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Fear and Loathing
`77

BRAD C. HODSON

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 Fear and Loathing
`77

INTRODUCTION 5
ACT ONE: PEACE OF MIND 12
ACT TWO: MR. SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL 18
ACT THREE: VIVA LAS VEGAS 21
ACT FOUR: HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS 29
ACT FIVE: TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN 35
APPENDIX: DRAMATIS PERSONAE 44

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 S
Buy the ticket, take the ride…
— Hunter S. Thompson
Harsh orange light cut through the blinds. The discount
clothing store had installed the neon sign yesterday, complete
with a massive blinking arrow, to lure tourists in. Tomas
thought he might rip the damned thing down if he survived
the night.
“And when was the last time?” The Templar sat in a
kitchen chair, shadows obscuring his delicate features.
Outside, the mangled chatter of tourists passing by
mingled with roaring engines and the occasional car horn.
Tijuana came to life when night fell.
“The last time?” Tomas squinted against the neon.
Hadn’t that side of the room been brightly lit a moment
before?
“That you shared blood.”
He nodded and rubbed his hands together. His head
throbbed and his palms sweat. He hadn’t felt like this since
his heart still beat.
“Do you mind?” Tomas stood and closed the blinds.
The darkness did little to calm his nerves.
The Templar sat, still and quiet.
A television in the next apartment audibly clicked on, a
brief rush of static followed by the opening piano chords of
Welcome Back Kotter. The volume turned slowly down
until Tomas could no longer be sure if he actually heard the
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theme song or if it was simply in his head.
“Yesterday.” Tomas returned to his chair. “After
Sawyer vanished, Sister Carla felt we should strengthen our
bonds.”
“And who participated?”
Tomas closed his eyes. His skull felt like it would split
open any second and spill his memories across the floor.
“It was me, Sister Carla, Carlos, Lucinda, Sawyer, and
Tree.”
The Templar tapped a finger against the arm of the
chair. “Sawyer had been missing for two days then.”
“Yeah. Like I said, Sister Carla thought we should
strengthen our bonds.”
“Yet you said he participated in the Vaulderie.”
The pressure behind his eyes was unbearable. Tomas
clenched his jaw and nodded. “Yeah. Of course he did.”
“How could he share blood when he had disappeared?”
“How…?”
What was the Templar asking? Tomas couldn’t think.
It was like trying to wade through thick mud.
“The rest of your pack displayed similar…
inconsistencies in their memories.”
Talley stood, the shadows travelling with him as he
crossed the room. Cold, slender fingers took Tomas’s hand.
“I do appreciate your willingness to cooperate.”
“Sure,” Tomas said. “Of course.”
“But I will need to dig deeper.”
“Anything I can do to help.”
The Templar’s gleaming white smile cut through the
darkness. His hands slid up to Tomas’s face, cradling it like
a lover.
“You want to be loyal, don’t you?”
Tomas nodded.
“It’s such a shame that choice was taken from you.”
The shadows drifted away from the Templar’s eyes.
Cold and piercing, they pressed into Tomas.
A bloody tear fell down his face, rolling over Talley’s
hand before dripping onto the floor.
“I hate to lose loyal soldiers, but I need what’s hidden
in there. I’m sure you understand.”
The pain in his head exploded as those eyes filled his
vision. When his mind broke and his identity shattered, he
found comfort in the fact that he would never feel such pain
again.
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
“Fear and Loathing `77” is designed as a single
story to be played in two to five sessions. Yet, with a
little tweaking, it could easily be placed into the
middle of an existing chronicle or serve as a starting
point for an entirely new one.
The story takes a “toolbox” approach as it
progresses, offering the Storyteller multiple options so
as to avoid railroading the players in a way common
to published scenarios. The players will drive the
action and the outcome rather than be simple
witnesses to events unfolding around them. This
should provide everything experienced groups need
to make this scenario their own. To avoid
overwhelming newer Storytellers, the “default” path is
also noted, allowing them to run a more linear game.
Either way, it’s recommended that you read this book
through completely at least once, including the
appendices, before planning your first session.
Ideas for changing the story, as well as alternate
encounters and story paths, are presented
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throughout. The two biggest hurdles Storytellers may
encounter when changing the game for an existing
chronicle are the setting and the focus on the Sabbat.
While the game is intended to capture the seedy
excess of the seventies, it can be played as a modern-
day story with little trouble.
Groups playing characters that aren’t members of
the Sabbat may have more of a problem. Anarch or
unaffiliated characters will have an easier time being
worked into the game, though even Camarilla
Kindred can run through the story with a bit of heavy
lifting on the Storyteller’s part.
It is recommended that, no matter how radically
you change the story from what’s presented, you do
try to keep to the themes and moods outlined below.
The characters and events detailed in this book are all
designed around these principles and, outside of this
context, might appear too over-the-top. Imagine
dropping Johnny Depp’s portrayal of Hunter S.
Thompson into Spotlight or Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
and you can see why.
Although that might be fun in a completely
different way…
OVERVIEW
At its core, “Fear & Loathing `77” is a road story.
The characters are tasked with a mission that sees
them drive from Los Angeles to Bakersfield, then on
to Barstow and Las Vegas before being chased across
the border to Tijuana.
That mission is to retrieve a spy. A Tremere who
posed as a defector was somehow able to infiltrate the
ranks of the Sabbat, even partaking of the Vaulderie
while funneling information back to his handlers.
The Sabbat began to suspect a traitor after a few key
losses and the Tremere, fearing what would happen
to him if caught, vanished.
The characters are tasked with a simple retrieval
mission. Of course, few things are simple in the
World of Darkness and their mission quickly takes a
turn for the worse.
THEME & MOOD
The theme of “Fear & Loathing `77” is Excess.
Like the seventies themselves, the story is filled with
greed, gluttony, and the indulgence of any and all
vices, no matter how foul.
The excess of the Sabbat has given them their
fearful reputation, but it’s also held them back. The
strength and diversity within the sect would allow it
to dominate their global struggle if they could only
reign in their baser urges and learn a little discipline.
The Camarilla isn’t much more restrained; they
simply channel their excess in a different direction.
Where Sabbat Cainites revel in violence, Camarilla
Kindred overextend their influence, toying with
people’s lives and will in an effort to acquire more
wealth and power than their peers. When the
characters reach Las Vegas, they’ll be confronted with
the Kindred’s glitzy sin on a scale they could hardly
imagine.
Both Storyteller and Player characters should
always err on the side of “too much.” People don’t
have a drink, they have five. They don’t drive a
modest two-door car, they drive a fifteen-foot-long
monster. Dinners are held at buffets. Jewelry is
massive and covers every wrist, ankle, and finger.
Both cocaine and cash come in giant piles.
Use this as a way to explore the decline and
corruption of the American Dream. For many at the
time, the seventies were the Fall of Rome. Much like
the Roman nobility, people lost themselves in
debauchery. Hint at the decay and degradation
buried within. The woman who seems to be able to
hold her liquor has burst blood vessels around her
eyes, the tell-tale sign of a hardcore alcoholic. The
roaring engine of that massive car has a sick rattling
sound when idling. A roach scurries beneath the
counter at the giant buffet.
This excess is dangerous for anyone, but doubly so
for Cainites. The Beast is always lurking beneath the
skin and no Path of Enlightenment can hold it at bay
for long in the face of such stimuli. The characters
should go from reveling in the insanity to feeling that
they’re on the edge of the abyss. Think of how
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bloated someone feels after eating too much, how
they sweat and have a hard time thinking. Picture the
throbbing headache that follows a night of binge
drinking. Now imagine how that applies to Cainites.
Frenzy is indeed an ever-present threat, but the
characters can also find themselves sluggish when first
waking in the evening, especially if the previous night
was wild. Worst of all, they can easily draw the wrong
kind of attention and find the police, hunters, or
even an Archon after them.
The mood of the game is Frenetic. Everything
should happen at a hundred miles an hour. Car
chases and combat make this obvious, as does the
ticking clock present over the entire mission. But
even scenes that might otherwise be considered
“downtime” should feel fast and wild. Music always
blares from somewhere nearby. A couple loudly
argues from a corner booth. Cops speed past with
sirens blaring as the characters use a payphone.
Few moments of the game should feel quiet or
relaxed. Even if the characters are holed up in a hotel
room to wait out the day, the television in the next
room may be cranked up too loud while firefighters
battle a blaze at the convenient store down the street.
The world should feel like it’s constantly moving,
even spinning out of control. The quick pace and
constant noise can wreak havoc on vampires already
struggling to keep frenzy at bay.
When the theme and mood collide, it should
leave the characters questioning themselves and the
overall philosophies of the Sabbat. This doesn’t mean
that the characters should become disloyal or defect
(though they could!), but the story can easily serve as
a crucible for them. They could come out the other
side with wisdom and maturity as they decide to apply
a little discipline to their unlife. Or they could
embrace the lifestyle whole-hog, burning out rather
than fading away. Either way, they should be
changed.
THE SEVENTIES
The 1970s were a strange decade in American
history. The Summer of Love had come and gone,
leaving the country with a cynical view of its own
underbelly. The sixties ended with the Hell’s Angels
unleashing violence at Altamont, a concert that
eclipsed Woodstock in the media until the rose-
colored glasses of nostalgia took over years later. Dr.
King had been killed in public, his murder symbolic
of the racism the Civil Rights movement could not
erase. And Charles Manson’s cult brutally stabbed a
pregnant Sharon Tate and her friends to death before
attempting an assassination of the President. By the
time the seventies roared into being, cynicism and
nihilism had become the prevailing mood.
As the decade wore on, the Vietnam War and
Watergate further stained what lingering optimism
society may have had. People gave in to excess,
enjoying life in a frenzied mania as only the damned
can. Drug abuse climbed to its highest levels and
violent crime reached epic proportions. Kidnappings,
airplane hijackings, and hostage situations became
regular fixtures of the nightly news. Journalists like
Hunter S. Thompson and the legendary team of
Woodward and Bernstein changed the news
landscape in very different ways.
Pop culture transformed radically as a response to
the broader society. Music became louder and
flashier, with David Bowie straining gender norms as
KISS spit blood and breathed fire. Funk, Disco, and
Punk music all came to life during the decade and the
sex and drugs debauchery of Studio 54 set the party-
animal standard.
Movies dove into topics traditionally taboo,
introducing gay and transgender characters while
exploring the bloody realism of escalating violence.
From Taxi Driver to Texas Chainsaw Massacre, cinema-
goers routinely had their sensibilities tested and
destroyed. Mainstream horror and crime films joined
Grindhouse and Black Exploitation at the box office.
Even pornographic movies became mainstream with
the release of Deep Throat.
The year this story officially takes place, 1977, was
a pivotal year marked by events and entertainment
still talked about today. Jimmy Carter was sworn in as
President of the United States. Elvis Presley died
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from a drug overdose while three members of Lynyrd
Skynyrd perished in a plane crash. David Berkowitz,
the infamous “Son of Sam” serial killer, was arrested.
The first personal computer was released by
Commodore, though no one at the time could have
predicted how much it would eventually change the
world.
In 1977, Star Wars, Rocky, Smokey and the Bandit,
and Saturday Night Fever ruled the box office.
Television saw the wild success of Roots, while shows
like Starsky & Hutch, Charlie’s Angels, and Soul Train
were going strong. Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Wonder,
and the Bee Gees dominated the Billboard charts.
Muscle cars were en vogue with the younger crowd,
while their more successful older siblings drove
gigantic Oldsmobiles and Lincolns.
All of this barely scratches the surface of the
decade. Luckily, it’s an easy time to get a feel for. A
little Google-Fu and you’ll be doing the Hustle while
whistling the theme to Shaft in no time.
INSPIRATION
There’s a wealth of books, movies, TV, and music
both from and set in the seventies. Not everything
will capture the feel of this book. Annie Hall, while a
great movie, will probably not be a go-to resource.
The list below provides a solid foundation.
“Fear & Loathing `77” is intended to be a
cinematic game. While other mediums can provide
inspiration, the frenetic pace and larger than life
characters are more suited to movies. Many of the
films below also hold a strong place in the public
consciousness, so chances are most anyone reading
this will recognize enough of these to instantly
understand the ride this game hopes to be.
And if not, there are worse ways to spend your
time.
MOVIES
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Taxi Driver
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
Goodfellas
Smokey and the Bandit
The French Connection Don’t feel 100% constricted to the decade. Just be
Dirty Harry careful not to break the feel with something that
Dawn of the Dead (1978) forces the players to think of another time period.
Coffy
Duran Duran, Wu-Tang, and Lady Gaga are all great,
Death Race 2000 (1975)
but not for this game.
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Shaft (1971)
Reservoir Dogs A NOTE OF CAUTION
Black Belt Jones This story is designed to be wild and dirty, just like
Near Dark the films that inspired it. That being said, these films
Vanishing Point (1971) were rife with choices that are problematic today. Not
Superfly only are they ultra-violent, many deal with sexuality in
The Nice Guys
ways that might make us cringe here in the 21st
Jackie Brown
Dog Day Afternoon century. It would be difficult to imagine a movie
Casino made today with a 12-year-old Jodie Foster as a
Mad Max prostitute, for instance.
The Warriors This game skirts that line and so some of the
Scarface characters inside hold vile worldviews. These are
Race with the Devil deliberate choices and are meant to reflect both the
The Gauntlet
material that inspired it and the complicated decade
Donnie Brasco
it takes place in. In case it needs to be said, the
SOUNDTRACK feelings of the characters do not reflect the views of
Not all groups use music while playing and those the author.
that do tend toward orchestral scores and classical If you think your Players may not be comfortable
compositions. For this particular story, don’t with some of the material as written, or you as the
underestimate how much the right soundtrack can Storyteller are not comfortable, then please modify
add to the game. the game as you see fit. If you’re not sure how your
Artists like Boston, KISS, Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Players might feel, talk to them about some of what
Skynyrd, Jim Croce, Sweet, Lou Reed, Bob Seger, and they may encounter before playing.
Stevie Wonder easily create the proper atmosphere. Vampire is a horror game and is at its best when it
The soundtracks to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, pushes boundaries and forces uncomfortable choices.
Pulp Fiction, and both Guardians of the Galaxy movies But it’s still a game. Games should be fun. If you
are great choices, as is Curtis Mayfield’s Superfly. Jerry think anyone in your gaming group won’t have fun
Reed is another artist that Storytellers would do well with some of the material as presented, forcing it
to look at it, especially his work on the Vanishing Point onto them won’t make you edgy. It will just make you
soundtrack. a dick.
Each Act of the story has a slightly different tone, Don’t be a dick.
so you may find that Skynyrd or songs like “One
Toke Over the Line” work better for the characters’ A QUICK BACKGROUND…
misadventures up to Bakersfield, while Tom Jones This story doesn’t require an extensive knowledge
and Elvis might be better for the trip to Las Vegas. of the Vampire metaplot, but there are some points
Even music like the Dead Kennedy’s cover of “Viva the Storyteller and the Players may want to be aware
Las Vegas” or the Los Lobos Desperado soundtrack of to frame things in the proper context.
can be used to create the right feel for certain scenes.
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 California has been home to the Anarch Free
States since the 1940s. The history and structure of
the Anarch Free States is too complex to summarize
here. If you’re unfamiliar, most Vampire core
rulebooks, as well as supplements like Guide to the
Anarchs, Anarchs Unbound,, and Los Angeles By Night,
provide a thorough look.
For the purposes of this story, here are the
relevant details: The Camarilla was ousted by the
Anarchs in spectacular fashion in 1943. Aside from
the odd city like San Francisco, California holds no
sect allegiance. The Sabbat has long tried to make
inroads in the state, but the Anarchs have resisted all
attempts at dominance.
The last major Sabbat assault on Anarch holdings
was in 1965. Led by Archbishop Carolina Valez, the
attack was easily defeated by the Baron of Los
Angeles, Jeremy MacNeil. No attack has taken place
since.
What this has meant for the Sabbat is that a few
scattered packs have laid claims to domains that they
tenuously hold. While there is technically a Bishop of
Los Angeles, for example, that Bishop (Mohammed
Al-Muthlin of the Crypt’s Sons pack) knows that the
packs under them have a limited amount of power
and so they bide their time, making what concessions
they can to the Anarchs in hopes to one-day strike
again.
From the Anarch perspective, as long as the
Sabbat doesn’t attack their holdings, actively try to
recruit their members, or create trouble for them with
mortal authorities, they don’t hold a grudge. The
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Sabbat, after all, were the original Anarchs, even if
they’ve become something else over the centuries.
MacNeil and his right-hand man Crispus Attucks
keep tabs on the Sabbat, but otherwise it’s a “live and
let live” situation.
A few areas of Sabbat influence provide a bit more
control for the sect. Places like the San Fernando
Valley and Inland Empire aren’t very appealing to the
Anarchs, so the Sabbat has more sway here than they
do in Hollywood or Santa Monica.
More than anything, the Sabbat presence serves as
a beachhead. As long as packs maintain some
territory, the sect can more easily funnel resources
(and Cainites) back and forth between their
traditional territories in Mexico and Camarilla
strongholds in the US. The Tijuana to Los Angeles
corridor is an important route for the Sabbat and
they’re more than willing to make whatever
concessions the Anarchs require to keep it open.
The Camarilla’s largest strongholds near Southern
California are Las Vegas to the East and San
Francisco to the North. They hold iron grips on both
cities and the resources within. Kindred in either one
could easily mobilize and destroy Sabbat packs
making their way up the coast or along Route 66 if
they knew about them. And if the Camarilla ever
decided to take the offensive against Sabbat or
Anarch holdings, those attacks would likely come
from these two cities.
It’s in this Cold War-like backdrop of tenuous
borders and fragile alliances that the escape of a
Camarilla spy gains such importance.
…AND A WORD ON PATHS OF ENLIGHTENMENT
This story assumes the characters are not only
Sabbat, but that they are on the Path of Humanity
(albeit with low scores). This story runs especially well
with new recruits or “shovel heads” seeking to prove
themselves as True Sabbat, though it works even with
an established pack. The Paths of Enlightenment are
still not as common as Humanity among rank and
file Sabbat.
If the characters do follow other Paths, think
about how the theme of excess can best get under
their skins. A Sabbat on the Path of Honorable
Accord will react differently to certain situations than
a Cathari, after all.
The Paths are too numerous and complex to
provide examples for each, but Players who have
taken the time to become familiar with them will
appreciate encounters that allow roleplaying what is
an important part of a Cainite’s worldview.
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CHARACTER CREATION
If the Players are creating characters specifically for
this scenario, feel free to lean hard into the tropes of
the era. While fleshed-out three-dimensional
characters that bend expectations are a strength of the
World of Darkness, for “Fear and Loathing `77”
there’s a lot of fun to be had with character concepts
who might otherwise seem trite.
A Ventrue antitribu who is a former Hollywood
stuntman, a Brujah antitribu heroin dealer, a Tzimisce
special effects artist, a City Gangrel Vietnam Vet, a
Malkavian narcotics officer, or a former soap opera
actress Embraced by a Nosferatu antitribu can all be
fun foundations for a character. You can then add
the quirks that make them feel real, the little surprises
that create a truly great character. You’ll also be
surprised how easy it is to find those moments while
playing.
 You drive us wild, we’ll drive you crazy.
— KISS

The boulevard is packed with restaurants, bars,

In Act One, the characters will be summoned by a
Sabbat Bishop and tasked with retrieving the escaped
spy. This will put them on the road to Bakersfield,
where an Anarch biker gang has offered to sell the spy
back to them.
When they arrive, the biker gang double crosses
them and the characters find their mission going
south – figuratively and literally.
dance clubs, and shops, brightly lit signs illuminating
the ten-mile stretch. Muscle cars, convertibles, and
hot rods cruise up and down the street blaring music
as their passengers hang out the windows and flirt
with the car next to them. There’s a small police
presence on the boulevard, but they’re (mostly) lax
with the cruisers thanks to the amount of money
spent here every weekend.
This intro serves to introduce the players to the

SCENE ONE
A SUMMONS
The characters’ pack has been summoned to meet
the Bishop of the San Fernando Valley, Zeta.
Bishop Zeta conducts business from a junkyard
deep in Van Nuys. To get there, the characters will
need to drive north on Van Nuys Boulevard. In the
1970s, Van Nuys Boulevard was a popular “cruising”
spot on weekends for teenagers and young adults.
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setting, as well as help establish the theme and mood.
The characters can also use the opportunity to feed or
handle any other business (such as procuring
supplies) that they may have.
This introduction scene can also be a great way for
the players to ease into their characters and pack
dynamics. Let them have a little fun here before
getting into the story proper.
VALLEY SALVAGE
The characters eventually turn from the boulevard
and into a maze of side streets, the shops and
restaurants giving way to suburbs, the suburbs to

IF THE CHARACTERS AREN’T SABBAT
If the player characters aren’t Sabbat, they
can still be summoned by Bishop Zeta.
Are they Anarchs or unaligned? Since the
Sabbat presence is weak in the area, Bishop
Zeta may be forced to turn to outsiders. He
could offer whatever payment would be most
enticing to the characters: cash, territory, the
vitae of an Elder, etc.
Do the characters owe Zeta a favor? Or,
worse, have they transgressed against him and
this is how they will “work off” that
transgression?
Are they Camarilla? Maybe they’re spying on
Zeta and want to get the intelligence the spy
has for themselves. Such intelligence would
surely prove useful to any Prince.
Whatever the characters’ backgrounds, think
about how it will affect their motivations for
each scene of the story and tweak the events
appropriately.
warehouses, and then finally empty lots filled with tall
grass.
Valley Salvage sits isolated in a small dip between
two tree lined hills. The road leading to its chain link
fence is dirt and gravel. When the characters pull in,
they drive between stacks of old cars and piles of tires,
ancient refrigerators, and other junk.
They eventually come to a long, rusted white
trailer up on blocks. Five wooden steps lead to an
open door, music leaking out.
Bishop Zeta sits at a cluttered desk inside,
Hawaiian shirt unbuttoned and a gut hanging over
his waistband. The room is sweltering, a small
rotating fan clicking in the corner. Long strips of fly
paper hang from the doorframes, each dotted with
twitching bodies.
A mortal woman sits on a swiveling barstool next
to him wearing nothing but a pair of workout shorts,
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a small mound of cocaine on the desk in front of her.
She periodically takes a bump, rubbing a bit on her
gums when finished. Another woman in a bikini sits
in an adjoining room watching television as she
paints her toenails.
AN ALTERNATE BISHOP
Instead of Bishop Zeta, you could insert
Bishop McClaskie, a heavyset woman
who appears to be in her mid-fifties.
McClaskie has tall, blonde hair and wears
a little too much makeup. She speaks
with a slight Texas drawl and eschews the
cocaine and women that Zeta is fond off.
If you choose to use McClaskie, think
more Angie Dickinson in Big Bad Mama
than Benicio DelToro in Fear and
Loathing in Las Vegas. The menace and
potential for violence is still there, but
McClaskie would tone the scene down a
little and get rid of what might be
problematic elements for some groups.
If McClaskie isn’t your cup of vitae, then
feel free to insert a Bishop of your own
creation here as well.
Bishop Zeta thanks the characters for coming so
quickly. He motions to the woman watching TV and
asks the characters if they’ve eaten. If not, they’re
welcome to a snack. If they choose to feed from her,
the woman idly offers her wrist, never taking her eyes
from the television.
If they ask, the woman sitting next to Zeta is off-
limits.
Zeta is cordial, if not friendly, but there’s a menace
surrounding him, a sense that he could explode in
violence at any moment. The way he stares at the
characters unblinking, the pause he takes when
considering anything they say, the complete stillness
of his body juxtaposed with one hand tapping against
the desk – all of it should help the characters feel like
one wrong move here would put them in danger.
The Bishop relates this story:
For months now, we’ve been smuggling packs across the
border from TJ and into Camarilla cities. Their job has
been to poke those fucks in the White Tower and see where
their weaknesses are. A fire here, a murder there – whatever
it took to stir the hornet’s nest. It worked like a fucking
charm. That is until those stuck-up pricks got on to us. Then
our packs stopped coming back.
Three days ago, one of the first packs we sent, the Blue
Devils, lost one of their members. I mean literally lost him.
The fucker just up and vanished. So a Templar came in
and poked around and, what did he find? The Blue Devils
all had their brains scrambled. And not recently, but from
the time they first Embraced this pack mate.
Zeta pauses here and tells the woman next to him
to snort another line. She does. It’s obvious she’s
reached her limit. Pupils dilated, hands shaking,
constant sniffing and rubbing her arms – any
character with Medicine or Streetwise can see she’s
close to overdosing.
If they say something, Zeta gives them a look like
they’re idiots and continues. If they press the matter,
he backhands the woman, busting her lip. Then he
roars “How does she fucking look now?” at the
characters. He’ll calm after his explosion, apologizing
to them and blaming it on the stress he’s under, but
as he continues he pulls a 357 Magnum from his
drawer and cleans it – an obvious threat toward the
characters.
Zeta continues:
So this missing Cainite, he goes by the name of Sawyer,
the Templar thinks he’s a spy. That somehow he was able to
shrug off the Vinculum and had been feeding information
back to his leash-holders. He must have thought they were
on to him soon and so split.
Lady Luck spread her legs for us, though. There’s a biker
gang up in Bakersfield. Call themselves the Raptors.
Anarchs, but so’s every lick up here it seems. At least they’d
rather make a buck than a statement. Anyway, these
Raptors heard we were on the lookout for this asshole and
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so, when they found him, they staked him and gave us a
call. Figured we’d pay big to get him back.
Zeta stops and again tells the woman to take a hit.
She shakes her head, saying she doesn’t feel good. He
looks her in the eye and commands “Take a hit,” the
full force of his Lasombra blood slamming into her.
Her eyes go vacant and she leans over and snorts a
massive amount.
When she comes up, coke dusts her face and she
starts spasming. Sweat pours down her forehead and
she gasps for breath. That’s when Zeta grabs her, tears
into her throat, and drinks.
When he’s done, he slumps her body over his
desk. He dips two fingers into her blood and rubs it
on his gums. “Fuck, that’s good quality shit right
there,” he says.
If they haven’t guessed it before, the characters
should now realize that they’re dealing with a very
unhinged and dangerous Cainite. They may decide
that loyalty to the Sect isn’t worth the trouble and try
to leave. If so, Zeta pulls the gun and goes into his
roaring act. If necessary, his own pack could appear
and block the door.
If push comes to shove and the characters aren’t
cowed by Zeta’s position or his threats, then the
situation could escalate. The Bishop’s pack should be
in equal in number and strength to the characters,
with Zeta himself serving to tip the odds in his favor.
He may also have blackmail on the characters, or
threaten people or resources that would force them
back in line. If necessary, a good beating followed by
the Vaulderie and a little Dominate should do the
trick.
If the characters come out of this encounter hating
Zeta and wanting to overthrow him, that’s ideal. That
type of seething bitterness will make completing the
mission that much more urgent when things go
wrong and could pay off in Act Five.
Whatever happens, Zeta eventually slides a
briefcase of cash to the characters. He wants them to
head to Bakersfield and bring Sawyer back alive so
that he can be interrogated.
The briefcase holds $50,000 in cash. If he needs to
bribe the characters, he gives them an additional
duffel bag of cash for themselves. Zeta provides an
address (a biker bar the Raptors hang out at) and a
time for the exchange (10pm tomorrow night).
The Bishop lets them ask any questions they may
have or voice any concerns, though the cocaine is
now hitting his system from the woman’s blood and
he’s getting twitchier. The sense that he could attack
one of the characters grows the longer they stay in the
trailer. This is doubly-so if they have had any kind of
altercation with him.
When the characters leave, it’s around midnight.
Bakersfield is about a two hour drive this time of
night, so if they want to leave now and spend the day
in Bakersfield, they could. If they decide to wait until
tomorrow night to leave, they should know that
sunset isn’t until 7:30pm and so they would be
cutting it close.
SCENE TWO
BAKERSFIELD
Whenever and however the characters get to
Bakersfield, they find a small city in the middle of
farming communities. They may have encountered
problems on the road or wherever they spent the day,
but ultimately they should make it to the meet
around the appointed time.
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OSCAR ZETA ACOSTA
Any combination of a 250 lb Mexican and LSD-25 is a
potentially terminal menace for anything it can reach –
but when the alleged Mexican is in fact a profoundly
angry Chicano lawyer with no fear at all of anything that
walks on less than three legs and a de facto suicidal
conviction that he will die at the age of 33 – just like
Jesus Christ – you have a serious piece of work on your
hands. Especially if the bastard is already 33½ years old
with a head full of Sandoz acid, a loaded .357 Magnum
in his belt, a hatchet-wielding Chicano bodyguard on his
elbow at all times, and a disconcerting habit of projectile
vomiting geysers of pure blood off the front porch every 30
or 40 minutes, or whenever his malignant ulcer can't
handle any more raw tequila.
—�Hunter S. Thompson, "The Banshee Screams For
Buffalo Meat," Rolling Stone #254, Dec 15, 1977
Bishop Zeta isn’t definitely Oscar Zeta Acosta,
but he is inspired by Thompson’s portrayal of him
as Dr. Gonzo (or, more specifically, Benicio
DelToro’s performance of that version).
The real Acosta was a fascinating man. A
brilliant attorney who fought for the Chicano
movement and a drug addict prone to ultra-violent
outbursts, Acosta vanished in 1974 while travelling
to Mexico. Just before he disappeared, he called his
son to say that he was “about to board a boat full of
white snow.”
In the World of Darkness, it’s feasible that
Acosta’s disappearance could have been due to his
Embrace by the Lasombra. If you do want to go this
route, Acosta climbed through the Sabbat ranks
very quickly (which makes sense for someone as
brilliant and violent as he was). This would be an
ascent that the characters would know about,
adding gravity to their summons and persuading
them not to cross him. Acosta would also make a
great character for a longer chronicle.
For more information about the real Acosta,
you can read his Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo or
Hunter S. Thompson’s investigation of his friend’s
disappearance in the 1977 Rolling Stone article
“The Banshee Screams For Buffalo Meat.”
The address leads to a bar north of town. It’s a large
place with a huge gravel parking lot. Motorcycles and
pick-up trucks dominate the front lot, while eighteen
wheelers are parked around back. The bar itself is
rough: an empty stage surrounded by chicken wire,
country music playing on the juke box, pool tables
and dart boards scattered about. It’s packed with
truckers, bikers, and locals. There are a handful of
bouncers in the place and three bartenders on duty.
The bikers are wearing vests that say “Raptors”
across the back, an eagle with bloody talons
outstretched below it. The characters can either
approach or take a seat at a table and wait for one of
the Raptors to come to them. Either way, after a tense
moment of being sized up, they’re escorted out back
by the Raptors.
There should be a number of Raptors equal to the
number of player characters. If they check their auras
or have some other way to determine it, half of the
Raptors are vampires and the other half ghouls.
Out back, they meet Cyrus, the head of the gang.
Cyrus is tall and muscular, his head shaved and
tattoos lining his arms. A swastika has been
prominently tattooed onto the back of his head. If
any of the player characters are non-white, Cyrus is
openly condescending to them – though he stops just
short of racial slurs.
He stands with his back to a white delivery truck.
His goons pat the characters down, removing any
weapons they may have. Then he asks to see the cash.
Once he’s satisfied that the cash is good, he tries to
get them to hand over the money, patting the delivery
truck and saying he’ll “give them what they came for.”
If they hand over the money, he opens the delivery
truck and tells them to step inside so that he can take
them to where he’s holding Sawyer. If they do as he
asks, he shuts the doors behind them and starts the
truck up.
If they won’t hand over the money without seeing
Sawyer, he tells them he respects that and asks them
to climb into the truck.
If they refuse to get in the truck, or want to drive
themselves, Cyrus will tell them that there’s no way in
hell he’s letting some Sabbat know where the Raptors
keep their most important goods. They can get into
the back of the truck or the deal is off.
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If the characters ask him to go get Sawyer and
bring him back here, Cyrus thinks it over, eventually
agreeing, and then never shows. Whenever the
characters give up and leave, he and his men try to
jump them on a dark country road.
The truck drives down a bumpy road for a good
half an hour. If the characters have already handed
over the money to Cyrus, someone slaps a padlock
onto the outside of the truck’s doors when it stops at
a red light. Then the Raptors set the truck on fire and
roll it down a hill. It takes three turns to break the
doors open, though characters with Potence 2 or
higher can do it in one.
Once free, they’ll need to check for Rotschrek (diff
8) as the truck blazes.
The Raptors speed off when the characters reach
the top of the hill, though the characters should get
the opportunity to attack one or more of them and
possibly steal a bike.
If the characters did not hand over the cash, then
they’re driven out to an old barn. Once inside the
barn, the Raptors jump them.
If the characters lose the Raptors at any point,
asking around the bar will eventually point them to
the old barn in the middle of nowhere as a place
where motorcycles are often heard revving at night.
No matter how this plays out, it looks like the
characters are in for a fight.
Cyrus’s stats are found in the DRAMATIS
PERSONAE section at the back of this book. Here
are quick stats for the others.
RAPTOR GHOULS
Domitor: Cyrus
Physical 3, Social 2, Mental 2
Brawl 3, Melee 3, Firearms 3
Disciplines: Potence 1
Weapons: Pistol, Knives, Chains
RAPTOR VAMPIRES
Clan: Brujah
Generation: 12
Physical 4, Social 2, Mental 3
Brawl 3, Melee 3, Firearms 3
Disciplines: Potence 2, Presence 2, Celerity 1
Willpower: 3
Weapons: Pistol, Knives, Chains
If any of the Raptors are left alive after the fight,
the characters can try to get information out of them.
The ghouls easily tell what they know, while the
vampires must be successfully intimidated (or be
subjected to Disciplines).
Cyrus, however, will either require strong
Disciplines, being subjected to pain, or to be in fear
of his life to talk.
Whoever talks, they tell the characters that a
second offer came in for Sawyer. Another group of
Raptors are driving him down to Barstow now to
hand him off to someone named Mr. Gault. Mr.
Gault offered them $200,000 for Sawyer to be
delivered to him, as well as an additional $50,000 for
the Raptors to kill the Sabbat who came for him.
If the person being interrogated is a vampire, they
also know that Mr. Gault is in the Camarilla. If it’s
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Cyrus that’s being interrogated, he knows that Gault
is a fixer for the Camarilla machine in Las Vegas.
If none of the Raptors are left alive, the characters
could find another Raptor at the bar or the barn who
could provide this info or, if push comes to shove,
the address of the hotel in Barstow could even be in
one of the Raptor’s pockets.
The Raptors who left with Sawyer have a head
start and Barstow is nearly three hours away. If the
characters try to call the Sabbat in Los Angeles,
they’re not able to reach anyone (remember that this
is well before the age of cellphones or caller ID and
that even answering machines are rare).
If they have any hope of catching up to the
Raptors, they’ll need to hurry to Barstow themselves.
 The smell of death surrounds you.
— Lynyrd Skynyrd

SCENE ONE
BARSTOW
Barstow is a small-town notable for the number of
highways, freeways, and rail lines that pass through it.
The most famous of the roads cutting through
Barstow is Route 66, which, at this time, was still
operational. Even given the its small population
(around 15,000 in 1977), the community was used to
seeing throngs of strangers passing through town.
As a result of all this traffic through such a remote
area, the high desert around Barstow had also gained
infamy as a place where criminals, mobsters, and
serial killers would bury bodies. The characters may
be familiar with it for this reason more than any
other.
However they came about the info pointing to
Barstow, the characters arrive at an abandoned motel
tucked away in a corner of town while semi-trucks
rumble by on the highway behind it.
Six motorcycles and a blue van are parked out
front. A search of the van reveals handcuffs in the
back. The handcuffs are oddly still locked. There’s
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also a sharpened table leg stained with blood. This is
where the Raptors held Sawyer while transporting
him.
Let the characters search the eerily empty motel
for a few minutes until they see smoke. The smoke
leads them to a horrifying sight.
The bodies of six Raptors are scattered about a
room, weapons in hand. Blood streaks the walls and
floors, lining their mouths and surrounding their
eyes. Their eyes have been burned from their skulls
and their tongues are black and ashen. No other
wounds are visible on any of the bodies.
Characters familiar with Thaumaturgy may suspect
that blood magic was used on the Raptors. What the
characters don’t yet know is that Mr. Gault and his
coterie are powerful Tremere. When the deal went
south and the Raptors sprang on them, they
responded with various attacks using the Path of
Blood.
The smoke is coming from a fire in a metal
trashcan. The fire has caught the curtains aflame and
it won’t be long now until the entire room goes up.
The characters will need to check for Rotschrek if
they hope to put out the fire and investigate the
room.
From the faint scent of charred blood on the
bodies to the state of the blood on the walls, the
characters should be able to determine that they
barely missed whatever happened here.
Further investigation may reveal the following (at
Storyteller discretion):
• Auspex, Dementation, or other revelatory
Disciplines may reveal that Sawyer was held in
the van and that he was freed by Mr. Gault and
his associates. Sawyer was happy to see and
leave with them. They seemed very pleased with
him as well.
• Questioning workers at the diner reveals that a
black Lincoln Continental was seen speeding
away from the motel and heading east on
Route 66 about ten minutes before the
characters arrived at the motel.
• The gas station attendant, if asked specifically
about the Lincoln, says the car came through
about an hour before the characters arrived at
the motel. The windows were deeply tinted.
The driver, a young man with a long scar
running down the side of his face, gave him a
$100 bill to fill the tank, check the tires, and
top off the fluids. The car had Clark County,
Nevada plates.
• One of the bikers grabbed the jacket of Mr.
Gault’s associate just as the Tremere began to
boil the bikers’ blood. The breast pocket ripped
off and is still clutched in his hand. Part of an
address is sewn into the pocket. All that can be
read on the cloth fragment is “ahar” with “gas
Blv” beneath it. The full address inside would
have been for the tailor inside the Sahara
Casino on Las Vegas Boulevard. One of the
three Taj Mahal-esque domed spires of the
casino’s logo is faint behind the text.
If the characters call the Bishop now, have the
Zeta answer and harshly tell them they need to find
that Lincoln. If the characters haven’t been able to
piece things together yet, the Bishop can tell them the
Templar who interrogated Sawyer’s pack suspects that
Sawyer works for the Camarilla in Las Vegas.
Play up the mysterious terror of the Tremere. The
murder scene should be horribly frightening. Perhaps
other strange occurrences are witnessed, such as a
leaky bathroom faucet that drips up onto the ceiling.
Or a “pack” of stray cats in the parking lot eating an
injured coyote alive. Zeta himself could be a touch
nervous to know that blood magic was used. The
Sabbat definitely has its own blood magicians, and
even Tremere antitribu, but don’t discount the ability
to use the Tremere clan as a boogeyman for the sect.
Even the antitribu have been marked by their parent
clan and likely share horrifying stories of why they
defected in the first place.
Once the characters have learned what they need
to precede, have three police cruisers arrive on the
scene thanks to an anonymous tip (a phone call from
Mr. Gault, who wishes to complicate things for any
Raptors or Sabbat who may on Sawyer’s trail). If the
fire is still burning, two fire engines join them. This
may lead to a chase or other confrontation but, more
than likely, should just propel the characters to get
the hell out of Barstow.
SCENE TWO
COMPLICATIONS
(OPTIONAL)
Depending on how long or short you want the
game to be (as well as your general level of sadism as a
Storyteller), the characters could have a quick and
easy ride to Vegas or they could hit a series of
problems.

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 Here are some complications they could
encounter along the way: Feel free to combine several of these as well. The
characters could run out of gas, which then leads to
• AUTHORITIES – Whether an APB was
the Raptors catching up to them. Or a Tremere hex
flagged on their car in Bakersfield or Barstow,
or a State Trooper pulls them over for causes them to hallucinate, which leads to the car
speeding, they could have a run-in with police. running off the road, which leads to a passing State
That run-in could be resolved through social Trooper flicking on his sirens.
skills or could lead to a car chase or shoot-out. These are just some suggestions. If you want the
drive to be difficult, feel free to get creative. If not,
• CAR PROBLEMS – Have the Players not even
mentioned filling the car up or checking the then it can be smooth sailing and you can jump
oil? Then have them break-down. This could straight to Act Three.
even be in the middle of the desert with
nothing around for miles. Do they walk out or
hitchhike? Or maybe they broke down while
passing a lone trailer in the middle of a rocky
canyon. Who lives inside? Or did it occur while
going through a small town where they could
fix the problem or more easily steal another
car?

• THE TREMERE – Do the Tremere somehow

know they’re being followed? What would they
do to stop the characters or slow them down?
Does a flock of birds mysteriously crash into
the car’s windshield? Do the tires pop as the car
speeds over a strange symbol painted on the
asphalt? Do the characters start sweating blood
while driving through the Mojave? Or is a
Dominated truck driver coming from the other
direction forced to play chicken with them?

• DAYLIGHT – Have the characters been

tracking their time? Barstow is about two and a
half hours from Vegas and, after all the
running around they’ve been doing, they may
find themselves needing shelter for the day.
Whether they come to that realization in the
middle of the desert or while passing through
the tiny roadside casino town of State-Line
(population 230 not counting casino patrons),
they may need to face the repercussions of
travelling non-stop.

• RAPTORS – It’s possible that some of the

Raptors still alive know of the characters and
have been following them. If this is the case,
they could cause all sorts of problems.
Especially if they’re mortal gang members who
come across the characters while sleeping
during the day.
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 In Las Vegas, nothing ends very well.
— Walter Wykes

Though they may try like hell, the characters won’t

be able to catch-up to the Lincoln on the road, even
without any complications. Not only does the car
have a head-start (perhaps a long one, depending on
how long the characters were in Barstow), but it’s in
top condition with a full tank. At best, the characters
may be able to glimpse the car as they approach
Vegas, allowing them to follow it to the Sahara.
What’s more likely is that the characters arrive in
Las Vegas with a few clues, maybe feeling hopeless
and riddled with anxiety.
While the story so far has been rather linear, this
portion is more “open-world.” There are multiple
ways this part of the scenario can play out depending
on the characters’ actions and the Storyteller’s whims.
It can be a quick grab and run that’s over in an hour
of playtime, or an entire chronicle that springs out of
the info presented. The “default” version would see
the characters go instantly to the Sahara, kidnap
Petree, and make a crazy escape, but many of the
particulars will likely be decided during play.
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SCENE ONE
THE STRIP
No matter what time of night it is, Las Vegas Blvd
(which everyone simply calls “The Strip”) is crowded,
a million lights shining so bright it almost seems like
day. The massive signs outside of every casino, no
matter how large or small, advertises the talent
performing there. From the Rat Pack to Tom Jones to
Liberace, the characters will recognize the names. For
verisimilitude throw in some smaller names like
Debbie Reynolds, Don Rickles, and Redd Foxx as
well.
The big casinos in 1977 were Caesar’s Palace, the
Flamingo, the Tropicana, and the Sahara. The Desert
Inn and the Dunes were popular hotels. Restaurants,
strip clubs, and drug stores also dotted the boulevard.
The glitz and glam gave way the further one went
away from the strip, dwindling to smaller and trashier
places like casinos packed with the elderly to dive bars
renowned for hookers and knife fights. On the
outskirts of town were flea-ridden motels, one room
“casinos” packed with penny slots, brothels, and truck
stops.
If the characters don’t immediately have an idea of
where to go, they may need to cruise the strip for a
while asking questions and hunting for information.
If so, let them see Las Vegas excess at its height. C-list
celebrities drink way too much at a table filled with
showgirls whose cleavage bulges from feathered
outfits as their mascara runs. High-rollers slam ten
thousand dollars in cash down onto a table to
exchange for chips while sexually harassing the
waitresses who keep their booze coming.
Cheaters are beaten and tossed out by security.
Prostitutes walk through the tables trying to drum up
business. Newlyweds make-out in corner booths at
casino buffets as they laugh about how they only met
a day earlier and wonder aloud if they’ll still be
married when they sober up. In the bathrooms,
people shoot up and snort whatever they can get their
hands on. Men who have gambled too much walk
around desperate to sell the watches on their arms –
or even their wives and daughters for the night.
If the Camarilla truly do rule over the kine as they
claim, then Vegas is a prime example of how much
corrupting their rule is.
THE EYE IN THE SKY
From the moment the characters arrive, they
should get the sense that they’re being watched.
Security cameras in the casinos seem to always be
pointed at them. Security guards eye the characters
from across the casino floor as they talk into their
radios. Police cruisers drive slowly behind them for
several blocks before finally passing. Even when
alone, they should feel eyes on them.
This should hopefully lead to mounting paranoia
on the characters’ parts, and for good reason. They
are being watched.
The Camarilla in Vegas is a tight ship and has a
hold over the city that most Princes would be envious
of. Prince Benedic, a 200-year-old Ventrue, has
helped Las Vegas grow since its inception and has
eyes and ears everywhere. Most of this is due to his
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Sheriff and Seneschal, the Nosferatu Montrose, as
well as the powerful Tremere chantry in the city. It’s
damned near impossible for a vampire to enter Vegas
and not be watched.
Given the number of tourists that pass-through
every year, as well as the Anarchs that often come
through from California, the Prince is relatively lax
on newcomers to his city. So long as they obey the
Traditions, don’t cause trouble, and leave within a
few days, he’s not opposed to their visits. The way he
sees it, it’s better not to give the Anarchs a reason to
bring their “live free or die again” bullshit to his door
by cracking down on them.
The one exception he makes to this is the Sabbat.
If he has any reason to suspect the characters are
Sabbat – whether from black veins in their auras or
what have you – then he’ll send Montrose and a small
force to bring them in. He’ll also do the same if they
get too out of hand, whether committing egregious
crimes or through sloppy feeding.
If Montrose does need to corner them, he’ll try to
do so in a place outside of the public eye, such as a
casino loading dock or parking lot. He may utilize his
influence over the police in addition to other
Kindred and ghouls to get the characters to such a
place. It’s up to the characters once he does confront
them as to whether they’ll go with him to present
themselves to the Prince or put up a fight.
If they fight and lose, they’ll be dragged to see
Benedic anyway. If they win, a Blood Hunt will be
called on them and the entire city will be after them.
If they are taken before the Prince, the Storyteller
is free to play this out as they see fit. Can the
characters convince the Prince that they’re not
Sabbat? Can they convince him that they’re here for a
legitimate reason? Or will he decide they should be
banished or even killed? The players may find
themselves needing to break out of whatever casino
vault the Prince decides to hold them in.
THE GIOVANNI
The Rothstein branch of the Giovanni also have a
very strong presence in Las Vegas. They maintain a
tenuous truce with Benedic, though Shlomo
Rothstein (the head of the Giovanni in the city) is
always looking for ways to undermine the Prince. If
Rothstein comes across the characters first, it’s
possible that he might aid them.
Although, if he were to discover that they’re
Sabbat (or especially if he discovered why they’re in
Vegas), he may decide to stake them himself to bring
before the Primogen and show that he sniffed out a
danger Benedic couldn’t.
THE OTHERS
The Ravnos also maintain a strong presence in Las
Vegas. They tend to stay out of city politics, but
would be more kind to the characters than members
of the traditional Camarilla clans.
There’s also a rumor that the Followers of Set
maintain a temple in the desert outside of the city.
That may or may not be true, but there are several
Setites posing as members of other clans in Vegas
itself. The amoral decadence of the city is almost a
holy sacrament for them. If any Setites came across
the characters, they might help or hinder them
depending on what they know and how they feel
about Benedic.
THE TREMERE & SAWYER
OR THE STORY FROM THE OTHER SIDE
Though the characters may not know any of this,
it’s important that the Storyteller understand what
the Tremere have been up to.
When the Sabbat sent the Blue Devils to Vegas,
their plan had been for the pack to embrace a
handful of “shovel heads” and set them loose in the
city. They would observe the Prince’s reaction to this
and use that to determine in what sectors his
strengths – and possible weaknesses – lay.
The mission failed spectacularly. Their first victim
for the mass embrace was taken near the hunting
ground of a Tremere initiate named Liz Malone. Liz
saw what they were up to and followed them, sending
word to the chantry of what she thought she had
discovered. The chantry responded in force,
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A PROBLEM WITH CANON
This scenario makes use of several official characters
and concepts from previously published Vampire
material. This is an attempt to make the story feel
like it could happen in the “canon” World of
Darkness to be usable for most groups. Of course,
none of this needs to stay the same. Feel free to
change any or all canon details.
One problem with canon is that the World of
Darkness has evolved quite a bit over its nearly
thirty years of existence. Cliché and even racist
concepts have been revised and rewritten.
Which brings us to Shlomo Rothstein. While he’s
loosely based on DeNiro’s character in CASINO
(itself a version of real life Vegas figure Frank
Rosenthal), the concept originates in an early
version of the Giovanni. That version assumed that
Italian-Americans were all either in the mob or
related to it. Naturally a vampire clan with Italian
roots would be mobsters, then. And shouldn’t they
Embrace crime families from other ethnic groups?
Future versions added nuance, giving the Giovanni
roots in the Venetian merchant class and focusing
on their occult studies. But even with that, the anti-
Semitic stereotype of Rothstein as presented in
canon is still problematic.
Given the mafia influence in Vegas, it’s reasonable
to have Kindred with mafia ties. But why not
strengthen his clan ties and make him more than a
Jewish mafioso? Is there a ley line of death energies
that pulses through the desert? If so, does he
compete with the Tremere for it? Or try to hide its
presence from them?
Chances are the characters might not even hear of
Rothstein, let alone encounter him or his plans.
But it’s always good to note how concepts that
seemed fine in another decade can be problematic
today.
capturing the pack and taking them before the
Prince.
Benedic ordered the pack destroyed, something
that Tremere Regent Katherine Ahlborn assured
would be done in the most painful way their magics
could manage.
The Regent lied.
The Prince was distracted by other matters at the
time (not least of which the Giovanni’s growing
influence) and left the matter with the Tremere.
Rather than destroying the Sabbat pack, the Regent
saw an opportunity. She communicated back to her
sire in Chicago, who received an enthusiastic
approval for her idea from his own mentors.
The Regent spent the next month rewriting the
memories of each member of the pack. They created
false memories of the Blue Devils’ success, as well as
incorrect intelligence that they had “gathered.”
Then the Tremere delivered the final blow.
Sawyer.
Sawyer’s real name is Davis Petree. Petree is nearly
a century old and had been a part of the Pinkerton
Investigative Agency before his Embrace. Given his
unique background, he was well suited for deep-cover
work.
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The extensive conditioning that the Blue Devils
went through included implanting false memories of
Sawyer’s Embrace by the Ventrue antitribu in the
pack. As the memory went, Sawyer was one of five
shovelheads Embraced and the only one to survive.
He proved himself to the pack and both the ductus
and priest agreed he should be considered True
Sabbat. They inducted him and then returned with
him to Tijuana.
To help keep Petree loyal, Ahlborn devised a two-
fold plan in regard to the Vaulderie. The pack was
conditioned so that, any time they shared blood, they
would remember Sawyer having done so as well, even
if he had not been present at the time. As an added
precaution, Petree also had an amulet surgically
implanted. The amulet turns any vitae that Petree
might drink inert. By the time he swallows it, it’s
simply old, dead blood with no mystical qualities
whatsoever. Through this dual strategy, Petree was
able to maintain his full allegiance to the clan while
under cover.
No one outside of the Tremere knew of the pack’s
survival. Petree left with the Blue Devils and
proceeded to send information back on a weekly
basis. The Regent’s plan was to compile as much info
on the Sabbat as possible and then present the
findings to her higher ups. Only then, given their
approval, would she show the information to the
Prince.
What the Regent didn’t know was that her sire
had been commanded to pass the information along
to the Nosferatu Justicar Petrodon in exchange for
various favors. Petrodon had been looking for
evidence of Anathema in the Southwest and so sent
the Archon Mother Night to destroy the Sabbat packs
being sent across the border.
The mass slaughter of these packs alerted the
Sabbat to the possibility of a traitor in their ranks. A
Lasombra Templar was sent to Tijuana to ascertain
the truth. When Talley, the Hound of the Sabbat,
arrived, Petree panicked and fled.
 Petree got spooked after crossing the border when
he saw a pack that he recognized. Rather than head
straight to Las Vegas, he instead changed direction
for San Francisco. He knew that if he could reach the
Tremere Chantry there, he would be safe. And he
assumed that hundreds of miles of Anarch territory
would give him a better safety zone than the empty
desert back to Vegas.
He stopped in Bakersfield to call Regent Ahlborn
and that’s when he ran afoul of Cyrus and the
Raptors.
Cyrus had heard rumors that the Sabbat were
looking for someone, so when he eavesdropped on
Petree’s phone call he decided to grab the Kindred
and put word out to the Sabbat that he had
something they might want. Cyrus was surprised
when the Tremere Regent called the payphone
outside of his bar shortly after that, but he’d heard
enough stories about Thaumaturgy to not question it.
Especially with the money they offered him.
Petrodon is aware that the Tremere are bringing
Petree back to Las Vegas and wants Mother Night
present at the spy’s debriefing. Ahlborn has been told
what use her intelligence had been put to and, while
not happy, is still an obedient member of the
pyramid. Not wanting to bring the Archon back to
their Chantry, she has arranged to debrief Petree in
an unused area of the Sahara, a casino that the
Tremere have great influence over.
Mother Night has told Prince Benedic that she is
merely passing through, believing that the Prince has
no reason to be made aware of the matter at this
time. For his part, Benedic has been cordial to
Mother Night but suspects the Archon has a much
larger motive for being in the city. He’s eager to find
any information as to why one of the most powerful
agents of the Inner Circle has come to Las Vegas –
and what this may mean for his reign.
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CAMARILLA INTRIGUE
If you’d like to stretch this story out, there’s more
than enough intrigue for the characters to get
involved in. Prince Benedic, Rothstein, the
Tremere Regent, and Mother Night all present
opportunities for politics and betrayal. That
doesn’t even touch on whatever plans the
Primogen or other Kindred may have, or
whatever the hell the Setites may be up to.
While beyond the scope of this book, this Act
could be stretched into several sessions as the
characters get pulled more and more into a
Byzantine web of Kindred politics. This could
serve as a springboard for an entire chronicle.
If you wish to go that route, you’ll need to work
out how and why the characters get pulled in.
This is easier if they aren’t Sabbat, though Sabbat
characters savvier than the Blue Devils may be
able to ease themselves into the local Camarilla
machine.
There may be other reasons they need to stick
around as well. Has Mother Night’s arrival been
delayed and so Petree is being kept under guard at
the Tremere chantry until then? Does Rothstein
ask the characters to kill the Prince, an offer that
would be difficult to turn down? Can they turn all
these factions against one another to take the city?
SCENE TWO
THE SAHARA
Barring any major catastrophes, the characters
should eventually realize they need to head to the
Sahara. That may be due to clues they’ve already
pieced together, someone else who works on the Strip
having seen the young man with the scarred face
working there, or even driving by and seeing the
Lincoln Continental parked out front themselves.
 The Sahara, like any casino, is a virtual fortress.
Security guards are posted around the massive
structure. Camera are everywhere. Alarms sounding
drop metal gates in front of all entrances and exits.
They should be intimidated by what they’re about to
do.
After several minutes inside, they notice the young
man with scarred face exiting from a thick fire door
in a back corner. This young man is Mr. Gault, right
hand to the Regent. Two guards (both normal casino
security) are positioned at the door.
Gault returns with two prostitutes from the casino
floor. He’s taking them into the back for “Sawyer” to
feed from so that the spy can heal from his ordeal.
A few minutes later, Gault opens the door again.
If the characters can eavesdrop (or read lips), they
catch him telling someone inside that he’s on his way
to pick up the Regent and the Archon and should be
back within the hour. Then he leaves the casino.
The characters may have guessed that they have a
small window here and so need to act rather quickly.
Luckily for them, the Tremere are overconfident
about the safety of both Las Vegas and the casino
here that they have not erected wards or other
mystical security. Their only concern seems to be
privacy. That is unless the characters have somehow
tipped Gault off to their presence.
If the characters don’t act now, then Gault returns
with the Regent, the Archon, and two other Tremere,
and a handful of guards travelling with Mother Night.
At that point it should become obvious that they’ve
missed their opportunity. They’ll need to come up
with a new plan. Whatever it is may require them to
be in the city for much longer, as well as being more
difficult and dangerous.
If they do act, let them get creative with how to get
in that back room. This could be a quick, violent
heist or it could be Ocean’s 11. Here are a few options
for they could get in:
• The guards are simple mortal security. All they
know is that wealthy and important people are
meeting behind that door and they’re supposed
to keep the riff-raff out. Though difficult, the
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guards could be bribed, threatened, or cajoled
away from the door. Dominate and Presence
would be quite effective, as would creating
some kind of distraction on the casino floor.
• The characters could go through the door in
disguise, whether as additional prostitutes or
casino staff bringing drinks or food.
• A service elevator travels from any floor to the
rear of the area.
• The hallway behind the door ends at a loading
dock. The steel door is currently closed and
locked.
• Ventilation systems are everywhere in the
casino and, while most are too small for an
adult to fit through, a shapeshifting vampire
might have far less trouble.
• Mr. Gault is currently by himself. If the
characters were to catch him before he left (or
before he reached the Regent), they might be
able to use him. He’s fiercely loyal to the
Tremere and quite accomplished (as the
characters know from Barstow), so this is by far
the most difficult path.
Creative players will no doubt come up with more
alternatives. Make whatever plan they decide on
challenging, but doable.
THE BACKROOM
The door opens onto a long hallway. As stated, the
hallway ends at a service elevator and a loading dock.
Boxes of toilet paper and napkins are stacked against
the walls.
There are three doors in this hallway. One is a
bathroom. Another is a storage room stacked with
more supplies. The third is a meeting room.
The room is large and contains a fridge, a vending
machine, two leather sofas, a card table, and a few
chairs. This is usually a staff break room, though at
times it’s also used to rough up suspected cheaters or
other unsavory activities.
Three Kindred are currently inside. Two of them
are Tremere acolytes who Gault left in case Petree
needed anything. They’re both playing cards to pass
the time. The third vampire is Petree himself.
Petree looks like shit. His hair is filthy with specks
of debris. His clothes (blue jeans and a corduroy
shirt) are torn and covered in stains. The fabric right
over his heart has a massive hole rimmed in blood
stains.
One of the prostitutes Gault brought is passed out
on a sofa. Petree drinks from the other one’s wrist as
she writhes and moans in pleasure.
Neither Petree nor his handlers are expecting any
kind of attack, so if the characters don’t tip them off
they’ll have a turn to act before anyone else does.
As soon as the Tremere suspect the characters are
a threat, they’ll attack. Petree is still weak and he’ll try
to flee through the loading dock if possible. He’ll
only attack if cornered.
Petree’s stats are in the back of the book if you do
need them. Here are quick stats for his Tremere
handlers:
TREMERE ACOLYTES
Generation: 11
Physical 2, Social 3, Mental 4
Brawl 1, Melee 2, Firearms 2
Disciplines: Auspex 2, Dominate 1, Thaumaturgy 2
Thaumaturgy Paths: Path of Blood 2, Movement of
the Mind 2
Willpower: 3
Weapons: Pistol
The Tremere will likely be dispatched without too
much trouble, especially if Petree doesn’t get involved
in the fight. The biggest dangers with fighting the
acolytes are that they will slow the player characters
down (remember that Gault is returning with some
heavy hitters) and that they will alert security.
If a gunshot fires or the Tremere alert security in
another manner, the two guards will immediately
rush in while radioing that they have a situation. This
could lead to a horde of guards, the casino going on
lock down, and the police being called if the
characters aren't quick enough.
If the characters can handle the situation quickly
and secure Petree, they’ll still need to get him to their
car. Luckily the loading dock door opens without a
key from the inside, so unless things have gone
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horribly wrong, they won’t need to take him back
through the casino.
SCENE THREE
LEAVING LAS VEGAS
The characters now need to get Petree back to Los
Angeles. This is easier said than done.
If security was alerted at the casino, the characters
may now have the police after them. If police are on
the scene at the casino, they immediately chase them
when they leave. If not, the characters have about five
minutes before a cruiser spots their car and radios it
in.
They may be able to avoid this if they switch cars
after leaving the Sahara.
Police or not, the Tremere will definitely learn
what they’ve done. If the Tremere handlers were left
conscious, they will immediately call the chantry,
giving the characters about ten minutes before the
warlocks locate them.
If not, then the characters have more time. Gault
returns with the Regent and Mother Night about
forty-five minutes after he left. Within ten minutes of
returning and discovering what happened, he and the
Regent are able to locate the characters through
mystical means. This roughly gives the characters an
hour from when Gault left. If they acted quickly
enough, that may be an hour head start they have on
the Tremere.
If security and/or the police were alerted, then
Montrose was as well. The Nosferatu not only knows
the characters went to the Sahara, but he is also an
excellent tracker. He can have a force brought down
on the characters within fifteen minutes, though he
will do everything within his power to maintain the
Masquerade while doing so.
No matter what happens, the characters are now
being chased (whether they know it yet or not). The
chase should be fast, loud, and violent. If they are
being chased within Las Vegas, this may involve
taking last minute turns, speeding through parking
lots, and ramming civilian automobiles into the path
of their pursuers.
If they’ve done everything right up to this point,
the pursuit may not begin in earnest until they’re
speeding through the desert. In this case, they’ll be
flanked by three or more cars as the Kindred try to
push them off the road. They may need to weave
around eighteen-wheelers speeding head on toward
them or go off-roading through the desert. They may
exchange gun fire or toss Molotov cocktails at their
pursuers.
Don’t be afraid to let this car chase get absolutely
crazy. Once they’re in the dark, empty desert, the
Camarilla Kindred can forget about the Masquerade.
This could result in vampires leaping from one
automobile to the next, Nosferatu ripping car doors
away, or Tremere flying through the air hurling
fireballs.
Whatever happens, the characters should
constantly feel like they can’t stop or slow down, that
one wrong move and they’re dead. It should be
difficult to get away, but eventually they should be
able to put some distance between them and their
pursuers.
Even if they wreck, they might still escape. They
could hop onto a passing big rig. Or their wreck
could start a pile-up. Or maybe they somehow escape
through the desert on foot (not likely, but stranger
things have happened in games).
If they are caught, they’ll be taken back to Las
Vegas for interrogation and eventual execution. That
could easily become another chapter ending in their
escape or a negotiation to free themselves. But the
default scenario is that they lose the Kindred in the
desert – though just barely.
One of the reasons they do escape is that Mother
Night is not present for the chase. She leaves that to
the local Kindred. It’s only when they fail that she
decides to take matters into her own hands.

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 There was only one road back to L.A., U.S. interstate 15. Just a flat-out high-speed burn through
Baker, and Barstow, and Berdoo. Then on to the Hollywood freeway straight into frantic oblivion.
Safety... obscurity... just another freak in the freak kingdom.
— Hunter S. Thompson, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas

SCENE ONE
HOME AGAIN
By the time the characters get back to Los
Angeles, they probably need to rest and heal. This is
especially true if sunrise is near.
Unless they have come up with an alternate plan,
chances are they’re going to take “Sawyer” back to
Zeta.
The Bishop is ecstatic with their success. He
proposes they celebrate and suggests the pack try to
pick up some juice bags on Van Nuys Blvd that they
can bring back to party.
The characters shouldn’t have too difficult a time
finding a carload or two of people looking for a good
time. After the stress of the last few encounters, let
them roleplay it with minimal dice rolls.
Whoever they bring back to the junkyard, Zeta
and his pack are welcoming. They crank up the music
and have whatever booze or drugs on hand to satisfy
them. At some point when the party is in full swing,
Zeta takes the characters to an underground bomb
shelter on the rear of the property. He has Petree
chained inside. The Tremere hangs by his wrists from
the ceiling, a gas soaked rag duct-taped in his mouth.
He’s awake and in pain. A close inspection reveals
that his fingers have been severed at the middle
knuckles and the stumps cauterized.
If asked about the torture inflicted on their
prisoner while they were gone, Zeta tells them he
wanted to make sure the bastard couldn’t pull any
“hocus pocus” on anyone.
Petree looks pathetic and may elicit some
sympathy in the characters, even if it’s just a “there
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 Zeta goes on and on about what a fantastic job
the characters did. The more things went wrong and
the crazier the entire episode was, the more excited he
is about their success. As he talks, he periodically
punches Petree in the torso, sending the man
swinging back and forth, the chain creaking from
where it’s attached to the ceiling. After a few of these,
ribs audibly break and Petree begins to whimper. This
seems to turn Zeta on.
If the characters don’t intervene, the Bishop will
torture the Tremere into torpor. He responds better
to arguments that Petree needs to be in shape to be
questioned than he will any other tactic.
As they all leave, Zeta blankets the bunker using
Obtenebration to keep it hidden from prying eyes.
When they return to the party, Zeta shares
cocaine with the juice bags the characters brought
and then reveals his true nature to the users. High
and scared, they take off through the junkyard. The
Bishop has all the gates locked and his pack has
sabotaged their cars, so escape will be difficult. He
announces to the characters that the hunt is on.
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The Bishop and his pack have a monstrous
amount of fun playing cat and mouse. For the
characters’ part, they can participate as they see fit,
whether this means hunting and feeding or helping
the victims escape (something Zeta will not be happy
with).
When everything is said and done, the Bishop’s
blood is up. A ghastly, blood-stained smile spreads
across his face and he tells his pack to go grab shovels.
He feels so good about having Petree in custody that
he thinks things are turning around here. He wants
the characters to Embrace the mortals, bury them,
and then send the resulting monstrosities that dig
themselves up out into the night to wreak havoc.
This isn’t a good idea. The Sabbat is not the
dominant force in Los Angeles County and, all their
bluster aside, exist at the sufferance of the Anarch
Baron Jeremy MacNeil. After the failed coup of 1965,
MacNeil would not look kindly on any activity by the
Sabbat that could be seen as an attack on Anarch
territory.
 The characters need to decide whether to talk
some sense into Zeta or go along with his idea and
Embrace the mortals. This is an either/or scenario
and what the characters decide will have
repercussions.
In the short term, if the characters decide to
Embrace the mortals, then the shovelheads are buried
in the hills. They take a couple of hours to dig
themselves out. Frenzying, they disappear into the
night looking for blood.
If the characters refuse, the Bishop gets angry and
tells them to fuck off, that he’s sick of their holier
than thou bullshit, and he and his pack Embrace the
mortals.
If the characters are split on what to do, Zeta
chastises them for lacking pack unity. Then he
commands the characters that agreed to Embrace the
mortals to do so while chastising the others for being
weak.
However the scene ends, the characters are told
to come back tomorrow night to be part of Petree’s
escort to Tijuana. Any character that didn’t agree to
the Embrace, even if female, is told to “grow some
fucking cajones by then.”

SCENE TWO
DISCO INFERNO
The repercussions of the characters’ decision are
almost immediate. Those who participated in the
mass Embrace find their havens set on fire around
two hours before sundown. They will need to make
the proper Humanity or Path checks to see if they
wake in time and can act, as well as checking for
Rotschrek.
The characters that did not participate wake to
sirens and news reports. Fires have broken out across
Los Angeles County, the Santa Ana winds causing
them to spread quickly.
What happened isn’t immediately apparent, but
the characters will soon discover the frightening
truth. The Camarilla Archon Mother Night tracked
the characters to Los Angeles and quickly found the
shovelheads. Mr. Gault came with her and the two of
them were able to use various Disciplines (Auspex,
Dominate, and Thaumaturgy) to trace the
shovelheads back to who sired them and find their
havens. They have a small cadre of ghouls with them
who then set fire to Sabbat havens during the day.
Mother Night’s plan is simple. She’ll either kill
any Sabbat involved in Petree’s abduction, or send
them panicking into the night. Either way, the Sabbat
will be so preoccupied with the fires that Mother
Night and Gault will be able to find and rescue
Petree.
The Bishop’s Obtenebration, coupled with the
bunker’s thick concrete walls and the depth that it’s
located, has made Gault’s attempts at finding him
through ritual more difficult. Gault will still succeed,
but it’s taking him longer than it normally would,
something for which the characters would be
thankful if they knew.
The characters may now need to save themselves
and hide from the sun until nightfall. Use every detail
you can about the characters’ havens to make this as
harrowing a situation as possible. This should be the
closest they’ve ever come to Final Death and they
should walk away physically scarred and emotionally
shaken.
If the Players fail their rolls or other calamity
befalls the characters, have them on the verge of
death before being saved at the last minute. This
saving grace could come from a rare Sabbat ghoul
rescuing the character or even the building collapsing
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 Whether they need to escape or not, the
characters likely regroup at the junkyard. Bishop Zeta
is panicking, pacing back and forth, barking strange
orders to his pack, and on the verge of frenzy.
If the characters refused to participate in the
Mass Embrace, the Bishop’s pack has gone missing
and he’s on his own, making him even more on edge.
He’s wearing nothing but a pair of white briefs
beneath an open bathrobe as he walks back and forth
with a shotgun in his hands.
Headlights shine on his trailer as the sound of
engines approach. Zeta rushes out, shotgun raised, as
two cars pull in.
Four vampires slowly exit each vehicle. The driver
of the first car is Crispus Attucks.
Zeta keeps his shotgun pointed at Attucks as the
Anarch slowly approaches. Attucks stops about five
feet away.
“What the fuck do you want, errand boy?” Zeta
asks.
“I want to know what you and your dogs here
have been up to.”
Zeta laughs. “You think we caused these fucking
fires? I’ve lost good lichs tonight.”
“No,” Attucks says. “I think you did something
stupid that brought a Camarilla Archon into Los
Angeles.”
Zeta looks to the characters and then back to
Attucks.
“You didn’t know.” Attucks says. “She’s the one
setting the fires. Smoking you sons-of-bitches out your
holes.”
“No no no no no.” Zeta wipes a thin sheen of
bloody sweat from his forehead, never lowering the
shotgun as he does. “What makes more sense to me is
that you Anarch fucks finally got your limp-dicks hard
enough to come after us.”
Zeta takes a step forward, shotgun pointed at
Attuck’s face. The other vampires all draw their guns.
Attucks sighs and looks to the characters, his
expression that of someone who wants their neighbor
to control his dog.
Tensions are escalating and, if the characters
can’t calm things, Zeta will eventually shoot Attucks.
If that happens, the Brujah’s head explodes in a fine
red mist and all Hell breaks loose.
If the characters can deescalate, Attucks says that
he lost three good men trying to negotiate with
Mother Night at her temporary base in North
Hollywood. The Archon told him that the Sabbat
had taken something of hers and, if she got it back,
nightfall. she would leave. If not, she would lay waste to every
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Sabbat enclave until she found it.
All Baron MacNeil (and, by extension, Attucks)
wants is for this sectarian bullshit to leave his city.
Fires aside, an Archon in the city could mean the
Camarilla renewing their interests in Los Angeles.
The Anarchs could try and kill Mother Night but,
even if they succeeded, an attack on a major
Camarilla officer would not go without retaliation,
something that could see this cold war get very hot.
MacNeil asked that Attucks come here and try to
negotiate the return of whatever the Sabbat stole. No
one wants to see Los Angeles burn, but if the Sabbat
won’t play ball, he’ll have no choice but to tell the
Archon where they’re hiding.
No matter what the characters want, Zeta refuses
to give Petree up. If the characters don’t calm things,
this again could escalate to violence.
If the characters try to give Petree to Attucks, Zeta
will turn the shotgun on them and fire at whoever
agreed to do so.
If violence erupts, the Anarchs will fight fiercely.
If it looks like the Sabbat are gaining the upper hand,
they’ll flee. If they win, they’ll interrogate the Sabbat
(harshly if necessary) with the intention of taking
what was stolen back to the Archon. Then Attucks
will give them the ultimatum below.
If Zeta attacks the characters, Attucks will help
them incapacitate the Bishop and then negotiate
directly with them.
If Attucks is given Petree, he will take the
Tremere to Mother Night and the Archon, true to
her word, will leave the city. Attucks may not give the
characters his ultimatum, but they will have to answer
for their actions to Zeta, Los Angeles Bishop
Mohammed Al-Muthlim, and Archbishop Valez.
They may see the characters’ actions as treason.
The likely scenario is that Attucks leaves empty
handed. If so, he says he has no choice left but to tell
Mother Night the characters’ location. Zeta tells him
to do what he has to do.
He leaves, but not before giving Zeta an
ultimatum: if they survive the night, they need to get
the hell out of LA for good. After tonight, any Sabbat
still in the county will have a Blood Hunt called on
them.
The Anarchs get in their cars and drive off.
SCENE THREE
HARD DECISIONS
The characters now must decide what to do and
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they need to do so quickly. Here are some options
they could choose and how those might play out:
THE SIEGE
Bishop Zeta is of little use, wanting instead to
wait for Mother Night in the fatalistic hope that he
can take the legendary Archon out.
The characters could decide to throw their lot in
with Zeta, in which case they’re about to have a siege
scenario on their hands. They have roughly an hour
to prepare the junkyard for a full-on assault by a
Camarilla Archon, a powerful thaumaturge, and a
small army of Kindred and ghouls.
If this is the path the characters take, let them
find all sorts of useful items around the junkyard to
use as barricades, make bombs or traps from, or even
use as impromptu weapons. The Bishop will give the
characters access to his small collection of shotguns
and handguns, as well as a few melee weapons like
machetes, chains, bats, and sledgehammers.
Mother Night is a three-hundred-year-old master
tactician of potent blood and so the characters will
have their work cut out for them. She also plans to
slaughter them all in addition to rescuing Petree.
THE OFFENSIVE
The characters may decide to take the fight to the
Archon. If they do, they’ll need to determine where
she is. They could follow Attucks to the location,
though the Brujah might spot them or end up
involuntarily involved in the confrontation. If any
characters have Contacts or Allies among the
Anarchs, they could reach out to them for
information.
Mother Night has rented out the entirety of a
two-story budget motel. The motel is U-shaped,
providing a good defensive layout for repelling an
attack.
The Archon will have her men dig in and fight,
but Gault’s ritual succeeds during the attack. Armed
with the knowledge of where Petree is, Mother Night
and Gault both Obfuscate and slip away from the
motel to go retrieve the prisoner.
If guns are fired or the attack otherwise draws
attention, police arrive within ten minutes. Five
minutes after that, a television news crew shows.
Once the news shows up on the scene, a furious
MacNeil calls a Blood Hunt on all Sabbat in the
county.
RUN FOR THE BORDER They’ll need to make it through Los Angeles
The safest option might be to grab Petree and County, all of Orange County, and the city of San
make a beeline for Tijuana. Not only will the Diego before getting to the border crossing. This is
characters need to smuggle him across the border (see another two-and-a-half-hour drive or so, which gives
Act Five), but they’ll also need to convince Zeta to let ample opportunity for reckless driving and highway
them take him. violence to alert the police.
Zeta’s original plan was that he would accompany If they arrive at the border being pursued by the
the characters to Tijuana with the prisoner, but he’s authorities, they’ll have a very difficult time getting
now determined to stick around and face off with across. On the plus side, any police pursuit will end
Mother Night. He will not change his mind about the second they cross the border.
that.
In order to get Petree, the characters will either
need to incapacitate Zeta or convince him to let them
leave with the prisoner while the Bishop remains
behind. Neither choice will be easy.
Zeta’s main goal right now is glory and he’s
paranoid the characters will steal that from him if
they take Petree to TJ. If he can be convinced that
holding off the Archon while the characters flee with
the prisoner would bring him greater recognition,
then he’ll let them leave with the spy. Otherwise he’ll
fight them for the right to present the prisoner
himself.
If they do flee with Petree, Gault’s ritual
completes about fifteen minutes after they leave. The
Archon’s force will chase the characters south,
though (unlike the car chase through the desert) the
Masquerade will be a concern for them. This may give
the characters something they can exploit.

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 I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I know it won’t be boring.
— David Bowie
All stories have an ending and all good endings
have one thing in common: they are built on what
came before. Every choice a character makes leads to
the ending. This is true for short stories, for novels,
and for movies, but makes planning a game
incredibly difficult, however.
As stated in the Introduction, the Players’
characters should have driven the action throughout
the scenario. While there is a default direction things
could have gone, there were also dozens of branching
paths, not to mention that uncanny ability Players
have of throwing wrenches into the most
meticulously crafted scenarios.
More so than any of the Acts that came before it,
Act Five isn’t entirely a concrete ending and more of
a toolbox of options and scenarios for how best to
bring this story to a close. As always, the default
scenario is marked and offers a more linear path for
how Storytellers may end “Fear and Loathing `77.”
SCENE ONE
OPTIONS
Act Five, Scene One will grow directly from how
Act Four ended. The following are options on how to
make that happened.
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OPTION ONE
FOUR AND DONE
The first option for how to begin Act Five is the
easiest: don’t. If Act Four ended with an epic
showdown where the characters were able to defeat a
Camarilla Archon or escape with their prize across
the border, then anything that comes after might just
be anticlimactic. This is true more if using “Fear and
Loathing `77” as a standalone game than if it’s part
of a longer chronicle.
Such an epic ending to Act Four might be
planned or the Players may maneuver things
unexpectedly in that direction. Either way, if it plays
out like the perfect ending, then feel free to treat it
that way and move on to another game.
OPTION TWO
FAILURE
If the characters were to fail in Act Four, then the
story would branch off into an entirely different
direction.
If Mother Night manages to defeat the characters,
she will either have them killed or brought back to
Las Vegas for interrogation. Either decision on her
part may end in a harrowing escape by the characters.
Or, if the Storyteller is particularly sadistic, their
deaths.
A word of caution here: No one likes to have
their characters needlessly killed. Death is an ever-
present consequence in the World of Darkness, but
think long and hard over how Players might feel. If
this is told as a contained story, it will be much easier
to get away with killing characters than if part of a
larger chronicle.
Some Players may love the idea of playing out
their deaths, especially if given the opportunity to
make a new character afterward. Make sure to talk to
your Players first, but if this is the case the Sabbat
pack dying at the hands of an Archon would serve to
illustrate how dangerous the Camarilla truly is.
This could be especially powerful if the story
serves as an aside for an established chronicle. If the
Players are currently running Camarilla characters,
they could play this story to get a glimpse into the
Sabbat, or to provide background on a character like
Zeta, Mother Night, Petree, or even Montrose that
they will be dealing with in their regular chronicle.
Or maybe the entire Sabbat pack is destroyed but the
pack priest escapes and disappears, only to come back
forty years later to bedevil the Players’ Camarilla
characters in the present day.
Whatever you do, make sure that if character
death is chosen it serves a greater narrative purpose
and doesn’t drive your Players away.
OPTION THREE
ESCAPE TO TIJUANA
The default scenario assumes that the characters
escape the Archon and make it across the border.
In 1977, the United States-Mexico border at
Tijuana was much easier to cross than it is today.
Technology had not advanced to the point where
cameras could determine whether a car’s
undercarriage held a hidden compartment and scales
didn’t do much to tell Border Patrol if people were
being smuggled across. In the seventies, the primary
concern was for produce crossing the border.
Still, by the late seventies the drug trade was
booming, and the Medellin Cartel had begun
smuggling drugs through Mexico into the US in
whatever way they could.
So long as the characters play it cool and don’t
have any reason to create suspicion, they should be
waved across the border with little more than a visual
check of a driver’s license.
If you want to up the tension here, traffic to cross
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the border could be backed up and slow moving.
Drug dogs could be sniffing around and agents with
DEA or ATF on their jackets on-site.
If the characters do anything to raise suspicion,
they will be asked to pull off to the side for a full
inspection of their vehicle. This would result in the
discovery of what is probably a staked Petree, unless
the characters were particularly ingenious in hiding
him.
To law enforcement, Petree would simply look
like a corpse. He would appear to have been tortured
before being murdered by the implement still
embedded in his torso.
If this occurs, the characters will be in serious
trouble. Both Mexican and US agents on-site are well-
armed, and the characters will likely be driven into
torpor. They’ll awaken in a cold morgue nearby when
agents of the Tijuana Bishop come to retrieve them
and Petree. The Bishop will not be happy at needing
to do so.
If the characters were still being chased by
Mother Night, they may need to cross at a different
point. This could require driving through the desert
or travelling by boat.
Once across the border, the characters will come
into Tijuana (see below).
OPTION FOUR
LOSING PETREE
Whether they handed him over to Attucks or
Mother Night captured him while the characters were
otherwise pre-occupied, the characters may lose their
prisoner.
If so, they’ll need to get him back. While this
could be accomplished by following Mother Night
into the desert or back to Las Vegas, that type of
backtracking could get redundant for the Players.
It’s completely reasonable that, after losing Petree
to the Sabbat before, the Archon may have lost all
confidence in the Kindred of Vegas when it comes to
keeping the spy safe. Other locations would seem
more secure.
The most obvious choice would be San Francisco,
though that would put the Archon travelling several
hours through hostile territory. Booking passage on a
ship or even a flight (less than an hour from Bob
Hope International Airport in Burbank to San
Francisco) would be her ideal modes of travel.
This could put the characters mounting a raid at
the docks or the airport. Or even an aquatic raid on
the Pacific. They could follow her to San Francisco,
though that would be the toughest choice as the city
is not only staunchly Camarilla but would be given
advance word to lookout for the characters.
Mother Night may also decide to leave the
Southwest altogether. This could see her taking
Petree and her entourage to Hawaii via ship or plane.
Or they could board a train or a flight for a Camarilla
city like New Orleans, Chicago, Dallas, or even New
York.
And, in case it needs to be said, it would be
incredibly difficult for the characters to smuggle the
body of a torpid vampire onto an airplane, even with
the much simpler security of the seventies.
SCENE TWO
TIJUANA
The options for Scene One could spin off in
countless directions. Rather than detail every legal
entanglement the characters could find themselves in
or provide a detailed look at San Francisco, the
assumption moving forward will be that the
characters arrived in Tijuana (Scene One, Option
Three).
In 1977, Tijuana was already a major tourist
destination for US citizens looking for cheap or
illegal goods and experiences. During the day,
families strolled through shop after shop as dancers
trailed floats covered with multi-colored flowers down
the street. At night, gambling, prostitution, heroin,
and whatever else you could imagine was on the
menu.
Small neighborhoods gangs still run most of the
criminal enterprises, though many are now on the
payroll of larger organizations from outside the city.
The crime rate will continue to grow, eventually
giving birth to the Tijuana Cartel. At this point in
time, Tijuana has the image of an “anything goes”
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beach community that people feel safe visiting,
though they know better than to walk down alleys by
themselves at night. The city owes much of this to the
strong Sabbat presence there.
While a Mexican city with all that entails both
culturally and politically, Tijuana is in many ways part
of one large metro area with San Diego, a single city
divided by a border between two nations. While
Spanish is spoken between residents, most everyone
also speaks English and watches television from their
neighbor to the north. The US dollar is not only
accepted but welcome.
Tijuana is a vibrant city with a rich history and
culture beyond the shopping malls, brothels, and
street side taco carts. If you wish to use Tijuana
beyond the very limited information presented here,
it’s highly recommended to research the city.
BISHOP ZETA
If the Bishop survived Act Four and the
characters are still on decent terms with him, then
he’ll likely be travelling with them. He and his pack
lead in a separate automobile (a cornflower blue
Cadillac Seville) and, when they arrive in Tijuana,
take them to the meeting spot.
If he’s not with them, whether that’s due to his
death or a falling out with the characters, then they
will have heard the name of the meeting spot from
him at some point. It’s easy to find by asking around
or checking a phone book.
The Bishop’s presence or lack thereof will have a
larger significance later in this act.
LA COLA DE SERPIENTE
An unnamed alley stretches off from Avenida
Revolución, the busiest stretch of nightlife in
Tijuana. This alley, tucked between a dance club and
a restaurant specializing in Michoacán cuisine, is just
barely wide enough for a car to pass through. The
buildings on either side cast deep shadows onto the
path and keeping it in darkness. Most people park
elsewhere and come by foot, eventually bursting from
the darkness and into a large courtyard. A fountain
bubbles in the center, a few cars and motorcycles
parked and rough characters positioned strategically
around the area.
Behind the courtyard sits La Cola de Serpiente –
the Serpent’s Tail – a three story Spanish colonial
with its name emblazoned on a neon sign. US
Marines drink on the second-floor balcony and a
large man with stark Native features smokes a cigar at
the front door. He taps the handle of a hatchet
dangling from his belt loop as the characters
approach.
Whether Zeta is with them or they learned of the
place before coming, the characters know that this is
a brothel owned by the Bishop of Tijuana, the
Nosferatu atitribu Cicatriz.
The doorman will pat them down, removing any
weapons they may have. He doesn’t speak and instead
just motions with his hands. If the characters try to
speak to them, he shows them a thick tangle of scar
tissue running across his throat to explain why he
can’t answer.
Inside, the place is dimly lit. There’s a decent
sized crowed here tonight. They’re almost entirely
men, locals and truck drivers interspersed with the
US Marines and Navy sailors filling the place. A bar
dominates one wall, two bartenders very busy tonight
behind it, and a dark, empty stage sits in one corner.
The women who work here are scattered about as
they flirt and try to drum up business.
One woman stares at them intently from across
the room. Teased hair curls at the shoulders of a dark
red dress. Her eyes are fiery jade and bore into the
characters. This is Carolina Villanueva Escudero, the
Bishop’s pack priest, and she’s hitting the characters
with the full force of her Toreador atitribu blood to
enrapture them. Even heterosexual female characters
will feel the tingle of attraction.
She saunters over to the characters and tells them
to sit. She introduces herself and tells them she will
have refreshments prepared for them. She makes eye
contact with one of the bartenders, who nods and
disappears through a door behind him.
Carolina doesn’t say much about herself or the
Bishop, instead asking the characters about their
journey and what troubles they had. She’s especially
interested in whatever they have to say about Mother
Night.
The lights eventually come up on stage and the
men in the place erupt in cheers and catcalls. The
music changes to a slow Spanish guitar as the two
women saunter out and begin to dance.
The bartender returns then. Carolina stands and
asks the characters to follow her. She takes them to
the second floor, where the sounds of sex drift out
from behind two dozen closed doors.
The characters are lead down a hallway, where
Carolina shows each of them a room with one of her
women waiting inside. When the characters are done
feeding, she escorts them back down to the first floor,
behind the bar, and down into a cellar. Kegs and
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boxes of liquor are stacked around.
Two Mexican Wolfhounds stand guard in front
of a door at the back. Massive creatures, they growl as
the characters approach. Carolina pulls a treat from
her pockets for each as she kneels and whispers to
them. Satisfied, they let her and the characters pass.
The door leads to yet another staircase, this one
stone and much older than anything else they’ve seen
in the building thus far. The passageway drills down
into the cold earth, light flickering from the
occasional candle on the wall, until they reach one
final door. Carolina reveals a key and unlocks the
door.
THE CISTERN
On the other side of the door is an unused
cistern. Arches and columns hold the ceiling aloft,
the dim light of candles illuminating the furniture:
few leather couches, a coffee table, and a record
player leaking the scratchy sounds of an old Luis
Arcaraz album.
The place is otherwise empty. The cistern
stretches on into the black, tunnels carved into the
walls branching out from it.
Then, suddenly, Bishop Cicatriz and the rest of
his pack appears.
If the characters left Petree anyway in Tijuana
(such as the trunk of a car) rather than bring him
with them, then they have Petree as well.
If Zeta is present, he and Cicatriz exchange a
handshake and a strained greeting.
Two other Cainites are present and Cicatriz
introduces them with all the deference due to their
titles. They are the Archbishop Alicia Barrows and
the Templar Talley. Neither speak at first, but their
presence should be intimidating to the characters.
Cicatriz commends the characters on successfully
bringing Petree here. He’s not fond of Zeta and will
be happy to dole out as much praise to the characters
as he can. If Zeta is present, he attempts to steer as
much of that praise back onto himself as possible.
The Archbishop eventually interrupts. She
explains how she has been with the sect since it’s
beginning centuries earlier and she has never
uncovered a spy who had so successfully ingrained
himself into the Sabbat. This is not only a dangerous
security breach, but embarrassing. She’s glad to see
that “Sawyer” will be brought to justice and that they
might learn something from him before he is.
Before proceeding, she wants to ensure they do
not make the same mistakes again. She asks that
everyone present participate in the Vaulderie. If the
characters’ pack has a priest, she asks if they would do
the honors. If not, then Carolina conducts the ritual.
When completed, she offers the characters the
opportunity to begin the Tremere’s interrogation. She
tells them that they’ve earned that right with
everything they’ve been through.
If they decline, she’s more understanding than
they may have suspected her of being. She asks them
to leave while the Templar begins his work.
If they accept, she asks the Bishops and their
packs to leave the cistern.
Then she turns to Talley, nods, and exits herself.
The Templar removes any stake from Petree or
unbinds him in whatever way needed. If he needs to
be revived, the Templar asks one of the characters to
feed Petree his blood.
Petree is surprised (and frightened) to find
himself in the cistern. He looks to the characters first,
asking why he’s not bound.
“I don’t need you to be,” Talley says.
When he sees the Templar is present, Petree
stumbles back a step, his knees going weak and
almost falling.
Talley motions for the characters to begin as he
takes a seat on the sofa.
SCENE THREE
THE INTERROGATION
Talley does not make suggestions or interfere in
the interrogation. He and the Archbishop have two
reasons for giving this honor to the characters.
(1) The characters have been to Las Vegas and
interacted with the same Kindred who had
reprogrammed the Blue Devil pack. They
want to make certain the characters have not
also been sent back as moles.
(2) After what the characters have done, they are
rising stars in the Sabbat. Barrows hasn’t
been happy with the situation in Los Angeles
and may want to help competent Cainites
into positions of power. Additionally, after
the loss of so many packs, they’ll need to tag
new packs who are willing and able to
infiltrate Camarilla territory. The characters
fit that bill.
There should be a sense of danger to the
interrogation. The characters, after all, must now
perform in front of a Templar at the request of an
Archbishop.
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The characters’ Path or Humanity rating will
probably dictate the interrogation method they
choose. They could decide to conduct this like a
police interrogation, offering threats and bribes as
they play Good Cop/Bad Cop. They could use
Disciplines like Presence, Dominate, or Dementation
to force the information out. Or they could resort to
physical torture.
Talley will offer no input or even an indication of
which avenue he’d prefer they take. He does,
however, show his displeasure to indecisive packs or
packs that argue amongst themselves as to the tactics.
A HAIL MARY
The scenario assumes that Petree is
safely in Sabbat hands now. After all,
Tijuana is well behind enemy lines.
If you wanted to complicate things
further, Mother Night could have tracked
Petree here and launch an assault
(perhaps under the guise of a joint DEA/
Mexican Police raid).
Another possibility is that the
Camarilla would simply want to cut their
losses and have Petree killed. If that’s the
case, the Tremere will attempt to ritually
kill Petree from a distance. The amulet
inside of him that protected him from
the Vaulderie can also be activated to
turn Petree’s blood inert as well,
essentially robbing it of the ability to keep
his corpse reanimated and plunging him
instantly into Final Death.
Dramatically, either scenario would
be best used if it occurred at a point in
the interrogation where Petree is about to
offer some important information.
For his part, Petree is a tough nut to crack. While
the characters have only seen him at his weakest,
Petree is a century old Warlock and was an
accomplished investigator in life. He was chosen by
his Regent for this mission due to his strong will and
loyalty to the clan.
His loyalty, however, does not extend to Final
Death. While he could use his amulet as assort of
cyanide pill (see the sidebar “A Hail Mary”), he wants
to find a way that he can get out of this ordeal alive.
He will do his damnedest not to provide any essential
information, but he does have a breaking point.
 Unless Disciplines are successfully used, Petree’s
initial response to questions or torture will be the
Tremere equivalent of name, rank, and serial
number. He answers “Adeptus Davis Petree, House
Trismegistus, bani Tremere, childe of Katherine
Ahlborn, childe of Rudolfo the Illuminated, childe of
Harrold the Wise, childe of Meerlinda, childe of
Tremere.”
Petree’s will is strong but can slowly be broken
with any interrogation method. Again, his goal is too
get out alive. Hope and fear can both be useful tools
to get him to break.
However, when he first deviates from repeating
his lineage, he will lie if able to. His lies stay close to
the truth, but he changes or omits key details. Talley
may recognize that he’s lying, but the characters may
not. He’s a very good liar, though he has no way to
hide his lies from Disciplines like Auspex or
Dominate. If the characters don’t realize he’s lying
and Talley does, the Templar won’t inform the
characters of it. He’ll instead quietly judge them for
it, which may impact later decisions.
Once Petree breaks and moves past the lies, here
are some of the information the characters may glean
from him. The Storyteller is free to add or change
information.
• The Amulet – The Amulet that turns ingested
vitae inert has been inserted into his atrophied
stomach. Petree will explain how it works (once
it’s been activated, it will protect any Kindred
who is in contact with it). It was created by his
sire, Regent Ahlborn, from incredibly rare
materials that include metal collected from
meteorites, in turn making the amulet itself
rare and difficult to create.
• The Blue Devils – Petree can offer details on
how the Blue Devils were captured and
programmed. See Act Three for this
information.
• Las Vegas Politics – The Tremere can provide
detailed information on the Kindred power
structures in Las Vegas, including the strengths
and weaknesses of the Camarilla structure, as
well rivals to the Prince. He will try to distort as
much of this info as he can.
• The Tremere Chantry – He will lie the most
about this, but if broken can provide
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information on the chantry and the Tremere in
Vegas, as well as the clan as a whole.
• Thaumaturgy – He will protect the secrets of
blood magic up to the point where he feels
Final Death is certain, but if broken can teach
the first level of Path of Blood, Movement of
the Mind, and Lure of Flames. He could
possibly teach first level Rituals as well. This
would be very time consuming, as he would
need to teach the characters the fundamentals
of Hermetic theory and how to master their
Will. It could be days or even weeks before they
could finally fling a coin across the room or
light a match through sheer Will. During that
time, Petree will use his freedom in performing
Thaumaturgy to also attempt escape or to
psychically contact his sire. Characters who
learn the fundamentals of blood magic in this
way may still need to seek out Tremere antitribu
to advance past the first level.
• General Camarilla information – While Petree
can’t offer specific intelligence on his sect
outside of Las Vegas, he can provide general
information. He knows what cities are under
Camarilla control, what the general hierarchy
of power is like (Prince, Primogen, Sherrif, etc),
and other general info.
Once it seems that the characters have gotten all
the information that they can from Petree, Talley will
stand and thank them for their help (no matter how
good or bad their performance). Then he will dismiss
them and begin his own interrogation of Petree.
Carolina is waiting on them as they ascend the
stairs. She offers them rooms for the day and tells
them to be ready for tomorrow night. The brothel
will be closed to the public as the Archbishop holds a
gathering.
SCENE FOUR
THE GATHERING
The next night, the characters wake to an empty
building. Outside, however, the courtyard bustles
with activity. Guards are posted everywhere as
captured tourists, homeless, and others easily
disposed of are being strapped to tall wooden posts
thrust into the ground. The humans all seem dazed as
vacant, Dominated into submission.
 A fire pit has been dug, torches lit around it. The
restaurant and dance club have been closed for the
night and the alley has been blocked off.
Carolina greets the characters and tells them to
relax as final preparations are made.
Within the hour, every pack within the city has
arrived. There are somewhere between 30 and 40
Cainites present.
Archbishop Barrows steps out onto the second
story balcony and the crowd erupts in cheers. She’s
flanked on one side by Talley and on the other by
Cicatriz and (if he survived Los Angeles) Zeta. This is
also true if Zeta survived but did not accompany the
characters to Tijuana. They may be surprised to see
him. It may also be possible that the characters only
thought the Bishop had been killed, adding to their
surprise in seeing him here.
When the crowd dies down, Barrows gives a
speech to the assembled Cainites. She delivers it in
English, though whispers of translation can be heard
rippling through some of the audience.
Cainites, I thank you for attending tonight’s festivities.
The Sword of Caine has much to celebrate. We have found
the traitor responsible for so many of our brethren meeting
the sun over the last few weeks. Thanks to the efforts of our
comrades up north-
At this, she either motions to Zeta or the
characters based on how well they’ve accomplished
their goals to this stage.
-he will pay tonight for his crimes in service to the vile
Ancients!
Petree is brought out the front doors and the
crowd erupts in jeers and taunts. Petree looks beaten
and broken, barely able to stand. The fear in his eyes
is palpable.
Barrows announces that, if Petree had ever been
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True Sabbat, she would call a Wild Hunt on him. But
he does not deserve even that punishment. As a
servant of the Ancients, he will not be afforded even
a miniscule chance of escaping his fate.
If the characters have succeeded in impressing
Talley and the Archbishop, she then announces that
they have earned the right to claim his blood.
If she has not been impressed and instead feels
that Zeta was instrumental in returning Petree, she
will extend the offer to him.
If she feels that neither has earned the right, then
she offers Petree’s blood to Cicatriz for all he has lost
in fighting the Sword of Caine’s battles from here in
Tijuana.
Whoever diablerizes Petree may pay the price. If
the amulet has not been removed, then their own
blood may be turned inert by the magics inside. This
is one final act of defiance Petree has at his disposal
and, even if torpid, will use to try and make those
killing him suffer.
If Petree succeeds on a Willpower roll (diff 8),
every blood point of his consumed will actually cause
the loss of a blood point in the character.
Additionally, they will suffer a level of Lethal Damage
per blood point consumed as the mystical properties
of vitae that keeps them ambulatory are temporarily
blunted.
What’s worse is that a character drinking Petree’s
blood must succeed on a Perception + Awareness roll
(diff 8) to realize this is happening to them before
Petree’s diablerie has completed. If they Fail, they’ll
only feel the effects after they pull away from him.
Luckily, Petree doesn’t have much blood in his
system after being captured and tortured. Unless the
characters fed him at some point to keep his strength
up, Petree only has five blood points when the
diablerie commences.
 Aside from these effects, the diablerie otherwise
works normally.
When Petree is ash, everyone present applauds.
Then Barrows announces, “Let the blood feast
commence!” and everyone begins feeding from the
mortals strung up around the courtyard.
THE FESTIVITIES
Run the Sabbat gathering at full steam.
Vaulderies, Sermons of Caine, Games of Instinct,
and the Fire Dance can (and should) all occur. This is
a major celebration for the Cainites of Tijuana after a
series of crushing defeats.
If the characters were singled out for their role in
capturing Petree (and especially if they were given the
honor of diablerie), then all the other Cainites want
to meet them. Some may be thrilled to meet them,
others may treat the outsiders with disdain. They may
even be challenged to games like Base Jumping or
Rousing the Beast (using one of the mortals tied up
for feeding).
THE BISHOPRIC
If Zeta is dead, then the Archbishop approaches
the characters at some point in the evening. She tells
them that San Fernando is important to the sect and
asks that their pack ductus lay claim to the title of
Bishop.
If the Anarchs have called a Blood Hunt on the
Sabbat in Act Four, then the characters may be
concerned about the idea. The Archbishop tells them
the sect needs strong war leaders and that they should
force the Anarchs to accept them.
They must announce their claim to the assembly,
in which case another Cainite (preferably one of
Zeta’s packmates if any survived) challenge them to
Monomacy for the title.
If Zeta is alive, Cicatriz approaches the characters.
He explains that Zeta has been a dangerous and
impulsive Bishop, something the characters likely
agree with. He suggests that the characters publicly
make their case to Barrows that Zeta should no
longer be Bishop, in which case a furious Zeta will
publicly ridicule the characters for every mistake they
have made in the course of the story.
If the characters can convince the Archbishop
that one of them would better be suited for the title
of Bishop, then she says there is only one-way Zeta to
be removed. If the characters don’t challenge him
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first, then Zeta calls for Monomacy.
The challenger will decide the particulars of the
duel. If this is Zeta, he calls for a fight with hatchets
to Final Death. If another Cainite present, feel free to
get creative (until first blood instead of Final Death,
no Disciplines, participants must wear blindfolds,
participants must ride the wave of frenzy during the
duel, etc.).
If the characters issue the challenge, then they
can determine the details.
Unless otherwise stated in the challenge, the duel
takes place in the courtyard at that moment.
This is the climax of the story, the characters
offered a chance to claim a reward for everything
they’ve done in the story. Make the duel interesting.
Use the environment. Have Zeta or the other Cainite
fight dirty (“we never said my pack couldn’t join”).
Someone grabs a flaming torch or refills their blood
by drinking from the mortals hanging about.
Unless pulled into the fight, the other characters
may have little to do here. Try to give them
something. Have bets places on who will win all
around them. Other Cainites might try to interfere in
the duel. Or the assembled packs, their blood already
up, may start fighting amongst themselves after
arguments over who should win escalate. Even if it’s
simply trying to ingratiate themselves with Barrow or
Talley as they watch the duel, don’t leave most of
your Players twiddling their thumbs as the ductus gets
a climactic fight.
The fight should be long and brutal. Any Cainite
willing to be Bishop will fight with ferocity.
When the duel has completed, if it was to Final
Death, the winner (unless otherwise stated in the
challenge) can diablerize the loser if they haven’t been
fully killed.
If Zeta or another Cainite wins, they subject the
surviving characters to another Vaulderie. If the
characters win, then the Archbishop suggests they do
the same.
Whoever wins, the Blood Bath is performed to
welcome them to their title. The story has changed
the characters unlives and new challenges will await
them.
AFTERMATH
The story can end here or, if you’d like to use it
as part of a chronicle, continue on. The characters
now run one of the Sabbat’s beachheads in Southern
California. They’ll need to work with the other
Bishops in Los Angeles County, as well as Cicatriz in landscape of Southern California’s undead may have
Tijuana, to further the sect’s goals. They may need to been shaped by them.
organize a War Party against the Anarchs or even in There are a thousand directions a chronicle could
retaliation against Las Vegas. Or they may decide it’s go from this point. The future is in your group’s
better to lay low and continue smuggling packs hands.
through to Camarilla territories as they grow their
influence.
Whatever they do, they more than likely have
targets on their backs. If Zeta is still alive, he is
definitely planning revenge. The same could be said
of his pack or any loyalists. The Tremere in Las Vegas
would love to see the characters dead. They’ve also
brought themselves to the attention of the Archon
Mother Night, and possibly other Archons and
Justicars as well. The other Bishops of Los Angeles
county may see an opportunity to oust the characters
and expand their territory. And all of that doesn’t
even touch on how MacNeil and Attucks may decide
to deal with the characters.
If continuing the chronicle, this would also be a
good place to jump forward in time a few decades.
Let the Players bluebook what their characters have
been up to, what threats they’ve faced, and how the

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 “Fear and Loathing `77” has a large and diverse
cast. There are many new personalities, as well as
canon characters from previous books.
The level of engagement the Player characters
have with the Storyteller characters will vary.
Therefore, complete stats will only be provided for
those vampires the Players have the highest likelihood
of dealing with. Characters like Las Vegas Prince
Benedic or Anarch Baron Jeremy MacNeil who are
mentioned but not interacted with in the default
scenario won’t be presented here. The Storyteller is
encouraged to give any characters not outlined “Plot
Stats:” whatever they need to be able to do for the
story to progress the way the Storyteller wants, those
are the stats these characters have.
ARNAUD ZETA, BISHOP OF THE SAN
FERNANDO VALLEY
Arnaud Zeta lived a life of violence well before
his Embrace. Growing up in poverty, he had a strong
desire to get out but his angry outbursts cost him
most respectable jobs. By the time he came to the
attention of his sire, he had been in jail several times
for assault and had beaten a woman to death after a
party. Her body was never found.
As a Cainite, his outbursts grew in ferocity and
allowed him to climb the ranks of the Sabbat,
claiming the title of Bishop for San Fernando Valley
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in 1969. The Summer of Love saw Zeta butcher
his sire and drink the Lasombra’s soul. Since then,
he’s felt there are few checks on his ambition – or his
impulses.
Appearance: A stocky man with a beer gut, Zeta
typically dresses as though he could give a shit. If he’s
wearing anything more than his underwear and a
robe, it will typically be an unbuttoned shirt and
swim trunks. His hair is dark and curly, falling to his
shoulders, and a thick mustache hangs over his
mouth, bits of congealed blood often found in it.
He’s fond of sunglasses, a carryover from his mortal
days when they would hide his bloodshot eyes.
Roleplaying Hints: Life is a bitch, but one that you’re
confident will spread her legs for you if you just keep
at it. You learned long ago that there’s nothing good
or pure in the world. It’s simply a stinking shithole,
but that’s okay with you. You know how a stinking
shithole operates. And you know what? Fuck
everyone else. They don’t like the way you do things,
they can say hello to the hatchet under your desk.
This pressure you’ve felt bubbling up in you all night
needs to be released somehow, so why not on some
asshole’s face?
Clan: Lasombra
Sire: Don Federico Cortez
Nature: Bravo
Demeanor: Sadist
Generation: 8th
Embrace: 1956
Apparent Age: early 30s
Physical: Strength 4, Dexterity 3, Stamina 4
Social: Charisma 3, Manipulation 2, Appearance 2
Mental: Perception 2, Intelligence 3, Wits 4
Talents: Athletics 2, Brawl 3, Intimidation 4,
Leadership 3, Streetwise 3, Subterfuge 2
Skills: Drive 2, Firearms 3, Melee 3, Stealth 2,
Medicine 1
Knowledges: Investigation 3, Law 2, Linguistics 2
(English, Spanish), Occult 3, Politics 3, Science 1
Disciplines: Dominate 3, Obtenebration 4, Potence
3, Fortitude 2
Backgrounds: Contacts 3, Influence 1, Resources 2,
Rituals 2, Sabbat Status 3
Virtues: Conscience 2, Self-Control 2, Courage 5
Morality: Humanity 4
Willpower: 7
CYRUS WHITSELL
Many of the soldiers coming back from World
War 2 had a difficult time finding their place. They
instead took to the freedom of the open road,
struggling with their demons as they gave birth to the
motorcycle gangs that would come to dominate the
California freeways.
Cyrus Whitsell joined up with the Outlaws, one
of the bigger gangs forming, until he had a falling out
with the leadership. They beat him to death and
dumped in a ditch in the middle of nowhere. He
woke to find himself changed. He doesn’t know who
Embraced him or why, but he quickly found a small
group of Anarch bikers and, before long, took charge.
They became the Raptors and dipped their claws into
everything from gun smuggling to human trafficking.
Still small time by law enforcement standards, the
Raptors are a growing threat who live by one rule: it’s
us or them.
Appearance: Cyrus stands at 6’2”, well-muscled and
scars running all over him. His head is shaved to
reveal the swastika tattoo he got right before his
Embrace. A red handlebar mustache and piercing
blue eyes are what people usually remember after an
encounter with him.
Roleplaying Hints: This country has gone to shit.
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Mud people, foreigners, queers, and Catholics have
driven it into the ground. What did you even fight
for over there? Those Germans, they had the right
idea. But fuck it. You have the power now to look
after you and yours and to hell with everyone else.
The Raptors are your only concern. Outside of them,
everybody else can rot.
Clan: Brujah
Sire: Unknown
Nature: Barbarian
Demeanor: Cavalier
Generation: 10th
Embrace: 1949
Apparent Age: early 40s
Physical: Strength 4, Dexterity 3, Stamina 3
Social: Charisma 2, Manipulation 3, Appearance 2
Mental: Perception 2, Intelligence 2, Wits 4
Talents: Athletics 2, Brawl 3, Intimidation 4,
Leadership 2, Streetwise 3, Subterfuge 2
Skills: Drive 4, Firearms 3, Melee 3, Stealth 2
Knowledges: Investigation 2, Law 2, Politics 3,
Science 1
Disciplines: Celerity 3, Presence 2, Potence 3
Backgrounds: Contacts 4, Resources 3
Virtues: Conscience 2, Self-Control 3, Courage 4
Morality: Humanity 5
Willpower: 4
MONTROSE, SHERIFF OF LAS VEGAS
Geoffrey Alan Montrose, or simply Montrose, is
the sheriff of Las Vegas. In his life, he was a
businessman from Chicago who focused on import
goods. After his Embrace, he traveled to Fort Baker,
hoping to secure feeding grounds within the Army
base.
When the Army moved on, he stayed and when
the railroad brought travelers, he enjoyed the growing
city. By the time Benedic arrived, he had insinuated
himself deeply into the domain. He offered his
service to the new prince and was made into Sheriff -
despite some claims that it is truly Montrose who
rules the city from Benedic's shadow.
Both elders have great respect for each other and
meet on occasion for a game of chess. Montrose
knows the city like no other, and has people stationed
everywhere. His main concerns are Sabbat incursions
and occasional Anarch uprisings (that he usually
makes quick work of).
Appearance: Aside from the misshapen head and
lopsided eyes typical of a Nosferatu, Montrose is
known for his impeccable and expensive fashion
taste. It’s difficult to find him not dressed in
thousand-dollar formal wear.
Roleplaying Hints: Your second life has been good to
you and you owe that fact entirely to Las Vegas.
Likewise, the city owes you for her fortune. You bear
that responsibility willingly but never take the
relationship for granted. Neither of you would be
anything without the other.
Clan: Nosferatu
Sire: Oliver the Black
Nature: Conformist
Demeanor: Traditionalist
Generation: 9th
Embrace: 1843
Apparent Age: indeterminate
Physical: Strength 4, Dexterity 3, Stamina 4
Social: Charisma 3, Manipulation 3, Appearance 0
Mental: Perception 4, Intelligence 3, Wits 4
Talents: Athletics 3, Brawl 3, Intimidation 4,
Leadership 4, Streetwise 3, Subterfuge 3
Skills: Animal Ken 4, Etiquette 3, Firearms 3, Melee
3, Stealth 4
Knowledges: Academics 3, Investigation 4, Law 3,
Politics 4, Science 2
Disciplines: Animalism 4, Obfuscate 4, Potence 3,
Fortitude 2, Dominate 2, Presence 2, Auspex 3
Backgrounds: Contacts 4, Allies 3, Resources 5,
Status 3, Influence 4
Virtues: Conscience 3, Self-Control 5, Courage 4
Morality: Humanity 7
Willpower: 8
MR. GAULT, RIGHT-HAND TO THE TREMERE
REGENT
Terrance Gault was an attorney for robber barons
in life, a job he excelled at. This was due to his
unique outlook on his work. He could separate
himself from the task at hand, allowing him to
commit whatever underhanded or amoral tasks
required to succeed at the tasks assigned him. After
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his induction into the Tremere, he continued on this
track. He’s become a sort of fixer for Regent Ahlborn.
Other Kindred who know about him speak of him in
whispers, their only consolation being that Mr. Gault
does not take an interest in you unless you’ve done
something to require it.
Appearance: A young, handsome man with a single
scar running down the side of his face, the result of
an angry widow attacking him in court while alive. He
dresses in fine suits and carries himself with a quiet,
patrician stillness that many find disturbing.
Roleplaying Hints: The riff-raff are at it again, it
seems. This is good as you only feel purpose when
given a task. Whatever the Regent and clan want
from you, you’ll gladly do. Otherwise you might go
made from the ennui.
Clan: Tremere
Sire: Demetrius Montague
Nature: Director
Demeanor: Mercenary
Generation: 9th
Embrace: 1873
Apparent Age: early 30’s
Physical: Strength 2, Dexterity 3, Stamina 3
Social: Charisma 2, Manipulation 3, Appearance 3
Mental: Perception 4, Intelligence 4, Wits 4
Talents: Alertness 3, Brawl 2, Empathy 3, Expression
3, Intimidation 4, Leadership 4, Streetwise 2,
Subterfuge 3
Skills: Etiquette 4, Drive 2, Firearms 2, Melee 2,
Security 3, Stealth 2
Knowledges: Academics 4, Investigation 3, Law 4,
Occult 4, Politics 4
Disciplines: Auspex 4, Dominate 4, Thaumaturgy 5,
Obfuscate 2, Presence 2
Thaumaturgy Paths: Path of Blood 5, Movement of
the Mind 4, Lure of Flames 3, Neptune’s Might 2,
Conjuring 2
Thaumaturgy Rituals: Any up to Level 5 that he
might require for the story
Backgrounds: Contacts 3, Allies 2, Resources 5,
Status 2, Influence 3, Rituals 5
Virtues: Conscience 2, Self-Control 5, Courage 4
Morality: Humanity 6
Willpower: 9

“SAWYER”
AKA DAVIS PETREE, TREMERE SPY
An agent of the Pinkerton Agency in life, Davis
Petree was an accomplished investigator when he was
gunned down in the streets by the outlaw he’d been
trying to track down.
Luckily for him, he had caught the eye of
Katherine Ahlborn. As he lay in bed facing an
excruciating death, she gave him the gift of a second
life. He’s been a loyal member of Clan Tremere ever
since.
Petree has often assisted Mr. Gault in his work,
displaying a unique knack for gathering intelligence.
When his sire and Regent asked him his thoughts for
her plan, he knew he was the only man for the job.
Appearance: Tall and thin, Petree never fit the rough
and tumble stereotype of most Pinkerton men. A
weak chin, soft voice, and fey appearance make him
easy to underestimate.
Roleplaying Hints: You are doing important work.
That work keeps you focused. You owe your sire and
the clan everything. Without them, you’d be rotting
away in a pine box on Boot Hill. You’ll play the part
assigned to do you and do everything you can to get
out alive and get the information you have back to
the Regent. You just have to survive this. God, can
you survive this? Shit. Shit, shit, shit!
Clan: Tremere
Sire: Katherine Ahlborn
Nature: Chameleon
Demeanor: Soldier
Generation: 9th
Embrace: 1892
Apparent Age: late 20’s
Physical: Strength 2, Dexterity 2, Stamina 4
Social: Charisma 3, Manipulation 4, Appearance 3
Mental: Perception 4, Intelligence 3, Wits 5
Talents: Alertness 4, Brawl 2, Empathy 3, Expression
3, Intimidation 2, Leadership 2, Streetwise 4,
Subterfuge 4
Skills: Etiquette 3, Drive 2, Firearms 3, Melee 2,
Security 3, Stealth 3, Survival 4
Knowledges: Academics 3, Investigation 4, Law 3,
Occult 3, Politics 3
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Disciplines: Auspex 4, Dominate 3, Thaumaturgy 3,
Obfuscate 3, Presence 2, Fortitude 2
Thaumaturgy Paths: Path of Blood 3, Movement of
the Mind 3, Lure of Flames 3, Weather Control 2,
Conjuring 1
Thaumaturgy Rituals: Any up to Level 3 that he
might require for the story
Backgrounds: Contacts 4, Allies 3, Resources 3,
Status 1, Influence 1, Rituals 3
Virtues: Conscience 2, Self-Control 4, Courage 5
Morality: Humanity 6
Willpower: 9
MOTHER NIGHT, CAMARILLA ARCHON
The Mino were an all-female military regiment of
the Fon people of the Kingdom of Dahomey (the
present-day Republic of Benin in West Africa). While
European narratives refer to the women soldiers as
“Amazons” because of their similarity to the semi-
mythical warrior women of Greek myth, they called
themselves Ahosi (king’s wives) or Mino (our
mothers) in the Fon language.
The Mino were extremely well trained and
inculcated with a very aggressive attitude. They were
ferocious fighters with a reputation for decapitating
soldiers in the middle of battle, as well as those who
were unfortunate to become their captives.
The warrior who would become known as
Mother Night was raised to be Mino. She decapitated
her first man at the age of thirteen, earning the
attention of the mysterious old woman who often
came at night to watch them train. Edenausegboye
was flanked by two lionesses whenever she appeared
and asked the girl is she would like to become her
third. Edenausegboye ghouled the warrior, pushing
her training into realms of pain she never thought
possible. When she reached adulthood, she was
Embraced, finally becoming the lioness she had been
promised she would be. Edenausegboye renamed her
Mother Night and she forget whatever identity she’d
had before that time.
In the early 20th century, after nearly three
centuries of nighttime battle on the African
continent, her sire went missing. Mother Night
followed her trail to Europe, where it had gone cold.
She made quite the impression on the Nosferatu
Justicar Petrodon when she helped defend against a
Sabbat raid and he offered her the position of
Archon. She saw something promising in this
Camarilla, something that gave her hope there might
be more to eternity than endless bloodshed for
bloodshed’s sake. She accepted his offer.
Since then, Mother Night has served mostly in
Europe and the United States, reveling in hunting
down the sect’s enemies. She’s often spoken of in the
same breath as Kindred like Theo Bell or Lucita, apex
predators among the damned. It’s often said that, if
Mother Night is coming for you, better to just greet
the day.
Appearance: Mother Night has a unique knack
for adopting the current styles, something that other
Kindred her age struggle with. She finds the disco
inspired style she’s currently adopted to be a little
loud and tacky, but it allows her to blend in with kine
in the areas she typically operates. She’s tall with an
athletic build. Her hair is short from her mortal days
and the makeup around her eyes almost hides her
golden feline stare. Her preferred animal form is a
massive dark furred lioness.
Roleplaying Hints: You are the supreme hunter.
No prey ever escapes you and you take great pride in
that fact. While the Camarilla represents a greater
ideal, something you completely agree with, you must
be honest with yourself: you might do this job
anyway. The hunt is what has driven you since you
were mortal. Anyone that gets in between you and
your prey will find out how true this is.
Clan: Gangrel
Sire: Edenausegboye
Nature: Survivor
Demeanor: Judge
Generation: 7th
Embrace: 1638
Apparent Age: early 20’s
Physical: Strength 4, Dexterity 5, Stamina 6
Social: Charisma 4, Manipulation 3, Appearance 3
Mental: Perception 5, Intelligence 4, Wits 4
Talents: Alertness 4, Athletics 3, Brawl 3, Empathy 4,
Expression 3, Intimidation 4, Leadership 4,
Streetwise 4, Subterfuge 2
Skills: Animal Ken 4, Etiquette 3, Drive 2, Firearms
2, Melee 4, Security 4, Stealth 4, Survival 4
Knowledges: Academics 2, Investigation 4, Law 4,
Occult 2, Politics 3, Science 2
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Disciplines: Animalism 6, Fortitude 5, Protean 5,
Auspex 4, Dominate 4, Obfuscate 4, Presence 3,
Potence 3, Celerity 3
Backgrounds: Contacts 5, Allies 4, Resources 5,
Status 4, Influence 4
Virtues: Conscience 2, Self-Control 3, Courage 5
Morality: Humanity 5
Willpower: 8
CRISPUS ATTUCKS
Attucks was born a slave in the 18th century to
an Indigenous mother and African father. He was
shot down while leading a mob against British
soldiers in the Boston Massacre and subsequently
embraced by Marguerite Foccart - who left him to be
a pupil of none other than Jeremy MacNeil himself.
Crispus traveled to France to be with his sire and
lost the taste for revolution after the Terror and the
bloody Napoleonic reign that followed. After
Napoleon's defeat, Attucks returned to America
where he aided the Underground Railroad. Attucks
worked as a spy for the North only to watch in horror
as the post-war era reconstruction gave way to
retribution.
It was only in 1945 that Attucks heard of the
Anarch uprising in Los Angeles led by his erstwhile
companion Jeremy MacNeil. Attucks rushed to L.A.
to find his sire already there and MacNeil planning
out the lay of the post-coup Los Angeles.
Since then, he has helped consolidate the Anarch
Free States and has served as one of its staunchest
defenders.
Appearance: Attucks is a stout, handsome man
with a kind face. He dresses in unassuming fashion
and, unless he needs to, tries not to stand out in the
crowd.
Roleplaying Hints: You died for the idea of
freedom and have spent your life since fighting for
that idea. The Anarch Free States represent the best
of what vampires can achieve, warts and all. You’d
gladly lay down your life to defend that. Hopefully
you can talk some reason into folks instead. Once
people hear what you have to say, they more often
than come following along.
Clan: Brujah
Sire: Marguerite Foccart
Nature: Survivor
Demeanor: Caregiver
Generation: 10th
Embrace: 1770
Apparent Age: late 30’s
Physical: Strength 5, Dexterity 5, Stamina 5
Social: Charisma 4, Manipulation 2, Appearance 3
Mental: Perception 4, Intelligence 3, Wits 2
Talents: Acting 2, Athletics 4, Brawl 5, Dodge 3,
Empathy 4, Intimidation 4, Leadership 3, Streetwise
3, Subterfuge 3
Skills: Drive 2, Firearms 3, Melee 3, Music 2, Security
3, Stealth 2
Knowledges: Law 3, Linguistics 3, Medicine 1,
Politics 2
Disciplines: Auspex 3, Celerity 4, Dominate 2,
Fortitude 3, Potence 3, Presence 3, Quietus 2
Backgrounds: Allies 2, Contacts 3, Influence 1,
Status 3
Virtues: Conscience 3, Self-Control 4, Courage 4
Morality: Humanity 9
Willpower: 8
CAROLINA VILLANUEVA ESCODERO
Born into a noble family, Escodero travelled with
her father to the New World only to contract
tuberculosis before she could even marry. Her father’s
mysterious business partner saw to it that she never
passed from this world.
Her sire was too taken with her and, after decades
of abuse at his hands, she finally had enough. She
drank his soul and escaped into the night, eventually
running into Cicatriz. Once she was formally
inducted into the Sabbat, she knew she had finally
found her home.
Appearance: Carolina is stunning and remakes
herself into the height of sexual desire for each
generation. Dark flowing hair, green eyes, and olive
skin create quite the impression.
Roleplaying Hints: Men have always wanted one
thing from you. That is as true among the dead as it is
the living. You learned long ago how to bend that to
your advantage. As far as your concerned, anyone
who willingly subjects themselves to you deserves
what they have coming.
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Clan: Toreador antitribu
Sire: Rodrigo del Fuego
Nature: Avant Garde
Demeanor: Capitalist
Generation: 10th
Embrace: 1857
Apparent Age: 17
Physical: Strength 2, Dexterity 4, Stamina 3
Social: Charisma 3, Manipulation 4, Appearance 4
Mental: Perception 3, Intelligence 2, Wits 2
Talents: Athletics 3, Brawl 2, Intimidation 2,
Leadership 3, Streetwise 3, Subterfuge 4
Skills: Drive 2, Firearms 1, Melee 2, Stealth 2,
Medicine 2
Knowledges: Investigation 2, Law 2, Linguistics 2
(English, Spanish), Occult 3, Politics 3, Science 1
Disciplines: Auspex 3, Celerity 2, Presence 4,
Dominate 2, Obtenebration 1
Backgrounds: Contacts 3, Influence 1, Resources 3,
Rituals 4, Sabbat Status 2
Virtues: Conviction 4, Instinct 3, Courage 3
Morality: Path of Caine 7
Willpower: 6
CICATRIZ, BISHOP OF TIJUANA
Born as one of the lowest among the low within
Mexico City, Cicatriz quickly came to hate the world
he lived in. Filled with a powerful survival-instinct, he
killed his own brother for the need of sustenance.
When he was Embraced as a simple shovelhead
during a Sabbat raid across the border, he quickly
proved his worth when, despite the agonies of the
transformation into a hideous monster, he managed
to kill and drain one of his brethren.
Although his position within the Sabbat was
again at the bottom, Cicatriz dedicated himself to
gaining personal power by any means necessary.
When his pack had reached Oaxatl, they turned to
finding native vampires and artifacts from the time of
the Mayas. After five years of studying and challenges,
Cicatriz came to believe that a Methuselah from the
earliest pre-Columbian cultures must rest in the
jungles of South America.
Only he himself and two of his pack members
returned from the expedition. After that, the pack
parted ways and Cicatriz returned to Mexico City.
One night, however, he gathered all his belongings
and turned to Tijuana, where his ruthlessness and
knowledge earned him the title of Bishop. Changed,
he began to direct the struggles of the Sabbat more in
the realms of Jyhad.
Cicatriz believes that the region from Tijuana to
Los Angeles is the key to some great move in the
Jyhad and must be taken by the Sabbat.
Appearance: Cicatriz is hunched over from a
twisted spine, his brow and ears abnormally large. His
eyes are deep pools of black.
Roleplaying Hints: You are destined for greatness,
thanks to Caine. You will press his will on this land
and these Cainites, stopping the plans of the
Ancients in their tracks. Anyone who stands in the
way must be a servant of the old ones and should pay
accordingly.
Clan: Nosferatu antitribu
Sire: Humo
Nature: Survivor
Demeanor: Sadist
Generation: 9th
Embrace: 1944
Apparent Age: Indeterminate
Physical: Strength 2, Dexterity 2, Stamina 4
Social: Charisma 2, Manipulation 3, Appearance 0
Mental: Perception 4, Intelligence 4, Wits 3
Talents: Athletics 3, Brawl 3, Dodge 4, Intimidation
3, Subterfuge 4
Skills: Animal Ken 1, Crafts 2, Drive 1, Firearms 2,
Melee 2, Stealth 2, Survival 5
Knowledges: Academics 1, Investigation 4,
Linguistics 3 (English, Spanish, Mayan), Occult 5,
Politics 3, Science 1
Disciplines: Animalism 3, Fortitude 1, Necromancy
1, Obfuscate 2, Potence 3
Necromantic Paths: Sepulchre Path 1
Backgrounds: Contacts 3, Influence 1, Resources 2,
Rituals 4, Sabbat Status 3
Virtues: Conviction 3, Instinct 4, Courage 4
Morality: Path of Caine 6
Willpower: 7
Derangements: Gluttony
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TALLEY, TEMPLAR AND HOUND OF THE
SABBAT
Talley is a Templar under the orders of the
Cardinal Monçada, who has commanded him in
several assignments. His reputation has grown over
the decades thanks to successful Lupine hunts and
his many battles with Moncada’s wayward childe
Lucita. It is well known that he was educated by his
great-grand sire, the Methuselah Boukephos, and this
alone should be enough to strike fear in the average
Cainite’s dead heart.
Appearance: He is bony and angular, with a face
like a hound that has just seen the fox vanish once
and for all. His hair white even though his features
make him seem no older than thirty. His hands are
his most remarkable feature: they are long and
slender.
Roleplaying Hints: What do we have here? Shhh,
it’s all right little one. As long as you tell me what I
need to know, then you’ll be fine. If not, then we’ll
need to make a decision as to what I break first: your
ribs or your mind.
Clan: Lasombra
Nature: Architect
Demeanor: Sadist
Generation: 7th
Embrace: sometime in the 14th century
Apparent Age: early 30s
Physical: Strength 6, Dexterity 5, Stamina 5
Social: Charisma 3, Manipulation 3, Appearance 3
Mental: Perception 3, Intelligence 4, Wits 4
Talents: Athletics 4, Brawl 4, Intimidation 5,
Leadership 4, Streetwise 2, Subterfuge 4
Skills: Drive 1, Firearms 2, Melee 6, Stealth 5,
Medicine 4
Knowledges: Investigation 5, Law 4, Linguistics 5,
Occult 4, Politics 4, Science 3
Disciplines: Dominate 6, Obtenebration 6, Potence
6, Presence 5, Auspex 5, Celerity 4, Fortitude 4,
Protean 3, Obfuscate 3, Vicissitude 2
Backgrounds: Contacts 5, Influence 4, Resources 5,
Rituals 5, Sabbat Status 5
Virtues: Conviction 4, Instinct 4, Courage 5
Morality: Path of Night 7
Willpower: 8
ARCHBISHOP BARROWS Knowledges: Bureaucracy 5, Computer 4, Finance 4,
When she was a mortal fortune teller, her cards Investigation 3, Law 3, Linguistics 5, Medicine 3,
told her the End was coming and the Old Ones Politics 5, Sabbat Lore 5
would rise up to devour us all. She told her master
this and he forced the Embrace upon her so that he Disciplines: Auspex 7, Celerity 4, Dementation 7,
would not die alone. Alicia killed him in the first Fortitude 4, Potence 7, Presence 5, Obfuscate 5
Anarch Revolt. Backgrounds: Allies 3, Contacts 3, Resources 5,
Her fear of the Antediluvians drove her into the Retainers 5
Sabbat and she has continually worked at unifying Virtues: Conscience/Conviction 3, Self-
the sect so might survive Gehenna. As an Archbishop Control/Instinct 4, Courage 5
of Mexico City, she has substantial influence over the
unlives of those around her. Morality: Various 4
Willpower: 10
She is smart enough not to flaunt her power and
has remained alive all these centuries because of her Derangements: The Archbishop has a unique type of
precaution. She insulates herself with Bishops who personality disorder. On the surface, it seems like she
she can trust to give the orders, thus keeping them in may be manic depressive or perhaps even have
her enemies’ crosshairs and not herself. multiple personality disorder. What’s occurring is
Appearance: Alicia looks to be a teenager, her that, while she remains Alicia Barrows every night,
pale skin and baby face at odds with the cold malice
her core sense of purpose and definition is constantly
in her eyes. She’s short (just under five feet tall) and
petite, with bright red hair. She typically dresses in in flux. This has her essentially following a different
white, though she’s long since forgotten why. Path of Enlightenment every night. One night she
Roleplaying Hints: You have survived for this might weep for the suffering of an old man with
long by reaching a level of power that keeps a horde cancer while the next night sees her hunting children
of backstabbing, ambitious Bishops at each other’s’ for sport.
throats. You have a quiet command and, if necessary,
will assert your will over others. But you would rather
be underestimated. That is, if you cannot be invisible.
Clan: Malkavian antitribu
Sire: Andre Milano
Nature: Fanatic
Demeanor: Deviant
Generation: 6th
Embrace: 1401
Apparent Age: 18
Physical: Strength 3, Dexterity 5, Stamina 4
Social: Charisma 5, Manipulation 7, Appearance 4
Mental: Perception 5, Intelligence 4, Wits 6
Talents: Alertness 4, Brawl 3, Dodge 5, Empathy 5,
Fortune-Telling 5, Intimidation 3, Leadership 5,
Streetwise 4, Subterfuge 3
Skills: Blind Fighting 3, Body Crafts 2, Crafts
(Repair) 4, Drive 5, Firearms 3, Melee 5, Performance
(Music) 4, Survival 3

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Sex, Blood, and Rock `n Roll  
 
It’s 1977 and a Camarilla spy has infiltrated the Sabbat.
Hit the road in your pack’s Hemi `Cuda, crank up Cheap
Trick, and raise some Hell as you hunt the bastard down.
Just know that no matter how crazy you are, the decade
will still have you beat.
 
Fear and Loathing `77 includes: 
 
• A ready-made adventure for Sabbat characters
• An exploration of the excess and decadence of the 1970s
• Advice for updating the setting or using non-Sabbat characters
• Characters and story seeds to spin-off into an entire chronicle