(If you’ve read any of my Werewolf: the Apocalypse posts, then you know I’ve got a thing for White Wolf games!) It’s played with a group of two or more people, and one is the Storyteller while others are players. Vampire: the Masquerade is another White Wolf tabletop RPG. Although some of the abilities I discuss likely appear in the game, I’m thinking of them in the sense that they appear in the tabletop version. Instead, I’m referring specifically to the tabletop RPG. It’s important to make a differentiation here I’m not talking about the VtM video game that came out in 2004.

The first thing I’d like to do before diving into the vampire clans is explain what Vampire: the Masquerade is. A Brief Introduction to the World of Vampire: the Masquerade (and Disclaimer)

And as the very first tabletop RPG I ever ran, it has a soft spot in my heart, which is why I’m introducing you to the what I feel are the top 3 best vampire clans in Vampire: the Masquerade. I suppose you could trace it back to earlier movies like Interview with the Vampire, but the much later cringey Twilight saga definitely fanned the flames of the vampire craze.Īnyway, the mood was set for a tabletop RPG like Vampire: the Masquerade. I’m not sure how else to describe it, but vampires were suddenly in. Like it or not, most of us went through that dark phase where we all wore regrettable outfits, listened to edgy music, and lamented how no one understood us. If you lived through the 90’s and early 2000’s like I did, then you remember one trend that really caught on, or rather a handful of trends: goth, emo, and grunge.

Two Extra Clans I Wanted to Add to the List (But Couldn’t).

Brief Introduction to VtM (and Disclaimer).

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