Created by Mark Rein-Hagen, ''Vampire: The Masquerade'' was the first of White Wolf Game Studio's "World of Darkness" role playing games, centered around vampire in a modern Gothic-Punk culture world. The Revised Edition, sometimes mistakenly called Third Edition by fans, was released in 1998 and explains, "[t]he setting of ''Vampire'' is a composite of its populace and their despair." The title of the series comes from "masquerade", referring to the Camarilla's attempts to hide vampirism from humans and their governments and mass media. In 1992, ''Vampire: The Masquerade'' won the Origins Award for ''Best Roleplaying Rules of 1991''. The game line was discontinued in 2004, and followed by revised rules and a new setting in ''Vampire: The Requiem''. In general, vampiric societies consist of two levels: Sects (White Wolf) and Clans (White Wolf)s. Characters within the ''Vampire'' setting are members of one of the clans or minor bloodlines offered, and usually belong to factions associated with these or that reflect a general ideological stance the characters happen to share. For example, a Brujah may belong to the Camarilla, the Sabbat (World of Darkness), or the Anarchs (White Wolf), but very few Tremere would be found among the Sabbat and even more rarely among the Anarchs. Some clans and most of minor bloodlines declare themselves independent from any sects. In addition, the Laibon, known as Kindred of the Ebony Kingdom by Western Kindred, are not so much a sect as a cultural group bound together loosely by a powerful spiritual bond to the land and the people of Africa. The Kindred of the East, while sharing some superficial similarity to the western Kindred, are actually an entirely different variety of supernatural being. ==Clans and bloodlines== ===Clans=== {| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%" |+The thirteen main clans in ''Vampire: The Masquerade''. !Clan!!Progenitor!!Sect allegiance |- |Assamite||Haqim||Mostly independent, ''antitribu'' in the Sabbat, Schismatics in the Camarilla |- |Brujah||Brujah/Troile||Mostly Camarilla, ''antitribu'' in the Sabbat; vampires of the True Brujah clan are practically extinct |- |Followers of Set||Set or Typhon||Mostly independent, ''antitribu'' in the Sabbat (as the Serpents of Light) |- |Gangrel (Vampire: The Masquerade)||Ennoia||Mostly independent since they abandoned the Camarilla ''en masse'', ''antitribu'' in the Sabbat |- |Giovanni (World of Darkness)||Augustus Giovanni||Independent |- |Lasombra||[Lasombra]||Mostly Sabbat, a few ''antitribu'' in the Camarilla |- |Malkavian||Malkav||Mostly Camarilla, ''antitribu'' in the Sabbat |- |Nosferatu (White Wolf)||Absimilliard||Mostly Camarilla, ''antitribu'' in the Sabbat |- |Ravnos||Ravanna||Mostly independent, ''antitribu'' in the Sabbat |- |Toreador (White Wolf)||Arikel or Ishtar||Mostly Camarilla, ''antitribu'' in the Sabbat |- |Tremere||Tremere [1]||Camarilla, very few Sabbat members, but the real ''antitribu''-bloodline was completely destroyed by a ritual |- |Tzimisce||[Tzimisce]||Sabbat, Tzimisce outside the sect are ''extremely rare''; members of the so-called Old Clan Tzimisce claim independence from the Sabbat |- |Ventrue||Veddhartha||Mostly Camarilla, ''antitribu'' in the Sabbat |} [1] Tremere was a powerful mage who stole the power of the sleeping Saulot. Names in brackets are placeholders for the real names of the progenitors who are unknown. ===Minor bloodlines=== These clans vary in their origins. Some were among the original major clans, but have declined or become extinct. Others are dominant in regions not central to the events of ''Vampire: The Masquerade''. {| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%" !Bloodline (White Wolf)!!Progenitor!!Parent bloodline!!Sect allegiance |- |Anda||Dobrul the Brave||Gangrel||Probably extinct before the formation of sects |- |Ahrimanes||Muricia||Gangrel||Sabbat |- |Akunanse||Unknown||Gangrel||Laibon |- |Baali||Shaitan, Moloch and Seker||Salubri||Independent |- |Blood Brothers||Artificial||Tzimisce||Sabbat |- |Cappadocians (White Wolf)||Ashur/Cappadocius||None||Once a major clan, they were considered extinct before the formation of sects; the Giovanni are their successor bloodline; a small group led by Lazarus survived in Egypt and resurfaced in 1998 |- |Children of Osiris||Osiris||Followers of Set||Independent |- |Daughters of Cacophony||Lilith||Toreador||Independent |- |Gargoyles||Artificial||Gangrel, Nosferatu and Tzimisce||Gargoyles usually adhere to the sect of their creators; a large group of Gargoyles, freed by Ferox, is independent |- |Guruhi||Unknown||Unknown (possibly Nosferatu)||Laibon |- |Harbingers of Skulls||The Capuchin||Cappadocians||Sabbat |- |Ishtarri||Unknown||Toreador||Sabbat |- |Kiasyd||Marconius||Lasombra||Mostly Sabbat |- |Kinyonyi||Unknown||Ravnos||Laibon |- |Laibon||Fakir Al Sidi||Gangrel||Unknown |- |Lamia||Lamia||Cappadocians||Considered extinct before the formation of sects |- |Lhiannan||Unknown||Gangrel||Considered extinct before the formation of sects |- |Mariner Gangrel||Unknown||Gangrel||Unknown |- |Mla Watu||Unknown||Cappadocians||Laibon |- |Nagaraja||Unknown||Unknown, possibly Cappadocians or Salubri||Independent |- |Naglopers||Unknown||Tzimisce||Laibon |- |Nkulu Zao||Saulot||Salubri||Laibon |- |Osebo||Unknown||Brujah||Laibon |- |Salubri ||Saulot||None||A major clan driven to the brink of extinction by the Tremere; the few survivors joined the Sabbat or are independents |- |Samedi||Baron Samedi||Cappadocians||Camarilla |- |Shango||Unknown||Unknown, possibly Assimite||Laibon |- |Sons of Discord||Lilith||Toreador||Destroyed by their sisters, the Daughters of Cacophony |- |Tlacique||Unknown||Followers of Set||Independent |- |Xi Dundu||Unknown||Lasombra||Laibon |} ===Clanless=== In the World of Darkness, there is an increasing number of "clanless"—vampires who are ignorant of, or have chosen to disregard, their ancestry. They are called Caitiff by the Camarilla, and regarded as a sign of the Masquerade spiralling out of control, therefore gaining little respect from their elders. The Sabbat, on the other hand, gladly embraces the clanless (which they call Panders) into the sect. ==Tie-ins and adaptations== ''Kindred: the Embraced'', a television series based on ''Vampire'', was produced by Aaron Spelling. A video game based upon the Vampire milieu is ''Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption'', released in 2000. Another game followed in 2004: ''Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines''. Developed by Troika Games and published by Activision, it uses Half-Life 2's Source Engine. ''Werewolf: The Apocalypse'', ''Mage: The Ascension'', ''Wraith: The Oblivion'', ''Changeling: The Dreaming'', ''Hunter: The Reckoning'', ''Mummy: The Resurrection'', ''Kindred of the East'' and ''Demon: The Fallen'' are other role-playing game titles set in the so-called World of Darkness. ==References== * ''Vampire: The Masquerade'' (Revised Edition) by White Wolf Game Studio (1998) == External Links == *[http://whitewolf.wikicities.com/wiki/Main_Page White Wolf Wikicity] World of Darkness Vampire: The Masquerade Vampires in games Vampires in written fiction Origins award winners
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I am not very familiar with the gameplay mechanics of Vampire:Masquerade and games like it, but I do believe they are more extemporaneous story telling and less rule focused. I would like to see someone with game knowledge discuss the mechanics. I can only try my best. - User:Suriyawong, August 8, 2004. :I'm more than a little familiar with the White Wolf games, I'll try and cook something up soon. Any suggestions? User:Gifkip 22:53, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC) == Template:Fictional Setting == I'm not sure the template Template:Fictional Setting is useful. See Template talk:Fictional Setting for the discussion I've tried to create on this point. — User:OwenBlacker 19:23, Dec 4, 2004 (UTC)
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Created by Mark Rein-Hagen, ''Vampire: The Masquerade'' was the first of White Wolf Game Studio's "World of Darkness" role playing games, centered around vampire in a modern Gothic-Punk culture world. The Revised Edition, sometimes mistakenly called Third Edition by fans, was released in 1998 and explains, "[t]he setting of ''Vampire'' is a composite of its populace and their despair." The title of the series comes from "masquerade", referring to the Camarilla's attempts to hide vampirism from humans and their governments and mass media. In 1992, ''Vampire: The Masquerade'' won the Origins Award for ''Best Roleplaying Rules of 1991''. The game line was discontinued in 2004, and followed by revised rules and a new setting in ''Vampire: The Requiem''. In general, vampiric societies consist of two levels: Sects (White Wolf) and Clans (White Wolf)s. Characters within the ''Vampire'' setting are members of one of the clans or minor bloodlines offered, and usually belong to factions associated with these or that reflect a general ideological stance the characters happen to share. For example, a Brujah may belong to the Camarilla, the Sabbat (World of Darkness), or the Anarchs (White Wolf), but very few Tremere would be found among the Sabbat and even more rarely among the Anarchs. Some clans and most of minor bloodlines declare themselves independent from any sects. In addition, the Laibon, known as Kindred of the Ebony Kingdom by Western Kindred, are not so much a sect as a cultural group bound together loosely by a powerful spiritual bond to the land and the people of Africa. The Kindred of the East, while sharing some superficial similarity to the western Kindred, are actually an entirely different variety of supernatural being. ==Clans and bloodlines== ===Clans=== {| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%" |+The thirteen main clans in ''Vampire: The Masquerade''. !Clan!!Progenitor!!Sect allegiance |- |Assamite||Haqim||Mostly independent, ''antitribu'' in the Sabbat, Schismatics in the Camarilla |- |Brujah||Brujah/Troile||Mostly Camarilla, ''antitribu'' in the Sabbat; vampires of the True Brujah clan are practically extinct |- |Followers of Set||Set or Typhon||Mostly independent, ''antitribu'' in the Sabbat (as the Serpents of Light) |- |Gangrel (Vampire: The Masquerade)||Ennoia||Mostly independent since they abandoned the Camarilla ''en masse'', ''antitribu'' in the Sabbat |- |Giovanni (World of Darkness)||Augustus Giovanni||Independent |- |Lasombra||[Lasombra]||Mostly Sabbat, a few ''antitribu'' in the Camarilla |- |Malkavian||Malkav||Mostly Camarilla, ''antitribu'' in the Sabbat |- |Nosferatu (White Wolf)||Absimilliard||Mostly Camarilla, ''antitribu'' in the Sabbat |- |Ravnos||Ravanna||Mostly independent, ''antitribu'' in the Sabbat |- |Toreador (White Wolf)||Arikel or Ishtar||Mostly Camarilla, ''antitribu'' in the Sabbat |- |Tremere||Tremere [1]||Camarilla, very few Sabbat members, but the real ''antitribu''-bloodline was completely destroyed by a ritual |- |Tzimisce||[Tzimisce]||Sabbat, Tzimisce outside the sect are ''extremely rare''; members of the so-called Old Clan Tzimisce claim independence from the Sabbat |- |Ventrue||Veddhartha||Mostly Camarilla, ''antitribu'' in the Sabbat |} [1] Tremere was a powerful mage who stole the power of the sleeping Saulot. Names in brackets are placeholders for the real names of the progenitors who are unknown. ===Minor bloodlines=== These clans vary in their origins. Some were among the original major clans, but have declined or become extinct. Others are dominant in regions not central to the events of ''Vampire: The Masquerade''. {| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%" !Bloodline (White Wolf)!!Progenitor!!Parent bloodline!!Sect allegiance |- |Anda||Dobrul the Brave||Gangrel||Probably extinct before the formation of sects |- |Ahrimanes||Muricia||Gangrel||Sabbat |- |Akunanse||Unknown||Gangrel||Laibon |- |Baali||Shaitan, Moloch and Seker||Salubri||Independent |- |Blood Brothers||Artificial||Tzimisce||Sabbat |- |Cappadocians (White Wolf)||Ashur/Cappadocius||None||Once a major clan, they were considered extinct before the formation of sects; the Giovanni are their successor bloodline; a small group led by Lazarus survived in Egypt and resurfaced in 1998 |- |Children of Osiris||Osiris||Followers of Set||Independent |- |Daughters of Cacophony||Lilith||Toreador||Independent |- |Gargoyles||Artificial||Gangrel, Nosferatu and Tzimisce||Gargoyles usually adhere to the sect of their creators; a large group of Gargoyles, freed by Ferox, is independent |- |Guruhi||Unknown||Unknown (possibly Nosferatu)||Laibon |- |Harbingers of Skulls||The Capuchin||Cappadocians||Sabbat |- |Ishtarri||Unknown||Toreador||Sabbat |- |Kiasyd||Marconius||Lasombra||Mostly Sabbat |- |Kinyonyi||Unknown||Ravnos||Laibon |- |Laibon||Fakir Al Sidi||Gangrel||Unknown |- |Lamia||Lamia||Cappadocians||Considered extinct before the formation of sects |- |Lhiannan||Unknown||Gangrel||Considered extinct before the formation of sects |- |Mariner Gangrel||Unknown||Gangrel||Unknown |- |Mla Watu||Unknown||Cappadocians||Laibon |- |Nagaraja||Unknown||Unknown, possibly Cappadocians or Salubri||Independent |- |Naglopers||Unknown||Tzimisce||Laibon |- |Nkulu Zao||Saulot||Salubri||Laibon |- |Osebo||Unknown||Brujah||Laibon |- |Salubri ||Saulot||None||A major clan driven to the brink of extinction by the Tremere; the few survivors joined the Sabbat or are independents |- |Samedi||Baron Samedi||Cappadocians||Camarilla |- |Shango||Unknown||Unknown, possibly Assimite||Laibon |- |Sons of Discord||Lilith||Toreador||Destroyed by their sisters, the Daughters of Cacophony |- |Tlacique||Unknown||Followers of Set||Independent |- |Xi Dundu||Unknown||Lasombra||Laibon |} ===Clanless=== In the World of Darkness, there is an increasing number of "clanless"—vampires who are ignorant of, or have chosen to disregard, their ancestry. They are called Caitiff by the Camarilla, and regarded as a sign of the Masquerade spiralling out of control, therefore gaining little respect from their elders. The Sabbat, on the other hand, gladly embraces the clanless (which they call Panders) into the sect. ==Tie-ins and adaptations== ''Kindred: the Embraced'', a television series based on ''Vampire'', was produced by Aaron Spelling. A video game based upon the Vampire milieu is ''Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption'', released in 2000. Another game followed in 2004: ''Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines''. Developed by Troika Games and published by Activision, it uses Half-Life 2's Source Engine. ''Werewolf: The Apocalypse'', ''Mage: The Ascension'', ''Wraith: The Oblivion'', ''Changeling: The Dreaming'', ''Hunter: The Reckoning'', ''Mummy: The Resurrection'', ''Kindred of the East'' and ''Demon: The Fallen'' are other role-playing game titles set in the so-called World of Darkness. ==References== * ''Vampire: The Masquerade'' (Revised Edition) by White Wolf Game Studio (1998) == External Links == *[http://whitewolf.wikicities.com/wiki/Main_Page White Wolf Wikicity] World of Darkness Vampire: The Masquerade Vampires in games Vampires in written fiction Origins award winners
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I am not very familiar with the gameplay mechanics of Vampire:Masquerade and games like it, but I do believe they are more extemporaneous story telling and less rule focused. I would like to see someone with game knowledge discuss the mechanics. I can only try my best. - User:Suriyawong, August 8, 2004. :I'm more than a little familiar with the White Wolf games, I'll try and cook something up soon. Any suggestions? User:Gifkip 22:53, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC) == Template:Fictional Setting == I'm not sure the template Template:Fictional Setting is useful. See Template talk:Fictional Setting for the discussion I've tried to create on this point. — User:OwenBlacker 19:23, Dec 4, 2004 (UTC)
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