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Vampire: The Requiem - The Basics

So, got no clue what the new game is all about? Never even touched a Vampire book before in your life? Here's some basic information to get you started.

Basically the World of Darkness is the same, though it's a little more Call of Cthulhu. As well there are competing ideologies which are realized by the Covenants.

Carthians - seek to reconcile Kindred society with modern governmental structures and social systems.

Invictus - the aristocracy of the night.

Lancea Sanctum - Seeks to influence Kindred society with the strictures of Longinus, who is believed to have been turned into one of the Damned by the very blood of Christ.

Ordo Dracul - Commands rituals and mystical knowledge that allows the Kindred to transcend their vampiric states.

Unbound - Kindred not interested in being constrained for whatever personal reason by the chosen government of the kindred within the domain.

Catchwords for the Clans:

Daeva - Emotional, sensual and desirable.

Gangrel - Primal, hardy and savage.

Mekhet - Quick, discreet and wise.

Nosferatu - Stealthy, strong and terrifying.

Ventrue - Regal, commanding and aristocratic.