Pyramid Pick: Horrors of the Z'Bri (for Tribe 8)

Pyramid Pick

Horrors of the Z'Bri (for Tribe 8)

Published by Dream Pod Nine

Written by Zak Arnston, Joshua Mosqueira Asheim, Hilary Doda, Michael Lee, Andrew Lucas, Jason Prince, Lucien Soulban, Guy-Francis Vella, Marc-Alexandre Vezina, James Wyatt

128 pages

Horrors of the Z'Bri is a sourcebook for Tribe 8. This should tell you all you need to know.

If, however, you aren't familiar with Tribe 8 (shame shame shame!), you might need some more prompting on the book.

The Z'Bri are the third part of the triumvirate of groups around which Tribe 8 is based. They are the monsters of the Tribe 8 setting. They don't eat flesh or drink blood (well, not all of them). They're extra-dimension entities of spirit who came to Earth to experience the pleasures of the flesh. Pleasure, of course, is such a variable term.

The Z'Bri came to Earth and formed what were essentially cults around themselves; their dominion over the planet (well, at least the small chunk of it we're aware of) was pretty much complete, with the remaining few remnants of Humanity herded into camps. Humanity was freed by the arrival of the Fatimas, avatars of the Goddess.

They went on to lead the seven tribes, the second leg of the game's setting. The first (and most central to the game) is the Fallen, those tribals who have rejected the rule of the Fatimas (or been rejected by them for one reason or another).

The horror aspect of the Z'Bri comes from one of those quibbling psychological aspects of . . .

This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.



Article publication date: May 19, 2000

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