Mind's Eye Theatre - Vampire The Requiem.pdf - RoseRed

supernatural world have founded bloodlines
from the moment they became undead.
Mediums and possessors of other spiritual
gifts can also join the Kindred with Blood
differing from their sires’. All such instances
are quite rare, though. More often, a mortal
mystic simply becomes a Kindred with an
unusual talent.
VERY OLD BLOODLINES
In some cases, a bloodline has existed so
long that no one remembers how it began.
A bloodline’s derivation might be a matter
of pure guesswork based on a characteristic
weakness, the Disciplines that its members favor,
or just an indefi nable similarity between
cultures. That, in itself, is an important factor
in the bloodline’s history and character.
In its home region, Kindred might consider
the bloodline equal to any clan, especially if
its numbers are large. Storytellers should pay
special attention to how the bloodline selects
and trains childer, so as to explain why its
culture has lasted so long.
Indeed, the clans themselves might be
nothing more than “bloodlines” of ubiquity.
In the extreme case, perhaps a bloodline isn’t
really a bloodline at all. Perhaps it is a fading
clan, once numerous and widespread but
now shrunken and confi ned to a particular
locale. A supposed “clan of origin” might
actually be an offshoot that grew to supplant
an older lineage. The ancient history of the
Kindred hints at many such mysteries that
undead scholars despair of ever solving.
THE FOUNDER
Design the founder of a bloodline with as
much care as you would any other character
in your chronicle. Even if the founder is
destroyed or in torpor, he remains the most
important fi gure in the bloodline’s history.
Work out why someone Embraced the
founder in the fi rst place. What attracted
his sire’s notice? What did his sire want from
him? Is the founder a player’s character?
How did the founder feel about his parent
clan? If he felt out of place, that supplies a
motive to split from the clan.
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