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''Scion'' is a series of role-playing games published by White Wolf, Inc and Onyx Path Publishing. The first core rule book, ''Scion: Hero''. was released on April 13, 2007. The second volume, ''Scion: Demigod'', was released on September 12, 2007, and the third, ''Scion: God'', was released on January 23, 2008. The ''Scion Companion'' began release in sections March 2008, as a PDF direct download. ''Scion: Ragnarok'' was released on January 21, 2009. A second edition was announced in August 2012,〔http://theonyxpath.com/its-a-month-since-we-announced-and-wow/〕 with a new system related to the previous Storytelling System but differing from it in undisclosed but significant ways. == Setting == ''Scion'' is a role-playing game wherein players take on the roles of mortal descendants of gods embroiled in a divine war between the gods and their ancestors, the Titans: powerful, primordial embodiments of concepts such as water, chaos or light which recently escaped after thousands of years of imprisonment in Tartarus. The pantheons presented draw from mythology giving players the ability to associate their characters with any of the six pantheons provided in the game: *Pesedjet - The gods of Ancient Egypt, including Anubis, Atum-Re, Bastet, Geb, Horus, Isis, Osiris, Ptah, Set (or Seth), Sobek, and Thoth. *Dodekatheon - The gods of Greek mythology, including Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes, Poseidon, and Zeus. *Aesir - The gods of Norse mythology, including Baldur, Freya, Freyr, Frigg, Heimdall, Hel, Loki, Odin, Sif, Thor, Tyr, and Vidar. *Atzlánti - The gods of the Aztec civilization, including Huitzilopochtli, Miclántecuhtli, Quetzalcoatl, Tezcatlipoca, Tlaloc, Tlazoltéotl, and Xipe Totec. *Amatsukami - The Shinto gods of Japan, including Amaterasu, Hachiman, Izanagi, Izanami, Raiden, Susano-o, and Tsuki-Yomi. *Loa - The god-spirits of the Vodou religion, including Baron Samedi, Damballa, Erzulie, Kalfu, Legba, Ogoun, and Shango. In the ''Scion Companion'', the following pantheons were added:〔http://store.white-wolf.com/Scion-Companion-P5603.aspx〕 *Tuatha Dé Danann - The gods of Ancient Ireland, including Aengus, Brigid, Cocidius (he swings between the Dodekatheon and the Tuatha Dé Danann), The Dagda, Danu, Dian Cecht, Lugh, Manannán mac Lir, The Morrígan, Nuada and Ogma. *Celestial Bureaucracy - The gods and immortals of China, including Chang'e, Fuxi, Guan Yu, Guanyin, Houyi, Huang Di, Nezha, Nüwa, Shennong, Sun Wukong, Xiwangmu, Yanluo and Zi-Gu. *Deva - The gods of India, including Agni, Brahma, Ganesha, Indra, Kali, Lakshmi, Parvati, Sarasvati, Shiva, Surya, Vishnu and Yama. And on May 19, 2010, White Wolf released a Persian-inspired pantheon:〔http://www.white-wolf.com/scion/index.php?line=news&articleid=1200〕 *Yazata - The gods of Persia, including Anahita, Ard, Haoma, Mah, Mithra, Sraosha, Tishtrya, Vahram, Vayu and Zam. Further diversification is encouraged by inclusion of instructions for creating custom pantheons and adapting existing but unaddressed spiritual traditions. In addition, recent PDF supplements include: *The Yankee Pantheon - The gods and folk heroes of The United States of America, including Betsy Ross, Br'er Rabbit, Columbia, John Henry, Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Rosie the Riveter and Uncle Sam. *The Allied Pantheons - The gods and folk heroes of Britain, France and Russia, including Baba Yaga, Britannia, The Citizen, d'Artagnan, John Bull, Madame Guillotine, Marianne, Robin Hood and Rodina Mat. A further supplement, released only in France, provides one additional pantheon: *Nemetondevos - The ancient Celtic gods of Gaul, including Andarta, Belenos, Camulos, Cernunnos, Epona, Esus, Gobnhios, Nantosuelta, Sukellos, Taranis and Teutates. The basic assumption on which this game is based is that the game world is similar to our modern world with just one difference: all the old myths are actually true. The characters that players create are considered to be the offspring of a god from one of these mythologies, and their purpose is to serve their parent as the Titans and their servants threaten the World. Adventures set within this milieu range from the mundane of a simple recovery of lost ancient artifacts to a modern version of the 12 tasks of Hercules. As each volume expands the scope of the game, characters go from being enhanced humans in ''Scion: Hero'' to full-fledged gods in ''Scion: God''. The scale also grows, from adventures in the physical world in ''Scion: Hero'', to adventures in the Underworld and various Terra Incognitae in ''Scion: Demigod'', to adventures in the Overworld with its Titanrealms (environments which are the bodies of the titans) and Godrealms in ''Scion: God''. The primary antagonists of the game are the so-called ''Titan Avatars'' that are different personifications of the various primal Titans that exists in Scion. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Scion (role-playing game)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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