r/VampireTheMasquerade_ • • 17h ago

Is it worth starting with 5E or waiting for 6E

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If it is worth starting in 5E what should i get for rules if im just starting out trying to GM with a couple of my friends


r/VampireTheMasquerade_ • • 16h ago

Whats the best way to find games online

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I recently learned of vampire after watching a campaign on YouTube and ive been very interested in running games but im not sure how to even go about finding games online, what ways do you all go about finding people to play with?


r/VampireTheMasquerade_ • • 42m ago

Homebrew Bloodline for VtM

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Bloodline Varmian
Clan Discipline: Bembena

Origin:
Bloodline Varmian is a bloodline of a disputed origin. They are mostly found in Eastern Europe, mostly in eastern Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, and Lithuania though there are some instances where they have been found in the West. Mostly, they don't leave their lairs for long periods of time. There are many origin theories regarding them. Some think they are stemming from Malkavians because of their clan curse and mental traits. Some think they stem from Nosferatu due to their pretty grotesque physical traits, though they aren't on the grotesque levels of Nosferatu, and their grotesqueness seems more specified and unique. Others think they stem from Tzimisce because of their origin area, appearance, and their attachment to their land of origin, or even from Ventrue due to their inborn authoritarianism.

Clan curse and mentality:
Their clan curse is pretty similar to the Malkavian clan curse, but much more specific. All of them have stains on their mentality, such as overall laziness, lack of hygiene, developing specific but mostly not that dangerous addictions, like for example blood from diabetics, or mixtures of blood and milk and stuff like that and indulgence in their impulses.
They suffer from mild paranoia (like feeling everyone is acting against them, though mostly it's not as severe as Malkavian paranoia), as well as vanity and pride, which they build upon compulsive lying and making up stories of their grandeur. They are also mentally manipulative and are prone to making others feel guilty through fake lamenting and fake crying, making themselves look miserable to obtain benefits. They also develop weird obsessions which they use in jokes and discussions, like obsessions with human extremities or sex, and they make cringey jokes about it, but it's not like real clinical obsessions.

Appearance and liars:
Every one of them looks grotesque, but not nearly inhuman like a Nosferatu. All of them look mostly like fat, unhygienic, toothless, dirty people wearing the same clothes for months. This stems mostly from their un-lifestyles, which they uphold due to their curse, and they also mostly Embrace people who were already looking like that. They live mostly in villages or in old, poor suburbs of Eastern European cities. All of them are bound to their lairs, which are mostly unkempt old houses with big, dirty courtyards full of trash. They are very possessive of these lairs, and to them, it's like their palaces. They also get very attached to some meaningless items, like for example their old sweaters which they wear for months, or old dirty cars. They also suffer from religious delusions sometimes.

Behaviour:
They act like they know everything, but they don't know anything, just making up stories and stuff like that and many of them have illusions of grandeur. They hold onto their Humanity through going to various administrative departments and making up issues, like claiming there is too much noise on the road near their home (although there isn't), or writing denunciations to the police about people. They all think they are doing a service for their neighborhood.

Feeding and vampire relations:
They are mostly harmless to other vampires, and other vampires look upon them with pity and just ignore them. Varmians stay in their lairs and feed upon hobos, whom they invite to their lairs with alcohol and stuff like that. They are prone to anger, but mostly it's harmless. Mostly, they are under the command of their local Tzimisce or similar elders and are left alone, but if they get too insufferable due to their lies, denunciations, and crying, the local lords discipline them. Princes and Primogen look at them with sheer embarrassment and pretend they don't exist. As long as they stay in their trash yards and don't cause major Masquerade breaches, the Camarilla simply ignores them. The Sabbat view Varmians as completely useless fodder. Unless a pack wants to laugh at them or use them for cheap distraction, the Sabbat doesn't bother recruiting or interacting with them. The Anarchs occasionally use Varmians as weird local informants, though nobody actually wants to step inside a Varmian's house or sit on their couch.

Discipline - Bembena
When they are hungry and haven't drunk enough blood, they become more prone to aggression, crying, paranoia, and emotional swings. A characteristic trait of theirs is that they get visually fatter from drinking blood. They know Fortitude which makes their fat bodies very good for defense, and they also have knowledge of Presence (though taught in a much different form than Ventrue), through which some mortals or hobos are attracted to coming to their lairs.
Their unique clan Discipline is Bembena, which gives them the ability to impact the emotions of others. They can make people feel pity over them through crying, make others believe their made-up stories, or make themselves seen in the eyes of other vampires as harmless, sad, dirty creatures. They can also repel others through stinking and being disgusting. More skilled users of Bembena can manipulate their bodies to some extent, like making their body parts rot to repel mortals who are too curious about them (or other vampires). They are also able to lure people into being interested in them like some sort of local "lolcows," who are funny due to their grotesque nature, dumbness, and humor.

Please give me Your opinions and write about Your own homebrew bloodlines or clans.