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A Modern Gothic Live-Action Storytelling Game
CREDITS Concept and Design: Justin Achilli, Charles Bailey, Philippe Boulle, Carl Bowen, Bill Bridges, Dean Burnham, John Chambers, Ken Cliffe, Conrad Hubbard, Mike Lee, Chris McDonough, Matthew McFarland, Ethan Skemp, Alex Teodorescu-Badia, Richard Thomas, Mike Tinney, Aaron Voss, Stephan Wieck, Stewart Wieck, Peter Woodworth and Frederick Yelk Vampire: The Requiem inspired by Vampire: The Masquerade Vampire: The Masquerade created by Mark Rein•Hagen Written by: Ari Marmell, Andrew J. Scott, Dean Shomshak, C. A. Suleiman, Alex Teodorescu-Badia and Peter Woodworth Additional Material: White Wolf Game Studio World of Darkness created by Mark Rein•Hagen World of Darkness co-created by Stewart Wieck Developed by: Alex Teodorescu-Badia and Peter Woodworth Editor: Carl Bowen Art Director: Pauline Benney Book Design: matt milberger Interior Art: Samuel Araya, Aleksi Briclot, Avery Butterworth, Nils Hamm, Becky Jollensten, Brandon Kitkouski, Cosimo Lorenz Panchin, David Seeley, Chris Shy, Chad Michael Ward and Cathy Wilkins Vampire: The Requiem Playtesters: Chastain Addington, Alan Alexander, Demian Anderson, Sara Anderson, Nils-Johnson Andreasson, David Bergkvist, Kraig Blackwelder, James Luke Boswell, Cassandra Brackett, Ryan Brandos, Daniel Byström, Ben Chism, James Comer, Chris Cowan, Tara De Blois, Corey Dixon, J. Entsminger, Gala Ferriere, Kevan Forbes, Douglas A. Forsyth, James Ganong, Fred Grass, Jasmine Marie Gribble, Brent Halstead, Aaron Harmon, Robert Holmberg, Conrad Hubbard, Julian Hubbard, Charles Kelley, Steve Kenson, Bishop Lewis, Terje Loklingholm, Chad McGrath, Mario Meo, Krister M. Michl, Albert Mowatt, Robin Nair, Mike Nudd, Corey Ovendale, Matthew Petosa, Chris Renfroe, Mattias Renmark, Steven Sharpe, Malcolm Sheppard, Kearsley Shieder-Wethy, Dean Shomshak, Jeff Skagen, Justin Smith, Ted Sunnerton, Helen E. Taylor, Ph.D., Joseph Turner, Jarett Underwood, Rachel “Bunnie” Winter, Jim Zubkavich, and the White Wolf Game Studio Camarilla Playtesters: Sean Alexander, April Asbury, Bex, Todd Branch, Joe Carron, Wes Contreras, Michael Curnutt, Miguel Duran, Aaron Fenwick, Mark Lewis, Kevin Millard, Hugh Montgomerie, Silja Muller, Randy Ochs, Charlie Rose, Guy Seggev, Jeremiah Spaulding, Nico van Aerde, Jason Walter, Eddy Webb Pete’s Playtesters: Scott Adams, Kevin Allen, Fletcher Bennett, Rich Brodsky, Greg Curley, Dan DiFlavis, Jim Fillmore, Matt Florentine, Alyson Gaul, Lee Hefner, BJ Hinkle, James A. Hussiere, Scott Katinger, Frank Manna, Dan Schermond, Megan Strittmatter, Tim Sullivan, Jackob Thurston, Tome Wilson. Prop Blood Recipe by: Kevin Allen © 2005 White Wolf Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction without the written permission of the publisher is expressly forbidden, except for the purposes of reviews, and for blank character sheets, which may be reproduced for personal use only White Wolf, Vampire, World of Darkness, Vampire the Masquerade and Vampire the Requiem are registered trademarks of White Wolf Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Storyteller System, Storytelling System, Mind’s Eye Theatre, Requiem, Werewolf the Forsaken, Forsaken, Mage the Awakening, and Awakening are trademarks of White Wolf Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. All characters, names, places and text herein are copyrighted by White Wolf Publishing, Inc. The mention of or reference to any company or product in these pages is not a challenge to the trademark or copyright concerned. This book uses the supernatural for settings, characters and themes. All mystical and supernatural elements are fi ction and intended for entertainment purposes only. This book contains mature content. Reader discretion is advised. For a free White Wolf catalog call 1-800-454-WOLF. Check out White Wolf online at: http://www.white-wolf.com/ and the global White Wolf live-action chronicle at http://camarilla.white-wolf.com PRINTED IN CANADA. 2 mind’s eye theatre: the requiem
Page 1: live-action rules for playing vampi
Page 5 and 6: 4 Introduction No man ever became e
Page 7 and 8: Vampires must sustain themselves on
Page 9 and 10: 8 chapter one: society of the damne
Page 11 and 12: Try though they might, the Kindred
Page 13 and 14: Kindred that thrives on blood and d
Page 15 and 16: Geographically, the Gangrel seem to
Page 17 and 18: dred institution, especially owing
Page 19 and 20: London, New Orleans and Chicago —
Page 21 and 22: 20 mortal society. Certainly, some
Page 23 and 24: 22 they become helpless targets. Li
Page 25 and 26: options? Petition for help? To whom
Page 27 and 28: 26 Needless to say, the society of
Page 29 and 30: Church-modeled domains tend to swin
Page 31 and 32: FEEDING RESTRICTIONS Some Princes d
Page 33 and 34: of state.” The Herald is assumed
Page 35 and 36: MASTER OF ELYSIUM In essence a comb
Page 37 and 38: don’t happen, but rather that tho
Page 39 and 40: 38 The Danse Macabre Throughout the
Page 41 and 42: Upon being informed of just how old
Page 43 and 44: Just the same, puppets and sinners
Page 45 and 46: 44 chapter one: society of the damn
Page 47 and 48: esponding roughly to a later Spanis
Page 49 and 50: 48 The Carthian Movement Undeniably
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52 THE CIRCLE OF THE CRONE Few vamp
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way a static creature can otherwise
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Hierophant In domains where the Cir
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without the reality of it. Many you
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The Invictus, alone among covenants
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the Middle Ages, that God stepped i
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64 chapter one: society of the damn
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66 Two: That what you once were is
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Anointing/Blood Baths Used whenever
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it, nor does it mean to adhere to a
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RITUALS AND OBSERVANCES The most im
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Not all members of the Ordo Dracul
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Not every covenant is as fully stru
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— it chooses its fi ghts carefull
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Likewise, the Ordo Dracul doesn’t
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to Rötschreck, and can even access
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92 THE FIRST TRADITION: MASQUERADE
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ever fi gure responsible for the cr
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granted therefrom), the next step w
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Kindred even use connections in the
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Rumors suggest that some few ghouls
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trial Revolution) arrived not long
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Exceptions exist, of course. Every
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Crúac (KREW • ack): The bloody,
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Whip: One who keeps his clanmates i
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110 chapter two: character
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Now that you’re familiar with the
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All characters begin with one dot i
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• The Carthians: Members of the C
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118 OPTIONAL RULE: I WASN’T EMBRA
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VAMPIRE TEMPLATE QUICK REFERENCE Th
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• What are your habitual feeding
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in a number of practical talents. S
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her formidable personality and the
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nying chart). In fact, some elders
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little protection once they have be
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as a whole. Princes, Regents, Primo
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A character must have at least a si
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136 chapter two: character Daeva Ot
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138 STEREOTYPES Gangrel: They are b
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clan is active in the Circle of the
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142 chapter two: character Mekhet V
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144 STEREOTYPES Daeva: They thought
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in any warren until she provides he
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148 chapter two: character Ventrue
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150 STEREOTYPES Daeva: Our only ser
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• Bonuses or penalties to test po
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154 Note, however, that such protec
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The vampire must make eye contact,
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awake. Any injuries infl icted on t
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In order to avoid potential problem
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A Kindred may only read a subject
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•••• TELEPATHY At this leve
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during the daytime (see p. 264). Th
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168 chapter two: character This is
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•• MESMERIZE The source of many
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To restore stolen or false memories
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or accidents unless more compelling
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Refusing to pay attention to the va
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This power may only be used on a ta
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diablerist being summoned into a kn
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mediate gratifi cation, and these K
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Rötschreck, for example. In this c
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their Cloak to an individual who ha
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- indicates that she wishes to use
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Lastly, with considerable effort a
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PROTEAN Easily one of the most over
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Imbued with the unholy power of Vit
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Test Pool: Resilience is unlike man
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Crúac does not have the same linea
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CHEVAL (LEVEL-TWO CRUAC RITUAL) Thi
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WILLFUL VITAE (LEVEL-FOUR CRUAC RIT
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know an unlimited number of level-o
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BLANDISHMENT OF SIN (LEVEL-THREE TH
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If this power is used to affect ano
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THE COIL OF BANES The two major ban
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Like all Obfuscate-based powers, a
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Cost: 1 Vitae Test Pool: Resolve +
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216 mind’s chapter eye three: the
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In addition to the powers and advan
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Vitae does not change a character
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DIABLERIE The act of diablerie, som
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OPTIONAL RULE: DIABLERIE DURATION T
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tion best focused elsewhere. The La
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ond. (Willingly bonded characters s
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BLOOD SYMPATHY On some occasions, K
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BLOOD SUPPLY When a vampire takes b
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on the part of the Kindred to creat
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a Ventrue ghoul gains a single dot
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Potency comparisons or frenzy tests
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BASHING DAMAGE Fists, clubs and fal
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danger. Sunlight fi ltered through
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A Vitae is spent to heal one lethal
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permanent residence in a vampire’
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If the character succumbs to torpor
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or did he merely wish they had? Som
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of submitting to the Kiss. Few modi
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Kindred call such a temporary, nego
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Kindred who spend too much time in
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show of bravado as a show of streng
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REGAINING HUMANITY Kindred who make
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If a situation imposes penalties on
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discretion, a character may resist
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this draw succeeds, your character
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people who confront him with trauma
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The visionary encounter ends with a
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Blood Potency to a level where she
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2,” and players should avoid usin
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city, his City Status in his home c
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CHANGING CITY STATUS City Status is
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Clan Status and City Status is the
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3.14 — PRAISEWORTHY DEEDS FOR THE
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While engaged in rituals and simila
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usually results in punishment by a
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296 mind’s chapter eye four: thea
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Knowing the proper application of t
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In addition to the categories prese
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As the player develops more details
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more Kindred it can sustain. The si
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focus almost entirely on raw surviv
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a target. Everyone watches TV inste
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Themes help you focus the events an
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Now you can go through this skeleta
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A New Beginning? The fi nal phase o
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Along the way, they face the tempta
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to match. What insights can a morta
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to concentrate on telling stories,
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and treachery you can accept in a c
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they meet a band of enthusiastic, w
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they are vampires violate the most
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player wants to attempt to feed, he
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or fail in a rescue attempt. Or the
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One idea of how to do so is to arra
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• Story First, Rules Second: The
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an easier time adapting to the chan
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When portraying one of the Kindred
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confusion or underestimation by “
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Whenever using makeup always give y
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normal skin tones and no fangs. Oth
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Suit Antagonists to the Chronicle A
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HELL HOUND Description: Hell hounds
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like. Among these, many wear heavy
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Streetwise (test pool 5) — Homele
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tion to avoid upsetting other playe
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their clan affi liation or by what
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associated with the Kindred. Pretty
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quickly as possible. Their characte
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362 mind’s appendix: eye theatre:
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While every vampire belongs at leas
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366 mind’s appendix: eye theatre:
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clan, and she passes that weakness
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What circumstances led this Kindred
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THE RULES STUFF At some point, you
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change a Kindred’s very being, th
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Although novel Disciplines might be
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Watch out for redundant powers with
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An attack might have a fi xed effec
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That Discipline is the most advance
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healing 244-245 bat form 194 Beast,
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addiction 221 aura veins 96-97, 223
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esisting abilities 153-154 Vinculum
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Ordo Dracul 77-78 torpor 248-252 dr
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FAVORED ACTIONS Action/Power Traits
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