Vampire: The Masquerade - The Clans (all you need to know and more)

[@llio8044]

Time Stamps! 1:30 Explanation of Antediluvians 2:05 Brief explanation of Clans 3:51 Explanation of Sects 3:58 Camarilla 4:20 Anarchs 4:46 Sabbat **~Explanation of Clans~** 6:13 Ventrue 10:11 Toreador 13:47 Tremere 17:35 Brujah 21:06 Nosferatu 24:51 Gangrel 28:14 Malkavian 31:31 Lasombra 35:40 Tzimisce 39:47 Hecata 44:46 Banu Haqim 49:55 Ravnos 54:27 Ministry 58:37 Catiff 59:06 End of Explanation 59:45 Shout out to L.A. by Night (my god I love this series and yes GM Jason is a legend)

[@trveheimer6360]

op should include wtf anyways bless your soul i kiss your eyeballs inshallah

[@josuesanchez5294]

I don't know who you are but your the hero

[@StelCreator]

Thank you so much for this!

[@nathanprime2434]

Am I missing something...but what about the Salubri?

[@felipefreire4593]

@@nathanprime2434 you should ask it to the tremeres!

[@brokencannon9174]

Funny note: I played a lasombra a year ago whos whole reason for being indebted was that he accidentally started an internet cult after being caught on film using oblivion. So a lasombra on camera(with all the glitches that causes), in a black suit, with shadow tentacles. Playing the origin of slenderman that really hated slenderman was hilarious

[@RedSpade37]

What a neat idea! Any stand-out moments? I'm curious to hear more.

[@adrianodrika]

Mine was an antitribu priest that justified the whole vampire thing as an special trial given by God Himself to test the vampires and deliver forgiveness to the ones who pass. The main idea: God gave the Beast to remind us of our terrible sins, but gave us powers to repent and act charitably. After my prior GM threw a werewolf in the middle of the crowd my priest jumped to escape the werewolf (Crinos, BTW), i left the table and this master. Explaining the final scene: we were trying to escape the werewolf on the rooftops, and even if my rolls to Arms of the Abyss were ok, my landings were less than estellar. The noises were attracting a little crowd, so I took the opportunity to jump from the 7th floor, dressed as a priest and screaming "May the Lord forgive me!" in the middle of the crowd. Then the guy just threw the crinos over me.

[@Stevonniewolf3113]

I would love to play that too.

[@Darkmage1293]

If I ever get to play a Lasombra I might consider the notion of "Ghost Hunting Gone Wrong" in a similar fashion.

[@somerandomschmuck2547]

Please tell me a there was a time you met a fae or bane spirit that was clearly based on the idea of Slenderman, and it recognized you.

[@bencracknellCA]

One of my favorite Nosferatu moments, another Kindred wanted me to find out who burned down his bar. When I asked around the other Nosferatu I got "oh that was me" and instantly the clan worked out the best lie of who did it and it worked

[@antoine8649]

I did an all-Nosferatu coterie campaign once and it was glorious. The GM was okay with letting us do our own thing so we worked together to basically transform a part of the sewers into an elaborate death trap labyrinth to defend ourselves. It allowed us to slaughter a PACK of garous who came to our turf, it was amazing.

[@maciejas2471]

TEAMWORK 101

[@soldier4242]

​@Antoine Camarilla Nosferatu or Anarchs? That is highly impressive btw. Garou almost exclusively beat kindred in a straight fight. Of course we'll used traps can change stuff.

[@DianaHatter]

​@@antoine8649YOO THAT'S SICK

[@antoine8649]

we were nominally camarilla but it was more of a "coterie before clan/ clan before sect chronicle" and it was soooo fun. We somehow knew garous were near, so the whole thing was silver shrapnel and silver stakes galore. Also water pressure traps, incendiary charges, a whole collection of grimtooth devices. All the players were veterans world of darkness Gms, so we were vicious.

[@HyperboreanJihad]

With them changing grounded for the tzimisce to be something integral to their mortal life that means there could be a tzimisce who can’t rest without their blankie

[@nothingnobody1454]

It's so silly. The old flaw used to represent the clans ties to earthbound nature spirits, "petri". This new one sounds more like a ventrue thing

[@HyperboreanJihad]

@@nothingnobody1454 now just imagine Vlad the impaler the big bad tzimisce ruling over Walachia needing his blankie before sleeping in his contorted flesh creature bed

[@metholuscaedes6794]

Right! I got the same thought! one that sleeps with their old stuffed toys!

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

@@nothingnobody1454 silly, but also way more dangerous: Someone sets your temporary haven on fire. You successfully escape the flames, but you leave your blankie behind. Now you have to choose between fighting the beast to go back in and risk death for your blankie, or never being able to rest again

[@fugyfruit]

@@theapexsurvivor9538 if they actually care about role-playing then I can guarantee that 10 out of 10 players try to save the blankie

[@muttipi]

Can't believe you didnt mention during the malkavian segment that Bela Lagosi is a malkavian vampire who is so convinced he is actually Dracula that he learned every discipline he uses in the movie, and gets really upset when you don't respect his title. He also just hangs out around old Hollywood and reminisces about the good ol days.

[@arietta.c]

I can't imagine the stress he must endure to get a hit of heroin as a kindred

[@blacksheep1924]

Honestly from what I know of the actual Bela Legosi, (which is less than I'd prefer) that tracks pretty well. Dude was just a really weird guy from what I understand. He like many actor's and actresses at the time got tangled with addiction. He had a relationship with a popular actress of the era Clara Bow and had nude portrait of her hung above his bed, even after he started a different relationship with a woman who if I remember right he married.

[@enriquejoseantequerasanche6180]

It's not the actual Bela Lugosi but an imitator whose derangement is that he believes to be Lugosi. That said, with how WoD works, maybe he *is* Bela Lugosi but knows he's mad so he's no longer sure of his identity.

[@EloquentTroll]

Malkav and Arikel made oaths to each other in Enoch. Arikel swore to Malkav "in your times of madness, brother, I will protect you" and Malkav swore to her "In your time of madness, sister, I will protect you". Which made a lot more sense with the old Toreador weakness.

[@scootinkermie]

How exactly? Genuinely curious because I don't get it...

[@EloquentTroll]

@@scootinkermie Toreador weakness is getting lost in beauty

[@bufalosan]

​@@EloquentTrolland malkav helps how...? Sorry i didnt get it either

[@EloquentTroll]

@@bufalosan Malkav would watch over Arikel when she was enwrapt in beauty.

[@musse4869]

Lots of Toreadors would fall in love with the beauty of the Sun, losing themselves in a Mirror during a Lupine attack and so on.

[@1monkey1typewriter]

As far as the Lasombra go, the ocean was once practically synonymous with the Abyss, darkness, and chaos. 2 of those things go hand in hand with the Lasombra.

[@marocat4749]

I mean with how revered mother sea is and even more was regarding well you needed to travel and many ships proportional had just accients, i guess they just liked the dedication sticking to that despite tragedies.

[@jdhur3]

This may sound like a stupid question but do vampire sailors/pirates exist ? Like Blackbeard, Kidd, Bonny, Rackham or others ?

[@klimychbarin]

@@jdhur3 Smiling Jack was a pirate before unlife

[@maciejas2471]

@@jdhur3 I mean, Smiling Jack was a pirate, so...

[@jdhur3]

@@maciejas2471 Yes indeed, I discovered Smiling Jack after playing VTMB but my question was mainly about a known pirate and if I'm not mistaken, Smiling Jack does not correspond to any known pirate.

[@nothingnobody1454]

The great thing about vampire is that since its about recipients of a CURSE, the game can explore the darker side of different forms of pariah status without pulling punches. Nosferatu are about deformity and physical disability without needing to say "not all crippled people are evil". Malkavians, tscimisce, brujah, many clans are perfect archetypes for societal "undesirables".

[@the.bardboyenski600]

Caitiff are orphans and beggars then. Been wanting to play one since day 1 knowing the game, but I've been the eternal Narrator since then and everyone but me seems to hate them 😭

[@nothingnobody1454]

@@the.bardboyenski600 caitiff are an underrated faction, and you nailed the niche perfectly. Time of thin blood is a great, great book.

[@guyman9655]

@@the.bardboyenski600 I love them both mechanically and lore wise, the idea of people who by blood are considered wrong by even social pariahs but are possibly more powerful than the ones who shun them is great to me. Same with thin bloods

[@the.bardboyenski600]

@@guyman9655 They dwell on that sweet edge between _"powerful by right"_ and "shunned by necessity";_ I've heard someone say once this about the Caitiff during a meeting at the Elysium: "Imagine if a clanless scum ever seats his ass on a Prince's Throne: Motherfucker would listen to every Clan equaly; and we *can't* allow _that_ to ever happen."

[@guyman9655]

@@the.bardboyenski600 I love that quote, even as a Newby to VTM I love how much of a pedantic shit every vampire clan is, they all like fucking each other over unless they directly benefit from not fucking each other over.

[@TheSuplexWizard]

This is literally the only video of VTM clans that I wasn't one giant shitpost or a history lesson dry as a lizard in an air fryer. Bravo sir

[@Orionleslieworkshop]

Alfabusa fans all around thank you for this video.

[@RainbowGod666]

(a very distant "ALFABUSA AR DOD")

[@Nyrufa]

The supernatural charisma granted by Presence doesn't just have to be used for seduction. It can also be used to terrify your victims, instilling them with the firm belief that you are not somebody they want to fuck around with.

[@Allycat101010]

Like a non-poisonous bug that imitates another bug which is ACTUALLY poisonous, hoping not to be eaten, the final line of ventrue personal defense is to try to look untouchable.

[@Handles-Are-A-Stupid-Idea]

Charisma is not the ability to be liked, but the ability to present yourself as you intend to.

[@OpenBiolabsGuy]

Tremere and Hecata: you wanted to play a Mage in a Vampire game and the ST said, “NOOOOOOO! Mages will kill all the vampires in the game and it will turn into a Mage game! But here are these Vampire clans that can do magic similar to Mages if you want to play those.” Gangrel: you wanted to play a Werewolf in a Vampire game and the ST said, “NOOOOOOO! Werewolves will kill all the vampires in the game and it will turn into a Werewolf game! But here is a Vampire clan that can do beasty stuff similar to Werewolves if you want to play those.” The Ministry: you wanted to play a Mummy in a Vampire game and the ST said, “NOOOOOOO! Mummies will kill all the vampires in the game and it will turn into a Mummy game! But here is an ancient Egyptian Vampire clan that can fake being a mummy if you want to play those.”

[@petrusjnaude7279]

As someone who as only ever played Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines, I found this really interesting and your delivery was very entertaining.

[@Aupsic-hh5sy]

You should try Vampire The Masquerade: Redemption. Really clunky, sometimes frustrating, gameplay, but a ton of fun, plus theres some more clans that this guy didnt mention.

[@biocapsule7311]

*Since this is just on Vampire The Masquerade, there is a wider collective setting. It is collectively know as The World of Darkness: (there is a 2nd newer less popular unconnected setting call Chronicles of Darkness)* 1st of the line: Vampire the Masquerade 2nd: Werewolf the Apocalypse (Yes, the one you encounter in the park, best cosmology tied to the world, my favorite setting) 3rd: Mage the Ascension (where the Tremere originate) 4th: Wraith the Oblivion (Ghost and the afterlife, likely the most interesting, complex and depressing line) 5th: Changeling the Dreaming (Faeries) 6th: Hunters the Reckoning (the more disappointing line, mainly because it didn't turn out to be what most people expect it to be about) 7th: Demon the Fallen (an afterthought) *Sub-setting:* Mummy the Resurrection, Kindred of the East and Ebony Kingdom *Historical Setting:* Dark Ages (which includes book on all except Wraith), Victorian Age (Vampire), Wild West (Werewolf), The Great War (Wraith), Sorcerer Crusades (Mages) I am more partial to pre-V5 Vampire for most of the reasons he stated. And only Vampire reached 5th edition, so the 20th anniversary edition is the edition where most of the rest have rules. (5th edition presents an overhaul on a level that it kind of contradicts even with the meta lore)

[@Dark2857]

I myself always wanted to play as the Lasombra Clan but the game was never programed with that option...ah well, perhaps some day.

[@petrusjnaude7279]

@@Dark2857 Having now heard about all these other clans, even though they have so significantly changed in the latest version, I would love to play as a Hecata or Banu Haqim. Though Lasombra also sound cool.

[@chilipowder5900]

that's why I'm here lol

[@firetarrasque4667]

The Nosferatu, basically, are everything that the Brujah imagine themselves to be.

[@nothingnobody1454]

I mean, besides noble leadership. But they did totally beat the crap out of the brujah on the scholarship and stoicism angle which is hilarious and cool

[@korpsmaninfantry7238]

The old brujah were awesome, the newer ones are just thugs and I love both

[@scootinkermie]

​@@nothingnobody1454there are plenty of Nosferatu "Princes" in Africa

[@enriquejoseantequerasanche6180]

Brujah represent how every political movement "for the greater good" eventually degrades into either keeping itself at power or just violence. Nosfies, meanwhile, represent the worst of vampirism with how they are monsters outside then monsters inside but take advantage of how everyone presumes "oh yeah, appearances are deceiving". There are no good guys in vampire, and the Brujah imagine themselves the good guys, so no.

[@ryat66]

Dude, I love how casually you said the LaSombra notable vampire names.

[@snallygaster5]

I loved the way he said "Antitribu" in his bloodline episode

[@lafken2]

That's Spanish pronunciation for ya. I pronounce it the same way tbh

[@DirtPoorWargamer]

_”The answer Vampire: the Masquerade gave,”_ Me, simultaneously: _“was ‘yes’”_

[@zackkilgore528]

The Toreador are perhaps the most malleable because art is one of the few things that is truly subjective. For example you got traditional art such as painting and sculpting but one could argue that metalworking and weapons smithing could also be considered an art.

[@PossibleBat]

Exactly that’s why the easiest clans for beginners are ventrue, brujah and toreador, they are pretty solid archetypes

[@nothingnobody1454]

Toreador are the pinnacle of cainite evolution.

[@nothingnobody1454]

@@PossibleBat and good discipline spreads that encourage a broad skill set

[@ambrosiogiovanni6952]

The Ventrue for me is the best clan for beginners, even in the lore, because of their lack of a living antediluvian (probably), they're arguable the most "free" clan. That's why there are Ventrue even in the Anarchs.

[@zackkilgore528]

@@ambrosiogiovanni6952 certainly

[@TheThunderbirdRising]

My favorite character I've ever played in a ttrpg is a Dark Ages Toreador that was obsessed with physical beauty and believed that aesthetically attractive people were chosen by God. He was a Muslim extremist who had is own cult that he travelled around with and fed on and had personally declared holy war on the tzimisce because they warped and deformed people. He was a trip to play

[@dbearded130]

That's a pretty dope character, would be a solid side character in a book.

[@zagreus1249]

A interesting character

[@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl]

He must be a sufi

[@ohamatchhams]

@@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl Could be an Ath'ari Salafi either

[@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl]

@@ohamatchhams the obsession with physical beauty is a unique sufi thing in Islam

[@Pastafari4]

The Elder One/Tzimisce Antedelluvian is one heck of a overarching villain. During the Final Days/Gehenna adventures, he wrecks the shit out of New York.

[@TheBurgerkrieg]

gotta be honest, personally I am not a fan of Gehenna conceptually, much like I despise every apocalypse metaplot in RPGs. It does make for some interesting background on the lore though.

[@Pomlithe]

@@TheBurgerkrieg why's that? just curious, since i'm running a tabletop game that features an apocalyptic cult

[@ianbrown1810]

@@Pomlithe in published work it can feel ether like the writers are going "any day now it's all gonna be over everything you like about the setting" and never actually go through with it so that comes off as annoying or they do follow through with it and it's like...wow thanks all my favorite stuff got wrecked cool

[@jtlego1]

@@ianbrown1810 Basically what kneecapped The End Times when Warhammer Fantasy finally got around to doing it (As well as just.... not being very good, writing-wise.).

[@Evokai6419]

@@jtlego1 I think an end time thing could be neat if it was handled sort of like a Mass effect sort of thing, universe wise at least, where a lot of the forces of order basically come together to create an army of hope or something like that. They can still have lots of things being destroyed and such, but the general idea that your forces can manage to save the world, even if only barely, is interesting in it's own way.

[@josephschultz3301]

In my utter hatred and contempt for/towards most vampire related media within the last 20 years, I guess I completely forgot how awesome and in-depth the Masquerade lore really is. Awesome stuff. Thanks, Krieg.

[@dobyk5338]

I think the Tremere houses are arguably the best lore addition to the game, I just love how it was handled. Now, all of a sudden, declaring which Tremere house you're part of is a huge political and ideological statement and I think it adds a lot of cool tension between individual Tremere. I think it's worth mentioning the houses :3 Also I tend to roleplay my Tremere's magical expertise based on their house loyalty aka classic hermetic rituals for House Tremere, or witchcraft for House Carna, or Crowley-esque rituals and drug-induced meditations for Ipsissimus. Even if mechanically the rituals and powers are all the same, I like to "skin" them according to the house I've chosen and reflect the magickal paradigm they've chosen.

[@docdamnij]

The Tremere have multiple houses now? And 3 of them? Somehow I imagine modern Tremere getting showered in tons of cheap Harry Potter references all the time.

[@dobyk5338]

@@docdamnij After Vienna's fall the clan blood bond was destroyed there was a rebellion within the clan and a splinter group united around Carna, hence we have House Carna. Anarch Tremere (who btw are hated by everyone else) are House Ipssissimus. House Goratrix is still there. Tremere, Carna and Goratrix have some kind of a weird non-aggression pact although they sabotage and spy on each other regularly. House Tremere is still the overwhelming majority of the clan and is considered the "main" house.

[@lunatic0verlord10]

VAMPIRE WIZARDS

[@TheZjolly]

So questions, I read the first set of white wolf novels and the one about the crusades. Could you suggest any current novels from the most recent VTM world? I've read the recent comics as well.

[@michaelhannah6843]

@@lunatic0verlord10 2

[@botond7781]

So for those who are interested in Clan Tremere (in v5): The video doesn't really talk about what exactly happened in Vienna in 2008. The Second Inquisition didn't just attack the clan's main chantry, they literally destroyed the Pyramid itself. This attack didn't just "slightly" change the clan's power structure. The blood bonds between young kindred and their elders broke, and everybody is free now all of the sudden. Clan Tremere, the clan that once was authoritarian and completely controlled by its older members, is now kinda divided into 4 main Houses. House Tremere - Camarilla aligned, loyalists of the Pyramid, traditional Hermetics, led by Karl Schrekt House Carna - Camarilla aligned but a lot of their members are moving to the anarchs, pagan nonconformists, Wiccans, and other modern witches, led by Carna House Goratrix - Camarilla aligned (Formerly Sabbat IIRC), basically the Slytherin of Clan Tremere, presumably led by Goratrix House Ipsissimus - Anarch aligned, though not generally considered to be a major house. It's decentralized and leaderless. Also, it is worth mentioning that a lot of Tremere identify as "mercenary warlocks" nowadays, and they don't necessarily belong to any of the houses mentioned above. Being alone in the modern nights is a BAD decision, but I guess the blood mages can pull it off with boon trading. (If they are lucky and smart ofc) The video also didn't mention that the different houses tend to embrace different types of people. While House Tremere usually still embraces the scholars, the educated people; House Carna tends to embrace those who just love magic. I really liked this video, and I understand it focused on explaining the clans ina simple way for people interested in them, but I think these things should have been mentioned about Clan Tremere.

[@Brigtzen]

thanks for the insight! tremere is certainly one of the most personally intriguing clans

[@TheCourtsOfLove]

The Pyramid is still around it's just weaker, House Tremere still have the Pyramid is mind to bring it back stronger but also House Carna because Carna herself wants to restablish the Pyramid but her way and with her at the top, manipulating her followers as pawns for this purpose as she was supposed to be executed in the old Pyramid and fears Tremere's return and so wants to be in control of the clan entirely herself.

[@GrimViridian]

Thanks for the info! I always love dark mage/warlock types so tremere is my favorite

[@DefaultSeaTurtle]

As someone who has looked into VtM lore fairly extensively, this video is honestly one of the best, most distilled information-dumps I've ever seen. If you know nothing about VtM, you will have a fairly functional understanding of a lot of the important lore after this video.

[@Teltates]

INDEX 3:55 The Camarilla 4:20 The Anarchs 4:45 The Sabbat 6:12 VENTRUE 7:48 10:10 TOREADOR 11:40 13:46 TREMERE 15:07 17:35 BRUJAH 19:37 21:07 NOSFERATU 22:40 24:51 GANGREL 26:17 28:15 MALKAVIAN 29:40 31:31 LASOMBRA 33:09 35:41 TZIMISCE 37:27 39:48 HECATA 41:16 44:47 BANU HAQIM 46:35 49:56 RAVNOS 52:17 54:28 MINISTRY 56:22

[@samanthapalker1476]

Thank you

[@darkerkindstudios6819]

And Salaubri?

[@Thriving_in_Exile]

​@@darkerkindstudios6819There's no Salubri in this video.

[@ShadowyFox_86]

Hands down, the Malkavians are still my favorite clan. It also makes me think that the Nosferatu and Malkavians would get along with their loves of secrets.

[@DarthTagnan69]

Absolutely true, if the Nosferatu could figure out WTF the Malkavians are talking about.

[@Exxeron-ob3tv]

Malkavians - For when you absolutely, positively have to drive some one to the brink of sanity...

[@TheCourtsOfLove]

@@Exxeron-ob3tv Brink of sanity when you realize said Malkavian has been speaking your entire past, present and end but you never listened to them and now you wish you had to gain some of their insight as that SI raid fills you with incendiary bullets...guess the line said by the Malkavian "Burn baby burn!" when they pointed and laughed at you was correct...darn it!

[@Exxeron-ob3tv]

@@TheCourtsOfLove The sanity phrase is a saying from when the game was new, called Jihad. It's what a Malkavian elder would wisely advice a childer.

[@MonarchsFactory]

I'm using this video to figure out which clan each of the Twilight vampires would belong in, and no one can stop me

[@TheBurgerkrieg]

I am really trying to contain my fangirling right now Dael, you are one of my favourite content creators the rami malek guy is definitely a tzimisce because he uses koldunic sorcery, but other than that I am not too clear

[@MonarchsFactory]

@@TheBurgerkrieg Thanks so much! Wow! I've been invited to play in my first VtM game and I found this video extremely helpful, thanks for making it :)

[@elisazadra999]

Alice is clearly a Malkavian

[@23skiddsy6]

Can't belive Laszlo Cravensworth himself is teaching this masterclass of Vampire lore.

[@somerotter]

As someone who hasn’t really looked into anything post Gehenna, it was interesting to see how the clans have evolved in the new world.

[@joshualee6197]

Agreed!

[@Realzargos]

and a LOT of them Devolved from the origin...

[@empireschild1]

Wait gehenna happened?????

[@somerotter]

@@empireschild1 In 2004 they ran a series of books concluding and ending the WoD universe, with multiple end-of-world scenarios for each group (and one official story). They brought the universe back in 2011 and mostly hand waved away the end time stories. In between they tried a new world of darkness that wasn’t as popular, but I think had some really good ideas (covenants are much easier to have different kinds of conflicts with than the always warring sects, for instance).

[@scootinkermie]

@@Realzargos I personally consider it a net improvement, well except the Ravnos, poor guys, but at least they don't have to indulge in vices anymore, even if their new curse is basically being passively suicidal (never thought I'd every see those words next to eachother)

[@queenofsparrows9890]

Honestly, I absolutely adore Clan Tzimisce. They're absolutely everything I want vampires to be. Terrifying, but bound by a baffling sense of decorum that is utterly alien to most mortals - and even other vampires - and seeing themselves as so far above normal life that they don't even think to hate the creatures they feed upon. After all, would you hate an ant that bites your arm? Or the bread you eat? Their Compulsion and Bane as well are extremely fascinating. I'm imagining a Tzimisce that has their mortal servants as their Charge, and have to have them in the same room as her during daysleep, forcing mortals to watch a vampire sleep. A very creepy reversal. And of course, her Covetousness making her obsessed with adding another mortal to her service. After all, she needs someone to carry all her bags when she travels.

[@DarthTagnan69]

Brilliant! I never thought of that side of this clan. Very well done!

[@magpie_monster]

"the ultimate arbiters of what is based and what is cringe" amazing. excellent video!

[@nellzdablackking]

32:41 I believe the Lasombra had close ties to the merchant class, so overseas traders and sailors were viable choices as well for Embrace since they had connections, commerce, and/or combat training.

[@FLAMM3NW3RF]

A warm thanks to the many members of the merchant guild, for generously funding and bankrolling these anti-kine mass murders

[@lupusalbus3795]

Yes, but also the brass balls and dedication it took to make an ancient sea journey was palatable to whom they wanted in their clan.

[@myneighborsnorlax3780]

Also alot of them were just straight up pirates

[@Pastafari4]

It's actually somewhat funny that the only clan that is primarily in the Sabbat now is the Tzimisce (barring the Koldunic Tzimisce of good ol' Europe). Both the Harbingers and the Lasombra have more or less jumped ship. That said, one thing of note is that Hecata is moreso a reuinification of related bloodlines based on clan Cappadocian. Augustus Giovanni usurped Cappadian as the clan of Death, managing to purge most all members of the good ol' Clan Cappadocian, save those who hid out and started their own bloodlines such as Baton Samedi and the Samedi, or the Cappadocians the legit hid out in the spirit world (Basically, they went into Oblivion, in the Wraith context) and became the Harbingers of Skulls. It's conveluted, but hot damn was it a atoryline thing. Harbingers of Skulls were even built up as a bloodline that allied with the Sabbat for the sole reason of fucking over the Giovanni and undertaking an vendetta

[@muhammadedwards8425]

And Clan Cappadocian won in the end, HoS and other survivors

[@maciejas2471]

@@muhammadedwards8425 EEHHEHEEHHEEH. GOT 'EM! - Big D

[@oscarlove4394]

so i'm not a huge lore expert. but i'd think a sect that rejects the basic premise of 'clans' barely having any clans exclusive to them fits perfectly.

[@phantomlantern9169]

Fun thing many might not know, Lasombra supposedly let himself get diablarized to become one with the void in which he was perfecting the control of

[@GrimViridian]

Did it work?

[@phantomlantern9169]

@@GrimViridian that's Storyteller's discretion

[@GrimViridian]

@@phantomlantern9169 aaahhh fun

[@deeplovelydark]

Please do more VTM lore because your concise explanations and colorful commentary are not only informative in an objective way but also enlightening to beginners and even long-time players of the game. This was a useful hour long excercise I didn't regret getting into during a slow Sunday afternoon. I can listen to you talk about VTM even longer! Keep up the good job! Looking forward to more content.

[@MikaDamaged]

Been a Gangrel for years and still my favorite clan, never got tired of it!

[@zulfyby]

Name says so :-D

[@soldier4242]

Camarilla or Anarch?

[@MikaDamaged]

@@soldier4242 Anarch

[@thebassistsoldier]

Gangrel was my first Bloodlines character since all I really knew was tzimice, Jackie Jane is now a character in a short story I'm writing with her and a Ravnos girlfriend traveling the Mojave. They're both gonna make it into my HtR game when my group gets running.

[@carsonnesbit1178]

“Clan toreador are the arbiters of what is based, and what is cringe.” That got a good chuckle out of me😂

[@SethAurelius94]

What I expected: Vampire lore. What I got: Oh my god uncle ruckus was a vampire!

[@UnkleKlumsy1353]

Always loved my Malkavians. I was never happy about what happened with Dementation either

[@MrHacn]

About Oblivion: You are right all the way. To my players I keep them apart. If a player wants t oplay Lasombra, which I have in one of the groups I run: They use Oblivion. If there is a Hecata present, they use Necromancy.

[@ajvanbreen]

Yeah, as someone who mostly likes V5 and thinks they made some interesting and fun changes, stapling Obtenebration and Necromancy together just seemed like a weird decision. The other disciplines they mashed together at least did similar things (protean/serpentis/vicissitude shapeshifting, obfuscate/chimerstry altering perception, quietus/thaumaturgy blood manipulation) but *those* two do feel like they need to be different disciplines.

[@ExeErdna]

For those "power gamers" I would never combine these. Especially quietus and thaumaturgy, why give me the ability to be a whole blood mage and make sure nobody ever hears me do it.

[@jhinpotion9230]

@@ExeErdna Well, to be fair, that's not what they did.

[@rouxzes]

I know this is old, but the reason they mashed all the necromancy type powers and the shadow ones was because of Abyss Mysticism, which were a set of rituals like the Ceremonies are in v5 that expanded on the lore/utiliity of Obtenebration and the Lasombra's connection to the Abyss. The many link between the powers in v5 being connecting to other places (literally Oblivion) and pulling the power of those places threw the disembodied dead or shadow manipulation.

[@99baking]

Dementation being taken away bothers me the most

[@0PsychosisMedia0]

It's called lazy writing. The concept and details like discipline swapping to clan Baines are absolutely lazy.

[@DarkRonnie]

sounds like the Sabbat has changed somewhat, (At least as far as i remember) back in the day they were a an old organisation that predated the Anarke Revolt by quite a bit. They were basicly vampire Supremesists who yes, wanted to rule humans openly, but didnt so much want to tear down the old but rather just rule of the strongest, and they had very little regard for their own humanity, and was much more ruled by the Beast

[@nothingnobody1454]

You're confusing the sabbat with the felis nigrum, who became the black hand, who helped form the sabbat after the anarch revolt

[@DarkRonnie]

@@nothingnobody1454 ah i see, thank you

[@MisteurBear]

47:45 You've done an incredible job in teaching all viewers how odd or set in their context old versions of things were, why they might be problematic, and showing the journey of th3 game designers to make the game better. Thank you for all your hard work!!

[@evan3741]

Do Mage: The Ascension too, if you find it interesting of course. Edit: It has extensive paths to check and the whole magic system is pretty different from other games and the whole fantasy Vs sci-fi gets really intense

[@matteodelgallo1983]

Oh I tried many times to make Gwyd interact with Mage, but he still resists

[@ItCameFromTheSkyBeLo]

Get out of here Technocrat!

[@evan3741]

Technocrats are the good guys, you can't change my mind

[@ItCameFromTheSkyBeLo]

@@evan3741 im angry about technocrats the way dwarves are angry about elves.

[@evan3741]

@ItCameFromTheSkyBeLo that's because you're a reality deviant and hit marks are on their way to your location

[@JohnQ5]

I am glad you did a fairly deep overview on the clans. Could Mage be next?

[@Court_of_Crows560]

Love the different musical rift in the backdrop for each clan, adds a lot to the atmosphere.

[@yagyin]

I adore that in VtM:B, Jack Drake helps you to get a grip of Kindred society basics and prevents you of becoming a Caitiff, even though its not costumary to the Brujah, most likely because their bane's will to piss on the Camarilla's (more specifically, LaCroix's) face was definitely stronger than their fear for responsability.

[@Masked_Deviant]

I'm only halfway through and I feel compelled to say. This is one of the most refreshing, well put, and well said clan primers that exist. You've utterly kept the spirit of each clan, while also.make it feel current, and funny. This video is now a.musy watch for those wanting a primer to this lore. Well fucking done Sir.

[@mcspudster5289]

The way I run the Hecata bane is you can pick a clan bane from one of the pre Hecata clans of death or just roll for a random clan of death bane if ya feel'n lucky

[@Icemage25]

The way you described the clans and the delivery of humor is so good, that I've watched this almost every night since and still watch it. Please, please, PLEASE do more Vampire The Masquerade content.

[@Ahrazell]

Little upset that Salubri was ignored here but my god man you got almost all the lore on point and its insane XD

[@nopenever9829]

Yeah i agree ... :(

[@ladyfreyja7686]

Fits to our hunted and cast out theme ... Coming from a Salubri posing as Ventrue xD

[@khalindras7189]

It's been around a decade since the last time I played or went our of my way to read the lore. I would like to share some interesting old lore for those interested ( some of these may have been retcon by now). In regards to the tzimisce. There were the old tzimisce (with dominate instead of vicisitud), the koldun mages and the "normal" tzimisce. Back then, as far as I remember, the old tzimisce and koldun mages were heavily opposed to the other tzimisce. Basically, Tzimisce had made a deal with Kupala (a demon) and gained new powers as part of the deal (that beign vicisitud), which didn't sit well with certain members of the clan. Technically vicisitud was not a vampire discipline but a demonic power (that as a side effect, infected the blood of its host). Something that would have some serious ramifications that would compromise any vampire that had it by the times of the Gehena (wether by beign embraced by a tzimisce, by diablerizing a tzimisce or whatever other case may be that allowed any beign to have it). In regards to Lasombra, Troile, Saulot and Cappadocius haveing been diablerized. That was up for debate (as often happens with 40k, certain events are all over the place and in contradiction with each other XD), which is why we ended up with so many Gehena scenarios where they all end up being "alive". Let me elaborate: -Lasombra in reallity didn't die, but hid in the Abyss because he wanted to try and fuse with the Abyss so he could become one with it. If i remember right, one of his children (Montano, i believe) was conviced that he wasn't dead after having a conversation with the one who had comited the diablerie. There was evidence that would point out to being tampered with ala I'm an all mighty antediluvian with access to Dominate kinda way. This along with the fact that the alledge perpretator wasn't as strong as he should have been if he indeed had committed diablerie. So after that, he spent most of his time travelling to the Abyss trying to locate his sire and trying to understand what was up. One of the Gehena scenarios was in fact, Lasombra trying to plunge the world in darkness, litteraly. He'd succesfully assimilated with the Abyss and the next step was to merge the real world with the Abyss. -In the case of Troile the elder, he may or may not have died. But one of the theories was that he manipulated the events to fake his death too. It just so happens that the True Brujah clan exist (perhaps no more nowadays), which was a clan obsessed with gathering knowedlege and discovering the truth, and most of them didn't believe that Troile had died. Because, Troile the young had not inherit the special power that he possesed. This power, called Temporis, which the True Brujah also use, allowed for time manipulation shenaningans. There's also the fact that all descendant from Troile the elder had a distinct and different demeanour to those of Troile the young. The former having extreme difficulty to hace any kind of emotional outburst, while the later being unable to control their emotions (particullary, the anger related ones). So yeah, there was that XD. Now, Saulot, he was.... a reaaaally special one. Not only was he the founder of the Salubri (the vampiric example of the good samaritan holier that thou cleric who would never use violence and were extreme pacifist, ans as a result were nearly exterminated by the Tremere or/and used in experimentts, alongside gangrels and tzimisce, to create the gargoyls. With the exception of the warrior caste of course, the ones who believed themselves to be the "holy paladins" who would rid the world of anything evil, specially those pesky Baali that were they natural nemesis. They were also the ones who would later join the Sabbat to kill any and all Tremere, they didn't took kindly to Tremere slurping Saulot and ording the hunt of their brethen) but also, the founder of the Baali (the vampire example of a demon worshipping cult, that was always stirring the pot, and whom all vampires want to kill on sight no matter their affiliation) among others. In his case, one of the hypothesis was that he was the one who offered himself to Tremere in a silver plater as a part of his plan to make the rest of the world believe that he was no more, while in reality his soul didn't lose the battle and he gained control of Tremere's body and clan after either impersonating or somehow controlling Tremere's soul to do his biding while he chilled in the subconciousness. The fact that Tremere was not really himself was what lead to the schism of the clan lead by Goratrix among other things. After all this ordeal, i believe that Goratrix lost and ended up trapped in a mirror (if I remember right). Saulot was far from the good guy, IMHO he is one if not the most batshit over the top crazy among all the antidiluvians (to much bipolar evil scientist vibes going on with him in the old lore). Funny side note, thanks to Tremere having used the blood of a tzimisce in the ritual to turn into a vampire, Tzimisce/Kupala also has access to his mind. Something that even Saulot hadn't predicted, so in some scenarios he ends up in a three way mental war which always ends in him and Tremere trying to get the hell out because the corrupted blood gives Tzimisce/Kupala too much leverage in the battle. Tremere ends up inside Etrius mind and i don't remember if Saulot ended up inside someone in specific. But i do believe i remember one scenario in which he ends up inside a random mortal's mind in Gehena times. -Then there was Cappadocius, which is really dead, but the fact that he was diablerized succesfully by Giovanni is what's up for debate. Basically, he'd preppared a ritual that would allow him to supplant God, for which being diablerized was part of the process (something along the lines of his soul being sepparated from his body and thanks to the ritual instead of fighting Giovanni's souls for control over the body he would go and fight against God's one). So, after having prepared all the pieces, iniciate the ritual and while Giovanni was in the middle of slurping away, his soul was on the process of ascending to godhood in an attempt to suplant God. He almost succeded but, after going all the way, when he was just one step away from becoming God, he was sweap away by a Maelstorm and his soul perished just before he could accomplish the one thing he bet it all in. So, this also means that while it's true that Giovanni diablerized him, wether he was able to gain any power out of it is up for debate due to the fact that Cappadocius soul was utterly destroyed. So, basically, Giovanni may or may not have inhereted the strenght of Cappadocius.

[@khalindras7189]

I don't know how much of this is still canon, up for debate or retcon; but, in my days these were some pieces of lore that we read about and discuss among ourselves in my group. I hope some of you may find some of this interesting ^^ . Vampire has always had a really cool lore, and there are many stories that can be made by employing it as a starting point or as the focus of the campaign if you are tired of using the ones suggested in the books. I still remeber fondly the old campaigns i used to play back then. Best one, we began playing all the way back when Carthage was founded and we succesfully ended by surviving the Gehena. All of this took our group of 5 almost 3 years (real time), and that was playing 2-3 times per week, normally around 6-8h, sometimes up to 12h on the weekends if there were any content heavy parts. We took part in the punic wars; tried to convince Atila to rule as emperor of Rome; we were almost killed by Mithras for almost ruining one of his schemes in the UK; we tried to save Michael in Constantinople to no avail; we befriended Anatole, Lucita and Becket; one of us almost died to Fatima when some insinuations of her being Lucita's gf were made; the whole ordeal of the Transilvanian Chronicles which 'till this day is still a pain in the ass to deal with (if you don't want to end up being someone's bitch); we ran away with all the gold the templars had hidden when they suffered the purge in France and founded a bank in Switzerland with it; we embarked to the New World and tried to stablished a New World Order over there which lasted less than 10 years before someone tried to screw another one over and the whole thing died to internal strife; we saw the read moon that announced the beginning of the end days; we escaped from the damn Kraken; we saw what the "Pandemic" did to New York; someone almost ended up beign eaten up by the Leviathan while traveling the Abyss; at some point we tried to locate and unearth Enoch; we even ended up in a car being chased by Set (in his giant serpent form) after we tried to stop the ritual his followers were employing to revive him (almost died to sunburn, the godamn thing wanted our ass good because thanks to us the ritual was only partially succesfull) because someone, who we later discovered was Saulot, wanted us to deal with it so the world wouldn't be destroyed and was being a particullary big pain in the ass about it (turns out he just wanted to steal some cool magical shit to make a new vessel for himself); we ended up camping with the 9 little girls (I believe it was 9, could be wrong) which formed a vessel for Malkav, he was a chilled dude if you ignore all the little girls talking at the same time every now and then; we watched teh world burn in a three way war between the alliance of humans and mages against most vampires and a massive amount of Caitiff which formed an united front and wanted to killed all who opposed the Utopia they wanted to create where they wouldn't be discriminated against. There were too many stories in that campaign, lol. It all ended up in a blood bath. And, at the end, there was the battle between Cain (alongside some of the antediluvians who were still loyal to him or chose his side) and Lilith (with his new boyfriend Lucifer and a bunch of antediluvians who wanted to kill Cain) which would decide the fate of the planet. Meanwhile, Lasombra was trying to swallow the world and make the Abyss the real world, and Tzimisce/Kupala was trying to infect all living beings in the world so we could all be one (his words XD). As all of this took place, our group was giving the choice of just watching as all burn in the sidelines with popcorn or to chose one side. So we went with Cain because he was the good guy, and the most sane one around tbf :D (and the fact that the bitch Saulot was on the other side and we wanted some revenge also helped). It all ended with mutual destruction and God forgiving Cain after he chosed to sacrified himself to save/restore the planet or whatnot. After that, we were cleansed of the curse (in the sense that we no longer needed to feed on blood, no more beast, sunburn and all the bad stuff; our master was really into some Golconda and Paragon books back then, so yeah) and were offered to have one wish granted each for surviving untill the end and being in Cain's side (had two vampires on the group who had diablerized a tzimisce whom had to waste the wish to make their blood cleansed of Kupalas fuckery, 'cause, demons never die for real on earth XD). It was really one of the best experiences i've ever had and the longest continuous campaign i've ever been part of. Nowadays I'm lucky getting some free time on the weekends, miss the old days XD. Hope you all have the chance to play some amazing campaigns sometime too.. Cheers~

[@lupusalbus3795]

I want to be your friend. You basicly wrote my childhood. While others studied the blade, I read WW lore.

[@lupusalbus3795]

On Cappadocius, If I remember correctly his obsession with finding the cause of mortal death let him to basically allow Giovanni to diablerize him to experience final death to see if there was a death beyond death while using the ritual to move his soul to Joseph who then became the leader of clan Cappadocius and is the reason the power of the Giovanni is to manipulate ghost because he gave up his soul in the process. (and because WW wanted to sell more copies of Ghost.)

[@Miner49er201]

My first (and only thus far) experience playing VtM was by playing a Tremere Neonate sent into old Kiev before the attack of the Golden Horde. Kiev and the Kieran Rus was Tzimisce territory, so I was a lamb to the slaughter. Long story short; I learned vicissitude, diablerized my sire, changed my identity and became the Senechal to the city. The chronicle ended soon after with another attack, but by that point I had replaced myself with a familiar that I had shaped into a copy of myself, and left to establish a New Haven in Romania, and to embrace a certain individual into vampirism.

[@StelCreator]

So, I think a LaSombra has been working on my life for over 10 years now.

[@nothingnobody1454]

Lol

[@danney777]

Now do Hunter, werewolf, and mage. I play a ton of hunter and would love to see your take on explaining them.

[@hulkbustermark5830]

Was watching alfabrava which is doing a series on this. It’s pretty cool ( then again it’s based on the world of darkness so I don’t know if is similar)

[@tonofashman]

WOD is V:TM but the name of the larger universe while V:TM really only applies to vampires in the universe, if I remember correctly

[@meloneatingwolf1882]

Remember Shitbeard saying clan ‘Bruja’. Pyotr also said “Antediluvian concept of clans”. It’s definitely based off of V:TM.

[@movenorwhat]

VTM is one part of the world of darkness, along with werewolves, mages, etc

[@Jimalcoatl]

@@meloneatingwolf1882 Sort of. It's based off the World of Darkness, which is a setting that includes several supernatural TRPGS including V:TM but also Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Mage: The Ascension, Wraith: The Oblivion, Changeling: The Dreaming, Demon: The Fallen and Hunter: The Reckoning.

[@cookiemuffin3208]

@@Jimalcoatl huh, no trend in those names at all...

[@annetothem]

Only around halfway through the video did I realize that was a sock on a microphone and not an unfortunate gnome you were keeping on a chokehold.

[@maryabruxinhaartista4045]

Okay, Im planning to DM a chronical for the first time and, even already decide that I wouldn't allow all clans, I should watch again about all 13 clans. And... wow!! This was the best content that i saw (i save this in my fav because, maaann is sooo complete!!)

[@nothingnobody1454]

The clans in vampire are NOT balanced, so depending on your chronicle some limitations are wise

[@MotherNaturesEdge]

Thank you so much for doing this in-depth breakdown of the clans, it was a lot of information, but you presented it in a way that I feel confident and understanding the complex relationships.

[@yellowbelt]

How I see the condensing of disciplines is mainly new game design. They try to make as simple and concise as possible to not scare new players.

[@Tsukiy0mi_moongod]

I played Vampires only ones, but I already in love with my Ventrue character. He is an ex gangster from 1928, he can only drink blood of people who drunk, that's why he owns a bar. He drives old "Queen Victoria", wears business suits and fedoras and works as an enforcer for sheriff. You may say, old habits never die.

[@theShadowBolts20]

My friends just got a group together for VTM and I will be making my first character. I'm super excited and this is a great introduction!

[@imranicanovic1154]

I am not even sure how this got recommended to me but I am glad to have learned something new today. Many thanks gamer.

[@TripleSBreakdowns]

I enjoy your long form content but of course don't feel pressured into doing it if it's easier to make & put out shorter videos that will help you algorithmically :)

[@Randomdudefromtheinternet]

If your storyteller allows it, perhaps a Ventrue whose pickiness is on the opposite side of the spectrum, they can only drink blood from animals like fancy rats or certain breeds of dogs or cats, or even worse, they can only drink the blood of stray dogs, the equivalent of someone whose only eaten homemade meals and fast food now having to eat scallops and caviar (that’s gonna upset their tummy).

[@nothingnobody1454]

That's legit. It's not even about fancy it could be trashy or pedestrian too. How it works is the first time you feed that ISNT the result of a hunger frenzy is what sets your pallet. So if you have the misfortune to not be hungry as a neonate and feed from a Chihuahua you could set your palet

[@Randomdudefromtheinternet]

@@nothingnobody1454 With that knowledge, that should allow future Ventrue to have more common blood sources (like chicken, or black-haired people)

[@nothingnobody1454]

@@Randomdudefromtheinternet probably get stuck addicted to very specific chickens, or black haired people descended from a particular genealogy. No real way to cheat the curse. Of course, you could always ONLY feed during frenzy and never have the curse kick in if you want...

[@gremlin2550]

listening to you talk about Malkavian made me remember the recordings of Alister Grout the Malkavian Primogen

[@swagathachristie5242]

So you’re telling me a Tzimisce could sleep in their scary ass coffin surrounded by squishmallows, or worse, funko pops

[@mjsfalcon986]

Disappointed that you didn't mention how Beowulf was a Gangrel, and GRENDEL was his Sire. Add to that the fact that he may have been an inspiration for Sasquatch, and it just reminds me how weird WoD is.

[@GrimViridian]

Oh that's fun

[@ginge641]

Holy shit, Burger. That length. I've played Bloodlines to completion and know the basics on every clan already, but fuck me I am gonna watch all of this shit. You spoil me, sir. Edit: Never fucking mind, I had no idea the Hecata were a thing. Edit 2: Everything after that, too.

[@tzimiscelord8483]

Its v5 shit lore, if you liked Bloodlines you like V20

[@tzimiscelord8483]

In Bloodlines, the Hecata were present in the form of the Giovanni Mansion mission

[@ginge641]

@@tzimiscelord8483 Yeah I got that. Made the edit when the Hacata got name dropped.

[@tzimiscelord8483]

@@ginge641 tbh I'm not a fan of v5 lore, just picked it up to rip a few mechanics hehe

[@jamesisaacson6379]

@@tzimiscelord8483 witch part of lore?

[@toolatetothestory]

My personal favourites are the Salubri (the healing type specifically, just, very nice unicorns who can actually survive in the sun for a while if at highest power level) and I grew on the Giovanni after trying to be the one normal relative in a family of nutjobs who's trying her best to keep the family from killing each other at Thanksgiving.

[@nathanprime2434]

Yeah... why wasnt the Salubri talked about in this video? Did i somehow miss it?

[@toolatetothestory]

@@nathanprime2434 They weren't talked about, no. Then again, as far as I remember they are nearly completely wiped out, so seeing them anywhere would be very unlikely.

[@nothingnobody1454]

Too bad the video didn't go into them and their shared ancestry with the tremere... And the baali

[@nathanprime2434]

@@toolatetothestory A pity, because when I did a in depth questionaire(a while ago) to see what clan I would be a part of I actually got Salubri, and my canon character is still alive, so it sad that my clan has been...forgotten. But mayhap thats for the best, for the last of us.

[@nathanfries1520]

I've never played any vampire the masquerade but after watching this I need to

[@christopherclayton5500]

I honestly like the Hecata changes to their Bane/etc. The implication is that they have managed to fuse their disparate bloodlines into an actual real clan as recognized by their Blood, and I think there's something beautiful in that. And the more strongly a vampire associates with their bloodline rather than the clan as a whole, the more likely they are to have divergent elements of that bloodline. I dunno, it just speaks to me.

[@zencoyotegrimgrin]

"thats *our* blood magic with the serial numbers filed off" killed me

[@Duskstone89]

I knew absolutely nothing about Vampire the Masquerade before this video, other than that it exists and there's a TTRPG and a video game lol. I'm also generally not a huge fan of vampires in fiction, but this genuinely sold me on the lore and makes me think I might wanna play or run a game at some point. Huge props, and thanks for this video :>

[@LugubriousOctopus]

Love these long-form lore videos. You deliver them in a much less dry and more entertaining manner than many others on KZbin

[@romuluspoe]

"If you like this sort of long-form content" Yes, I think I do. I listen at work while I write campagins I'll probably never play and the initial stubbs of short stories I'll never finish. All disguised as work because a document is a document and nobody looks twice.

[@squeethemog213]

Gonna be starting up a Vampire campaign sometime later this year. Thank you for the wonderful and fun vid. It was easily understood and helpful 😃

[@itsArcanAramA]

Love that this man is talking about vampires into a gnome to beings that may or may not be there, silently observing and on occassion giving a thumbs up from behind a screen. EDIT: The more I look at it, the more I am unsure of whether this is a gnome or I am just... reading way too much into vague shapes xD Amazing video! I have been looking to get into a game of VtM and this helps immensely

[@Sarevok_Wins]

This was percect today on a long drive from Central California and all the way through Los Angeles. I wish it was twice as long!!

[@aleksanderk99]

Caitiff bit lacked the few that got to the higher place of power, like prince of Cairo and the few that got to real power like... FUCKING CAIN?!

[@ZanityProductions]

Always funny to see how every youtuber needs to have a ted talk whenever they talk about the Ravnos.

[@JeremyBuxman]

Fifth ed is so funny to me. They keep doing changes to things that I always wanted, and then I read/hear about it, and I go "no...not like that" (ie: make all the necromancers into a clan? GOOD! Remove necromancy from necromancers? BAD). Good review.

[@Reddotzebra]

The Brujah would vehemently disagree with that description because vehemently disagreeing is what they do. First with placards and shit, then with tire irons.

[@overseerlemoine4707]

Fun Gangrel Fact: Some of them are Hunters who failed to kill ALL the Gangrel that they were fighting but still killed some and fought to the end.

[@ItsNT-D]

You’re honestly the goat for explaining the powers each time I don’t have the best memory and did not watch this vid in one sitting so the explanation were so super helpful and saved me from having to rewind hither and thither ‘preciate it boss

[@llio8044]

Thank you soooo much♡ I love this kind of long type of videos, and your sass and explanation was so captivating that I may come back for more... Thank you, fellow kindred🥰

[@Tilion360]

Very informative, and I have to agree on so many points regarding the obliteration of clan disciplines as the height of either laziness or stupidity, possibly both. Ten out of ten, would watch again.

[@MeisterHeartwood]

Gotta admit, stumbled upon you by chance but thoroughly enjoyed every minute of the video. Definitely gonna stick around

[@JackofEire]

Shout-out Clan Brujah and Clan Gangrel!! Taking me back to LARPing with my university's Gamer's Guild in the early 2000s!!

[@bronzemcalloy]

as someone who recently learned about aleister crowley, yeah i can definitely see him fitting into the malkavians

[@gutovahrron2898]

You know the game's good; when you LARP shovel-head day.

[@DarthTagnan69]

🤣😂🤣😂

[@williamchamberlain2263]

I thought that the thumbnail image read "The Clams" and I was all ready to learn about Vampire The Moluscade.

[@MIersetting335]

As a pathfinder gm who wants to add vampire clans this is helpful

[@mysteryneophyte]

I used to have a cool book, It was just lore but was awesome..It was called "The book of nod" It was about vampires origins, about Cain and his curse after killing his brother Abel. My closest group of friends and I played RPG s all through school and even into our young adult years too. We used to be very into tabletop role-playing games and although we were mostly got into advanced Dungeons and Dragons, Forgotten Realms, etc... we did end up getting into Vampire, very much so the last few years where we actually still got together... and we played Shadow Run too of course.

[@MinaKittenGaming]

This was a delightfully informative overview. Thanks for sharing your time. :)

[@АлександрСудаков-с2и]

Still watching, but just as a quick note, probably a good idea would've been to note that you are citing mostly v5 lore, since it differs from previous editions on some (many would argue that on a lot of) aspects

[@cspo]

Best overview I've seen/heard in my 20+ years of VTM experience.

[@lemonZzzzs]

glad this was recommended to me! quite an entertaining and informative vid to listen to! also interesting to learn how the clans have changed over the years...

[@Stothehighest]

Sooooo.... I got led here by Bruva Alfabusa, so get ready for more like me.

[@aidanbeesley3221]

Babe, wake up. It’s time to get obsessed about a new RPG because Burgerkreig made a video on it. (Ok I was into Shadowrun before your videos but they helped)

[@Abfallkannibale]

Oh, how I miss my old pnp group, where I would play my malkavian "hacker" TrixXxie, who had paranoid scizophrenia and also severe daddy-/mommy- and anger-issues. She was talking to computers and TVs, while getting dead-scared of cameras and throwing super-destructive tantrums out of frustration. Those were the times.