Promethean: The Created

Promethean: The Created
Cover art
DesignersBill Bridges, Conrad Hubbard
PublishersWhite Wolf, Onyx Path
Publication
  • August 11, 2006 (First Edition)
  • August 3, 2016 (Second Edition)
GenresPersonal Horror
SystemsStorytelling System

Promethean: The Created is a role-playing game published by White Wolf, set in the Chronicles of Darkness setting.

The game is inspired by the classic tales of Frankenstein's monster, the Golem and other such simulacra. The characters are individuals created by first dismembering and reassembling a human corpse in most cases or multiple corpses in others to form a human body, then animating the body with Pyros, the Divine Fire. The resulting creation is known as a Promethean. Animated by the Divine Fire, but lacking a soul, Prometheans seek the greatest prize they know: humanity. Prometheans have no direct equivalent in the original World of Darkness (though beings like Frankenstein's monster, as well as the ability to create and play as such, were associated with the Sons of Ether), but elements of the game, on the surface, recall elements of such games as Wraith: The Oblivion and Mummy: The Resurrection.