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Medieval Edition 👑⚔️🧛

1. A Malkavian “wiseman” who deliberately contaminates grain stores with ergot and other dangerous fungi in order to bring “enlightenment to the masses.”

2. A Banu Haqim or Brujah Robin Hood. Enough said.

3. A Toreador choir master and composer who desperately wants to create music that isn’t just for Church and worship purposes, but who is constrained by societal expectations.

4. An apothecary who created poisons to help rid women of their abusive husbands. Clan-wise, I’m thinking Banu Haqim, Sprite OR Salubri as healing can definitely turn into hurt.

So since my last VTM character concept post BLEW UP and my brain is once again back on its bullshit, here are some more ideas! As usual, feel free to use these to your heart’s content! I’d love to hear about your characters too, so feel free to message me about them! Now, on to the main event:

1. A Malkavian researcher obsessed with statistics who hunts down “statistical outliers” in order to make sure their data is “pure and untampered with.”

2. A Ventrue who has created an up and coming adult toy empire (pun fully intended). They currently are in the midst of a fierce battle with the local Setites over who can cash in on the pleasure business the most.

3. A Brujah who was a successful athlete pre-embrace. Unable to participate in their sport and driven by extreme bitterness and jealousy, they now strive to turn the public against this particular as a whole by ghouling athletes and ordering them to discover, leak, and in some cases create, scandals. All the while, they rage against the sport they once loved under the thin disguise of false activism.

4. A dance instructor and head of a renowned academy known for producing performers who constantly seem to be breaking the limits of what the human body can do, much to the delight of audiences. What these audiences (and many newer students) don’t know is that this instructor is a Tzimisce and the performers have been carefully tweaked and trained during “private lessons” using a combination of Dominate and Vicissitude. Additionally, the Tzimisce is in search of a prospective childe worthy of being their dance partner, and has been carefully monitoring select students.

5. A Gangrel cryptozoologist who aims to be able to eventually master Protean to the point where they can turn into mythical beasts. 

6. A Gangrel veterinarian who was embraced after attempting to transport what they thought was an injured dog to their hospital, only for it to have actually been their hurt and very annoyed future sire.

7. A fledgling Baali abandoned after their embrace who thinks they are just some weird Caitiff.

8. A Banu Haqim who was traumatized after they were almost diablerized by a Sabbat vamp. Thoroughly disgusted by the practice, they now hunt diablerists, all the while attempting to ignore the cravings and habits of their bloodline.

9. A Hecata “fixer” who makes their living by disposing of bodies, whether turning them to ashes through the use of Oblivion or by adding them to their collection of undead servants.

Hello all! Spring has sprung and with it my creativity is in full bloom! I figured it would be a good idea to take advantage of it and dream up some Banu Haqim ideas to share with you all. Now, I’m not gonna lie, this one was HARD. Not because the clan isn’t interesting (it VERY MUCH is) but because justice is incredibly varied depending on which Banu Haqim you are talking to and I wanted to honor that. That being said, I hope you enjoy what I’ve come up with. As always, feel free to use these ideas however you wish.

1. A doctor turned whistleblower who was mortally wounded by agents of an unethical pharmaceutical company after they exposed dirty secrets regarding dangerous drug side effects. Before they passed on, they were embraced and now seek to topple the company once and for all.

2. A Banu Haqim who takes “eat the rich” literally, having a self-imposed feeding restriction wherein they can only drink from those of a certain tax bracket.

3. A Banu Haqim who so strongly believes that alcohol is the root of moral degeneracy and evil (look into the Temperance Movement and Prohibition for more info on this way of thinking) that they’ve been poisoning supplies of booze in order to stop people from drinking. Yes, people die because of their actions, but the ends justify the means. Besides, the people should have known better than to partake.

4. A Banu Haqim crime boss who operates out of certain areas in order to discourage people from moving in/exploring. The reason? Those areas are hotbeds of supernatural/Kindred activity and if the vampire has to tank the area’s reputation to keep people away and safe, they sure as hell are willing to get their hands dirty. Unfortunately, they also have to deal with the fact that rent is incredibly cheap as a result of their actions, which is making it difficult to keep regular people with a lower income out.

5. A Banu Haqim who actively hunts Sabbat vampires and diablerizes them. The only issue is that they’ve been having flashes of memories that aren’t theirs as well as odd dreams. Seems like the ones they devoured may be rearing their ugly heads, and the Banu is desperately throwing themself into blood sorcery research in order to keep the others hiding in their blood DOWN!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Sorry I kinda disappeared off the face of the earth (work has been wild because tis the season I guess), but a bouquet of Mlakavian ideas have bloomed from my brain and I am eager to share them with you all. As always, feel free to use any of these ideas in your campaigns, art, etc. and please do message me about what your characters are up to! Also, PLEASE be mindful that VTM is a dark game so I'd advise against engaging with some of the concepts if you are aren't in a good headspace. VTM is a game, but your mental health isn't. Please take care of yourselves ❤️ With that said, let's get into some concepts for a clan I hold very near and dear to my heart! 1. A Malkavian with severe agoraphobia, but not for the reasons you might think. You see, they are keeping themselves isolated and sticking to one place because every time they go outside, it seems like disaster strikes. Others may say its a coincidence, but this Malkavian is convinced they are a walking herald of disaster, and wants to protect those they love. 2. A Malkavian computer scientist and programmer who scoffs at those who believe in a higher power. Why? Because they are building a God via AI who will shepherd humanity and kindred into a new era . 3. A Malkavian who wakes up every night with no memory of the previous one. To combat this, they obsessively journal, take notes and photographs, and record audio diaries. So far the rest of the coterie hasn't caught on yet, but with every night things become more difficult. 4. A Malkavian who developed an incredibly intense fear of silence after encountering a complete absence of sound during their embrace. To avoid it, they always have headphones to play music on their person, and tend to do things like drum their fingers against tables to produce noise. Though this helps, it can be irritating to other kindred, and a big hindrance during espionage and infiltration missions. 5. A Malkavian who, desperate to cure their derangement, has begun hunting down and diablerizing Salubri, believing the clan of healers’s blood is the solution to all their problems.

6. A Malkavian who is nonverbal due to a fear that some of their Dominate abilities, which have been erratic and uncontrollable in the past, act up. In life they felt helpless over the fact that many things were out of their control and wished they could have things their way, but now they regret their wish with all their heart.

7. A photographer Malkavian who strongly believes in the idea that when you take someone’s picture, you capture a piece of their soul. Fascinated by the fact that the Lasombra don’t show up on cameras correctly, they are obsessed with the idea of getting a proper snapshot of one and analyzing it.

Happy New Year, all! With the turning of the clock I’ve had a rush of creativity, and that means new kindred concepts! Per usual, please feel free to use any of these ideas in your VTM chronicles as NPCs or PCs, and don’t hesitate to reach out if you want to talk about The World of Darkness! With that said, let’s get rolling:

1. A real-life “Final Girl” ( I use the term in a gender-neutral sense here) who survived a masked serial killer. They managed to get past the experience and even published a bestselling book talking about their experience. Unfortunately, they also attracted the attention of their sire in the process. I’m thinking Gangrel, Banu Haquim, or Lasombra here due to the whole survival and justice aspects, but any clan could easily be slotted in.

2. A Ravnos travel influencer who uses their bane as an excuse to explore the world and make money. Hey, if unlife gives you lemons, right?

3. A member of an underground boxing ring who was embraced by the Tremere to help train some younger members of the clan in hand-to-hand combat. They could already kick your ass six ways to Sunday before, but now they have blood magic! Well, if they can just manage to learn Latin, Ancient Greek, Arabic, Romanian…

4. Someone who got drunk (in more ways than one) and woke up with a wedding ring on their finger, a fresh set of fangs, and no idea who their partner and sire is or where they went.

5. A Salubri with a strong talent for healing both medically and with their disciplines. Due to their usefulness, the Prince has made it so they are not to be harmed. However, they are heavily monitored, have been subjected to a blood bond, and often feel more like a treasured pet than a person.

THE TZIMISCE LORESHEET IS HERE!

HI ALL! I know I kind of disappeared off the face of the earth, but I wanted to let you know that the Tzimisce loresheet is here and available on Storyteller's Vault! Featuring art from the amazing Beth The Bard (seriously, check her out she's awesome), body horror, and literary references galore (though you don't need to be familiar with Kafka's works to enjoy) this loresheet is my love letter to our favorite fiends and Franz K. himself. Hopefully it will be the first of many VTM works I publish.

Hey all! I’m back in my VTM bullshit with more character concepts. Apologies if this is a bit more curt/shorter than usual; I’m cranking this out on my work break 😅. But anyway, here ya go! TW for Thalassophobia and implied animal death.

1. A Lasombra saturation diver. If you don’t know what that is, just know that it involves going to the very deepest and pitch dark parts of the ocean. Probably the closest to the abyss on earth. And for Cain’s sake PLEASE don’t look into the Byford Dolphin Accident (which will probably come up if you look up saturation diving) if you are squeamish!

2. A Banu Haquim erotic dancer who uses their unnatural grace to their advantage. The Toreador aren’t the only ones with celerity or sex appeal, and the club serves as a wonderful place to mete out justice to handsy assholes while gathering intel.

3. A Malkavian with synesthesia so intense it’s borderline overwhelming. Oddly enough, the colors, sights and sounds they receive actually tend to be useful as they hint at the true nature of things.

4. A guide of a ghost tour that is known for producing paranormal encounters. Of course, since the guide is a Hecata, ghostly happenings are par for the course.

5. A Gangrel pet groomer who’s had to skip multiple towns after feeding on Fido a LITTLE too enthusiastically.

Hello there! Sorry that I’ve been MIA; it’s been a bit crazy in my offline life. But I’m still here and I still love VTM, so let’s see what so got as far as Salubri concepts! TW for mentions of mental illness and incarceration.

1. A Salubri who found out about the clan’s history of caretaking after their cousin clan, the Malkavians, and who aims to uphold that noble mission. Naturally, it isn’t as easy as it sounds, and the Salubri has found themself relying on dominate more than they would like. Walking amongst the Malks isn’t doing wonders for their own mental health, either.

2. An ex-con (you choose the severity of the crime) who was turned into a Salubri after getting out of jail in the hopes that their new “condition” might lead them down a more virtuous path. Naturally, they aren’t happy about this in the least.

3. A Salubri who uses the fact that their vitae is delicious to bait other vampires into becoming lunch for their coterie/themself/anyone willing to pay them enough. It’s highly dangerous and they’ve nearly met the final death multiple times, but the rush of the hunted becoming the hunter is incredibly addictive. Bonus points if they wear roller skates and their nickname is Meal on Wheels.

4. A Salubri hematologist who has dedicated their unlife towards figuring out what in the fresh hell makes Salubri blood so tasty to other vamps, and a potential way to reverse the effect.

5. A thinblood who committed diablery hoping to become an accepted member of vampire society. They succeeded in becoming a full-blooded vamp, only to learn a little too late that they ate a Salubri and now belong to a hunted group. Many regrets are had.