#VtM Clans

[walters-le-fay]

Crimes of the Tremere

I am running a vtm campaign with four players who have never heard of or played any world of darkness games. I am having to fill them in on all the lore and fandom society stuff, and its great. They are very interested in the history of all the clans and their relationships. one of my players is playing a tremere, and i have been filling the coterie in on all the reasons they are the most hated clan and all the war crimes they have committed. I have tried to google if there is a full list but havent found one. Could someone list them all here? Or list what you know and i can cobble them together?

[hunter-slime-660]

Ok so the new vtm romance book is out, and I haven’t read it yet. Which means its the perfect moment for my

✨VTM DATING HEADCANONS✨

(Keep in mind these are MY headcanons, they are NOT rules, they are the STEREOTYPES i imagine for each clan)

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Toreadors: awful lovers. They get together with you because you light up something within them, but the moment the flame dims they’re going to drop you, just like their art. They might stay with you to keep appearances, much like they might force themselves to make art because they’re toreadors, but this is gonna just burn them out more and make them more resentful. They want you to be ever changing, to be interesting, but also to stay the same, else you wont be the one they fell for anymore.

Ministry / Setite: one night stand and they know it. But that’s the fun for them. You may fall for them, but they are not so disillusioned. Sure, they are the ones to seduce you (probably), but they domt really care for long term relationships. Not that it would work out anyway. They would get you in to some nasty habits if you tried to spend too much time with them. But hey! You can have quite the fun with them still!

Ventrue: the definition of arranged marriage. They get with you because they get something back, but you probably do too. The best way to have a ‘healthy’ relationship with one of them is making a contract. But when you do they are not so bad. You might even actually start to care for each other after a while! And the contract keeps things balanced and efficient. Then again most people look for a more passionate love, so they really aren’t for everyone. Oh, and of course, the moment you break the contract, the moment you aren’t useful, you’re gonna get dumped.

Malkavian: the hardest to give a stereotypes to. Each of them is different in how and why they get together with you, but if you fall for one you can expect an heartbreak. Being sincere for them is dangerous, more dangerous then with any other clan, and who knows how they may react when you try to slip off their masks? They might even be antagonistic to you from the very beginning, after all who in their right mind would get with one of them? (This is an introspective sentence on how they are treated in vtm, not a comment on mentally ill people as a whole btw)

Nosferatu: you know the stereotype that they’re ugly but with a heart of gold? Yeah, that’s just a stereotype. Sure, you will find very interesting kindred in this clan, more interesting then other more social clans for sure, but its not worth loosing yourself over it. After all there is an inherent cruelty to turn someone in to a nos, and when you’re surrounded by cruel people, when anyone else rejects you, you tend to become cruel yourself. They’re extremely interesting as people, but i would avoid them as lovers.

Lasombra: masochistic vampires with shadow tentacles and catholic guilt, need i say more? Too bad that their masochism drags itself outside the bedroom.

Tremere: insufferable and everyone will give you a side eye for dating them. They would DEFINITELY keep secrets from you, so if you’re looking for honesty, they ain’t it. Like vetrue they get with you because they get something back. Also are you sure you can trust them in the way a relationship needs? Plus they’re probably too caught up in their studies to actually spend time in a relationship.

Brujah: ‘the most human’, that’s if you ignore their short temper. They may love you and you them, but is it really worth the heated arguments? Especially with potence, it tends to be quite a risk to take. But if you like the arts, you have as much chance with them as with anyone else.

Tzimisce: possessive. TOO possessive. You think its cute in the beginning, but its not. They are the most jealous partners you can have and they will. Not. Leave . You. Alone. Also they will not take lightly to you leaving them and will treat you more like property then a person.

Salubri: just wont date you. Too risky for them and they have other things they should worry about

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(These are not all the clans, but they are the clans i have headcanons for) (you my also have noticed that all of them are negative, that is because i dont think there are upsides to date any of the clans :) )

[the-bloody-masquerade]

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[vtmgremlin]

Can I ask you to gush/rant/rave about your most favorite, and then your least favorite clans? Just totally go off. I live for it.

Oh!! Omg hello (sorry for the wait)

Gosh I wish I had more energy to answer this properly but I shall try lol (Read more to not clog mutuals dashes!)

I favorite has to be the Hecata (Specifically the Cappadocians, Harbingers, etc.) Love me the clan of death (save for....the Giovannis...looks at them from afar).

I just think their whole deal is so much more interesting (personally!) than most others. The fact that y'all are traversing past the shroud and can interact with the shadowlands and just...idk I find it so much more amazing than the board room meetings of the Ventrue's.

That being said my next top three are Ventrue, Lasombra and Gangrel LMFAO

Love the Ventrue because they are just the equivalent of wolves being domesticated into those little crusty white dogs. Fantastic, really. (Also they are awful in so many ways but so much of it is looked over because they are so BORING about it !!!! which is so slay honestly). Personally, to me, they are the more Yaoi Clan.

Lasombra because like come on ya know? Shadow Lords of the highest fuckery. You're telling me these guys get Oblivion (Obentenbration), Dominate, AND Potence???? So i'm just supposed to sit here and get my shit rocked, a'ight. (Also fully believe that the Oceans are a mirror of the Abyss, which is why they were saliors ye old ages ago. Something Something, they were called back to the sea....hmmm...)

GANGREL! I didn't care much about them before until I made my son Blake, and there is a good reason because they really got the fuckin' full fist : ( Like it feels as though everyone forgets about them, even their lore stated that they were meant for a greater purpose but...we shall never truly know. Not only that but in V5....? really?? you're going to make a beast man vampire and NOT give them the ability to use Shape of the Beast's Wrath??? Jail for a thousand years. Love them because a bit of bias now for sure, but also the way they view everything so so refreshing as well (Like the Hecata), so removed from the politics (in some cases). It feels like they see a bigger picture here, and yet they are called "cowards" for not getting involved. Like shit man, would you want to go help when an ANTEDILUVIAN is fully awake and going on a murder rampage?

Yeah, I really wouldn't either, honestly.

Least favorite...hmm...IDK! I truly do like all the clans for their own reason, I guess least though would maybe be Brujah? But that might also be a case like the Gangrel where they (writers) lost the plot a long time ago. Like the True Brujah, hell yeah, now we're talking. But Normmie Brujah are very one note and I think thats sad :,/

Personally, think that this could all be fixed if we BROUGHT BACK BLOODLINES INTO V5 but thats a talk for another time.....//flops around

Anyways, thank you again for the ask!!!! Very sweet of you ;; w;;)/ Hope that this suffices TT u TT

[carpe-astra]

Clan Briefs

as written by Storm

The 13 clans:

Here is a list of the 7 clans who are part of the Camarilla (nerdy rule-followers):

-Banu Haqim: dagger dagger dagger. Formerly known as Assasmites, The Children of Haqim are a cult of assassins located in the mountain fortress of Alamut in the middle east. Descended from Caine's judge, the Assamites accept assassination contracts against vampires while fulfilling their clan's own (more obscure) goals. The Assamites are practically a sect unto themselves, with three castes, each of which has its own weakness.

-Malkavian: cheshire cat meets a clockwork orange. The Malkavians are a clan of Vampires with their ranks filled with those perceived to be mentally ill, afflicted with a strange madness which varies between individuals. This doesn't mean that they aren't also insightful and highly intelligent, but they are controlled by their own variant of madness from the moment of their Embrace, some showing signs of previous traumas from their life as Kine. -Nosferatu: if sewer rats had human forms. Nosferatu are hideously deformed by their Embrace and every Nosferatu is horrifyingly ugly. Eschewing other Vampires, they live in sewers and generally keep to themselves. Nosferatu are information brokers par excellence. Since the Gangrel left the Camarilla, the Nosferatu have shown that they are physically capable as enforcers and assassins in their place, cementing their place as invaluable. While they most are apart of a Camarilla on the whole, they put clan over sect, protecting non-Camarilla Nosferatu from threats that'd expose them and vice versa.

-Toreador: france. basically france. The Toreador are obsessed with art and beauty, and are the clan that spends the most time around humanity. Toreador tend to get lost in art, becoming enraptured by beautiful things. This love of beautiful things sometimes is their downfall as they become obsessive of their desired beauty including in some fatal cases, the sun itself.

-Tremere: blood. blood is good. no wait, that's too much blood. aaaaa help. The Tremere are a Hermetic order (magic dudes) who turned themselves into vampires to preserve their magic. It didn't quite work out as planned. Since the 11th century, the Tremere have risen from outcasts to one of the pillars of Camarilla society. Tremere are the most powerful practitioners of the Discipline of Thaumaturgy, but are also tightly bound to their highly organized and incredibly paranoid clan. Only the original house of Tremere remains loyal to the Camarilla with three other major houses appearing throughout the world. -Ventrue: bick dig energy. The Clan Of Kings. The Ventrue are the leaders of the Camarilla. They are businessmen, aristocrats, monarchs, captains of industry, crime leaders and tend to occupy any other position where control, social status and power are required. They are the clan from whom the majority of Princes come. Ventrue are careful to whom they Embrace and who they feed from: every Ventrue feeds exclusively from a specific type of prey.

-Lasombra: edgy edgelords of the edgiest vampire world. The former leaders of the Sabbat, the Lasombra slew their own Antediluvian during the Anarch Revolt and then led the Sabbat against the Camarilla. The Lasombra are elegant, powerful, cruel and predatory espousers of a social darwinist approach towards control and leadership. The Lasombra are also masters of shadow, able to manipulate darkness in bizarre fashions; this power has a cost, however, as Lasombra cast no reflections. In the mid 2010s they sought accord with the Camarilla and joined their ranks.

Sabbat Clans (freaky rule-breakers):

-Tzimisce: gross. Baby barf. The Tzimisce hail from Eastern Europe, and are the former absolute masters of their nightmare domains. The Tzimisce are the least human vampires, casually cruel and more than a little mad, and possessing the most potent shapeshifting powers of any Vampire. Tzimisce can shift not only their shape, but mold flesh and bone like it was clay. The Tzimisce crave stability - they cannot find peace at night without some of their grave earth. Lol losers.

Anarch Movement (cool rule-breakers):

-Brujah: wreck-it rafael. Originally warrior-philosophers, the Brujah are now petty rebels, roughnecks and political activists. The Brujah are powerful combatants and charismatic speakers, but are more prone to succumbing to frenzy. A notable number lead the Anarch movement but there are still those who cling to the Camarilla or are independent.

-The Ministry: i didn't even know this was a thing?? Formerly known as Followers of Set or Setites, the original Setites were a Gnostic cult dedicated to overthrowing the rule of the tyrant gods who oppress all creatures. Though in the Mid 2010s they re-branded into the Ministry, making it about religion of self with Set being said to exist inside each of his followers. They are still seen as creatures of Darkness, and light does even more damage to them. Fucking weird.

Independent Clans (anti-social weirdos):

-Giovanni: undead incest is not wincest. The Giovanni are a clan of Venetian businessmen and necromancers who entered the scene in the 15th century; originally an offset of the more sedate Cappadocians (old forgotten vampire clan obsessed with death/necromancy I think), Augustus Giovanni diablerized his sire and purged the clan of all Cappadocians. Since that time, the Giovanni have become a very rich, powerful and incestuously twisted family with tentacles throughout the world. The Giovanni do not feed lightly - Feeding is a nightmare for their Vessels, causing excess damage and intense pain as oppose to the erotic ecstasy of the Kiss. At the beginning of the second inquisition they were nearly slaughtered and forced to retreat to their homelands.

-Ravnos: don’t judge a book by its cover. unless the book doesn't exist. The Ravnos are Vampires from the Indian subcontinent, where they are engaged in a genocidal war with India's Cathayans (Cathayan is a term often employed by western vampires to refer to the Kuei-Jin, the so-called asian vampires. The word is borrowed from the classic name for China, "Cathay"). The first Ravnos seen in the west were Romani and were generally assumed to be charlatans and rogues; however, the Ravnos adhere to a complex philosophy of enlightenment through destroying Maya. Each Ravnos has a vice, from gambling to plagiarism. During the week of nightmares, they were nearly wiped out by their own Antediluvian. The few that remain stay hidden, even from other Kindred.

-Gangrel: the cool kids table. The Gangrel are nomadic vampires and the only ones who regularly travel outside of cities. The Gangrel are also shape-shifters with the Discipline of Protean, which has left them with a tendency to acquire animal features as they frenzy. Since the late 1990s, they've become largely independent though a number have joined the Anarchs and very few remained within the Camarilla's circles.

[aesthetics-from-devil-and-angel]

Vampire the Masquerade V20 Coterie aesthetic

Clans Tremere, Toreador, Gangrel. Seattle Campaign.

▪︎ Oryginal aesthetic. Do not share without credit. ▪︎

[affinno]

Friends .D

[kruk-art]

As promised bonus cards for Anarch, Sabbat, Camarilla and Tal'Mahe'Ra!

[st-guliks-fnord]

Clanbook: Nosferatu is hilarious

[ukrainian-psycho]

Everyone hates the Ventrue calling them boring and insufferable with their grindset-mindset and while most of it is true, if you dig into the clan's culture there isn't much that makes them worse than other clans really, there's a lot of endearing qualities that also explain why are they stupid like this. So here's some of my favorite facts and bits of the in clan lore (some of these traditions are applicable for cammies or for those in the clan-clan, done with the Agoge etc; an anarch ventrue obv doesn't have to follow no rule).

Blood preference is made up. It's in their head. There were incidents of a ventrue changing their preference, takes a huge effort but nothing says you can’t. Many ancient ones perished because there's no more Yugoslavian blood or whatever and they couldn't get used to any other. The biggest problem of the Clan of Kings is that they all think they all have an imaginary lactose intolerance they absolutely will die for.

Unlike other clans who let their progeny run around doing fuck all you are responsible for your childe. Providing for them first time, teaching them to hunt, all that regardless if they want to go through the Agoge or join the clan. As a capital V Ventrue you have to respect their choice. Being a deadbeat sire is generally frowned upon.

Actually, everyone in the clan feels entitled to your childe. Any clan member has the right to show up on your doorstep whenever because they thought of something profound to say to the fledgling or give you an advice on how to mentor them. Turning them away is impolite. Absolutely insufferable.

When in a serious trouble you can always ask a fellow clans-mate for help and even if they hate your ass they have to help and do a good job at that lest they want to lose some dignitas. You are expected to return the favor obviously.

Deathnights! 🥳🎉🎉. The thought that any kindred care for birthdays (or deathnights, the time you were embraced) is already silly but the fact that it's ventrues who care about this so much is especially funny. Yeah you sire sucks, but she invited Paris Hilton and got you a new car for your sweet 160. If it's an elder's deathnight you can even rizz them and it's all in good fun!

The general opinion that your local venture is an e*lon m*usk type o guy and not a gas station manager doesn't help. In the digital era even the most powerful ventrue have to influence from the shadows which is quite a hit on their ego. Others settle for less.

They are the smallest clan. The key to survival is resilience and mutual support. Trust no one, not even the other ventrue but you know they've got your back because you've got theirs. Fucked up, however "familial" bonds like sire-childe and such are much valued.

Wholesome-ish, ventrue cliques. Many looove chess and have chess clubs. Both as a hobby and often preferring to solve personal disputes over a game. Then, Philosophes and Diplomats. The first one is just a bunch of an armchair philosophers. The other can be considered as "progressive" and want to build bridges with other clans and think the Camarilla needs to be more cooperative and inviting. The elders often snark at the "friendly ventrues" but at the end of the night it is the Diplomats they send out to represent the clan and do the talking and make peace with others. There's also a club for neonates just to bitch about their hard unlife without the restrictions of the etiquette. Btw look up the Olympian clique on your own lmao, I'm not even delving into that.

And to be fair, there's so much etiquette. You're being told what to wear, what to gift, how to act.

don't argue with those younger than you, embarrassing them in the act. Don't argue with elders because it's disrespectful. Don't argue with your peers because arguing is stupid. If someone really pissed you off please submit a request to your closest ventrue primogen and wait 15-20 business nights to be informed if you have a go at killing their ass. This is not a joke. Always show up as a united front at all times.

Be respectful and treat other clans as you would have wanted to be treated. Even if they are ugly, annoying, or unhinged. At the end of the night the inquisition will come for all of us.

The Agoge sucks. Everyone hates it. It fucks you up but complaining is for pussies so drink some cocained up blood or get a therapist like everybody else. Suck it up.

Crying in the boardroom is not allowed. No public display of emotions or feelings is allowed. The purpose of it is to minimize the amount of conflict between each other and other clans but it's the next best thing to Lasombra's catholic guilt in terms of repressing yourself.

Older ones have a hard time keeping up with technology, the concept of email is on par with other paranormal forces. The Board risks their unlives traveling to an in-person meeting to resolve something that could have been a 10 minute conference call. If you are a neonate who knows what a DVR is you've got quite some power.

[crownedinmarigolds]

It's DAIMUND - your Malk man! He can kind of sing, he can kind of drive, he can play that old Telecaster like a God. And he's here to wish you a happy Valentine's! I had such a wonderful time with everyone's submissions for New Year's Ralph and fellow Nosferatu (and Quinn), that I would love people to draw their own Malkavians (or any other clan I really am not picky I LOVE seeing everyone) standing next to Daimund! I will once again smush any "submissions" into one piece for a big Malk meet up on February 14th! :D (Daimund is 5'10"!) IF YOU WANT TO DRAW AND FEEL LIKE YOU CANNOT DRAW DO NOT LISTEN TO THAT VOICE THAT IS THE DEVIL DECEIVING YOU! Please draw your OC next to him if you want to I would cry and love to see it!

[the-bloody-masquerade]

Hey guess what, I frickin' love graphs. Here's a pie chart of the VtM Buttons I've been offering based on the quantity of each clan people have grabbed. I think its kind of interesting and kind of indicative of what clans are most popular overall. Tzimisce are, predictably at the top.

Nosferatu are usually up there right next to Tzims in conventional clan popularity polls so I'm a little surprised to see them only mildy on the board.

Of course the idea here is that these little buttons might make a nice little holiday treat for your VtM playing group. Maybe there's a difference between the clans people play versus the clans that are their favorite. Either way, can I tempt you to have a look?

[bugcouncil]

commission for @jacklycan!

[poisoncrimsonoctopus]

vtm sketches

[moonmonnu]

Don't get too excited, they are only interested in your blood.