I came to WtA very late, at the end of Revised in fact. So I never truly got to experience the Stargazers in a major way.
However, I have read a lot about them, including both tribebooks. And, well, I cannot help but feel they never truly added to the game anything new. Aside from Kailindo.
They are an asian tribe, but even in 1st edition Shadow Lords all ready had Hakken in Japan. They basically are monks in a search for enlightement and so they are calm and collected. They eschew posessions and ties and dislike the Weaver strongly.
To me, that doesn't really sound werewolfy at all. Especially when the focus is so heavily on the human aspects, with a much lessened focus on the wolf. I mean, that is true with all idealistic tribes, but generally there is a secondary thing for lupus to chomp on. It doesn't help that Gazers generally are portrayed as somehow perfect, when even the Children of Gaia get called on tokenism in the books.
And they offer very little that Children of Gaia or Uktena couldn't offer.
I don't know, I just feel that them leaving in revised did not actually matter as much as if say the Fenrir or Furies had left.
However, I have read a lot about them, including both tribebooks. And, well, I cannot help but feel they never truly added to the game anything new. Aside from Kailindo.
They are an asian tribe, but even in 1st edition Shadow Lords all ready had Hakken in Japan. They basically are monks in a search for enlightement and so they are calm and collected. They eschew posessions and ties and dislike the Weaver strongly.
To me, that doesn't really sound werewolfy at all. Especially when the focus is so heavily on the human aspects, with a much lessened focus on the wolf. I mean, that is true with all idealistic tribes, but generally there is a secondary thing for lupus to chomp on. It doesn't help that Gazers generally are portrayed as somehow perfect, when even the Children of Gaia get called on tokenism in the books.
And they offer very little that Children of Gaia or Uktena couldn't offer.
I don't know, I just feel that them leaving in revised did not actually matter as much as if say the Fenrir or Furies had left.
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