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{{Product description
|productName = '''Houses of Hermes'''
|imageFile = Houses_of_Hermescover.jpg‎
|edition = [[ArM3|Third]]/[[ArM4|Fourth]]
|abbreviation = HoH
|type = Sourcebook
|authors = [[Jonathan Tweet]]
|publisher = Wizards of the Coast
|productNumber = WOC1120/AG1120
|isbn = 1-58978-074-4
|releaseDate = 1994
|format = [[Softcover]] or [[PDF]]
|pageCount = 152
|availability = Out of print; [[PDF]] available
}}
{{about|the 1994 Supplement by Wizards of the Coast|the group of present and past houses that comprise the Order of Hermes|Houses of Hermes}}

'''Houses of Hermes''' is an Ars Magica supplement that describes the twelve current [[Houses]] in the [[Order of Hermes]].  Following chapters on each of the houses is a history section, including information on [[House Diedne]] and a timeline.  The last chapter discusses [[Apprentice|apprenticeship]].

==  Subject and Contents ==

This book is dedicated to describing all twelve of the [[Houses of Hermes]].  It therefore develops each House in more detail than the earlier supplement, [[Order of Hermes Book|Order of Hermes]], but less detail than the later Fifth Edition ''Houses of Hermes'' series of supplements.

''Houses of Hermes'' is billed as a [[Fourth Edition]] supplement, but was written two before that edition came out.  It was never updated or replaced.  Since the magic rules were quite similar between Third and Fourth Edition, ''Houses of Hermes'' remained perfectly usable and was the official sourcebook on the Houses from the time it was published in 1994 until the release of [[ArM5]] in 2004.

===  Differences from Fifth Edition ===

The portrayal of several Houses in ''Houses of Hermes'' differs from [[Fifth Edition]] canon:

* [[House Flambeau]] is both less orderly and less diverse and has a more violent image.  [[Flambeau the Founder]] in particular is depicted as a very violent figure.
* [[House Criamon]] has a more vague concept of the [[The Enigma|Enigma]] and is more preoccupied with visions, riddles, and symbolism
* [[House Tremere]] is less respectable and is portrayed as very conspiratorial.

Each of these Houses received a make-over when [[Fifth Edition]] overhauled the Ars Magica [[canon]].  There are, of course, some players who liked each of these Houses as they were in ''Houses of Hermes.''  The good news is that, since an electronic version of ''Houses of Hermes'' is available, players who liked the Houses the way they were before (or who just want to compare the treastment of the Houses between editions) can still buy and use this earlier book.

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==  Related Topics ==
* [[Houses]]
* [[Order of Hermes]]

===  Related Products ===
* [[Houses of Hermes: True Lineages]]
* [[Houses of Hermes: Mystery Cults]]
* [[Houses of Hermes: Societates]]
* [[Ars Magica Third Edition]]
* [[Wizards Grimoire Revised Edition]]
* [[Order of Hermes Book|Order of Hermes]]

===  Related Sites ===

* [http://www.atlas-games.com/product_tables/AG1120.php/ Official product page] at [[Atlas Games]]
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