Clans

A Brief Description of the Greater Clans

Assamite
Based in the Middle East, these deadly assassins see themselves as judges, bringing death to the “lesser” vampire clans. They revere their founder, Haqim, and avoid all entanglements of alliance or sect.

Nickname: Assassins

Disciplines: Celerity, Obfuscate, Quietus

Brujah
The Brujah are a passionate clan, prone to aggression and anger. They are philosophers, warriors, rambunctious friends, and dangerous enemies. They often advocate causes, fighting against oppression and tyranny in the hope of a better world.

Nickname: Rabble

Disciplines: Celerity, Potence, Presence

Followers of Set
Decadent, seductive, and corrupt, the Setites worship their God in golden temples and seedy opium dens, seamlessly merging ancient Egypt and modern crime.

Nickname: Serpents

Disciplines: Obfuscate, Presence, Serpentis

Gangrel
The nomadic Gangrel are savage predators and feral loners, preferring wilderness and freedom to the confinement of an urban sprawl. They are masterful shape-changers and stalwart allies.

Nickname: Outlanders

Disciplines: Animalism, Fortitude, Protean

Giovanni
The Giovanni are incestuous and insular masters of necromantic magic. With the ruthlessness of a mafia dynasty and the ambition of a modern corporation, these Venetian merchants seek power at any cost.

Nickname: Necromancers

Disciplines: Dominate, Potence, Necrpmancy - Sepulchre Path

Lasombra
Elegant and inhuman, the Lasombra relish their vampiric existence. With regal grace, they command the shadows and delight in both kinds of darkness of the night, and of the soul.

Nickname: Magisters

Disciplines: Dominate, Potence, Obtenebration

Malkavian
Although gifted with adept insight, all members of the Malkavian clan suffer from some form of macabre insanity. Alternately terrifying and serene, these vampires often seek to enlighten others… whether they like it or not.

Nickname: Lunatics

Disciplines: Auspex, Dementation, Obfuscate

Nosferatu
Members of Clan Nosferatu are hideous to behold, their bodies horribly warped and twisted by the Embrace. Clandestine spies and wily secret-stealers, they control the flow of information in vampire society.

Nickname: Sewer Rats

Disciplines: Animalism, Obfuscate, Potence

Toreador
The Toreador are sensuous, gregarious hedonists, known for their beauty as well as their cunning. Of all the clans, they are the most refined, always found at the cutting edge of mortal art and culture.

Nickname: Degenerates

Disciplines: Auspex, Celerity, Presence

Tremere
Long ago, this sorcerous clan of vampires seized immortality and shaped their own fate. In modern nights, they are feared and mistrusted for their occult secrets, though none can deny the power they wield.

Nickname: Warlocks

Disciplines: Auspex, Dominate, Thaumaturgy - Path of Blood

Tzimisce
A clan of fallen nobles from Eastern Europe, the reclusive Tzimisce are jealous, possessive creatures. With the power to shape flesh and bone, the masters of metamorphosis seek to evolve beyond mortal understanding.

Nickname: Fiends

Disciplines: Animalism, Auspex, Vicissitude

Ventrue
Stoic and composed, the Ventrue are the pinnacle of vampiric aristocracy. They are monarchs and CEOs, wealthy benefactors and commanding military leaders, ruling the night with an iron fist.

Nickname: Clan of The Kings

Disciplines: Dominate, Fortitude, Presence

Lesser Clans

Baali

Nickname: Demons

Disciplines: Daimoinon, Obfuscate, Presence

Cappadocians

Nickname: Graverobbers

Disciplines: Auspex, Fortitude, Necromancy - Mortis Path

Ravnos

Nickname: Deceivers

Disciplines: Animalism, Fortitude, Chimeristry

Salubri

Nickname: Furies

Disciplines: Auspex, Fortitude, Valeren

The Second-Class Clanless

Caitiff
With blood too thin to claim a clan or lineage, Caitiff exhibit few common characteristics. These unfortunate vampires are usually abandoned and disregarded after their misbegotten Embrace, and must rely on themselves in order to survive.

Nickname: Trash

Disciplines: Caitiff choose three in-clan disciplines from the following list: Animalism, Auspex, Celerity, Dominate, Fortitude, Obfuscate, Presence, or Potence.