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I'm running a Werewolf game and, after the pack managed to root out a Bale Hound and make the only other Rahu in the local area stand down, it seems like they want to take the time to handle mortal antagonists in their backstories. What I'd like to know is what NWoD books could provide good resources for kinfolk, criminal (mob or hackers especially), law and/or political characters.
Thanks for the suggestions.
One great resource for the criminal and law aspects of your question is Tales From the 13th Precinct, a sourcebook from the core World of Darkness line that approaches the setting from a law-enforcement perspective. It not only prepares you to make characters on both sides of the law that can encounter the supernatural world, but it adds a few new merits and system tweaks to make them able to be a challenge for the Pack.
Just for completeness: To go with Tales From the 13th Precinct (which should definatly be your first point), other (less useful, but still worth a look) books are, the back section of Armoury,mostly talks about gun law, and also Dogs of War which is about the military, but relevant (iirc) for things like border guards, and martial law. (I plan to use if for a game set in developing nations where you are more likely to encounter the national guard than police)
Conversly AFAIK, Midnight Roads doesn't have much wrt Law and order.
I feel link there must be other books, perhaps City of the Damned
nWoD Core does provide some guidelines.
You might also check out the Hunter: The Vigil line as this deals with the humans (from small barely organized local groups to huge world spanning conspiracies) handle the supernatural monsters in the world. Very specifically the expansion book Spirit Slayers looks much more closely at hunter groups that deals with werewolves and similar monsters.
