Lore of the Clans (V20)
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My sire always told me¸ 'There's no instruction manual for being dead¸ strákur.' I believed her¸ because she was older and smarter than me¸ and we value knowledge if nothing else. Many sires spill a lot of poison into the ears of their childer¸ telling them the One True Way to be a vampire. Some vampires don't even bother¸ kicking their errant progeny to the streets and letting them figure it out for themselves. A few smother their instruction in religious imperatives¸ philosophical tenets¸ or mystical confluences. But not one of them has a pamphlet with clear¸ easy instructions once you've become Damned.
"Of course they lie. All vampires lie. But the best lies are those that are told between two truths¸ yes? Here are thirteen such truths¸ childe. They may line up with other things you know¸ or they might not. Sometimes the narrators present tantalizing rumors and conspiracies¸ while others digress into areas not often considered by many. Some of what they say have no facts to back them up¸ but not everything is a lie¸ either.
"Let us find instruction from amidst the lies¸ together.
Lore of the Clans
My sire always told me¸ "There's no instruction manual for being dead¸ strákur." I believed her¸ because she was older and smarter than me¸ and we value knowledge if nothing else. Many sires spill a lot of poison into the ears of their childer¸ telling them the One True Way to be a vampire. Some vampires don't even bother¸ kicking their errant progeny to the streets and letting them figure it out for themselves. A few smother their instruction in religious imperatives¸ philosophical tenets¸ or mystical confluences. But not one of them has a pamphlet with clear¸ easy instructions once you've become Damned.
Of course they lie. All vampires lie. But the best lies are those that are told between two truths¸ yes? Here are thirteen such truths¸ childe. They may line up with other things you know¸ or they might not. Sometimes the narrators present tantalizing rumors and conspiracies¸ while others digress into areas not often considered by many. Some of what they say have no facts to back them up¸ but not everything is a lie¸ either.
Let us find instruction from amidst the lies¸ together.
Lore of the Clans is a single volume revisiting all thirteen Clans for Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition¸ providing story hooks¸ character concepts¸ history¸ and Clan-specific rules.
This Book Includes:
- The history¸ lore¸ and nightly practices of all thirteen Clans¸ told from the perspective of the Kindred themselves.
- New combo Disciplines¸ powers¸ Merits¸ Flaws¸ and other rules specific to each Clan.
- Revising and updating more classic Vampire: The Masquerade material to V20.
Note on the Print Editions: Standard Color uses a thinner paper stock than Premium Color¸ basically the same paper as the Black & White books. This usually means the colors are less vivid¸ but it also means the price drops a bit per page in the production process. Examples of pages: Premium Color vs. Standard Color.