Bloodlines 2 Lore, The Malkavian! Madness is in the Eye of the Beholder

[@Krak1in]

There was once a player in my group that wanted to play a Malkavian but couldn't decide what insanity he should have. Eventually the Storyteller decided one for him: he could hear out-of-character conversations. All throughout the game he kept referring to the other characters by their players names, greatly annoying them. He also kept making references to his own character sheet, to the point of at one point producing an in-game character sheet for himself simply to prove to one of the other characters that he did, indeed, possess skills he claimed to have. It was actually pretty funny and led to certain gems, like: Tremere character: "The hell's a werewolf doing in this building?!" Malkavian: "Clearly the Storyteller's on his period." And after the prince once stated that we weren't very important in the grand scheme of things: Malkavian: "Says the NPC".

[@gokbay3057]

Thats great

[@lorgarbeareroftheword5836]

Beautiful in its insanity. :)

[@KaiserAfini]

You might also enjoy a tabletop game called Paranoia, it incentivizes shenanigans as the most fun way to play. And the setting gives wonderful tools for the GM and players to make it happen.

[@Krak1in]

@@KaiserAfini I have never played Paranoia but have friends that have. They told me how in one game a player had to, after a series of increasingly desperate lies regarding contraband found in his possession, explain the process of turning a badger into a VHS tape.

[@KaiserAfini]

@@Krak1in Yep, give the tvtropes article a read, its hilariously brilliant shenanigans. Its a great comedy tabletop game. On a side note, if you also like World of Darkness' Mage The Ascension, you might also enjoy Unknown Armies. It has a fascinating spin on urban fantasy with lots of creative plot hooks that may serve as a good inspiration for Mage.

[@BigPapaKaiser]

*Chaos Champion* : "Do you hear the voices too?!" *Malkavian* : "SHUT UP THE CHEESE IS TALKING!"

[@Falainothiras]

Marauder passing by, reality explodes.

[@spartanalex9006]

I don't know why but now I want a World of Darkness and Warhammer crossover. Live the dark gods in the WOD.

[@redskinner8565]

👀😂😂

[@Cainite]

Arch: "I don't really like Malkavians..." Me: *D e m e n t a t i o n*

[@kevinbarber2795]

AnEvilJoke Malkavians > Ventrue Malkaviens > All other clans

[@pp-wo1sd]

Nobody : Malkavians : *Can you hear the stop signs too ???*

[@mattryan7124]

So like the corollary to synesthesia

[@Warmaka]

No, but the billboards are just _howling_ today!

[@stevenendersby8442]

Both won't keep saying.... thing's.... it's like nails on a chalkboard painted red and white....ohh and don't pay any attention to the bridge man....he doesn't know the secret.... about his golden God and that twisty bendy no quite right place...what was I saying oh yes the signs talking to me....yes yes.

[@KaiserAfini]

"Of course I can, the blasted thing won't shut up, excuse me for a sec ... No, YOU STOP IT.....you were saying?"

[@socail2]

DO YOU HEAR THE VOICES TOO!

[@midnightaristocracy744]

Dread it, run from it, the biscuit will always arrive

[@BigBroTejano]

Thou shall not eat they third biscuit. A little treat for those who watch AA’s stream.

[@PyrusCreed]

The biscuit does not judge, it only hates.

[@MakCurrel]

Is the the biscuit total?

[@Khelek]

Arch doesn't quite get that the biscuits are what propelled them on successfully through the ages, they (Malkavians) can't really be stopped, only delayed

[@Reddotzebra]

What was that quote again... "If you should meet one, god help you. If you require his help, god cannot help you." XD

[@Brutalyte616]

The explanation as to how the Malkavians can organize at all is that the Madness Network can be influenced by particularly old and powerful Malkavians, be they Methuselahs or the Antediluvian himself, and many young Malkavians aren't aware of this influence, so the Madness Network can effectively compel the clan as a whole to act on a subconscious level, although the individual Malkavian is still an independent entity and may not necessarily heed the call. As for the Great Prank? An explanation I'm fond of is that Dementation is actually just Domination, but the Malkavians' insanity changes how it functions, effectively creating a new Discipline. With that in mind, the Great Prank was effectively a blood curse placed upon the clan(something that can be done, especially if the clan is willing) that stifled their madness to such an extent that they could no longer impose it upon others, with the neat little side-effect of making the Malkavians far more lucid. Or maybe weakening Dementation was the side-effect... Either way, the curse worked well enough for the Malkavians to ingratiate themselves with the Camarilla, and in recent years the curse has began to wane, freeing the usage of Dementation to the Malkavians once again. And on the topic of the Malkavians surviving for so long, despite their apparent flaws? The Malkavians are quite gifted in the art of evasion: they're largely unpredictable, they can see through walls and read a situation extremely well with Auspex, they can know things they have no earthly business knowing courtesy of the Madness Network, they can drive their pursuers stark-raving mad with Dementation or simply tell them to go away with Dominate, and they can use Obfuscate to hide their presence and turn invisible. And it stands to reason that a Malkavian that is good enough to survive his first few nights can only get better at doing so as they become older, wiser, more powerful, and even more batshit insane. Although, one should always remember that a Malkavian isn't always a gibbering madman, as their derangements can manifest in any number of ways.

[@williamchristy9463]

Arch did these guys bad...

[@Brutalyte616]

@@williamchristy9463 Actually he summarized them pretty well and pointed out their biggest appeal, he just criticized the plot surrounding them; his observations aren't necessarily wrong, he's just not focusing on the bigger picture. After all, Malkavians are even more well equipped to hide than the Nosferatu, who are walking Masquerade violations, and yet the Nosferatu are one of the most successful clans in existence.

[@therope340]

I noticed in his video on the Tremere he was very nitpicky on plot structure while also pronouncing names incorrectly and having a wishy washy grasp on the timeline. I like the guy but his gripes are really trivial.

[@Hellrour]

Been looking forward to this one. Favorite clan, second favorite to play. It’s complicated.

[@ZetaOmega1456Gamma]

I remember playing a Malkavian in the Role-playing game, and the GM used to sneak me notes on what would happen as it should be but I had to make it so that everyone had to sit and think "What the Fuck did the Crazy Bastard say now?"

[@TheEldritchGod]

And BTW, You clearly don't get malkavians. They aren't always Fish Malks. You can have a Malkavian with one derangement. For example, Count Bubula was perfectly normal until he encountered Guine pigs. A malkavian devoted to logic to the point of obsession is also insane. The malkavians that collapse into gibbering madness have the option to gather more power. The ability to shatter the wall of sleep gives them the ability to readjust reality through perceptional adjustment. In many ways, the Malkavian is closer to the Mages/Willworkers then the Tremere.

[@TheBarbariangamers]

Please finish making this series arch. I really really want to use this to teach my friends

[@Scylithen]

4chins as a vampire clan, Batshit insane at all times, until it needs to scrub up good for a greater purpose for a hot second, then back to being batshit insane again.

[@tspoon772]

This is essentially the content of /pol, /bant, /k, /x and /out. /b is sitting in the corner posting buck breaking threads

[@BigBroTejano]

... I’m guessing a lot of Malkavins have strait up told their therapists that their Vampires... just to see what the doc has to say before being told to come back next week.

[@KaiserAfini]

Its not necessarily only confusion, the main character from A Beautiful Mind as well as Hannibal Lecter are both great Malkavians, same as Alistair Grout or DevNull. Add that to cryptic insights they sometimes stumble upon, which could be helpful or a way to manipulate them like a puppet, or both, they will never know. Its a clan that requires a bit of great writing/roleplaying to fully realize. Unfortunately they were stereotyped as an avenue for randomly disruptive players, in no small part due to their pre-VTM20 clan book reinforcing this. You can have all gradients between the wise seers and methodic Prince, but you should always fear when the mask of normalcy shatters, for should you be near them when this happens, then you shall see horrors the likes even the most depraved Kindred mind could never even dream of.

[@nurgleschosen8145]

IT IS HERE! JUST LIKE OUR GREAT STOP SIGN PROPHET SAID IT WOULD BE!

[@EarFarce4]

Pfft you and your misleading stop signs... THERE IS NO MORE RIGHTEOUS A PROPHET THAN THE TV!

[@Hedberger91]

DO NOT TURN YOUR BACK ON THE JELLYFISH HERETIC

[@le3299ify]

No you stop.... also are you the jester prince?

[@lyravain6304]

Old old character of mine was Malkavian. Had an obsession with counting. The stereotype of "throw a bag of beans at his feet and he'll stop to count them all". He started out as a sword-swinging vampire-muscle-for-hire. Turned his insanity into strength; he realized that counting didn't just come from counting individual items, but also distance. He would painstakingly measure the length of someone's limbs, the length of their stride, every conceivable speed at which they so much as blink or their blood pulses. With a healthy dose of Celerity and Auspex he could do that in tiny fractions of a second, after which... it was like fighting someone who knew EVERYTHING about you. He didn't 'block' or 'dodge', he leaned his head back just enough that the tip of your blade would end a millimitre from his flesh. He knew every move you could make (yes, he counted moves as well) and, thanks to his actual brains, calculated them in the same way a computer would calculate every conceivable move one could take in chess. When it came time to retire the character, I didn't want him to die to some nameless whelp newblood or self-insert Van-Helsing-wannabe Hunter. Instead, he spent two centuries in seclusion, during which he counted every star in the night sky and created an artifact, the Dome of Night. The Dome is a metallic sphere, barely twice the size of an apple, with a hole that you can fit a candle flame inside. All over the thin walls of the sphere are countless infinitessimally small holes (Celerity+Potence at 6 or 7 don't recall). When you light a candle inside, the light paints the entire night sky on the nearby walls, with one-hundred-percent accurate representation of how the night sky was on the day my character was turned. Toreadors have fought wars over this non-magical bauble, possibly out of hate-envy-love towards something that is beautiful, but NONE of them made.

[@Arbyther]

Eh... The Great Prank wasn't much of an asspull. It wasn't the Malkavians who did it themselves. It was Malkav who did it to save his clan, because he relied on their madness network to exist

[@Brutalyte616]

It's even less of asspull when you hear about how the Assamites were cursed by the Tremere, or when you've heard the theory that Dementation is just the Malkavian version of Dominate.

[@Arbyther]

@@Brutalyte616 Yeah. And when you remember the whole "Seeing the future", their actual hivemind and their sire literally guiding them... yeah it's not really surprising they survived for so long. Especially when even the meanest and scariest of fucking Vampires fears them not only because of Dementation but... well because they are batshit insane

[@mikkohernborg5291]

I remember playing a Malkavian... In Las Vegas. Basically Fear and Loathing, without the drugs. Once, our coterie entered a casino, where my auspexy char immediately spotted a 3-story tall slotmachine in the middle of a room overlooked by higher floors - and it's working! So insert a 10-dollar bill, race up to the third story and throw myself onto the lever arm. Only I botched the athlethics roll, and impacted with a sickening crunch of broken ribs. Storyteller decides to roll 3d10 to see if I win something. First, he rolls a six. Then another six. And the last one... also comes up six. JACKPOT! Then, while people are trying to get me to a hospital despite me brushing myself down and saying I'm okay, one of the casino attendants helping collect the earnings for me whispers 'there is a big red button on the front of the machine you can use to spin it'. I laughed so hard at that i fell off my chair irl and rofl for a while. The utter absurdity of it all was just perfect!

[@cicadakeep6749]

I find they biscuit metaphor miledy true and absolutely funny.

[@PosranaRegistrace]

Ruined my love for biscuits, somehow :D

[@derkrischa3720]

"The Biscuite is enavible" is quite a malkavian thing to say

[@stevenendersby8442]

So it is...so it is. Everything eventually is enevable for one reason or another.

[@panda77512]

"were all mad here, some madder than others....but we all agree, the biscuts are evil, but often can provide insight."

[@Veellinn]

Maklavians: "They call us crazy, and loonies, but it is them who insist on having us in councils."

[@michelveilleux1275]

Every other clan: "...Yes, that is exactly why we insist."

[@enoughothis]

Those who peer into the darkness risk the darkness inviting them over for afternoon tea.

[@captainpuffinpuffinson4769]

Two spoons of sugar and 3 spider legs in mine please

[@TheCorrodedMan]

Hurry it up lads, my meat bicycle is getting cold

[@Brutalyte616]

Finally, something to drown out the constant sound of the voices saying 'empty', 'hollow', and 'thud' in my head. They've been really on that for the last week...

[@AquilaGuard]

Players often over state how crippled Malkavian's are by their bane. One of the best aspects of the Voermon sisters is that they show how Malkavians can be highly effective and even Barons.

[@cnlbenmc]

That spiel in the beginning sounds like a continuation of; "Ravioli Ravioli, what's in the pocketoli?".

[@juliagoetia]

Now that I'm thinking about it, half of the nonsense Frank spits out in his videos would fit well as the gibbering words of a sufficiently unhinged Malkavian.

[@TheIfifi]

Yeah... They were my first playthrough. Had no idea what the fuck was going on.

[@Aveskarina]

HA! Same here. It was confusing as hell. :D But who wouldn't love that slooty cheerleader appearence... :D

[@captainpuffinpuffinson4769]

We salute you

[@TheIfifi]

@@captainpuffinpuffinson4769 Never been so lost in a game before. Clueless.

[@captainpuffinpuffinson4769]

@@TheIfifi I can just guess as much, it was my second after a tremere dude and it was like a whole different game But they are the best clan

[@harmen2456]

Writers: A ensemble of blind men reading the future, while stumbling around in the present. Players: Lol I throw my magic book at the zambies, hahaha.

[@justinlo3799]

No bias warning? That's disappointing

[@charleslathrop9743]

Wow, you feel about the Malkavians as I do about the Skaven.

[@nightofraven]

"I meant," said Iplsore bitterly, "what is there in this world that makes living worthwhile?" Death thought about it. "CATS", he said eventually, "CATS ARE NICE."

[@Thomas-xj3ts]

This isn't Vraks. *sad trenching tool noises*

[@mattryan7124]

Insane blood drinking psykers. Vox the inquisitor.

[@Varbos_Poet]

On the subject of the Malkavian insanity, they are not as crazy as they act. It is stated that they play it up to make people underestimate them.

[@EarFarce4]

What, in the masquerade lore?

[@michelveilleux1275]

@@EarFarce4 their defining trait is their madness, but that madness can take many forms. One Malkavian as Arch mentioned, was an excellent diplomat inbetween Clan affairs.

[@TheMarcHicks]

I did a chronicle that had 2 Malkavians in it. They were both Schizophrenic, but with the added twist that one could actually hear ghosts (whether they wanted to or not) whilst the other could only see ghosts (whether they wanted to or not). Thing is, they could never tell when they were *really* hearing/seeing ghosts......or when they were merely plagued by one of their delusions. That forced them to frequently compare notes to work out what was real & what was delusion. I had a lot of fun Story-telling that group.

[@ImperialAquila]

You have been a tad arch. Malkavians are the only clan, the only reality, all others are deluded fellows denying their divine madness.

[@notsae66]

Even though the game may be out of lore to speak of, you could (and j would even say should because this was fun and interrsting) keep going. I'd be interested to hear you speak of this world's lore in your fine and humorous detail. Regardless, good luck with whatever you do.

[@santtu76]

Don't think of them as Malkavians. Instead think they are insane Ravnos. Seriously, I love Malks, like the scenario I once heard. Toreador target: "You don't seriously think I will let you leave alive?" Malk: "Hey, check this nice picture I took with me here" Toreador: "Don't try to change.....oooh, so...pretty" Sounds of Brujah breaking wooden furniture *Stab*

[@stevenendersby8442]

*** Laugh's hysterically in malkaven ***

[@Corack]

If two or more malkavians gather, run.

[@nikinikolov6570]

SPOILERS In the older lore the madness of the Malkavians was the essence of their founder, yes the Antedeluvian living within their collective minds. In fact yes Malkavians were connected to one and other and their madness was simply looking at the world in a way that is completely different to anyone else. One can even speculate that their seemingly random actions have a very coordinated purpose as clearly the one pulling the strings was in fact their founder.

[@lamberttok10]

They: the Malkavian ARE THE BEST BEST VAMPIRES. They’re so ..........special

[@JameSeraphim]

I completely agree.... but. They're

[@lamberttok10]

James Levi I have corrected the mistake. Apologies are in place BUT english is my second languege. So I have a excuse

[@Tenebrous76]

Malkavian was my favourite play through on the original game. I mean who hasn't wanted to tell off a stop sign?

[@201Megaman]

Wow, new Age of Sigmar lore video!

[@jamesmortimer4016]

Arch: *talks about badshit vampires* Mutiple millions of badshit gasmask wearers: RRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@PosranaRegistrace]

Are Malkavians resistant to the bayonets? I mean... not like one bayonet.... I mean *HUNDREDS of bayonets* ....

[@generalvictorironraven.1347]

“ The biscuit is inevitable!”-arch 2019

[@Darmoth85]

So... if you played Bloodlines, you may remember in the very start of making a new game, it'll ask you if you want to take a survey to determine the right clan for you. I took the survey and it recommended me Malkavians... I had no idea about The World of Darkness at this point. So imagine my surprise XD

[@senorcapitandiogenes2068]

*Tzeenzch's laughter intensifies*

[@xazelnighthaunterfanboy975]

Hail ! Hail ! Hail changer of waaaaaays!!!

[@GothGoblinNecoArc]

Captain Diomedes hehehe cheese wheels

[@stevenendersby8442]

Cottage cheese....and matsa da bubla....yes I said it my stop sign Lord...yes yes.

[@Vermbraunt]

YES I didn't think they would do Malkavians again! This is awesome. They are my favorite clan

[@reverendnorse]

I honestly Love these! I sincerely hope you'll continue these even if we get no more Clans in VtM:B2

[@cutlerwalton7313]

Daddy Arch, please give us more vampire clan lore! We need you to bestow more glorious knowledge upon us, or we may be forced to turn to the foul sorceries of Tzeentch....

[@Cursedzeba]

Don’t let the stop signs bully you!

[@KaiserAfini]

Tell it to Stop !

[@RedneckSith]

Rumor has it that they emigrated from a far away land, where they were known as Targaryens. Apparently things didn't go too well for them there, either.

[@calumdeighton]

Malkavian's, Night Lord impostor Vampires trying to be crazier than Curze.

[@NetMoverSitan]

Fiction's 2nd most horrific version of Batman. (well...since the Batman Who Laughs was made)

[@IdleDrifter]

Why not a Malkavian that has PTSD? He's perfectly fine though a little twitchy at times. Looking at a pile of garbage and thinking there's a IED planted there. Though it's in the middle of Washington DC. He's highly skilled in combat but likes to sing about little yellow birdies with little yellow bills and a Ford Model A. He doesn't read manuals and treatises as the words, pictures, and illustrations come alive. Showing the complete and proper way to operate a particular machine or weapon system. Or the manual of arms for a long sword. Did I mention he has PTSD? He might see himself back on a battlefield in the past. What triggers this is unknown. He might flip out if a car backfires. Or he becomes lost in his memories while staring into the flames of a camp fire. Or in the middle of combat he goes completely beserk with an M60E6 machine gun. Then party realizes why he has been carrying a golf bag everywhere. But when he's not singing the Battle Hymn of the Republic. He's as normal as a vampire can get though he still enjoys a cold beer.

[@mattryan7124]

Malkavians sound like if John Nash was a vampire.

[@oldeskul]

Ah the Malkies, a clan who rightfully earned the nickname madmen. The Gangrel have a saying. "Where one madman gathers, be wary. Where two or more madmen gather, RUN!!!"

[@denthavin]

Glad you've kept this series going. I'm very tempted to go back to bloodlines. I never played as a malkavian.

[@marky6456]

I thought Malkavians we're regarded as very imprtant by the clans. Especially Ventrue since they used then as oracles.

[@TheEldritchGod]

The Malkavian Madness Network has an uplink to the Digital Web.

[@krzysztofdrzewiecki5618]

Arch, do yo think, that you would be able to make video about general conceptions of metaphysics of WoD? For example - what is/are higher power(s) of this world. I know very little about it - I know, that there is werewolves Gaia, there is mages more-or-less power of believe, there is something that cursed Cain, but how those things are connected, what is nature of higher power (is it dual as good and evil, dual as yin and yang, is not dual at all, is it active, is it conscious, do we even get any information about it etc.) I have no idea. (and if I’m not only ignorant here, this might be interesting topic for many :) ).

[@williamchristy9463]

Generally speaking, the christian god appears to be actually real- from the nature of Demon and Vampire. How this blends with the existence of the umbras, and with the fact that the rules of reality in the world of darkness are formed by consensus, I don't know. Which means that Arch likely has no clue.

[@blackwatertv7018]

Apparently the other clans are gonna be free DLC updates... so yay?

[@markmikolay9019]

Gimme ugly bois

[@KaiserAfini]

From Paradox ? Wow, sounds too good to be true.

[@EarFarce4]

Considering Paradox has you pay for a character editor i highly doubt it.

[@benjaminstorace6699]

Arch if you ever run out of Warhammer lore or just want a change of pace, just pick something you like and run with it. Your narration style and humor will make it work as THEY are why we are here.

[@helldrake77777]

Lengthy review by Arch, Tzemiscee DLC and a summer steam sale is what is going to get me to play this game.

[@ZetaOmega1456Gamma]

those are my all time top Favorite Vampires out there

[@omegawilliam95s36]

"Red levers will save you!" Arch: Write that down WRITE THAT DOWN!

[@honestkyn718]

What about the usive fish malls? Everyone loves those...

[@HaalvarBrandGoods]

Been studying a possible correlation between Schitzophrina and psionic phenomenon. Trail lead here. Interesting stuff this Malkavian lore..

[@Destroyer6263]

Please don't stop here. I'd love to hear your take on the other clans and even the bloodlines and Sects.

[@DeeperWithDiego]

you pronounce a clan name correctly for once. Nice

[@UmrAl-Tawil4422]

Just a foot note Gentleman Gamer dropped a hint that Malkav mite be waking up in Jerusalem , when he did the videos for White Wolf for V5 of the game it also helps that the Sabbat have gone to the middle east to fight there "holy war" ;P P.S Lasombra best clan ^^

[@kangkong6795]

i prefer the idea that Malkav was physically destroyed and psychically survived as the strongest voice in all Malkavians heads and Malkav IS the Madness network/Cobweb

[@UmrAl-Tawil4422]

@@kangkong6795 l like that as well, l just wish WW would tell us more on what/who the Sabbat am fighting at the mo

[@kangkong6795]

@@UmrAl-Tawil4422 The Sabbat always ends up fighting other Sabbat. In the name of fighting the Antediluvians of course... ...But in the spirit of fair play if they do actually want to target the Antediluvians then the Cradle of Civilisation is where they all were so it's kind of in the right place...

[@BSOE3058]

BEFORE WATCHING, turn on auto subtitles ;)

[@Warmaka]

Mal cave ins, Malcolms, milk avians, mark avians, male carrion, markovin, mal caverns, mal kayvyun....

[@jobo5300]

IT'S JUST A PRANK, BRO!

[@BurghezulDjentilom]

The biscuit is inevitable - Arch

[@zorkwhouse8125]

I don't know if its still an official part of the lore today, but in some of the old RPG books one of the Malkavians' biggest pranks was said to have been that they'd stolen the body of Jesus from his tomb. And in terms of problems with them existing as a clan - I think what a "clan" amounts to really varies from one to the next. I don't think the Malkavians have ever been really centralized as a clan a la the Ventrue. Unless they've re-written the lore since the earlier days, the Malkavians were almost always represented as loners. As a clan or bloodline they were accepted as part of the Camarilla again on more of an individual basis. Meaning there isn't (or wasn't) a supreme council of Malkavians that represented or spoke for the "clan" as a whole. It may be that they've changed all that and tried to re-write the Malkavians as a clan with an organized structure - and if so, then I totally agree with you that it wouldn't make sense at all. But the Malkavians as they used to be in the lore, "made sense" so to speak. Admittedly though, "made sense" *least* applies to the Malkavians, but you know what I mean. I never played the original Vamp Bloodlines game, but I am looking forward to trying to this one. I played the table-top game (both regular VTM and V:Dark Ages) for years and years and even did some live action vamp stuff for a bit, but I was never super into the LARPing like some folks, who tended to get a little too into it, in my opinion. Either way, its been really cool watching these clan lore videos - good stuff man, keep up the good work.

[@AlessandroRodriguez]

So Arch is Larping a Ventrue, while Vee and the sjw are Malkavian, with out the vampire powers, nor the geniality touch

[@lyca0n535]

Don't mix up madness with stupidity, madness is a illness while ignorance a choice.

[@alexlee8752]

Sjw are really more Brujah i think.

[@dropdead234]

Don't be fooled. Though all of Malkev's childer are quite insane, they are still very capable. Listen to them, but do not trust them.

[@messihr]

I had this idea for a Malkavaian who was "aware" that he was a player character in a RPG. Also, NOSFARATU TIME!

[@TheEldritchGod]

If You Find Yourself Falling Into Madness, DIVE.

[@captainpuffinpuffinson4769]

Och ... there was no water at the bottom of the 20 story highrise

[@JasonBrazealResponds]

Finally doing my clan! I've been eagerly awaiting this.

[@KaiserAfini]

"Incorrect young one, you only think you were. You were once a treehouse, you lived in a cake, but you never saw the way oranged slayed the rake. You were already 3 years undead, but it told a tale, and now listen neonate to the safety rail. Now this is the key detail young childe of Malkav, Arch 's video is not chatting with you, even if it answers. I would know, it told me so" - Your typical Malkavian sire

[@viyhexe131]

Reading the thumbnail, I thought this was going to be another video on Fulgrim.

[@94razors_40]

Being a malkavian sounds like it'd never be boring.

[@Shlamerman]

Twitch from the all guardsman party is a Malkavian

[@baker90338]

D A E M O N I D S

[@OzymandiasRex]

This is going to be Vee's clan in the campaign yes?

[@nikoslav]

I remember when if you played a malkavian in bloodlines, after you uttered your first phrase to Jack he would laugh and say "and you're a malkavian too" as in "WHEEZE you're FUCKED buddy"

[@vamo757]

i hope we not just gonna be a fishmalk this game. primogen Alistair grout was a good malkavian.

[@RobertTLongway]

I am sorry I didn’t find this earlier when it was being released - I wish you would cover the rest but I’m sure you’re busy

[@EternitynChaos]

Personally I've always liked the Gangrel, and the Salubri

[@wiilov]

You know what's funny? I've heard people talk about hating Fishmalks more than I've seen Fishmalks. Which tells me it isn't actually that big of a problem, people are just repeating something they've heard before and rolling with it. The irony of this with THIS channel is not lost on me.

[@shawnm1902]

Ah yes, we finally arrived at Arch's autobiography. I wonder how many biscuits he has had today...

[@logancaine9616]

I always thought of the Malkavians being on a Syd Barrett level of insanity during their first few years after being turned. They can write music, they can drag their ass into the recording booth and record "See Emily Play", they can concoct brilliant experimental music that's way ahead of it's time. However when the Pink Floyd is on it's first American tour, and Syd the Malkavian goes blank and won't even pretend to play his guitar because he's in a schizophrenic hole where it's just him and the voices in his head. About 20-100 years after turning, they become like the Tooth Fairy from Red Dragon. They're certifiably bat shit, but they have some level of control, over their sickness.

[@Balevolt]

Also, I totally agree that they work in a singular fashion.

[@Caderynwolf]

I recall a theory that the malkavians may not be as crazy as they appear, that much of it is an act. As for survival, they can essentially make others forget, they can warp their minds to be paranoid about others, etc, even "brain wash" victoms or destroy theirminds entirely... I do agree malkavians are written poorly as they are a fascinating clan.

[@swoop5100]

Am I the only one that wants to watch arch play Vampire the masquerade bloodlines? Then a bloodlines 2 game?

[@Jetstoanywhere]

These videos are awesome!

[@somekindofdude1130]

We need more warhammer Suggestions Lores of magic Is the emperor morally right Are there “Good” human deities inside the warp apart from the empire Psyker training

[@yochaiwyss3843]

Remember, the Biscuit is Inevitable.

[@Warmaka]

Damocles' biscuit

[@chryssalidbait8765]

Spoken like a true Malk, Yochai.

[@robertrenato]

Oh... Jeanette....I always chose Jeanette :D

[@samotnick]

This was broken mirror?! Was sure that it is ice cream...

[@iulian943]

This is madness ! NO ! THIS IS CLAN MALKAVIAN ! (proceed to do some weird shit...)

[@jacobwilson8579]

Glad we finally got the demented often seen as silly vampires wander who’s next

[@corbangabriel6476]

Arch do a Bloodlines play through before the new game comes out. Pretty please.