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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Tzimisce................................... 4
Who are the Tzimisce? ....................... 6
Tzimisce Allegiances ......................... 6
Tzimisce Archetypes .......................... 7
Disciplines .......................................... 9
Bane ...................................................... 9
Clan Compulsion ............................. 11
New Powers ...................................... 11
Protean............................................ 11
Level 1 .............................................. 11
Malleable Visage.......................... 11
Sadistic Surgery ........................... 12
Level 2 .............................................. 12
Feral Weapons ............................. 12
Level 3 .............................................. 12
Fleshcraft ...................................... 12
Level 5 .............................................. 13
War Form ..................................... 13
War Form Traits List ............... 13
Animalism ..................................... 14
Level 2 .............................................. 14
Primal Beasts ................................ 14
Level 4 .............................................. 14
Natural Network ......................... 14
Auspex ............................................ 15
Level 3 .............................................. 15
Animal Courier ............................ 15

APPENDIX I ......................... 16
APPENDIX II ........................ 18
APPENDIX III....................... 20
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Martin Obertus had seen it all, from vampires being impaled and burned, to a Nosferatu’s twisted
biology, to women of his Master’s Clan fused together – willingly. Despite all of this, he couldn’t help
but marvel at his reflection, where his beard had grown back after the day’s rest.
‘’ Terrible, isn’t it?’’ his Sire’s voice interjected from the doorway. ‘’Reversion. Staticity. An often
overlooked part of our curse, wouldn’t you think?’’ She walked towards him.
‘’Inconvenient maybe, but I-‘’
She cupped his face delicately in one hand, while rubbing her fingers over his chin with the other,
similar to a mother scrubbing dirt off a child’s face. ‘’Don’t worry, I’ve got it’’ she softly said. ‘’Our
blood has found ways around that inconvenience. Lucky you.’’
Those few final words brought the question back to the fore of his mind, something that Camilla saw
in his eyes, judging by her cocked eyebrow. ‘’Why lucky me though?’’ he muttered. When offered, he
had accepted the Embrace right away. He’d been afraid to question, afraid to ask. What if vocalizing
it made them reconsider? What if it made them regret? Instead, Camilla didn’t react, and merely
continued scrubbing away his facial hair in a more permanent solution.

‘’Well, why do you think?’’ she retorted.

‘’Well the Obertus family has bee- Ouch!’’ he recoiled briefly, but Camilla grabbed his chin again.

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 ‘’Sorry, just evening out your jawline’’ she explained. Martin wasn`t convinced. ‘’We are not the
Giovanni. We don’t choose based on blood. No, what I saw in you was something else. Why did you
study chemistry in college?’’

‘’I wanted to learn how it all worked.’’ He answered, anticipating another jolt of pain that never
came.
‘’You saw models, had questions. That led to change those models, to improve them. You were trying
to augment your knowledge.’’ She elaborated. ‘’Now why did you follow that up with med school?’’
‘’I wanted to help people.’’ He answered again, more confidently this time.
‘’You wanted to improve their lives, help the sick. Very noble, very human. ‘’You know not many
Clans would dare embrace a med student.’’ She confessed. ‘’Most would say that you have untapped
potential. That you should wait until they grow older. Well, we can make you older. We can let you
tap into that potential, even when dead.’’
Worry briefly flashed upon Martin’s eyes, causing Camilla to laugh in that particular way of hers.
‘’Don’t worry.’’ She reassured him. ‘’It’s only an example. We can make you younger too, taller,
stronger, we can improve your form just as you wanted to improve your mind, or the lives of all those
poor patients. One day, you’ll learn to do it yourself.’’
Martin relaxed again as Camilla washed her hands in the sink, her task completed.

‘’Do you still have that watch your father gave you?’’ she asked him.
He nodded in response.
‘’Hold onto it.’’ She instructed. ‘’It’ll ground you. It’s important for our Clan to remember where we
come from. To remember who you were until last night.’’
He knew what she was talking about. He had seen those Fiends, the Tzimisce who had lost most of
their humanity, making them twist their ambitions and bodies into twisted, monstrous forms.
‘’To be Tzimisce is to constantly change.’’ She concluded. ‘’But make sure that you never lose sight of
what is truly better or worse.’’

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 “Truth has no one shape, no one delved deep into mysticism and cults, pledging
their loyalty to something that can grant them
symbol. All eyes see it differently. All
the changes they seek. Younger Tzimisce have
tongues speak it differently. Nothing even founded tech companies that explode in
– nothing – exists unchanged forever. worth, delved into mechanics and machinery,
Not even we.” or cultivated themselves into public influencers
— The Dracon with an ever-changing, ever-improving Mask.
What it means to be Tzimisce is to embrace
change in a way no other Kindred truly ever
can.
Who are the Tzimisce?
The Old Clan are a noble bloodline of
regal scholars, brutal warlords, pious artists and
heretical researchers, amongst many other Tzimisce Allegiances
forms. The only constant to be found in the
Clan is their ability to change, and their desire
to improve and overcome. To refine
themselves, shape the domains over which they
rule, or to ascend beyond their already undying
forms. The Tzimisce are a clan of Change and
Refinement, cursed- or perhaps blessed- to be
anchored to their former selves, thrown back
to the dirt from which they sought to rise.

The most notorious Tzimisce is

undoubtedly Count Dracula, and he represents
the old stock of the Old Clan to a tee. He is a
powerful voivode who rules over a swath of
land, who dictated the circumstances of his
own embrace, diablerized another to match his
Sire’s Potency, learned the secrets of Blood
Sorcery, and aspires to absorb a demon to
reach further and further heights of power.

Not all Tzimisce have the privilege of

royalty or an old castle to rule from however,
and most have differed on what it even means
to evolve or refine oneself. Some Tzimisce
have honed traditions of hospitality over
millennia, while others have moulded their very
flesh into a better tool or weapon. Some have
created living art, while others have mingled in
the gene pool of Revenant Families, trying to
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 Traditionally, the Voivodes of Clan
Tzimisce had been largely independent, and
that holds true even in modern nights. After
the first Anarch Revolt however, members
of Clan Tzimisce were amongst the
founders of the Sabbat, and a large
portion of the Clan remains heavily
involved in that Sect.
Some members of the Old Clan have
instead sought refuge amongst the Anarch
movement due in large part to the leeway the
Sect allows its members, and the lack of an
overarching command structure
allows them to rule their domains
without any interference. Some
Anarchs remain wary of the
Tzimisce, who are often known for
their hardline authoritative stances, but
there have been at least a few notable
Tzimisce Barons out there.
A select few Tzimisce have joined the
Camarilla, although this is mostly an oddity
given the Clan’s usual prominence amongst the
Sabbat. These rare Tzimisce enjoy the stability
and structure of the Ivory Tower, and see a
flawed yet beneficial system which can be fixed
and refined into something better. At least
one Tzimisce Prince is known to exist. She
rules over the domain of Tokyo and
belongs to the sect, at least nominally.
Tzimisce Archetypes
The Landlord
This classic take on the Old Clan owns
an apartment building or trailer park, collecting
rent and providing for its inhabitants as best
they can. Their terms are fairly lax, but anyone
breaking them gets evicted. If anyone messes
with their tenants, this Tzimisce will not rest
until the problem is resolved, permanently.
The Ascendant
This Dragon seeks to build themselves
up and refine themselves to a new state of
evolution. They gather ancient tomes of
knowledge which they hoard like a dragon, and
use it along with their own fleshcrafting
abilities to turn themselves into something
better than human, better than Kindred even.
Their haven is equipped with the best medical
facilities and occult libraries in the entire
country. Anyone trespassing on their turf is in
for quite the monstrous surprise.
The Charity Worker
This Tzimisce runs a soup kitchen for
the homeless in a large city, and uses it to build
up and improve the lives of the downtrodden.
They will not tolerate any Kindred feeding on
their herd, or any gang members selling them
drugs or other contraband. These are her flock
and hers’ alone, and she will not let them get
into trouble.
The Misguided Doctor
This Fiend knows what it feels like to
hold somebody's guts in their hands, coated up
to the elbows in blood and shit as they
desperately attempt to sew the intestines back
together. At some point, they simply stopped
caring, desensitized to their pain. Looking into
the eyes, hearing the horrified screeches as they
root around the insides started to sound like
the tinkering of a machine to their ears. Now
they grow more and more distant, seeing them
as things to analyse rather than people to help.
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Disciplines
Animalism: A Tzimisce has multiple uses for
this Discipline. Traditionally, the mastery over
animals allowed the Fiend to keep eyes all over
their domain, detecting intruders and
animalities. While security cameras may prove
more reliable, having familiars to defend one’s
territory or demesne remains invaluable.
Furthermore, the more mystically inclined
Fiends can use Animalism to master their own
Beast, an important step in trying to evolve past
vampirism and reduce the temptations it brings
them.
Dominate: The Old Clan has always been the
masters of their subjects and Dominate has
been a useful tool to ensure this. It can prevent
enemies from trespassing or force compliance
from the inhabitants of your domain. In
addition, some Fiends use their gifts to take
unnatural forms, and this Discipline is useful to
make witnesses forget the terrible things
they’ve seen.
Protean: The Voivodes have always been
focused on improvement and evolution, both
for their demesnes and for themselves. Protean
allows one to elevate themselves and others to
better physical forms, healing the wounded or
improving on nature’s designs. Protean allows
the Tzimisce to play god, and what better way
to lord over their domain?
Shifts in the Blood
The Tzimisce have been known to
maintain Revenant Families, who after
generations of ghouldom and selective
breeding have begun to manifest ghoul-like
properties. Tzimisce Embraced from these
Revenant Families occasionally show shifts in
their Discipline affinities.
At the Storyteller’s Discretion, kindred from:
• The Braovitch family may swap out
Dominate for Potence.
• The Grimaldi may switch out Animalism
to Fortitude.
• The Obertus might have Auspex in lieu of
Dominate.
• The Zantosa have been known to replace
Animalism with Presence.
Note that the majority of Embraces from these
families do not result in such shifts, and this
remains an optional rule.
Bane
The Tzimisce need for refinement and
ever-changing advancement comes into
conflict with their dependency to feel
grounded to their roots.
Traditionally, among Elders, this
connection was accomplished with the dirt of
their birthplace or the graveyard in which the
Kindred underwent their Embrace, however,
modern fledglings and neonates have shifted
this connection to their Touchstones or other
objects of importance.
For each night a Tzimisce spends
without interacting in a meaningful way
with one of their Touchstones, apply a
penalty equal to Bane Severity to all of the
vampire’s dice pools.
[For alternative systems to
human Touchstones, see Appendix I]
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Fellow Bastien,
I’m afraid that you are finding yourself mistaken. While
certainly members of our Clan — like my contact, who is an
exceptional cobbler if I may add — have devoted the better part
of a lifetime in the art of fleshcrafting, if the intention was
inherently lost into the myriads of masks worn, then I believe
that the Fiends title — that the Sabbat have so graciously
assisted in branding us with — would truly represent us as a
whole. Indeed, the same means through which we cling to our
humanity makes also a medium for us to maintain our focus
through the constant waves of change that surround us. We are
the Clan of Shapers after all and every aspect of us, including
the Clan itself, has been refined to represent that.

Though perfection is ultimately unattainable, it exists

so that we may strive towards it. An effect of it, you can find
expressed in our hospitality as it is an aspect that is still,
granted slowly, being refined. What makes us able to determine
that the direction of our path has not been sullied, is via
that soil that Dracula is known to maintain. Although earth
it need not be, these are remnants of our past, mementos that
we diligently dedicate reveries to. Doesn’t that make it stop
sounding that much like a curse and instead more like a
blessing instead? In fact, I would recommend you to try that
as well. Before you depart to meet my contact, find some aspect
of your current self you wish to maintain.

As a final note, you are not the first Rose he had as a client
and the results truly speak for themselves. It is the least I
could do for your assistance in my personal entrance to the
Camarilla courts. Perhaps afterwards you might honor me with
your presence in my domain as Juliette. You may consider this
as an open invitation, of course.

— Your grateful Benedict

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Clan Compulsion
Tzimisce: Refinement
The Tzimisce’s blood pushes them to improve
or transform things, from their own flesh to
their domains and hospitality. Everything can
be honed or improved upon.
The Tzimisce must score a critical at a roll
in order to improve something, either
giving a bonus to an item or action, or
improving a dicepool on themselves,
someone or something else. Until they
successfully improve something, they take
a -2 penalty to all actions unrelated to
making something better than its current
state.
New Powers
Protean
The Vicissitude part of Protean is a
visceral, messy and often shocking act for
those who witness it, as well as a painful and
disturbing process for those who experience it.
The Storyteller may decide to give
Stains, Willpower damage or even Frenzy
checks to some of the participants as a result,
usually based on the margin of failure or
success in some way. The Storyteller can
require dots in Medicine when using these on
mortals to avoid hurting them badly.
Level 1
Malleable Visage
Amalgam: Dominate 1
Using this power, a vampire can painlessly shape their
own appearance by manually shaping their flesh. This
can be done for cosmetic purposes, or for more tangible
uses, such as a disguise or for imitation.
▪ Cost: 1 Rouse Check
▪ Dice Pool: Dexterity + Protean
▪ System: The user makes an Dexterity +
Protean test; the Difficulty depends on the
scope of the changes. Changing your eye
and hair color and/or facial features is
Difficulty 3, while changing your sex or
voice or imitating a specific individual
(after nights of study) is Difficulty 5. Trying
to imitate someone without study would be
even more difficult. This process takes 5
minutes of molding on a Win, or 1 minute
on a Critical Win. A Bestial Failure
disfigures the face of the vampire,
imposing a penalty or Flaw at the
Storyteller’s discretion, for the rest of the
night.
Changes to appearance grant a +1 on
the appropriate Social pools, +2 on a
Critical Win.
Malleable Visage leaves tell-tale marks
on the skin, which can be detected with a
Wits + Awareness roll against a Difficulty
equal to the user's Protean rating.
▪ Duration: One night
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Sadistic Surgery
Amalgam: Auspex 1
By coating his hands in his own Blood and assessing
the damage with Heightened Senses (See Core p.
249) , the vampire can perform gruesome and painful
surgery, bending bones back into place and squeezing
wounds shut with their own gory hands.
▪ Cost: One or Two Rouse Checks
▪ Dice Pool: Intelligence + Protean
▪ System: The user does a Rouse Check and
makes a Intelligence + Protean test at
Difficulty 3 on a restrained target (even
willing patients will squirm too much
otherwise). On a successful roll, the
surgeon may heal an amount of Superficial
(vampires) or Aggravated (mortals & thin-
bloods) Health Damage up to their Protean
rating.
On a Critical, the user may do a
second Rouse check to remove a Crippling
Injury and heal an additional point of
Aggravated Health Damage.
A Bestial Failure or Messy Critical
disfigures the target, imposing a penalty or
Flaw at Storyteller’s discretion, for the rest
of the night (or permanent for a Mortal).
Any use of this power counts as
one step towards a Blood bond since the
surgeon’s blood has contact with the
subject’s innards.
▪ Duration: Permanent.
Level 3
Fleshcraft
Amalgam: Dominate 2
Requires: Malleable Visage or Sadistic Surgery
By touching a willing or restrained target, their skin,
flesh and bone becomes malleable, allowing the user to
work them like clay. Tools can be grafted into limbs,
muscle may be shifted around and even nerves can be
stretched or shrunk. The versatility and practicality of
this power is limited only by the vampire’s imagination
and skill.
▪ Cost: 2 Rouse Checks
▪ Dice Pool: Resolve + Protean
▪ System: Following a Rouse Check, the
vampire touches their victim (usually
restrained) and rolls Resolve + Protean
against Difficulty 3. On a Win the player
may redistribute and swap the target’s
Attributes or grant Modifications. Other
effects may be possible at the Storyteller’s
discretion, requiring the user to match a
Difficulty that they deem appropriate.

Level 2
Feral Weapons
The vampire can modify its body to produce natural
weapons of monstrous proportions. This usually takes
the form of fingernails extending into wicked talons
but can also come in other forms such as fangs
elongating into veritable daggers, as from a gigantic
serpent. For the Tzimisce this usually takes the form
of bone spurs and similar unnatural weapons.

[For full mechanics, see page 270 of V5

Corebook.]

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 Each Modification counts as +1
bonus or penalty to a Skill’s dicepool or to
Weapons or Armor rules (VtM 5e p. 304)
and violates the Masquerade. On a Critical
Win, it instead counts as a +2 bonus and
remains subtle when not in use. The
Difficulty is raised by one for every existing
modification or upgrade, becoming
increasingly risky the more features are
crammed into one person. Additionally,
the Storyteller may increase the difficulty if
the modification requires a study/research.
On a Total or Bestial Failure, the
victim loses the Modification and/or
receives a penalty on the rolls related to it
at the Storyteller’s discretion.
The user of this power can work on
themselves with a +1 to the Difficulty.
Anyone with Malleable Visage or
Sadistic Surgery might assist with the roll as
per Teamwork rules (VtM 5e p.122)
▪ Duration: Permanent unless undone with
another use of this power. For the
purposes of removing Modifications they
count as Crippling Injuries.
Level 5
War Form
Requires: Feral Weapons
At the epitome of Protean, the user can take on the form
of monstrous and mythical creatures unlike the world
has ever seen. Few powers are as Masquerade-shattering,
and even fewer are this devastating
▪ Cost: 2 Rouse Checks
▪ System: No test is required. The
transformation takes one turn, during
which the user may take no other actions.
Upon transformation, the vampire gains
the Physical Attributes, senses, special
traits associated with their War Form, as
well as its natural limitations. Damage dealt
in this form is Aggravated to mortals. The
vampire can use other Disciplines while in
this form, at the Storyteller’s discretion.
When a player first chooses this
power, they must build their own unique
War Form, each of which is unique to the
user (at least cosmetically). They choose
one Physical Attribute at 5, another at 4
and finally one at 2. In addition, they must
choose two Special Traits that reflect their
form’s particular features from the War
Form Traits List.
▪ Duration: One scene unless ended
voluntarily before that.
War Form Traits List
Massive: This form is a hulking mass, up to
the size of a small car. It gains 3 extra Health
boxes and +2 to Close Combat Damage, but
Called Shots against it are made at no penalty
given the size of the target. It also has problems
squeezing through doors and smaller spaces,
requiring a test at Storyteller’s discretion.
Ranged: You have a powerful ranged attack
such as acid spit, launcheable spikes, directed
shriek, etc. This counts as a thrown weapon
with a +1 modifier to damage and deals non-
halved Superficial Damage to mortals and
Kindred alike.
Strong grip: You have tentacles, extra limbs,
tail, a strong bite or even spikes that allow you
to grapple more easily. You gain +2 to
Grappling while on this form and Bite attacks
gain a +1 bonus instead of the usual penalty.
Winged: You have wings or other means of
hoisting yourself into the air. Unless you are
using the Weight of a Feather power you
cannot actually fly, but you are able to glide
from a vantage point. Additionally, you can
swoop into Close Combat from up to 15
meters and still attack.
Fluid: You are made of an ever-changing
liquid or can contort yourself in unnatural ways,
allowing you to fit in the smallest of spaces,
even under a door. You are also immune to
grapples or restraints. The Storyteller might
allow the use of Brawl with Dexterity for
certain attacks done in this form. Cannot be
taken with Massive.
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Humanoid: Your War Form is still human
enough to be able to use weapons and tools via
humanlike hands or other precise appendages.
Stealthy: You have chameleon skin, psychic
abilities, or some other way to hide your
presence. You gain +2 to Stealth checks while
in this form. Additionally, you can move at
running speed while in stealth.
Horrid: You look terrifying, even by War
Form standards. You gain a +2 to all
Intimidation rolls. Additionally, on a Critical
Win involving Intimidation, witnesses must
roll a Willpower test against Difficulty 4 to
avoid fleeing (mortal) or Terror Frenzy
(Kindred).
Delirium: You exude a neurotoxin, magic aura,
or something else that makes it difficult for
mortals to remember you. Human witnesses
must roll Intelligence + Resolve against a
Difficulty of 4. If they Fail, they will
misremember or rationalize the scene in which
they saw you when they next wake up.
Other: Different or variant traits may be
possible at Storyteller’s discretion.
[For examples, see Appendix II]
Animalism
Level 2
Primal Beasts
Amalgam: Protean 2
The user shares a small portion of their unnatural
shapeshifting with the animals they influence. Teeming
swarms and great beasts alike exhibit natural weapons
of monstrous proportions, reminiscent of those
prehistoric animals or even bone spurs and similar
unnatural weapons found in certain mythos.
▪ Cost: Free (for famulus); One Rouse
Check (for other animals)
▪ System: The vampire can choose to extend
some of their Protean powers to animals
affected by their Animalism. Any animal
thus imbued gains Feral Weapons. Using
this power on their famulus is free and
automatic. To imbue other animals besides
their famulus, the user must make a Rouse
Check and roll a test of Stamina +
Animalism (Difficulty 3). The user can
fortify one animal per point of margin.
▪ Duration: One Scene
Level 4
Natural Network
Amalgam: Dominate 1
Requires: Feral Whispers
The vampire uses the animals as a security network,
watching for intruders or searching for specific
individuals.
▪ Cost: Free or One Rouse Check
▪ Dice Pool: Wits + Animalism
▪ System: Add half your Animalism
(rounded up) to your Domain’s Portillon.
Intruders must pass a Stealth or Animal
Ken test against your Animalism rating to
enter your Haven unnoticed. A failure on
these rolls means that a witnessing animal
is compelled to notify you of the intruders
through the use of Feral Whispers. You are
notified at the end of the Scene unless they
find a quicker way.
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 At any time, you may forgo this
surveillance to instead compel the animals
of the city to find a specific target by doing
a Rouse Check. This also requires you to
succeed on a Wits + Animalism roll against
a Difficulty of 3 if they are in your Domain,
or 5 if they are in the same city. Finding
them takes between one Scene and one
Night depending on the subject's
precautions and security (Storyteller’s
discretion). The animals in question will be
able to guide you to the person’s location.
While all of the animals in your
domain are compelled with this power,
they are not loyal. If someone else with an
overlapping domain uses this power, they
will serve both you and them without
conflict.
▪ Duration: Passive. One scene or one night

Auspex
Level 3
Animal Courier
Amalgam: Animalism 1
Thanks to a deeper understanding, the vampire’s
perception becomes attuned with the minds of the
animals they command, allowing them to communicate
without words. Practitioners of this power are known
for imprinting mental messages that the animals can
later deliver.
▪ Cost: One Rouse Check
▪ System: The vampire is able to create a
telepathic link with the animals under the
effect of their Animalism powers. Mental
images, short bits of sound, or even smells
can be transferred in this fashion. In
addition, the vampire may do a Rouse
Check to imprint the animal with a mental
message, which the animal can deliver to
specific individuals or after certain
conditions decided by the user. The animal
carries this imprint until the conditions are
met or dies. This does not automatically
allow two-way communication.
▪ Duration: Passive

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 Anchors, an alternative to Touchstones

Anchors are items, places or religious

rituals from the mortal life of the Kindred.
These serve as type of Touchstone, and thus
must be linked to a Conviction, can be used
for the Tzimisce’s Clan Bane, etc.
The intention here is to have a more
“time consuming” option as opposed to a
more fragile, unpredictable Human
Touchstone.
The vampire has to devote some time
each night (at least one Scene) with the
Anchor while lost in a reverie about their
mortal life. Failing to do so counts as having
acted against the Conviction represented by
that Anchor and risk Stains at Storyteller
discretion just like with regular Touchstones.

ACTION STAINS
Unable to reverie due to theft +1
Physical inability to interact with +1
Failing to reverie due to time +2
Forgetting to reverie +3

Repeated failures shatter the

connection with the Anchor. Usually an
Anchor is introduced via a Memoriam which
is also the means by which they can be
reconnected once destroyed. The Storyteller
and player should discuss the Anchor to avoid
it being too easy or time consuming.

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 Example War Forms
The Direwolf
Preferred by Gangrel, this War Form
emulates the aspect of the Crinos of the
Garou. Usually complemented with their
Fortitude and Animalism for packs, the
Direwolf serves as the frontline during a
physical confrontation.
▪ Attributes: Strength 4, Dexterity 2,
Stamina 5
▪ Special: Massive, Horrid or Delirium
The Abomination
Alien and eldritch, this War Form
resembles a monster from the Lovecraftian
mythos. Incomprehensible and terrifying,
this aspect is complemented well with
Presence or Dominate and its main use is
to play with the minds of mortals.
▪ Attributes: Strength 4, Dexterity 5,
Stamina 2
▪ Special: Delirium, Horrid or Strong Grip
The Naga
Preferred by the Church of Set, this War
form resembles a humanoid covered in
scales with a long tail instead of legs.
Usually complemented with Presence or
Dominate, this aspect is rooted in the
mythos of the Lamia, equally beautiful and
terrifying.
▪ Attributes: Strength 5, Dexterity 4,
Stamina 2
▪ Special: Humanoid, Strong grip or Fluid
The Chiropteran Marauder
Also known as the Bat of War or
Monstrous Bat, this form resembles a
human sized bat. Armed with launchable
spikes, a directed sonic scream or
camouflaging skin, the Chiropteran
Marauder excels at ambushes or extended
battles and is usually complemented with
Obfuscate or Auspex.
▪ Attributes: Strength 4, Dexterity 5,
Stamina 2
▪ Special: Winged, Ranged or Stealthy
The Blood Form
Have you ever wanted to be a pool of
sentient blood? Now it’s your chance! With
the amazing Blood Form you can soak
everyone around you with gore outcome! It
is sometimes used with Potence to better
choke people from within or leap, and
Celerity to climb up vertical surfaces.
▪ Attributes: Strength 2, Dexterity 5,
Stamina 4
▪ Special: Fluid, Ranged or Strong grip
The Hulk
Sometimes called the Behemoth or the
Giant, this brute can tank hits and fight
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 back by wielding anything from
greatswords to uprooted lamp posts. It is
often used with Potence and Fortitude to
increase its already supernatural abilities.
▪ Attributes: Strength 4, Dexterity 2,
Stamina 5
▪ Special: Massive, Humanoid or Strong
Grip
The Stalker
A skeletal nightmare with collapsible bones,
this lanky figure is perfect for creeping up
on others and ambushing them wherever
they may hide. Obfuscate to stay hidden or
Celerity to blink around can definitely
augment it’s abilities.
▪ Attributes: Strength 4, Dexterity 5,
Stamina 2
▪ Special: Fluid, Humanoid or Delirium
Storyteller’s Variant of Fluid (example)
You are also immune to grapples or
restraints. The Storyteller might allow the
use of Brawl with Dexterity for certain
attacks done in this form. If splitting the
swarm, the bigger group will always be
directly controlled by the player, while the
smaller ones will function controlled via
Animalism powers.
For the purposes of combat, this
form still needs to split its dice pool to
attack several opponents and count as a
single entity when receiving damage

The Chameleon
Using active camouflage, this War Form is
perfectly suited for stealth ops and other
missions requiring discretion. It is often
paired with Obfuscate and Dominate to
infiltrate without anyone seeing or
remembering them.
▪ Attributes: Strength 2, Dexterity 5,
Stamina 4
▪ Special: Stealthy, Humanoid or Delirium

The Swarm
A flock of birds, bats or even a horde of
insects, this form excel in one thing,
overcoming the enemies with sheer
numbers. The vampire's body is
disaggregated into smaller forms, all of
them tied to a hive mind. Although still
impossible to control each of them
individually, practitioners of this form
usually employ Animalism to compensate
for it.
▪ Attributes: Strength 2, Dexterity 4,
Stamina 5
▪ Special: Other: (Fluid Variant, see below),
Stealthy or Winged

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 Cut Powers (Not included due to thematic issues)

Sacrosanctum (Dominate 3) rating on Auspex equal to the users dots.

Amalgam: Blood Sorcery 2
Often used by the rare Tzimisce and Tremere who know
it, this ability ensures that their guests reciprocate their
Hospitality. Alternatively, it is occasionally used to
force prisoners to comply.
▪ Cost: One Rouse Check
▪ Dice Pool: Charisma + Dominate vs
Composure + Resolve
▪ System: The vampire must feed the target
with their own Vitae, either willingly or by
force (requires a test) while in the user’s
Haven. This does not constitute a step
towards a regular Blood Bond.
Instead, the user must succeed on a
Charisma + Dominate vs Composure +
Resolve test against the target. A Tremere
with this power takes a penalty to this roll
equal to their Bane Severity due to the
nature of their Bane. On a Win, the target
gains a temporary Blood Bond to the user
with a Bond Strength equal to the user’s
Dominate rating.
▪ Duration: Until the target leaves the
Haven, or the user takes any direct or
indirect hostile action against the subject
(attacking them, selling them out to their
enemies, etc).
Using this power on their famulus is free
and automatic. To imbue other animals
besides their famulus, the user must make
a Rouse Check and roll a test of Stamina +
Animalism (Difficulty 3). The user can
enlighten one animal per point of margin.
▪ Duration: One Scene
Draught of Transfiguration (Protean
4)
The Blood of the vampire becomes saturated with the
power of Protean, conveying a part of that power to
anyone who drinks it.
▪ Cost: One Rouse Check
▪ System: Drinking a Rouse Checks worth
of Blood directly from the user gifts the
drinker with temporary Protean equal to
half the Protean dots (rounded down) of
the donor. The drinker gains the same
powers as the donor’s, up to that level.
▪ Duration: One night; for vampires, until
the next feeding or the vampire reaches
Hunger

Psychic Beasts (Animalism 3)

Amalgam: Auspex 2
The user shares a small portion of their unnatural
perception with the animals they influence. Teeming
swarms and great beasts alike exhibit extrasensorial
awareness.
▪ Cost: Free (for famulus); One Rouse
Check (for other animals)
▪ System: The vampire can choose to extend
some of their Auspex powers to animals
affected by their Animalism. Any animal
thus imbued gains Sense the Unseen with a

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