Brujah
Advantages:

• All Brujah begin play with 1 free trait in either Politics, Street, or University Influence
• All Brujah begin play with 1 free Ability trait in either Academics, Brawl, Politics or Streetwise

Disadvantages:
Clan Disadvantage: The Rage
As a whole, the Brujah bloodline is cursed with an internalized hair-trigger rage. While many members spend their entire existence trying to come to grips with the destructive force within themselves, few have ever conquered it. Whenever a Brujah slips into frenzy, they give themselves over to it entirely. Indeed, among modern Brujah, even debate and discourse can become heated enough to incite the Rage. Therefore…
 

• All Brujah suffer from the permanent negative Mental trait Violent. This cannot be bought off in any way short of the very rare Golconda.
• All Brujah suffer a - 1 to Virtue tests of Self-Control
• All Virtue Path tests due to loss of Self-Control are at a - 1 (i.e. if your Brujah kills during a frenzy, you’re at a -1 penalty on your Conscience test because the Beast likes to kill and feels no remorse. If you lose the test, you lose a Humanity and gain a Beast trait.)
• While in frenzy, the Brujah does not distinguish between offender and bystander, enemy and ally, Brother and Sister. A Brujah incited to Frenzy will aim basically for the person responsible, but will attack anyone who gets in his way. And after the subject is destroyed, the Brujah will turn to the next closest target, and then the next, and the next, etc.

Gangrel
Advantages:

• Gangrel begin play with a free Ability trait in both Animal Ken and Survival.
• 1 free trait in Lupine Lore to reflect the Gangrels’ ability to survive or avoid Lupine encounters. (Lupines are not your friends; you simply know how to avoid being killed by them under normal circumstances.)

Clan Advantage: The Wanderlust
Gangrel are not generally expected to Present themselves to the Prince of the Domain they are passing through unless they intend to stay for more than a night. They are also generally allowed to leave a Domain whenever they like so long as they have no Sect problems holding them down (wanted by Sheriff, etc.) Still, Princes are happier if all Kindred show themselves while in their Domains.
 

Disadvantages:
Clan Disadvantage: Mark of the Beast

• Gangrel gain 1 bestial feature for every uncontrolled Frenzy to a maximum of 5 features
• They gain the negative Social trait Bestial for each bestial feature they acquire to a maximum of 5 traits
• Negative traits and features are visible to all (unless the Gangrel has something with which to mask it)
• Players are expected to roleplay all negative features and traits

Malkavian
Advantages:
Once per night, a Malkavian may choose to ignore any one of the following:

• The use of Status in a Social challenge
• The loss of a Status trait
• Any miscellaneous uses of Status

Clan Advantage: The Mirror’s Insight

• All Malkavians begin play with a free Ability level of Awareness
• Malkavians possess a link to their own kind called ‘The Madness Network’. This allows them to identify their own kind by using a simple test and concentrating on the target for a minute or two, observing their behaviour (retest is Awareness)
• They may also use the Network to sometimes pass on information to other Malkavians

• All Malkavians are permanently and irrevocably insane.
• This insanity manifests during the Embrace. As mentioned, it is permanent and may never be bought off with Experience Points or healed in any way
• This Primary Derangement is ALWAYS active. Any additional Derangements the Malkavian may acquire act as regular Derangements and are only triggered by specific stimuli
• A Malkavian may spend a Willpower to suppress the adverse effects of her Derangement at the cost of 1 Willpower per 10 minutes
• Once a Malkavian is out of Willpower, any stimuli towards the Primary Derangement will cause the Kindred to enter into frenzy upon failure of a simple test

Nosferatu
Advantages:

• All Nosferatu begin play with 1 free Ability trait each in both Stealth and Survival
• Nosferatu have little fear of their Sabbat brethren, as the relationship between the two is cordial (though it should be noted that the Nosferatu of either Sect would not betray their peers lightly.)
• Nosferatu may choose ONE instinctive illusionary disguise when they learn Mask of 1000 Faces. This will be the look the Nosferatu adopts unconsciously when she is spotted, surprised, etc, and will probably also be her most common one. NOTE: This still costs the character a Mental trait to generate; the only difference is that the trait gets spent automatically in this case. If the Nosferatu should run out of Mental traits, the Mask fails and cannot be put up again until the next night when their traits refresh.

• A portion of any Domain’s sewers are the sole property of the Nosferatu Clan. No other Kindred may access this area without a Nosferatu guide, powerful Disciplines, or special Storyteller dispensation
• A Nosferatu standing near a manhole cover or a sewer grate may use it for the “Fair Escape” rule.

Disadvantages:
Clan Disadvantage: Horrid Visage

• A Nosferatu may not initiate Social challenges with others while their true face is apparent.
• The exception to this rule is in challenges of Intimidation or to threaten an opponent
• All Nosferatu have the Repugnant Social traits x 3
• No Nosferatu may have the Social traits Alluring, Elegant, Gorgeous, Magnetic or Seductive
• The Nosferatu’s physical deformations may not be cured or permanently corrected by any means (this includes Thaumaturgical spells, Rituals, gifts, or practical, human medicine). Even Vicissitude will only alter the physique for a night.)

Toreador
Advantages:

• All Toreador begin play with 2 bonus traits in either Academics, Crafts, Expression, Performance or Subterfuge in any combination

• Toreador may call upon their artistic Skills and Abilities to feed more easily. A Toreador can gain 1 Blood trait for each level possessed in Academics, Crafts, Expression, Performance and Subterfuge
• Each Blood trait gained in this fashion takes 10 minutes of out-of-play time
• Gaining Blood traits in this fashion uses up said Ability Traits

Disadvantages:
Clan Disadvantage: The Rapture

• When a Toreador is witness to a Crafts, Expression or Performance of 3, they must make a Mental test versus 7 traits to prevent entering a fugue state (retest with Willpower)
• Any Crafts, Expression or Performance with a rating of 4 or higher will have a Toreador enter into a blissful Fugue (as per the Derangement) (No test required)
• While in the Fugue state, the character suffers a period of shutdown to the outside world as they are completely captured and entranced by the object, person, performance, etc. The character enters a trance-like state, and the control of it goes to the Narrator.
• At the end of the Rapture, the character regains consciousness with no memory of her actions

NOTE: Players of Toreador should roleplay their characters’ resistance to being pulled away from the stimulus of the Rapture. In this state, the Toreador will ignore his surroundings and other responsibilities, even to the point of endangering himself. Any reasonably unobtrusive foe can surprise the distracted Toreador.
 
 

Tremere
Advantages:

• All Tremere begin play with 1 level in the Occult Ability and 1 trait of Occult Influence. The 1 Occult Influence trait may never be lost. If Influence in the Occult is lost, the original 1 point remains unscathed
• All Tremere gain ONE Ritual for every level they gain in their primary path of Thaumaturgy. The level of the Ritual must be lesser or equal to the level of the Path of Thaumaturgy gained

• Lower-ranking Tremere can expect training in Disciplines and rituals. They may also claim residence at the Regent’s Chantry
• Tremere can expect that any Mentor they have will always offer assistance, but, conversely, they will be expected to fulfill a specific duty afterward
• Tremere are allowed to seize any opportunity to further their personal power so long as it does not jeopardize the Clan as a whole

Disadvantages:
Because of the questionable origins of Clan Tremere’s lineage, they are generally distrusted by the other Camarilla Clans. Most functioning members of the Camarilla don’t exactly know why, but the Clan is always viewed (even if it isn’t said out loud) to pursue its own agenda first, and because of its secretive nature is further seen as mysterious and possibly dangerous. But still, the Tremere are a solid foundation in the Camarilla and have proven their loyalty as much as any other clan.

Clan Disadvantage: The Pyramid

• ALL Tremere are 1 point Blood Bound to the Council of Seven in Vienna. The Council also has access to 2 of each character’s Blood traits, which were taken when the Tremere was introduced as a childe.
• The Head of a Chantry holds 1 Blood trait of each member of that Chantry
• Lower-ranked Tremere are seen as expendable resources by their betters - and are treated as such
• Tremere who fail in their duties or who disobey orders may be forced to drink again from the Blood mixture of the Council of Seven
• Those who fail to report to their superiors or who do not successfully carry out their duties are harshly punished
• EVERY Tremere MUST win a test versus 9 traits to consciously commit actions that are directly subversive to Clan Tremere (Willpower as a retest)

Ventrue
Advantages:

• All Ventrue begin play with 1 trait of Resources which can never be lost
• All Ventrue begin play with 1 trait in Financial, High Society or Political Influence

• All Ventrue have a traceable lineage that can (and will) be produced upon any Elder’s request (this obviously makes infiltration quite difficult). Any Ventrue line can be traced with enough effort from a Clan member, however this may take several months
• The Ventrue Clan as a whole are precieved to be the scions of the Camarilla, continually expanding its influence and territory as well as crusading for its interests. Their air of refinement, stewardship and coordinated leadership award them a level of elevated social standing amongst the members of the sect and as such all Ventrue begin play with the Status Trait: Esteemed

Disadvantages:
Clan Disadvantage: Rarefied Taste

• Upon Embrace, each Ventrue instinctively realizes that only one type or source of blood will satisfy their hunger. Ventrue may only feed from mortal blood meeting with their particular dietary restriction
• Ventrue MUST feed from their specific blood type (this usually means having a Herd)
• A Ventrue must make a Self-Control test versus 3 traits or enter a rage Frenzy if their Herd is endangered in any way
• When hungry (i.e. down to 4 Blood traits), a Ventrue must make a Self-Control test at -1 when feeding on an appropriate vessel
• Any attempt by a Ventrue to ingest blood not of their preferred source will cause the Kindred to reflexively regurgitate the blood, gaining no nourishment

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