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Index

I nt r oduct ion Page 4

By Damien Moore

The True Brujah Clan Page 6

Character Creation

Tr ue Br ujah Discipl ines Page 10

Temporis, Elementalism

New Backgrounds Page 23

Arcane, Age, Military

Char act er Sheet Page 26

THE TRUE BRUJAH
By Damien Moore

Introduction defend their Elders. They were no longer

to be taught their Sire's powers over the
Carthage was Utopia. It is a living dream.
earth, but instead were to be taught to
Millennia ago, we Brujah created a city
move with the speed of lightning.
where Kindred and kine could live
together. We strove for the heavens only to The Council believed that the combination
see others grow jealous. They betrayed us of Potence and Celerity would give their
and destroyed the dream. Now we are warriors the ability to defend them, to
divided, and we have gone from being create a warrior-class within the Clan.
scholars and philosophers to cretins and Those who created Childer against the
clowns like your sire, Smiling Jack. Council's edict were held to be in violation
- Critias to Dre, newly Embraced Brujah of the Third Tradition and were either
destroyed along with their Childer or
ostracised and no longer granted the clan's
At one time the Brujah were not all rebels.
protection.
At one time they sought to understand, not
to destroy.
There was more to this policy however,
that met the eye. For the most -part, it was
Before Carthage. To many of the Brujah of
Troile's Childer rather than Brujah's that
the time, this was a dirge. Their dream
had somehow learned the discipline of
destroyed, their plans unravelled. Many
Celerity, and thus it was they more than
were claimed by Hunters, by the plots of
their siblings that Sired Childer. As a
the Jyhad, as they fell into despair, and so
result, over the following two centuries the
into carelessness.
number of True Brujah fell, and the
number of Troile's Childer increased.
Some, however, did not grieve. They were
angered, seeking vengeance. These Brujah
These Childer were taught nothing of their
were the basis of the High Council of Clan
Sire's original abilities, but simply assumed
Brujah. They met in secret in the ruins of
that they too were masters of Celerity.
Carthage, and formed their plans for
They were also instructed to destroy any
revenge.
Kindred they saw using the Elementalism
discipline, described to them as a form of
Each time they had given their dreams
Blood Magic.
flesh, the other, jealous clans came and
destroyed what they had built. Even with
The years passed, and the warrior -Brujah's
their wide powers over the elements, their
childer became more populous. They either
powers of Presence and their Potence-
forgot or did not learn their Sire's heritage,
enhanced strength, they did not have
and the High Council faded from sight, so
warriors to fight the other clans.
as not to present a target to the other clans.
The Ventrue, the Malkavians, the
A plan was conceived to give them these
Toreador, all assumed that the elder
warriors. From this point onwards, the
Kindred of the Brujah had been destroyed
High Council would conduct a 'breeding'
or had fled, or melded with the earth, no
program for Brujah warriors. Those who
longer a factor in Kindred politics.
Sired were to find those with the fighting
spirit, who were high of temper, who could
The other clans of the kindred noticed this the winds of history. Without their subtle
change in the younger Brujah, but did not control upon their behaviour, their childer
pay it much heed, often to their dismay raged unchecked... the Sabbat, the wars of
when these new Brujah went mad, the Jyhad, all would have been lessened
destroying all in sight. Since the fall of with the intervention of the High Council.
Carthage, the Brujah had been always on
the edge of Frenzy. Some theorised it was Not all of the council was destroyed. A
the rage of Troile, echoing down through small number of those who knew the truth
his bloodline. The High Council escaped the flame, and fled into hiding,
considered it to be an unfortunate side- seeing this as a repetition of the destruction
effect of their new Childer's possession of of Carthage. They lost much of their will to
Celerity, one that may reap its own live, and slipped into Torpor.
benefits when they used their Childer in
battle in the centuries to come. The years passed, and their grief lessened,
even in Torpor. The remainder of the High
This situation continued for a thousand Council awoke, and took stock of the
years. The High Council, from their world around them. Times had changed
various Havens and hiding places watched, since the dark ages of the Inquisition. New
and their warrior-childer ravaged the Empires had arisen and fallen, new
Kindred world, increasing in numbers and thoughts and philosophies to light.
generation. The Council cared not for their
Progeny's fascination with the Anarch First in priority was regaining their control
movement, regarding the battles against over their breeding experiment. This was
the other Elders as good training. complicated by the existence of the Sabbat.
No longer was there a single Clan Brujah,
Indeed, when the Sabbat was formed, they but now there were the Brujah antitribu.
would have collected their Childer and These childer had conceived a plan to free
fought against the Ventrue and other clans. themselves from tyranny, and in this they
Except for one thing. mirrored the true beliefs of the High
Council -- freedom and self expression.
The Inquisition. Their fascination with
their own Childer, their tweaking of their Yet once again, a Brujah's dream was
destinies, led the inquisitive mortals to shattered by the other clans. The Tzimisce
them, the evil ones who sat in the and Lasombra clans took control of the
background like the puppet-masters. And dreams of freedom and turned them to
why, came the argument in the mortal anarchy and chaos.
councils, destroy the puppets when you
may destroy the puppeteers Even their warrior-childer had split into
several factions. The Iconoclasts were the
By flame, by stake and by sunlight, the chaotic and devastating warriors that the
mortals found and destroyed the True breeding program was designed to bring
Brujah, one by one. Their secrecy from the about. The Idealists on the other hand were
world of the Kindred, long their shield, extremely suspect to the High Council.
became the sword used against them, as Many of them decreed them to be the
they could not even call for their warriors. "legacy of Veddartha", and their attitudes
of controlling all of the Brujah were
And so the majority of the High Council termed "Ventrue-syndrome."
passed away, their plans flapping loose in
It was the Individualists that surprised the True Brujah
High Council the most. Even after 2,000
years, the True Brujah spirit seemed to
spring anew from their chaotic childer.
Many individualists were secretly
sponsored by the High Council, and the
most promising were led subtley towards
an 'apprenticeship' -- an apprenticeship that
ended in them being taught the true history
of the Brujah, and led into their full legacy.

The True Brujah were involved with the

Black Hand before its fall, but their origins
predate even that ancient sect. Indeed,
when the young Brujah speak of Carthage,
they are speaking of the home of the True
Brujah and not the fabled utopias that
spring to their minds. The True Brujah
believe that their founder made his haven
in Northern Africa, around which the great
city arose, where the Children of Seth were
mere vessels and sacrifices. Carthage was
not a city of idylls but a den of blood and
fire and gods who walked among men.

Some of the True Brujah even claim

memories of the city and must be ancient
indeed. Since the fall of the Black Hand,
the True Brujah have returned to the lands
of their origin, forging a loose bond with
the Followers of Set. Although solitary and
aloof, the True Brujah realize the value of
allies, even to the extent of finding
common ground with the Setites. Both
groups are finders of secrets and searchers
for lost lore, and though they differ in what
they do with their bounty, none have any Nickname
doubt that they seek similar ends.
Elois.
Unlike their Setite allies, however, the
True Brujah do not pursue vice and
indulgence, nor do they wish to undertake Appearance
the Setites' chthonic quest to raise their
undead god. The Elois seek knowledge for The True Brujah tend to dress in the styles
its own sake. They choose to be erudite of
and sage, hoping to master their domains the time when they were Embraced, which
through craft. Few enemies are so sometimes causes them difficulties in the
relentless as a True Brujah, and few allies modern nights. The True Brujah have no
are as resourceful. particular ethnic makeup, though many of
the
most ancient members of the bloodline learning. Most members of the bloodline
seem to hail from Persia or Mesopotamia. are very well educated or quickly become
Younger members affect conservative so after their Embrace. Several are also
modern clothing, including bespoke suits independently wealthy, hailing from
and other subtle finery. Members of the affluent families
bloodline who have formed relationships or having assets that otherwise require
with the Egyptian Setites sometimes affect little attention.
Northern African styles and customs, as
well.

The appearance of this clan is fairly

sharply divided between the Elders, who
are often at least 300 years old, and often
prefer to dress in the styles of their
lifetimes, at least in private, and the
younger Kindred.

These younger kindred often are a strange

mix. Scholastic backgrounds are mixed in
with very fit sportsmen. The members of
this clan tend to dress casually but
conservatively.

Haven

True Brujah prefer solitary havens, as far

from
vampires and mortals as possible. If they
possess the resources to do so, True Brujah Character Creation
establish multiple secret havens,
sometimes in various cities around the True Brujah almost never have
world. They impassioned Natures, and their Demeanors
favor withdrawn mansions, estates, hidden vary wildly from
palaces, temples and other luxurious vampire to vampire. Their concepts
quarters, where they may always retreat typically fall among the professional,
into comfort if the burden of ages weighs outsider or dilettante categories, usually
too heavily on them with some degree of scholarly bent. Mental
for a time. Attributes are usually
primary, though they sometimes favor
Social Attributes, and Knowledges are
Background likewise preferred. Common Backgrounds
among the True Brujah include Alternate
True Brujah have been Embraced from all Identity, Arcane, Contacts, Herd and
of Resources. Most True Brujah still uphold
the world's cultures, generally after middle the ideals of Humanity, although elders of
age, though the bloodline does claim a few the bloodline sometimes adopt strange or
precocious young Kindred. The unique Paths of Enlightenment, about
characteristic many True Brujah share is a which little is known. Those involved with
penchant for the Setites are not known for their adoption
of the Path of Typhon – though they may eldest and inform each other of pressing
share some cultural ties, they matters – the last meeting, for example,
do not necessarily share the same established their informal relationship
philosophies. with the Followers of Set. Outside of these
gatherings, small cells or salons of True
Clan Disciplines: Temporis, Brujah sometimes meet to discuss current
Elementalism, Potence, Presence. events, philosophy, religion, politics and
anything else
that may affect their unlives.

Clan Weakness
Quote
The emotions of the True Brujah atrophy
during their nights of contemplation and We must take control of our Sibling's
study; they become cold and passionless as Childer, as we control ourselves, and bring
time wears on and they grow ever away them back into the fold.
from mortal life. While these Kindred
understand good
and evil on a philosophical level, they
rarely feel any pangs of morality
Stereotypes
themselves. Conscience and Conviction
rolls for True Brujah are always made at a Brujah: These lost Childer need to be
difficulty two higher (maximum 10) than brought into line, not by wholesale
circumstances would otherwise dictate. destruction, but by pruning the bad from
Also, Humanity and Path ratings are the good. Our program has not failed; it
difficult to maintain in the absence of has suceeded beyond our wildest dreams. It
emotion – True Brujah must pay double is simply the fact that it is now out of
experience point costs to increase or regain control.
their Conscience, Conviction, Humanity
and Path scores. Ventrue, Malkavian, Toreador : They
destroyed Carthage. We will have only the
minimum interaction with these clans, and
we will play our cards very close to our
Organisation
chests when dealing with them. If their
Elders suspected the truth...
The True Brujah part of the Brujah clan is
so small in comparison to the other clans
Tremere: This clan is fun. No other clan
that at this stage they are still relatively
presents such an opportunity to play with
closely knit. They rarely have formal
their minds. Our elemental abilities
meetings, but instead the clan is organised
confuse them, and their manipulations
around an Archive, with one Elder and his
disgust us. Simply take care that none of
childer in a city.
them gain your blood.
These True Brujah often masquerade as
Nosferatu: Watch them. If they learn the
Intellectualist Brujah, so as to allow
truth they may sell it to others. A pity, as
themselves to move easily within the
they have learned much.
Kindred world.
Gangrel: They have helped us in days
While the True Brujah value their solitude,
gone past, and it is said that they helped
they also hold intellectual discourse in high
some of us escape Carthage and then the
regard. Twice per century, these Kindred
Inquisition. Respect them.
gather at a location decided by their
Camarilla: A perfect opportunity to watch
our opponents move. Forget not that this
The View From
runs both ways. Without
Sabbat: A waste. Deluded Kindred,
believing themselves free from their Sire's
Sires. This group is one of the areas to be
pruned. The Camarilla: Sounds like a rumor made
up by some elder to keep hisrowdy childer
Setite: Trust them not. They are our in line. I don't buy it.
cousins, but they are lost to the darkness
within themselves. – Stevie "The Butcher" Reno, Sheriff of
Houston

The Sabbat: Irrelevant failures, if they

exist at all.

– Laika, Tzimisce koldun

The Independents: A welcome addition

and a willing tool, but we shall see what
they harbor in their hearts over time.

– Verdigris, Setite mistress

 True Brujah Disciplines
Temporis 4 suc. one hour.
5 suc. one day.

• Time Sense
•••• Cowalker
The vampire gains an automatic and
By spending a willpower point, the
perfect sense of time, and can sense any
vampire may remove herself from the flow
sort of time disturbances, such as uses of
of time, move around in any fashion she
Temporis, the Time sphere, the
sees fit, and step back into the flow of
Pandemonium arcanos, etc.
time. She may not affect objects that she
did not remove from the time s tream with
her (is is assumed that her clothing, and all
items on her immediate person, leave the
•• Ramble On
time stream with her).
Roll: Man. + Empathy, difficulty
Willpower
The vampire may put a victim into an
••••• Frozen Object
endless loop, in which the victim will
repeat whatever she was doing at the tim e
Roll: Dex. + Occult, difficulty 6
the vampire used this power. If the victim
The vampire may temporarily remove an
is put into an obviously dangerous
inanimate object (that is not touching an
situation, she may roll Perception +
animate being) from the time stream. If the
Alertness, difficulty 6, to escape this state.
object is moving rapidly, she must also
Otherwise, this power lasts for the
make a Wits + Alertness roll to affect it.
following time periods:
Objects stopped in this way lose no energy.
1 suc. one turn.
The vampire may allow an object to
2 suc. one minute.
reenter time at will; otherwise, an object
3 suc. ten minutes.
will reenter the time stream of its own
4 suc. one hour.
accord after the following time periods:
5 suc. one day.
1 suc. one turn.
2 suc. one minute.
••• Zombie’s Curse
3 suc. ten minutes.
4 suc. one hour.
Roll: Cha. + Intimidation, difficulty
5 suc. one day.
Willpower
The vampire may put a victim into a state
where she perceives the world as moving
twice as fast, and she is moving at half -
speed. In combat, most of the victim’s
Melee and Brawl attack rolls are increased
in difficulty by two, and do half their
normal damage. This power lasts for the
following time periods:
1 suc. one turn.
2 suc. one minute.
3 suc. ten minutes.
 ••••• •• Domain of Evernight

Roll: Per. + Alertness, difficulty 7

The vampire can dilate time, with respect
to a given area. One hour may be affected
for each dot she has in Willpower. The
extent of the dilation is as follows:
1 suc. one hour passes in ten minutes.
2 suc. one hour passes in five minutes.
3 suc. one hour passes in one minute.
4 suc. one hour passes in thirty secs.
5 suc. one hour passes in ten seconds.

••••• •• Outside the Hourglass

Roll: Sta. + Occult, difficulty 8

The vampire can step out of time. Each
success represents one turn that the
vampire may spend out of the time stream.
In this state, the vampire can move any
objects manually. Any effects created by
the vampire, including explosions, attacks,
etc, can be created, but will only take
effect once she has reentered the time
stream.

••••• ••• Rewind Time

••••• • Control Aging Roll: Str. + Alertness, difficulty 8

The vampire may turn back time, and
Roll: Sta. + Occult, difficulty Willpower rewrite her own actions. After the vampire
The vampire may age a target, or reverse has rewound time, she will be in the place
the aging of a target. This effect can not be where she initiated the effect, and all other
used on the same target more than once per things will be as they were in the time to
scene. The age of the target changes by ten which she rewound. She will know what
years per success (in either direction), or as happened before she rewound time, and
follows: she may act differently. Others will act in
1 suc. one year. the exact same fashion as they did before,
2 suc. five years. unless they are persuaded to behave
3 suc. ten years. differently. The maximum amount of time
4 suc. fifty years. that can be rewound is as follows:
5 suc. one hundred years. 1 suc. one turn.
The difficulty to use this power is 6 if the 2 suc. one minute.
victim is willing, or inanimate. 3 suc. ten minutes.
4 suc. one hour.
5 suc. one day.
••••• ••• Pocket out of Time ••••• •••• Summon History

Roll: Man. + Security, difficulty 7 Roll: Man. + Occult, difficulty 7

The vampire may remove an entire area, The vampire may try to bring a period of
with a radius of up to ten feet per success, time to the present. She must focus on
from the time stream. Those inside this time; she may not name an event. Those
area see the outside area in stasis, and inside this area can not interact with those
cannot leave for the entire duration of this in the present unless they have Time
effect. This effect can be ended at will, and Sense. (Such interactions might prove
ends if the vampire is destroyed. hazardous.) The largest gap in time that
may be passed this way is as follows:
1 suc. one year.
2 suc. 100 years.
3 suc. 500 years.
4 suc. 1000 years.
5 suc. 5000 years.

El ement al ism elementalism has 1 point in Elementalism,

and 1 point in the Way of Earth. She must
learn 2 more points of the Way of Earth
(still with 1 point of Elementalism) before
she may spend experience to buy another
Introduction
point of Elementalism, at which point she
also gains a point in the Way of Air.]
Elementalism is the discipline of knowing
the world. As the user progresses in its
A starting character can start with either
power, she begins to gain a greater grasp of
the Way of Earth or the Way of Air. From
how the world is put together, and how to
there he can advance according to his
manipulate its various aspects.
choices and the restrictions given in the
individual Ways.
It is in many ways much like
Thaumaturgy, in that it has many separate
divisions of the actual discipline. The
differences are, however, profound.
Elementalism has no rituals, no rites as
part of its makeup. It relies not on using
outside power to make an effect, but on the
user knowing the way of the world in order
to effect it. The separate areas of
Elementalism, known as The Ways, build
upon the previous ways, each bra nch of
knowledge providing a basis for learning
remaining ways.

In game terms, the possessor of

Elementalism must first advance to at least
the third level in any Way before they may
start on to one of the next ways. [For
instance, a beginning Kindred user of
Way of Earth boulder, then the earth surrounding the
boulder is not included in the effect.
(No rerequisite)
On Per + Earth roll (diff 9), an earthmelded
Kindred may be sensed (but not affected in
any way).
• Earth Sense

By laying her hands on rock, stone or

•• Manipulate Earth
earth, the Kindred using this ability gains
the ability to perceive the surrounding area
A Cainite who has progressed to this level
from the point of view of the earth with
of knowledge in the Way of Earth gains
which she is connected. She can perceive
the ability to morph earth and stone to his
buried or hidden objects, whetherin the
will. He may command it to warp or move
stone, or very closeby to that stone. For
in any one way, directed only by his mind -
instance, the Kindred could sense the
- no physical touch is necessary, although
buried coffin underneath him, or the
the object being so altered must be within
assailant hiding behind the corner or the
sight, or otherwise sensed.
concrete building, or the wiring behind the
concrete wall. It has been said that
They may cause a rock to melt and run like
Vampires with this ability may even sense
water, pits to open up in front of their
the location of earth-melded Kindred. This
enemies, or command the marble top of a
power is limited to current information, it
tomb to flow out of the way to give them a
cannot be used to pertain information from
temporary Haven. (Of course they need to
the past.
move it back again before sun-up).
System: By making a Perception + Earth
System: By spending a blood point, the
roll, she may gain the sensory input from
vampire using this ability may command
the stone around her.
stone or earth to alter in shape in any way.
He cannot destroy or create the earth. To
Successes Distance determine how successful the effect is, the
1 Within 1 metre Kindred must roll Intelligence + Earth (diff
2 Within 5 metres 6 for natural stones, diff 8 for man-made
3 Within 10 metres substances).
4 Within 50 metres
Successes Area effected
5 Within 100 metres
Approximately a cubic
1
meter
The difficulty depends on the type of
material that is being attempted to be read. 2 Closet worth
Earth and natural stone is difficulty 6, 3 Room worth
concrete and man-made stones are 4 Factory worth
difficulty 8. The perception extends out of 5 Most of a mountain.
thestone to a limit of 1/3 of a metre.
Each manipulation can cause one effect
In addition to the success-range limits, the
only. (e.g. to cause stone to flow away
earthen material being read must be
from a place and then flow back is two
contiguous. Ie: if using a concrete building,
actions and requires two blood points.
just the building may be read, not the
surrounding footpath, etc. If reading a
••• Create Earth and cannot be affected is upto the
individual ST.
Upon achieving this level of knowledge in
the Way of Earth, the Kindred m ay create
natural earth and stone as they dictate, in
any shape or anywhere within sight. ••••• Summon Earth Elemental

She may see the location that she wishes to By concentrating upon a large sample of
create the earth, and it must rest upon earth or stone, the Cainite evoking this
something solid, (i.e. its not possible to power may summon an elemental spirit to
create rocks in mid-air). It is however the sample in order to animate it. This
possible to create the stone around an spirit takes upon a vaguely humanoid form,
object, or even a person. It is not possible and may not be friendly to the invoker. The
to create stone other than granite, or elemental may be commanded by the
similarly natural stones. Gemstones cannot Kindred to perform simple tasks, such as
be created. lifting and carrying objects.

System: The Vampire using this ability System: Invoking this ability is quite
must spend one blood point to invoke this trying to the Kindred attempting it. In
power. In addition to this, she must decide addition to spending a bloodpoint, she
ahead of rolling for successes how much must also spend a Willpower point to
earth she wishes to create. If not enough summon the spirit.
successes are gained, then nothing happens
at all. Excess successes also have no extra Each time the Kindred gives a command to
effect. Roll Intelligence + Earth against the elemental, he must roll his willpower at
difficulty 6. a difficulty of 7. Only one success is
needed for the command to be obeyed.
Successes Effect Problems occur when the roll is failed or
Approximately a large botched.
1
bucketload.
If he merely fails the roll, then he must
Approximately one cubic
2 immediately make another roll to regain
metre
control (willpower, difficulty 8, three
3 2 cubic metres successes needed). If this is failed then the
4 5 cubic metres spirit breaks free of the Kindred's control.
5 10 cubic metres
If the command-willpower roll is botched,
6 50 cubic metres
then the Kindred suffers an immediate loss
of 1 permanent willpower (as is usual for
willpower rolls), and the spirit immediately
breaks free.
•••• Earthmeld
What happens when an elemental spirit
This ability is effectively identical to the breaks free is up to the ST. It may simply
third level of the Protean Discipline. It leave the physical form it was ordered into
takes, as for those with Protean, one blood and depart, it may attack the Kindred, it
point to sink into the earth, and one to rise may wander off in its physical form. (Earth
up and out. In addition, once achieving this Elemental: Str 6, Dex 2, Sta 6)
level of the discipline, the Vampire may
affect not only natural stone and earth, bu t
may affect other solid matter, such as
glass, steel and asphalt. Exactly what can
••••• • Stoneform Way of Air
The Kindred invoking this power
(No prerequisites)
immediately transforms herself into a
natural piece of stone. The exact shape of
the transformed Kindred is a matter of
choice when she uses the ability --
• Descent of the Feather
however she is limited to a maximum
increase in size of 20%.
This first ability to manipulate the Way of
Air manifests itself to give the vampire
The Vampire may take on the appearance
using it the ability to slow a fall by force of
of a natural boulder, or of a statue, or even
will. He can prevent himself from suffering
of a stone wall (albeit a small one) and
damage from all but the highest of falls.
once assuming this shape the Kindred is
immune to fire and sunlight, as well as
System: The Kindred must roll his
being staked. She is however immobile
willpower, at a difficulty of 6. Each
unless she transforms to flesh and is
success he achieves on this roll negates one
vulnerable to being smashed as would be a
health level of damage. (Slows his fall so
normal stone object. A Kindred in this
as to effect this.)
state may sense her surroundings using any
sensory abilities she may have, including
Earth Sense and Auspex.

System: Invoking this power requires the •• Drawing the Storm

expediture of a single blood point, whether
to become stone or to become flesh. Once This surrounds the Elementalist in very
in this shape she cannot move without strong winds wrapping around in all
transforming back to flesh (very painful in directions. This will pick up local debris
sunlight). This includes the spending of and loose matter in a 10ft radius around the
bloodpoints, other than the one necessary user.
to revert to their "natural" shape.
System: The Kindred spends a point of
In order to mimic a particular object, she blood and makes a willpower roll to irritate
must make a Manipulation + Subterfuge and yet control the winds around herself.
(why? who knows. If you can think of a Each success increases the difficulty of all
better one...), and the accuracy of the copy thrown and projected missile attacks
is dependant on the number of succes ses (knives, arrows, etc, but not firearms)
(use the success table for obfuscate or against the user or anyone withing 10ft of
viccisitude). her by one. The distractions also reduce the
dice pools of anyone inside the storm by
Once in the Stoneform, the vampire's one (except for the user).
Stamina is raised by 3 extra dice for
soaking purposes.
••• Resist the Calling of the Earth Way of Air. In addition to spending a
blood point to enter or exit the melded
This ability is an extension of the state, she must also spend a WP point to
Kindred's current knowledge of the enter the state.
element of air. Rather than simply slow his
fall, he may now nullify any downward
descent, buoyed up by the air itself.
••••• Calling of the Heavens
Using this part of the discipline, the
vampire may step off the side of a building Upon achieving this level of the Wa y of
and simply float in midair, or activate his Air, the Cainite may use it to take to the air
power and draw his legs up to float in in any direction that he wishes. He is
lotus. supported by the air itself, and may guide
his direction and speed by force of will.
Given enough ability, the Cainite may
change his weight, or slowly rise into the System: The player makes a willpower
air rather than hovering. roll. Success indicates they have achieved
flight, the number of successes determines
System: The player rolls willpower against he maximum speed (10 feet per turn, per
a difficulty of 6. The degree of ef fect is success).
dependant on the successes gained.

Successes Effect 1 Simple hovering is

possible. The Kindred may either float, or ••••• • Summon Air Elemental
behave as normal.
2 Subtle changes in weight are possible for By concentrating upon a cloud or wind, the
the user of this discipline, as long as he Cainite evoking this power may summon
lessens his true weight. At this many an elemental spirit to the sample in order to
successes, he may null his entire weight, animate it. This spirit takes upon a vaguely
and kick off from an object to move humanoid form, and may not be friendly to
around. the invoker. The elemental may be
3+ In addition to the above effects, the commanded by the Kindred to perform
vampire may also ride slowly, as the air simple tasks, such as displacing or pushing
itself lifts him. The rate of speed at which objects. System: Invoking this ability is
he may rise is depends on the number of quite trying to the Kindred attempting it. In
successes. 3 successes allows a speed of 5 addition to spending a bloodpoint, she
feet per turn, plus 5 feet per turn for every must also spend a Willpower point to
additional success. summon the spirit.

•••• Become the Breath Each time the Kindred gives a command to
the elemental, she must roll her willpower
This ability is extremely similar to that of at a difficulty of 7. Only one success is
the Protean ability of Earthmeld, except needed for the command to be obeyed.
that it allows the user to meld with the very Problems occur when the roll is failed or
air itself. The Kindred is not visible, and botched.
cannot be damaged or sensed in any way.
Neither may she take any action herself. If she merely fails the roll, then she must
She may sense very dimly anything which immediately make another roll to regain
occurs in her area. System: The use of this control (willpower, difficulty 8, three
discipline is extremely difficult; even to successes needed). If this is failed then the
those who have progressed this far in the spirit breaks free of the Kindred's control.
If the command-willpower roll is botched, ••• Gifts of Aeolus
then the Kindred suffers an immediate loss
of 1 permanent willpower (as is usual for This ability allows the Kindred to call forth
willpower rolls), and the spirit immediately a mist, fog, rainstorm or any other type of
breaks free. weather that is mostly moisture based.
Thus the rain-storm called cannot cause
What happens when an elemental spirit lightningstrikes, unless the area would
breaks free is up to the ST. It may simply naturally have them.
leave the physical form it was ordered into
and depart, it may attack the Kindred, it This weather has little affect except to
may wander off in its physical form. (Air conceal the Kindred. However, if a fog is
Elemental: Str 5, Dex 5, Sta 3) called, it has the additional effect that any
being tracking the Kindred or sensing
them, loses 2 additional dice to roll.

Way of Water
•••• Gift of the Nymph
(Must have at least 1 other way)
This ability is rare, even among the True
Brujah. It allows the Kindred who invokes
it, on spending one blood point, to cause
• Sense of the Dolphin
up to 100 litres of water to behave in any
manner he decrees. Thus, the water may be
The Cainite can emit a high pitched noise
made to flow up hill, to solidify into ice, to
signal, and use his ability to sense the
boil, to behave similarily to the effects of
return of that signal to judge distance, and
the deepers from 'Abyss'. However, on
other spatial relationships.
changing state from liquid to solid or gas,
the Kindred loses control of the water, thus
The distances can be judged exactly by the
he cannot simply boil 100 litres of water
Kindred and will work in dark ness, or if
and parbroil another Kindred. The Kindred
the Vampire is blind. There is a range of
must be in contact with the water he
20 feet when this power is used in air, but
wishes to affect, although the degree of
this is increased 100-fold when the he is
contact is not important, and at least one
underwater. One disadvantage to this
drop of his blood must mix with the water
power is that those who may be able to
in question.
sense these sounds, like individuals with
Auspex, or Garou, will be able to 'home in'
This power may be used to allow Kindred
on the vampire, after a length of time
to walk across water, or to allow others to
(depends on distance), if the Kindred keeps
walk across the water, by altering the
using this power.
surfacetensions on the top of the liquid.

•• Bonds of Poseidon
••••• Summon Water Elemental
As the second level Neptune's Might
By concentrating upon a pool or river, the
power.
Cainite evoking this power may summon
an elemental spirit to the sample in order to
animate it. This spirit takes upon a vaguely
humanoid form, and may not be friendly to
the invoker. The elemental may be
commanded by the Kindred to perform
Way of F ire
simple tasks, such as splashing or carrying
(Must have at least 2 other ways)
objects. System: Invoking this ability is
quite trying to the Kindred attempting it. In
Any use of the way of fire first requires a
addition to spending a bloodpoint, she
Frenzy roll.
must also spend a Willpower point to
summon the spirit. Each time the Kindred
gives a command to the elemental, she
must roll her willpower at a difficulty of 7.
Only one success is needed for the • Fire Sense
command to be obeyed. Problems occur
when the roll is failed or botched. If she The user of this power understands fire, its
merely fails the roll, then she must motivations and needs.
immediately make another roll to regain
control (willpower, difficulty 8, three System: The Kindred using this power
successes needed). If this is failed then the must overcome his natural fear of fire and
spirit breaks free of the Kindred's control. look into the flames and make a Willpower
roll. A failed roll costs one WP, on a
If the command-willpower roll is botched, successful roll the user knows how the fire
then the Kindred suffers an immediate loss will spread or grow, what it is feeding on
of 1 permanent willpower (as is usual for and how to slow it down, stop it or make it
willpower rolls), and the spirit immediately grow.
breaks free.
•• Maniupulate Fire
What happens when an elemental spirit
breaks free is up to the ST. It may simply The user of this power can now speak to
leave the physical form it was ordered into the flames and befriend them, bringing
and depart, it may attack the Kindred, it them to roaring power or quieting them to
may wander off in its physical form. mere subservience.
(Water Elemental: Str 5, Dex 3, Sta 5)
System: The Kindred using this power
must spend one Blood Point and make a
Charisma + Occult roll (Dif=7) each
••••• • Break the Bonds of Brotherhood success changes the intensity of the fire by
one step on the following chart:
This ability allows the Vampire to cause Match
blood to turn to water, with a willpower Lantern
roll (difficulty of 7). The number of Torch
Fireplace
successes achieved is the number of blood
points changed. A botch means that if the Bonfire
Small Room
target was a vampire, the target's blood
pool is actually increased by one, as the Large Room
blood is thickened, rather than thinned. Building
Fireball/Conflagration
••• Create Fire must also spend a Willpower point to
summon the spirit.
The Cainite using this power can bring
flames from nothing. Each time the Kindred gives a command to
the elemental, she must roll her willpower
System: The Kindred must make a at a difficulty of 7. Only one success is
Willpower roll (Dif=6) and expend one needed for the command to be obeyed.
blood point. The size of the fire produced Problems occur when the roll is failed or
depends on the number of Willpower botched.
successes, as per the "Lure Of Flames"
Thaumaturgical Path. If she merely fails the roll, then she must
immediately make another roll to regain
control (willpower, difficulty 8, three
successes needed). If this is failed then the
•••• Multitude of forms spirit breaks free of the Kindred's control.

Fire and heat distort visible light and If the command-willpower roll is botched,
through this power a Cainite produces one then the Kindred suffers an immediate loss
or more "Mirror Images" out of light of 1 permanent willpower (as is usual for
refraction. willpower rolls), and the spirit immediately
breaks free.
System: The Kindred spends one turn
immobile and makes a Manipulation + What happens when an elemental spirit
Subterfuge roll (Dif=8) and each success breaks free is up to the ST. It may simply
creates a partial image out of the wavering leave the physical form it was ordered into
heat that suddenly surrounds the Cainite. and depart, it may attack the Kindred, it
Attacks against the user of the discipline may wander off in its physical form. (Fire
are at +1 difficulty for every alternate Elemental: Str 3, Dex 6, Sta 5)
image. These alternate images dissapear
one per turn until they are all gone, or the
Cainite restarts the power.
Way of Shadows
(Elementalist must have at least 2 other
••••• Summon Fire Elemental
ways)
By concentrating upon a bonfire or
The shadow becomes an extension of the
fireplace, the Cainite evoking this power
Kindred's self, able to perform duties at
may summon an elemental spirit to the
extended distances away f rom the Kindred
sample in order to animate it. This spirit
as if it was the Kindred. The shadow has
takes upon a vaguely humanoid form, and
no existence in itself. It is guided by the
may not be friendly to the invoker.
thoughts of the Kindred, requiring his
concentration. If the Kindred's
The elemental may be commanded by the
concentration is broken then the effect is
Kindred to perform simple tasks, such as
broken and the shadow becomes one with
igniting flammable objects.
the Kindred instantly. The shadow is not
trapped away from the Kindred, it just
System: Invoking this ability is quite
ceases to exit away from the Kindred.
trying to the Kindred attempting it. In
Even in full darkness a shadow exists and
addition to spending a bloodpoint, she
can be called upon at all times. A Kindred
with Auspex can test to perceive the
presence of a shadow with a test of Spill coffee from a coffee cup across a
Perception + Alertness. 1 success perceives page or part a curtain to see in side a room.
a presence close by but not the location or
form. 2 successes perceives the location of System: Dexterity + Alertness Difficulty 5
a presence but not the form. 3 successes
perceives the location and form of the
presence.
••• Shadow Force
If one ability is invoked while another is
being used (such as, Shadow Touch is used The Kindred's shadow can push with great
while using Shadow Eyes) but the second force against an object be it a door or a
test is a normal failure then that indicates person.
that the force was insufficient to cause the
desired effect while a botch will require a System: Strength + Brawl Difficulty 7
concentration roll ( Self-Control -
Difficulty 7 ) for the shadow to continue its
existence.
•••• Shadow Cloak

The Kindred's shadow will envelope the

• Shadow Eyes Kindred and hide her from view, even her
aura. Kindred with higher Auspex than the
The Kindred's shadow is sent to view Elementalist's Way rating will be able to
places that the Kindred wishes not to be perceive past this cloaking.
present at herself. The Kindred uses
theshadow's presence to view another System: Manipulation + Subterfuge
location. Such viewing does not allow the Difficulty 7
Kindred to perceive both her current
location and the other location at the same
time. This also, does not allow the Kindred
to hear conversations only to see who or ••••• Shadow Hold
what is present. The shadow can even be
used to read that which is clearly displayed The Kindred's shadow can carry/lift an
(comprehension of the material is still object so shadow could transport an object
dependent on the limitations of the back to the awaiting hands of the Kindred.
Kindred). This option is limited by the object being
able to pass unnoticed and unhindered by
System: Manipulation + Investigation people, furniture and closed doors. The
Difficulty 5 shadow many be able to pass unhindered
by these things but the object does not take
on the shadow's properties.

•• Shadow Touch System: Manipulation + Subterfuge

Difficulty 9
The Kindred's shadow can be sent to touch,
move or lift small light objects ( a pen,
piece of paper, button, etc ). The shadow
gains a small amount of solid existence
which will enable it to manipulate objects.
This ability can be used in conjunction
with other Shadow abilities. Example:
Way Of Spirits •••• Manifestation of Souls

The elementalist can force a nearby

(Elementalist must have at least 3 other
soul/spirit of the dead to manifest
ways)
physically and follow simple verbal
commands. The souls/spirits can take any
action they could in life.
• See Tellurian
System: Summoner rolls Charisma +
Occult (Dif=7). Each success lends the
The Kindred, with concentration, can see
spirit corporeal existence for a certain
spirits and ghosts nearby.
period of time.
System: Willpower roll. Lasts one scene as
1 success 1 turn
long as the Elementalist concentrates.
2 successes 5 turns
3 successes 20 turns
4 successes 1 Hour
•• Speak With Spirits
5 successes 1 night

The Elementalist can speak to nearby

The spirit/soul has the same Health Levels
spirits for the duration of the scene. This in
and stats as it possessed in life. It returns to
no way affects the spirits' response to the
the spirit realm when reduced to
Elementalist.
Incapacitated or when the duration ends.
System: Elementalist rolls
Charisma+Linguistics Dif=6 or Spirit's
Rage. Each success allows the elementalist
to converse with one nearby spirit for one ••••• Fetish Rite
round.
As Fetish, from spirit Thaumaturgy. Also
see Werewolf and Book of The Wyrm for
examples and Freak Legion for use of
Fetishes for those without Gnosis.
••• Demanding Trial

The Elementalist can make a nearby spirit

serve her will for one task.
••••• • Rending
System: The spirit and elementalist make
an opposed willpower roll' if the spirit The Elementalist, using a sharp object, can
wins it is free to leave and the Elemetalist litterally rend the fabric of our reality,
loses one temporary Willpower to feed breaking a hole into the Tellurian.
either the spirit's Willpower, Rage or
System: The Elementalist must spend 1
Gnosis.
Willpower and rolls Strength + Potence
(Dif=Gauntlet -- but most Kindred do not
understand the gauntlet very well), and
then tears a hole in reality to the Umbra
beyond using his sharp implement (claws
work well, although ritual knives were
more common and the occasional
broadsword was used). The Elementalist
then walks through next round. By
spending additional willpower the
Elementalist can keep the tear open for one
additional person per point of WP spent.
Way of Time
Returning from the Umbra is automatic for
(Must have at least 5 other ways)
the Elementalist from the Near Umbra, but
anyone in her company has to hold her
As the first six levels of Temporis, the
hand or be stuck.
"Official" True Brujah discipline.
New Backgrounds potentially so) situations – the Kindred
won't be disappearing into a puff of smoke
or lingering invisibly before anyone's eyes.
As some of the most useful Traits in If someone searches for the Kindred, their
Vampire, whether from a mechanical point quest may well prove fruitless:
of view or in the terms of describing a Somehow, no one remembers her, or the
Storyteller character's role in a given camera was out of tape, or the guard was
chronicle, Backgrounds go a long way. Of too far away to give a reliable description.
course, these Backgrounds are completely A vampire's Arcane score subtracts one die
optional and subject to Storyteller approval per dot from any dice pools used to
for use in her game – not every chronicle actively search for her – most often
needs 500-year-old players' Perception or Investigation pools. A
characters or those with the ability to call Kindred may choose to "turn off" Arcane if
up units of Green Berets. Age and Military she so wishes, thereby enabling others to
Force are suited more to elders than find her, as is sometimes beneficial. This is
neonates and ancillae, so Storytellers are a passive Trait, not an active one; it does
encouraged to not help on Stealth rolls or other overt
disallow them in games that do not feature attempts to hide from others. It simply
elders as players' characters. makes the vampire hard to find, whether
she's lying in the back seat of a car or
Arcane hidden in a crypt three continents away.

Gray wondered where the hell the No character may take the Arcane
Nosferatu who had stolen her sire's amulet background if she has any Status, Clan
could be. She knew it was a Sewer Rat – Prestige or Fame, or vice versa. Likewise,
she'd seen him long enough to know that Arcane does not have any effect for
he was ugly as sin Kindred of the Eighth
– but she couldn't describe him to anyone Generation or lower – elders are simply too
in any detail. Even the Kindred who knew unnatural to slip so easily from the minds
the Nosferatu "can't put a name to the of others.
face."
Maybe it was time to give up. Note: This Background is as often a
detriment as it is a blessing, and it
Certain Kindred are inherently sometimes conflicts with other
unknowable, and those around them often Backgrounds.
fail to notice them, let alone their undead An Arcane Kindred with Resources may
states. Some vampires have the ability to well have to hunt down his stock dividends
remain anonymous. This strange ability while an Arcane Mentor may prove more
generally manifests as a strange nepenthe, trouble to find than she's worth.
whereby the person trying to remember the
Kindred experiences only a strange • Easily overlooked
nostalgia, absent of any detail. A vampire •• Hard to follow
with a high Arcane Trait may attempt to ••• It takes a detective to shadow you
vanish from view, or she may simply seem •••• Maybe he passed through here a
too ordinary to notice. couple years ago
This is not similar to Obfuscate, per se, and ••••• Never heard of the guy
it certainly does not help in combative (or
Age
• Annuated: 200 years or less active,
Ivreh sighed even though he didn't need to +30 freebie points, -1 Humanity
– he had come to appreciate the irony of
the act. When one spends more than three •• Elder: 200 to 350 years active, +55
centuries as a member of the undead freebie points, -2 Humanity
Kindred, one
takes one's levity where one can find it. He ••• Hoary: 350 to 500 years active, +75
wandered over to the chessboard, his freebie points, -3 Humanity
thoughts turning to Gabrielle and their
ongoing game, and moved his pawn – who •••• Venerable: 500 to 750 years
represented a certain importer from Taipei active,+90 freebie points, -4
– to take her bishop – the leader of a Humanity
Luddite cult in Trinidad. Indeed, Ivreh had
learned much more than patience since his ••••• Ancient: Active for more than
Embrace. 750years (!), +100 freebie points, -5
Humanity
You have survived as a vampire for far
longer than many Kindred – enough to be
considered an elder according to the fickle, Military Force
deadly others of your kind. This
Background is not necessarily a simple The commandant suppressed a shudder
reflection of your age; it reflects the while the cowled –man? – before him
number of years you have functioned away whispered concise, uncompromising
from the slumber orders. He was to pull his forces back as
of torpor. If you have fallen into torpor, the guerrillas
you may actually be older than even this pressed the attack, redirecting the troops
Trait indicates.… to a forgotten graveyard. From there, a
second unit would move in from the flanks,
Every dot of Age gives a character a catching the guerrillas in enfilade. During
certain amount of extra freebie points to the firefight,
reflect her greater acumen, but this wisdom a certain cenotaph was to be toppled and
comes at the expense of Humanity. Note destroyed, along with anything that lay
that the progression beneath it. Precisely why, it was
is not linear – truly ancient vampires learn apparently not the commandant's privilege
with much more difficulty than younger to know.…
ones, as stasis grips them in their
unchanging state. You have accumulated some s way over a
Note: This Background is included as a group of fighting soldiers. Whether as the
Storyteller's option for elder chronicles, leader of a populous gang or the dignitary
and is not mandatory for Storyteller of an entire nation, an armed force obeys
characters of advanced age. By all means, your
create your elders command. Although the nights of the
to suit the story; this system is included to vampiric warlord are long past, many
make sure players' elders start out with a elders cultivate some degree of military
common frame of reference, should you might, though they do so now with
allow them. discretion and subtlety, to avoid the ire of
Although this Trait may theoretically rise others of their kind.
above 5 (for unimaginably old characters),
Storytellers should give serious thought to Military Force might not necessarily mean
their game before allowing it. that the vampire has armed legions at her
beck and call. Far more likely,especially in
the modern nights, the vampire may • Surly mob: 15 poorly organized and
suggest "police actions" or may influence untrained thugs.
brushfire conflicts in certain nations. A
vampire may, under extreme duress, be •• Militia: 25 functionally trained
able to "security guards"
enforce martial law, but such behavior
attracts attention, and her influence would ••• SWAT team: 40 capable fighters
no doubt wane significantly afterward.
•••• Veteran troop: 75 combat seasoned
This Trait is most suitable for elders, and Soldiers
Storytellers should feel free to extrapolate
this Background past the sixth dot for ••••• Elite company: 100 battle hardened
vampires who have influence over truly troops 6+Specialweapons, greater
frightening martial quantitiesand perhaps even national
power. armed forces.