Hey guys another teaser for the mod hope you enjoy are less angry today.

I recently finished these two group illustrations for a Vampire: The Masquerade chronicle!

The commission featured a wonderful cast of characters, and I had a lot of fun bringing them together into these gothic compositions. I especially enjoyed working on the individual character details and finding ways to give everyone their own presence within the scenes.

A huge thank you to Rebecca for trusting me with her coterie and giving me the opportunity to bring these characters to life! I'm especially happy to hear that everyone loved the finished prints. ❤️

I'm a character illustrator specializing in TTRPG, fantasy, and horror art, and I'm currently open for commissions if you'd like to bring your own characters to life!

My current PC :3

We’re the small Polish team behind Oaths & Ashes, the VtM visual novel set in Berlin. We finally have a release date (November 10, on Steam, GOG and Humble Store) and Release date revela trailer to go with it!

This time we handed the mic to Lenz.
He was a punk in East Berlin back when one pamphlet could buy you a cell, got Embraced by some Kindred who “decided he needed saving”, and has been everyone’s errand boy ever since.
His take on Berlin politics? “The Tower says know your place. Anarchs say fuck your place.”

Let us know what you think!

This is Francine “Frannie” Kaminski. She’s NOT letting becoming a vampire stop her from climbing to the top of life’s corporate ladder, but she’d much rather network and do a great job. And hey, a corporate Morse boosting pizza party wouldn’t be so bad… right?🩸👠

Frannie is the 2-year old pencil-pushing Brujah I play in our camarilla chronicle. She excels in her physical strength, but only uses it when asked to by her employer, Lady D. Well, on the subject of Lady D, she’d do just about anything for her or her coterie to make them as happy as possible. She’s all about bending over backwards to make others happy and get her jobs done as effectively, efficiently, and as friendly as possible. She likes to use her strength second and try to talk things out first whenever possible.

Not to mention the fact that her original embrace was an Anarch Brujah with… a considerable level of influence. But we don’t have to get into that just yet.

Also, did I mention that her feeding type is Blood Leech, or that she may or may not have a blood bond with her adoptive sire/employer? I’m sure that won’t cause issues for her ever.

All art I’ve made of her is hand drawn by me! ❤️

Is there a flaw where a character has diablerie veins but they also have a note from their prince saying it was approved and the kindres is generally good in their book?

Or is it better to just take Hidden Diablerie as a merit and Dark Secret as a flaw? Of course discussing with the storyteller about how the PC reckons they were lucky to avoid the veins or know nothing about the veins (fledgling) but won't cheese the merit in-game?

The character in question was with The Ministry. A thinblood got the jump on him and attempted diablerie but the Minister won and found himself stuck in a thinblood's body. Found out another Minister set him up, successfully diablerized his rival and rejoined The Ministry. Either the others know and don't care, or he's now LARPing as his rival while rebuilding what he lost.

Hi! Ive never played another ttrpg besides dnd, but Ive been interested in learning another and this one seems fascinating to me. Is there somewhere I could go to learn the basics of the system or anywhere in general for me to get my bearings and 'sink my teeth in'?

Pretty much what the title says I’m here to say hi and that I’m looking forward to learn more about the lore of VTM and maybe WOD at large. VTM just very recently came into my life when my friend let me play VTMB2 on he’s ps5 and I had a blast and then I’ve just been going down the rabbit hole every sense. (It happened last week lol)

So Hi 👋

So, Gudrun is a blood sorceress, so I thought that she would fit perfect as a Tremere ❣️

I’ve been thinking about making a House Carna tremere so I decided to ask some friends of mine about witchcraft/folk magic since that’s sort of House Carna’s deal. They politely suggested that witchcraft isn’t really for men. So that got me wondering if men are/would be out of place in House Carna.

Folks were asking from my last post about a full body pic of my Nosferatu, and here he be in all his stringy gator glory! First was just a tech repair guy running a night shift business and he helped one too many old OLD people with their phone problems.

Initially not that ugly of a Nos but after a year of high stress conditions (and Flaw Bestial), he got a bit.... extra. Always had the weird hummingbird tongue though.

I just like sketching scary transformations and I didn't see many examples of them for the nos. It gives the brain good fizz.

(Old photo of my PC Aria before her emarce :3)

I had this idea for a vampire character I'd use while running a VTM game and I want to know how dangerous their situation would be in lore.

The concept is that a some what powerful vampire keeps a small group (4-6 for referance) of humans as their "Flock" to feed from. the catch being they genuinely care for these humans and most importantly is 100% transparent with them.

Each of the humans knows exactly what the vampire is, what being apart of the flock means and even what effects it could have on them indiviually, all before agreeing. if they don't agree the vampire alters their memories to forget what they were told and returns them to their normal life. As well even after join the vampire themselves doesn't try to isolate or control them, only demanding the keep their secret and the vampire will protect and provide for them.

I felt this would be an intereasting idea to explore for a vampire character for two reasons.
1: has an intereasting dynamic of a vampire who genuinely cares for what are basically multipule human partners.
2: what they are doing is Absolutely a Masquerade breach and would likely get them and their flock killed.

what I'm wanting to know is too what level this situation would be considered taboo or dangerous as I'm still fairly new to the lore and game.

Finally finished the first of many diet charts! I absolutely loved seeing these around and I thought I'd contribute with my own.

For those who may be wondering about his quirk- his special interest and lifelong academic obsession is thin-blood alchemy and achieving it as a full blooded Kindred, so he works with a lot of thin-blood and is basically used to drinking their blood.

Hey, recently starting out and made my first character because our chronicle might be starting soon, and so I've been building my character and filling out the sheet and whatnot.

I decided to take the predator type farmer and took one dot in animalism because having a pet is fun but also because in character I am trying to hide the fact that I have protean for campaign reasons, with a specialty in animal ken (Rats) I wanted to have a cat or crow to help me feed.

However I'm confused by the wording, what does it mean by "Forming the mental connection other animalism powers use" it seems so vague that it could imply anything from my pet may obey simple commands to complex ones as well because of how deep the connection is as my ghoul.

Is this a newbie trap? Is the level of which they can understand me GM discretion? I just wanted to have higher humanity, feed primarily from animals and have an animal friend, hopefully it won't bite me back hard.

Edit: Thank you all so much for the wonderful replies! Will read them as I can!

I found it an interesting thought that VtM clans are analogues of other supernatural beings, as it were “pretend”, under the guise of vampire clans, because vampires are mainstream and will sell better. Thus it turns out that the Tremere are “pretend” mages, the Gangrel are werewolves, and the Malkavians are fairies. I don’t of course think that all clans are reworkings, but maybe most? So what about the rest? Those in the Camarilla, the Sabbat, and independents like the Baali, Ravnos, and Samedi? Does that even sound right?

For the last two years I've posted this question Which of the Antediluvians is the Most Horrifying? and so far the Eldest seems to be the winner, but many have given some pretty good answers for some of the others, so once again I'm going to post this question with a few additions:

The Canonical Second Generation (The "Three")

Enoch – The First Childe of Caine, named after and ruler of the First City (Enoch). He is traditionally regarded as the scholar, legislator, and leader among the Second Generation.

Irad – The warlord and champion among Caine's childer, known for his formidable strength and military prowess in defending the First City.

Zillah – The beloved childe of Caine, bound to him through a threefold Blood Bond in Noddist myth, and the object of Caine's tragic obsession.

The Crone – A enigmatic, legendary witch figure in Noddist myth who tricked or aided Caine in mastering the Blood Disciplines and the secrets of the Embrace, sometimes listed as an ancient vampire herself.

The Lovers – An ancient, paired entity/vampiric progenitors mentioned in dark mythologies as among the earliest Cainite beings predating the Great Flood.

Dracian – An ancient primordial Cainite mentioned in non-standard Noddist texts as a member or peer of the early generations.

Biblical / Antediluvian Lineages (The Erciyes Fragments)

Tubal – Son/Childe in apocryphal Noddist texts (associated with Tubal-cain, the forge-master).

Adah – One of the named childer of Caine in alternative Genesis/Noddist accounts.

Jabal – Named among Caine's offspring in The Erciyes Fragments, traditionally associated with nomadic tent-dwellers and herders.

Mehujael – Another named descendant/childe of Caine in ancient scriptures before the generation curse standardized the Third Generation.

Alternate Mythic Sires

Khe-duk & Liada – Ancient, obscure primordial Cainite figures featured in obscure Noddist and regional creation myths as early childer or Methuselahs from the era of the First City.

Cappadocius / Ashur – Founder of the Cappadocians (Ashur is commonly cited as an alternate name or identity for Cappadocius). Slain via diablerie by Augustus Giovanni in 1444 CE.

Ennoia – Founder of Clan Gangrel.

Haqim – Founder of Clan Banu Haqim (Assamites).

Absimiliard – Founder of Clan Nosferatu.

Malkav – Founder of Clan Malkavian.

Arikel – Founder of Clan Toreador (also associated with the alias Ishtar).

Sutekh (Set) – Founder of Clan Setite / The Ministry.

Zapathasura – Founder of Clan Ravnos (slain during the Week of Nightmares).

Veddartha – Commonly cited progenitor/name for the Ventrue Antediluvian.

The Eldest – The common name/alias for the Tzimisce Antediluvian.

Laza Omri Baras – Common true name/alias associated with the Lasombra Antediluvian.

Saulot – Founder of Clan Salubri; diablerized by Tremere in 1133 CE.

Troile – Childe of Brujah who slew (and allegedly diablerized) the original founder, taking over leadership of Clan Brujah while the original line became the "True Brujah."

Baali Founders / Infernalist Antediluvians.

Nergal / Moloch / The Unnamed – Figures associated with the origins of the Baali bloodline and ancient infernalist Third Generation entities (Nergal is also noted as one of the Aralu in Enoch).

True Nictuku (Direct Childer of Absimiliard)

Abraxes – One of the ancient, legendary Nictuku tasked with the extermination of the Nosferatu.

Azazel – An ancient Nictuku named after the biblical demon / scapegoat entity.

Echidna – Known as the "Mother of Monsters," active in Greece and the Mediterranean basin.

Gayomart – A Nictuku taking its name from the primordial man in Zoroastrian mythology.

Gorgo – Named after the Gorgons of classical myth, embodying hideous horror and dread.

Illuyankas – Named after the Hittite dragon/serpent of myth.

The Matriarch – One of the most prominent Nictuku, active in Eastern Europe and closely tied to the hunting of Baba Yaga.

Melachoate – An ancient Nictuku progenitor/hunter.

Nuckalavee – Named after the skinless, monstrous Orcadian sea-demon.

Vasilisa – A terrifying, child-like Nictuku who famously battled and destroyed the ancient Methuselah Baba Yaga during the Nights of Turkestan.

Yima – Named after the mythical Avestan king associated with the underworld and cold winters.

Androvikus – A powerful Nictuku descendant/servant active in Russia and Eastern Europe.

Rasalon – A Nictuku-aligned Cainite who serves the will of Absimiliard.

Mnemach – A Methuselah/Nictuku lineage vampiric entity involved in the ancient purge of the Nosferatu.

Now, which one of these UNHOLY monstrosities from beyond the grave scares you the most?

Happy Halloween!!

I will be running a cronicle where one of the players was just embraced by an unknown sire. The player is tzimisce but she doesn't know it and i'm wondering if other wampires would be able to figure out what clan is she, and how difficult would that be? Could neonates figure it out or maybe just elders and ancillae?

Hypothetical here.

Love V5. Want to keep playing that. I’m debating on making my own Vampire the Masquerade core rulebook and doing that as a Print on Demand product with errata, cleaned up rules, and content collected from the entire game line.

A 35th Anniversary Edition if you will.

But one thing I’m waffling on is the order of information.

D&D 5.5e showed that placing all the rules and character creation right at the beginning before the options (classes and species and spells) is a really good design. But that game lacks a fictional setting.

Should you introduce the world first and then rules? Have a short introduction followed by the rules (for easy reference) then a world intro? Character creation before or after the world introduction?

Hello I will be playing a campaign for the first time this weekend and I have to submit my backstory and sire etc. I was curious about sires and dying. If your sire dies, are you screwed no matter what? How is conflict generally handled between sires and childe? How do you handle conflict or betrayals? Curious about what experienced players think about this stuff.