre = [[Horror fiction|Horror]]
| creator =
| publisher = [[White Wolf Publishing]]
| first release version = ''Vampire: Gehenna''
| first release date = January 2004
| latest release version = ''World of Darkness: Time of Judgment''
| latest release date = March 2004
| parent series = ''[[World of Darkness]]''
}}

'''''Time of Judgment''''' is a series of [[roleplaying game]] [[scenario]] [[book]]s for the [[World of Darkness]] settings of [[White Wolf Game Studio]].  These scenarios are presented as the semi-[[canon (fiction)|canon]]ical endings of the original World of Darkness, as preparation for the new version of the setting. As the Time of Judgment approaches, [[vampire]]s cease to exist, [[werewolves]] fight their last battle against the [[Wyrm (World of Darkness)|Wyrm]], and [[mage (character class)|mage]]s face their last test.

The series ran for four hardback books; one for ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]'', ''[[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]'', and ''[[Mage: The Ascension]]'' respectively, with the fourth book delegated to each of the remaining settings. Each setting received between three and six potential scenarios.

==Roleplaying scenario books==

===''Vampire: Gehenna''===

''Vampire: Gehenna'', released in January 2004, began the Time of Judgment chronicle, providing four different scenarios and tips for Storytellers to end their ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]'' game sessions. Its scenarios are;

* "Wormwood", which is similar to the biblical story of Noah's ark, in which God silently eradicates vampiric life from Earth. The focus is on character interaction as the Player Characters are among the sole survivors in an abandoned sanctuary, as all other vampiric forms are cleansed, with the Player Characters given a chance to interact with each other, reconcile and turn to God before 40 Nights are over.
* "Fair is Foul", which concerns the mythology of Lilith and the struggles of her own descendants against those of her enemy, Caine.
* "Nightshade", a large-scale story which follows up on many metaplot hooks such as the rising of the antediluvian and rebirth of Saulot.
* "Crucible of God", is best described as a post-apocalyptic monster epic, with the antediluvian having completely rewritten the world to their ideals.

===''Werewolf: Apocalypse''===

''Werewolf: Apocalypse'', released in February 2004,  providing four different scenarios for ''[[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]'' game sessions.

* "The Last Battleground" covered the apocalypse as a great battle, taking place in the spirit realm, where the players would seek for any support before the final battle.
* "A Tribe Falls" covers what events could occur if one of the existing thirteen tribes fell 'to the wyrm', like the Black Spiral Dancer tribe.
* "Weaver Ascendant" essentially places the Weaver as the source of all problems in the cosmos, and throws the characters into conflict with it.
* "Ragnarok" outlines what would happen if a giant asteroid were to collide with the world, igniting an apocalyptic war with the forces of the Wyrm.

===''Mage: Ascension''===

''Mage: Ascension'', released in March 2004,  providing five different scenarios for ''[[Mage: The Ascension]]'' game sessions.

* "Judgment", the most metaplot-heavy of the lot, features many current strands (rogue councils, forgotten traditions, the avatar storms), which ultimately leads to all characters ascending while the universe becomes one great singularity.
* "The Revolution Will Be Televised" outlines a civil war in the Technocracy, with a view from the inside.
* "The Earth Will Shake" outlines what would happen if a giant asteroid were to collide with the world, in a different manner to the event in Werewolf.
* "A Whimper, Not A Bang" dealt with a threat from an alien lifeform, which had not previously been mentioned within the game for many years. These creatures are gradually consuming the world's magic, not much affecting humans but essentially producing the extinction of mages.
* "Hell On Earth" outlined what would happen were the Nephandi to win the battle and bring chaos to the world.

===''Time of Judgment''===

''World of Darkness: Time of Judgment'', also released in March 2004, covered ''[[Changeling: The Dreaming]]'', ''[[Demon: The Fallen]]'', ''[[Hunter: The Reckoning]]'', ''[[Kindred of the East]]'', and ''[[Mummy: The Resurrection]]'', with each receiving between three and four scenarios. ''[[Orpheus (role-playing game)|Orpheus]]'' also got its final book, ''End Game'' in 2004, but it was not considered part of the Time of Judgment.  ''[[Wraith: The Oblivion]]'' had already ended in 1999 due to lack of sales.

==Mind's Eye Theatre==

''Laws of Judgment'' ended the ''[[Mind's Eye Theatre]]'' line of World of Darkness [[live-action role-playing game]]s. ''Laws of Judgment'' is a condensed adaptation of the Time of Judgment books, as well as the final ''Wraith: The Oblivion'' book, ''Ends of Empire''. ''Laws of Judgment'' omitted the "Rising of Mount Meru" scenario for ''[[Kindred of the East]]'' (from ''World of Darkness: Time of Judgment''), on the grounds that its themes did not fit with those of ''Mind's Eye Theatre'', as well as the entire ''[[Demon: The Fallen]]'' scenario from ''World of Darkness: Time of Judgment'', as ''Demon'' was never adapted to ''Mind's Eye Theatre'' format.

==Novels==

There are also three fiction novels that picture the end of times for ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]'', ''[[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]'', and ''[[Mage: The Ascension]]'', respectively. These novels are "Gehenna", "The Last Battle", and "Judgment Day". None of these are considered to be the canonical ending of the line, as the storylines are left open for each group to end them as they please.

==References==

* Sean Riley ''et al.'' (2004). ''Apocalypse''. Stone Mountain: White Wolf Game Studio. {{ISBN|1-58846-323-0}}
* Dean Shomshak ''et al.'' (2004). ''Gehenna''. Stone Mountain: White Wolf Game Studio. {{ISBN|1-58846-246-3}}
* Jackie Cassada et al. (2004). ''Laws of Judgment''. Stone Mountain: White Wolf Game Studio. {{ISBN|1-58846-521-7}}

==External links==
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041023074410/http://www.timeofjudgment.com/ |date=October 23, 2004 |title=Official website}}

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