Vampire: The Requiem/Characters: Difference between revisions

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** [[Even the Girls Want Her]]

** [[Even the Guys Want Him]]

** [[Hello Nurse]]

** [[Hello, Nurse!]]

* [[Glass Cannon|Glass Cannons]]

* [[The Hedonist|The Hedonists]]: They have to indulge their vices; if they don't, their resolve weakens, which is the main reason they have a hard time keeping up their [[Karma Meter|Humanity]].

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Nicknamed [[Beast Man|Savages]] by the others and stereotyped as [[Dumb Muscle|babaric and stupid]], but in their own way more noble than any other clan, meaning they are (probably) the [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire|nicest vampires]] around. You should note, however, that taking their niceness for granted is not a very wise decision since they are just as likely as any vampire to turn evil, have an intense connection with the [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Beast]], very sharp claws and [[Unstoppable Rage|go berserk]] with little hesitation. They loathe the [[Weak-Willed|weak of mind]], but value those with a [[The Social Darwinist|strong sense of survival]].

In Mexico, indigenous Gangrel were cousins of and allied with actual '''[[Werewolf: The Forsaken|Werewolves]]''' (a [[Shout Out]] to the clan's inspiration in Masquerade); they were also proud warriors and law enforcers, furthering the good guy thing.

In Mexico, indigenous Gangrel were cousins of and allied with actual '''[[Werewolf: The Forsaken|Werewolves]]''' (a [[Shout-Out]] to the clan's inspiration in Masquerade); they were also proud warriors and law enforcers, furthering the good guy thing.

Tropes associated with the Gangrel

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* Norvegi: A secretive Bloodline of mercenaries and assassins, capable of [[Bad With the Bone|projecting]] [[Spikes of Villainy|spikes]] from their body, with which they can syphon blood from their victims. [[Weaksauce Weakness|The catch]]? They have no fangs, so that's the ONLY way they can feed.

* The Players: The designated [[Butt Monkey]] in Kindred society, vampires who wanted to be what the media saw vampires to be so badly they developed Majesty. Their powers are ''extremely'' fickle, however, and if they fail to work, there's a good chance the intended target will see them as a "poseur" and never fall for the allure again. Some Kindred fear them, because anything ''that'' weak has to have a nasty surprise...

* Qedeshah: A line of [[Mama Bear]] nurses, thoroughly the opposite of [[Hello Nurse]]. Attempting to induct men into the bloodline ends with a failed [[Squick]].

* Qedeshah: A line of [[Mama Bear]] nurses, thoroughly the opposite of [[Hello, Nurse!]]. Attempting to induct men into the bloodline ends with a failed [[Squick]].

* Sangiovanni: A [[Spiritual Successor]] of the last edition's Giovanni clan, only they're now inbred mafia necromancers with a [[Take That|tendency]] to [[Perverse Sexual Lust|date]] [[Squick|less animate]] [[I Love the Dead|dead]], often with family [[Up to Eleven|approved]] [[Incest Is Relative|partners]].

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* Calacas: An erudite Mexican bloodline that [[I See Dead People|specializes in dealing with ghosts]].

* Caporetti: [[Tunnel King|Tunneling]] Haunts that look like [[An Ice Person|frozen corpses]] and give off a supernatural chill. They are [[Lightning Bruiser|also terrifyingly fast.]]

* The Cockscomb Society: [[The Woobie|The girls and guys]] of this bloodline [[Angst What Angst|maintain an upbeat demeanour]] and [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?|try to be socially active in spite of their clan's condition.]]

* The Cockscomb Society: [[The Woobie|The girls and guys]] of this bloodline [[Angst? What Angst?|maintain an upbeat demeanour]] and [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?|try to be socially active in spite of their clan's condition.]]

* Galloi: Androgynous adherents of Cybele who [[Blood Bath|bathe in blood]] to become beautiful. It works ''[[So Beautiful It's a Curse|way]]'' too well.

* Noctuku: [[I'm a Humanitarian|Savage cannibals]]. While a normal vampire's drive to feed on blood is stronger then a heroin addiction, this bloodline experiences an even stronger urge to eat the meat [[Cannibal Clan|of other vampires]].

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* Malkovians: [[Spiritual Successor|Spiritual Successors]] to the Masquerade's Malkavian clan. Both bloodlines are incurably insane and will cause insanity in others. Can have a bizarre effect on reality, or at least appear to.

* Macellarius: [[Affably Evil]] obese gourmet vampires, who are compelled to draw Vitae from meat, but cannot keep it down. Their enormous feasts are famed for the disgusting aftermath...

* Melissidae: [[Bee Bee Gun|Bee-themed Vampires]]. Their bodies are used as hives for swarms of bees and they produce a honey-like Vitae that will enslave any mortal or Kindred to the bloodline's [[Hive Mind]]. In the distant past the rest of Kindred society held a universal truce that was honored by all factions in order to hunt the bloodline to extinction before it could enslave the whole world. The holocaust was not as successful as the Kindred believed and a few members of this bloodline are still at large.

* Melissidae: [[Bee-Bee Gun|Bee-themed Vampires]]. Their bodies are used as hives for swarms of bees and they produce a honey-like Vitae that will enslave any mortal or Kindred to the bloodline's [[Hive Mind]]. In the distant past the rest of Kindred society held a universal truce that was honored by all factions in order to hunt the bloodline to extinction before it could enslave the whole world. The holocaust was not as successful as the Kindred believed and a few members of this bloodline are still at large.

* Nahuali: Aztec themed Vampires who try and find a balance between their human and bestial sides. Unique in that their clan's unique discipline only has four dots, as their founder was killed before he could finish it.

* Rotgrafen: Vampiric viking pirates who revere Loki and fear fire.

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* [[Hive Mind]] -- Some Carthian coteries undertake the full blood bond and dress identically to simulate the experience of a hive mind. There's even a Carthian Devotion that allows them to create a ''true'' hive mind.

* [[The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized]] -- Oh ''god'', no.

* [[Rule Abiding Rebel]] -- Some Carthians try to find reforms for the Requiem that don't disrupt the Invictus-derived model of praxis, lest they get boots on their necks.

* [[Rule-Abiding Rebel]] -- Some Carthians try to find reforms for the Requiem that don't disrupt the Invictus-derived model of praxis, lest they get boots on their necks.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] -- The Carthians want a system of government that reflects mortal systems. Understandable. Unfortunately, some of their experiments start to go the way of all revolutions...

** If that's not enough, the Movement has its ''own'' well-intentioned extremists, the Anti-Obstructionist Army. They're basically vampiric terrorists who believe that the influence of Kindred (either through the Embrace or ghouling) stultifies mortal creativity, and take radical action against those who interfere too much with mortal society.

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* [[Blood Magic]] -- Crúac.

* [[The Hecate Sisters]] -- The Acolytes take on a number of ritualistic archetypes, and among them are the Virgin (a woman who's never killed and serves as a reminder of Humanity), the Mother (a figure of comfort and manipulation), and the Crone.

** [[Four Girl Ensemble]] -- Besides the three archetypes above there is [[Lady in Red|The Scarlet Woman]] who's independent and often times rebellious.

** [[Four-Girl Ensemble]] -- Besides the three archetypes above there is [[Lady in Red|The Scarlet Woman]] who's independent and often times rebellious.

* [[Hot Witch]] -- The core rule book states that the Daeva are not inclined to join the Circle, but the number of Daeva found in the covenant in ''[[New World of Darkness (Tabletop Game)|New World of Darkness]]'' fiction is quite staggering. They do [[Averted Trope|avert]] the [[Beauty Equals Goodness]] part, though.

** Any vampire with the [[Hello Nurse|Striking Looks]] may qualify as well, but once again [[Beauty Equals Goodness|Beauty]] may [[Beauty Is Bad|not equal goodness]].

** Any vampire with the [[Hello, Nurse!|Striking Looks]] may qualify as well, but once again [[Beauty Equals Goodness|Beauty]] may [[Beauty Is Bad|not equal goodness]].

* [[Human Sacrifice]] -- There's... quite a bit of it.

* [[Straw Feminist]] -- The Daughters of the Goddess faction has some... interesting ideas on whether or not men can truly revere the Crone.

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* [[Complete Monster]] -- By the standards of mainstream vampire society these guys are considered pretty evil. Not the worst mind you, unless the ST decides they're [[Karma Meter]] is running on [[Blue and Orange Morality]].

** ''By the standards of mainstream vampire society.'' As one might guess from the other books, [[Hypocrite|that part may be the one with emphasis]]. The Akhud are [[Hunter of His Own Kind|monster hunters]] with a literal inability to betray each other, the Betrayed have a [[Moral Event Horizon|very legitimate reason]] to hate Kindred, and the Sleepers [[Obliviously Evil|don't understand that what they do is wrong.]] [[Sarcasm Mode|Yeah. Real evil, right there]].

* [[Instant Expert]] & [[Instant Marksman Just Squeeze Trigger]] -- The Akhud's primary unique discipline Praestantia instantly gives them skills in a number of areas, all of them violence related. It also allows them to cancel actions that would fail and improves their defence a bit.

* [[Instant Expert]] & [[Instant Marksman, Just Squeeze Trigger]] -- The Akhud's primary unique discipline Praestantia instantly gives them skills in a number of areas, all of them violence related. It also allows them to cancel actions that would fail and improves their defence a bit.

* [[Mind Rape]] -- An alternate Discipline for use with one of their origins not only grants them this, but it becomes key to their ''modus operandi''

* [[Multiple Choice Past]] -- In their sourcebook 3 are given, but [[Word of God]] says they're neither true nor false and encourage [[Game Master|Storytellers]] to create their own twisted backgrounds.

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** [[Gambit Pileup]]

** [[Gambit Roulette]]

** [[Out Gambitted]]

** [[Out-Gambitted]]

** [[Spanner in The Works]]

** [[Unwitting Pawn]]