A Storytelling Game
of Personal Horror

By Creators:
Mark Rein•Hagen with Steven C. Brown, Tom Dowd, Andrew Greenberg,
Chris McDonough, Lisa Stevens, Josh Timbrook, Stewart Wieck

New Edition Authors:
Justin Achilli, Andrew Bates, Phil Brucato, Richard E. Dansky, Ed Hall,
Robert Hatch, Michael B. Lee, Ian Lemke, Jim Moore, Ethan Skemp, Cynthia Summers

Table of Contents

• Prologue: A Gathering of Beasts
• Introduction
  • Storytelling
  • What is a Vampire?
  • How to Use This Book
• Chapter One: A World of Darkness
  • The World of Darkness
  • The Kindred
  • The Embrace
  • Kindred Society
  • The Prince
  • Other Kindred of Importance
  • The Traditions
  • The Lextalionis
  • Sects
  • The Clans
  • Coteries
  • Witch-Hunters and Other Mortals
  • The Others
  • Generations and Cainite Mythology
  • The Modern Nights
  • Gehenna
  • Lexicon
• Chapter Two: Clans and Sects
  • The Camarilla
  • Brujah
  • Gangrel
  • Malkavian
  • Nosferatu
  • Toreador
  • Tremere
  • Ventrue
  • The Sabbat
  • Lasombra
  • Tzimisce
  • The Independents
  • Assamite
  • Followers of Set
  • Giovanni
  • Ravnos
• Chapter Three: Character and Traits
  • Traits
  • Getting Started
  • Step One: Character Concept
  • Step One: Character Concept
  • Step Two: Select Attributes
  • Step Three: Select Abilities
  • Step Four: Select Advantages
  • Step Five: Last Touches
  • The Prelude
  • Example of Character Creation
  • Personality Archetypes: Nature and Demeanor
  • Attributes
  • Abilities
  • Backgrounds
  • Virtues
  • Humanity
  • Willpower
  • Blood Pool
  • Health
  • Experience
• Chapter Four: Disciplines
  • Animalism
  • Auspex
  • Celerity
  • Chimerstry
  • Dementation
  • Dominate
  • Fortitude
  • Necromancy
  • Obfuscate
  • Obtenebration
  • Potence
  • Presence
  • Protean
  • Quietus
  • Serpentis
  • Thaumaturgy
  • Vicissitude
• Chapter Five: Rules
  • Time
  • Actions
  • Rolling Dice
  • The Golden Rule
  • Example of Rolls
  • Game Terms
• Chapter Six: Systems and Drama
  • Dramatic Systems
  • Combat Systems
  • Combat Maneuvers
  • Health
  • States of Being
  • Example of Play
• Chapter Seven: A History of the Kindred
  • In the Beginning
  • The First City
  • The Second City
  • The Ancient World
  • The Dark Ages
  • The Burning Times
  • The Renaissance
  • The 18th Century
  • Age of Steam - Century of Progress
  • Age of Spirits
  • Revolution
  • A World at War
  • The Modern Age
• Chapter Eight: Storytelling
  • A World Dark and Deadly
  • Written in Blood
  • Courts of Crimson and Alabaster
  • Into the Fire
  • Creating Stories
  • Dancing with the Dead
  • The Commandments
• Chapter Nine: Antagonists
  • Witch-Hunters
  • Criminals
  • Ghouls
  • Werewolves
  • Magi
  • Faeries
  • Wraiths
• Appendix
  • Alternate Virtues and Paths of Enlightenment
  • The Path of Blood
  • The Path of the Bones
  • The Path of Night
  • The Path of Metamorphosis
  • The Path of Paradox
  • The Path of Typhon
  • Merits and Flaws
  • Bestiary
• Epilogue: Under the Horns of Blood