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* [[Anti-Villain]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains|Type I or Type II.]]
* [[Anti-Villain]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains|Type I or Type II.]]
* [[Ax Crazy]]: An option if you play a Malkavian or character with low Humanity.
* [[Ax Crazy]]: An option if you play a Malkavian or character with low Humanity.
* [[Badass]]: A quality that all PCs must eventually develop to complete the game.
* [[Badass]]: A quality that all [[Player Characters]] must eventually develop to complete the game.
** [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: At the very least.
** [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: At the very least.
*** [[Badass Bookworm]]: If willing to put the [[Experience Points]] into it, to the extent that your knowledge can impress Beckett, a [[Badass Bookworm]] with centuries of seniority.
*** [[Badass Bookworm]]: If willing to put the [[Experience Points]] into it, to the extent that your knowledge can impress Beckett, a [[Badass Bookworm]] with centuries of seniority.
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* [[Blessed with Suck]] and [[Cursed with Awesome]]: The player character is now a vampire with the need for blood, perpetual nocturnal existence, countless enemies and near-invincibility that comes with it. To what extent one is blessed/cursed with suck/awesome depends on your clan.
* [[Blessed with Suck]] and [[Cursed with Awesome]]: The player character is now a vampire with the need for blood, perpetual nocturnal existence, countless enemies and near-invincibility that comes with it. To what extent one is blessed/cursed with suck/awesome depends on your clan.
* [[But Thou Must!]]: Prince LaCroix's orders are impossible to turn down, especially since he has Dominate.
* [[But Thou Must!]]: Prince LaCroix's orders are impossible to turn down, especially since he has Dominate.
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* [[Celibate Hero]]/[[Really Gets Around]]: Inverted. The [[Player Character]] is a vampire and can't have sex like a normal person but can seduce anyone they like with enough points in Seduction (for blood rather than sex, with the seducee left with the impression that something sexy took place). Likewise, they can be 'celibate' and just live off rats or blood bags.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]] and [[The Wonka]]: What happens if you play a Malkavian.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]/[[The Wonka]]: What happens if you play a Malkavian.
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* [[Celibate Hero]]/[[Really Gets Around]]: Inverted. The PC is a vampire and can't have sex like a normal person but can seduce anyone they like with enough points in Seduction (for blood rather than sex, with the seducee left with the impression that something sexy took place). Likewise, they can be 'celibate' and just live off rats or blood bags.
* [[Combat Stilettos]]: Female Toreador and Ventrue wear these, and don't break a sweat swinging swords and axes in heels.
* [[Combat Stilettos]]: Female Toreador and Ventrue wear these, and don't break a sweat swinging swords and axes in heels.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: The player gets a lot of options to snark in conversation. This goes double for the Nosferatu PC, whose coping mechanism for dealing with their hideous appearance seems to reside mostly in self-deprecating jokes any time a mortal reacts with disgust upon seeing them.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: The player gets a lot of options to snark in conversation. This goes double for the Nosferatu [[Player Character]], whose coping mechanism for dealing with their hideous appearance seems to reside mostly in self-deprecating jokes any time a mortal reacts with disgust upon seeing them.
* [[Death by Origin Story]]: Your sire.
* [[Death by Origin Story]]: Your sire.
* [[Death by Sex]]: Well, undeath by sex.
* [[Death by Sex]]: Well, undeath by sex.
* [[The Dragon]]: The PC has the option of becoming this to Maximilian Strauss, LaCroix (though that doesn't turn out so well) or potentially Nines if you choose to throw in your lot with him and his cause.
* [[The Dragon]]: The [[Player Character]] has the option of becoming this to Maximilian Strauss, LaCroix (though that doesn't turn out so well) or potentially Nines if you choose to throw in your lot with him and his cause.
* [[Friendly Neighbourhood Vampire]]: While the PC is frequently put into very unsavory situations, it's quite possible to come off as a decent, reasonable person with a troublesome condition in a harsh, unreasonable world.
* [[Friendly Neighbourhood Vampire]]: While the [[Player Character]] is frequently put into very unsavory situations, it's quite possible to come off as a decent, reasonable person with a troublesome condition in a harsh, unreasonable world.
* [[The Grotesque]]: Pretty much guaranteed for Nosferatu protagonists.
* [[The Grotesque]]: Pretty much guaranteed for Nosferatu protagonists.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]
* [[Genius Bruiser]]
* [[Guile Hero]]
* [[Guile Hero]]
* [[I Was Quite the Looker]]: What you little you can see of the Nosferatu PC before his/her Embrace, male or female, suggests that s/he was quite attractive in life.
* [[I Was Quite the Looker]]: What you little you can see of the Nosferatu [[Player Character]] before his/her Embrace, male or female, suggests that s/he was quite attractive in life.
* [[Kleptomaniac Hero]]: A standard of RPGs everywhere. Also, a [[Justified Trope]] in universe, as vampires are not intrinsically bound by human moral norms aside from [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]], so [[I Did What I Had to Do|whatever you have to do to survive is considered fair play.]]
* [[Kleptomaniac Hero]]: A standard of RPGs everywhere. Also, a [[Justified Trope]] in universe, as vampires are not intrinsically bound by human moral norms aside from [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]], so [[I Did What I Had to Do|whatever you have to do to survive is considered fair play.]]
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: With a Toreador (or better, a Brujah) at full Celerity.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: With a Toreador (or better, a Brujah) at full Celerity.
* [[Made of Iron]]: The PC has this quality, apparently - they just ''will not die'' no matter how many suicide missions of decreasing subtlety s/he's sent on. Every vampire in the city starts to get ''really'' scared of you by the end.
* [[Made of Iron]]: The [[Player Character]] has this quality, apparently: they just ''will not die'' no matter how many suicide missions of decreasing subtlety s/he's sent on. Every vampire in the city starts to get ''really'' scared of you by the end.
* [[Multiple Choice Past]]: With the Unofficial patch you're given a choice of backgrounds at character creation which reflect into various changes in your stats. Each clan has about six different backgrounds which are related to the clan's strengths and weaknesses.
* [[Multiple Choice Past]]: With the Unofficial patch you're given a choice of backgrounds at character creation which reflect into various changes in your stats. Each clan has about six different backgrounds which are related to the clan's strengths and weaknesses.
* [[The Nicknamer]]: The Malkavian PC, who rarely calls anyone by their real name.
* [[The Nicknamer]]: The Malkavian [[Player Character]], who rarely calls anyone by their real name.
** A notable exception is {{spoiler|Velvet Velour}}, though she also has a nickname ("doll"):
** A notable exception is {{spoiler|Velvet Velour}}, though she also has a nickname ("doll"):
{{quote|'''Malkavian''': How come you hide your true name behind a fabric, {{spoiler|Susan}}?}}
{{quote|'''Malkavian''': How come you hide your true name behind a fabric, {{spoiler|Susan}}?}}
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* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: You have a few options for it like blackmailing Lily, driving the Thin Blood vampire hunter to his death, or just randomly burning people's minds out with Dementation every chance you get.
* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: You have a few options for it like blackmailing Lily, driving the Thin Blood vampire hunter to his death, or just randomly burning people's minds out with Dementation every chance you get.
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: As with most open-ended RPGs, this is definitely an option. As long as you make a reasonable effort to keep up [[The Masquerade]], you can be as depraved as you like. And let's face it, sometimes upholding the Masquerade involves having to [[Leave No Witnesses]].
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: As with most open-ended RPGs, this is definitely an option. As long as you make a reasonable effort to keep up [[The Masquerade]], you can be as depraved as you like. And let's face it, sometimes upholding the Masquerade involves having to [[Leave No Witnesses]].
* [[You Kill It, You Bought It]]: The PC gets to be Sheriff of the City in the Camarilla ending. If they side with the Anarchs, it's very likely they will be second in command to Nine's Rodriguez in his new order.
* [[You Kill It, You Bought It]]: The [[Player Character]] gets to be Sheriff of the City in the Camarilla ending. If they side with the Anarchs, it's very likely they will be second in command to Nine's Rodriguez in his new order.


== ''Non-Player Characters'' ==
== ''Non-Player Characters'' ==
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