The book is laid out a little funny as the thirteen clans and the sects they belong to encompass chapter two starting with page 37. I am a longtime gm, although with a bit more limited experience in vtr, and i have already partnered up with an interested player and we are looking for more to join in. Of the three games, requiem 2nd edition has the clearest discipline writeups the firsttier power tends to be thematic and powerful in its. Familiar mechanics with new substructures make the game fresh, modern, motivating for players, and fun to run. During the last year that city of heroes was running, and after it went freetoplay, i was a new player of that game and i was noticing a lot of vampire based characters with auspex, protean, etc listed in their profilesbiologies. The requiem 2nd edition brings the line into the 21st. The requiem the prince is the master of the city, but he has named you lord of your territory. But i dont know which version would be a better fit for my dming style. The requiem second edition, vampire 20th anniversary, and vampire 5th edition. Changes between 1st and 2nd edition onyx path forums. Almost all parts of the kindred template have been altered in some way, from how disciplines work to how important a clan or covenant is. Celerity, majesty, vigor dexterity or manipulation.
Chapter three covers building a character and chapter four covers the various disciplines vampiric powers. Sure, the changes are more significant than, say, the move from 2nd edition to 3rd edition, but if you didnt like the old vampire for general thematic reasons rather than specific annoyances about metaplot youre not going to like the new vampire, and if you became bored of the old vampire, theres not much in the new vampire which. The requiem is a required book, along with the the world of darkness book, to play a vampire character. Tonight, you become one of the kindred, the beautiful and the damned who hide behind our ordinary world. Vampires are reborn as members of a clan, and may further belong to or join a bloodline of that particular clan. To that end, they take part in occult science and strange rituals of all kinds. The requiem is a roleplaying game published by white wolf, set in the chronicles of. Five clans replace the thirteen, each embodying broad vampire archetypes.
The requiem is the flagship title of white wolfs new world of darkness line, and, as its name suggests, the counterpart to the old world of darknesss vampire. The secret frequency files is collection of story hooks, settings, antagonists and rules updates, for use with chronicles of darkness 2nd edition, including vampire, mage, geist, promethean, and more. I really want to play a requiem game since i love the changes the game has made. You take your normal chronicles of darkness character, then overlay a few traits. The masquerade is a tabletop roleplaying game tabletop rpg created by mark reinhagen and released in 1991 by white wolf publishing as the first of several storyteller system games for its world of darkness setting line. The second edition was initially introduced by onyx path publishing in december 20 as. While keeping the basic premise and structure of the game intact, it dramatically overhauls the setting and rules. The masquerade was that vampires being immune to bullets but not bladed weapons. Considerations the following is a rundown of vampires work in the most basic sense for the rpg game vampire. If anyone out there is looking to run a game or is running a game. The requiem second edition is a rulebook revision for vampire. It seems that after the second edition came out in 2014, everyone forgot about the original iteration of requiem, even though i always considered the first edition of requiem and new world of darkness in general to be much better than the second edition and the related. How to make a character in vampire the masquerade 5th edition duration.
It got washed out in 2nd edition, with the confession most fans found it unworkable, confusing and generally nonsensical. Thousand years of night is the shiny new supplement for vampire. Vampire the requiem 2nd edition character creation. About us we believe everything in the internet must be free. In 1st edition, any kind of vampiric artist was this, due to creative sterility being part of the vampire package. Vampire merchandise is available via our redbubble store. There are bright spots, of course, but they swim in an ocean of degeneration and decay. Pdf vampire the requiem second edition free download pdf. This release in both its forms was a standalone game, able to be played with no other books as references. Well make a few cosmetic changes to blood and smoke and rerelease it as vampire. Bastions of socalled virtue and civilisation are just as corrupt and barbaric as those they denounce.
At gencon 2014, it was announced that blood and smoke would be rebranded as vampire. The masquerade was first published in 1991, with second edition published a year later. There are new antagonists and tweaks to the backstory. Clan nickname disciplines bonus trait weakness book daeva. The requiem is a roleplaying game published by white wolf, inc. It appears at first to be the white wolf system with a few changes, but in fact. Since the introduction of the second edition of requiem, as well as the rebooting of masquerade through its 20th anniversary and fifth editions, its scope is. Second edition vampire is already out its called blood and smoke. Traded in a pile of old sff books i was never going to read again, and now im the proud owner of a vampire the masquerade core rulebook. Requiem 2e is basically the core concept of masquerades vampires divorced from a global and historical spanning metaplot. The requiem 2nd edition brings the line into the 21st century hard.
The masquerade 20th anniversary edition is divided into ten chapters. They use the god machine chronicles update as a baseline and have added some things in. Im going to pull from and buy from both lines im sure. They are occultists, ritualists, madmen and researchers who claim descent from dracula himself. Now into its second edition originally released under the title of blood. I am looking for players interested in a textbased game of vtr vampire. Probably been asked before but what will the major changes be between the the different edition of the nwod core books vamp,werewolf etc and will the 1st edition books be able to be used with the 2nd edition core book rules. This guide is an expansion of the system of boons and prestations among the undead. The tomb of william mackenzie and a 2nd edition update of the vampire bloodline the architects of. The requiem is the flagship title of white wolfs new world of darkness. Except its second edition, and the storyteller is running off of revised. Basic definitions and principles from that document have been expanded here not replaced, including a more thorough set of examples of what services in different areas are most appropriately equated to which denominations of boon or prestation see denomination in the. My experience with the vampire saga is limited to only two sessions as a player.
The masquerade 2nd edition but this book is well worth a read too. Requiem for the masquerade posted in rp announcements. Nevertheless i want to try to run a campaign as a dm. It improved upon virtually all the failings of first edition nwod while adding some very cool things. Vampire the requiem 2nd edition character creation forum. The story vignettes are interesting and the books gives a. The requiem rules faq for second editionblood and smoke v. The requiem second edition sees a tighter focus on the vampires struggle with humanity, a greater cornucopia of powers, merits, and player options, as well as a whole bundle of. Whats the relationship between vampire 2eblood and smoke and the godmachine chronicle. The new vampire the requiem 2nd edition has made some subtle changes that alter the way this template works, including new features such as.
No other rulebooks are required, and the rules are fully compatible with the godmachine chronicle. Authors saving throw after complains about the predators taint rules from the first edition, blood and smoke retooled it into the predatory aura, which unlike it is a completely controlled ability and wont cause kindred to attack each other on sight an older criticism dating back to vampire. The roleplay style of our server is primarily social and playerbased. If this sounds interesting to you, head over to our drivethrurpg storefront to get vampire. The world of darkness, second edition onyx path publishing. As far as vamp goes they have made then hardier and tweaked the powers to make them a bit more terrifying. Vampire the requiem 2nd edition character creation youtube. These are fairly intrusive mechanics that tend to be the centerpiece of the personal horror aspect of the games. A complete guide to playing a vampire in the world of darkness. For those of you who know nothing at all about vampire in any of its iterations, it is a game wherein players take on the role of a bloodsucking undead fiend. So this tool was designed for free download documents from the internet. Other than the cover and title change, theres an index and a few other minor internal changes.
Players guide you have a large pool of miscellaneous skills and knowledge obtained through your extensive travels, the jobs youve held, or. Do i think it would be kind of hilarious to enlist s aid anyways. The requiem rules faq for second edition blood and smoke v. The second edition sharpens these traits, with factions and powers focused on the immediate, nighttonight thrills and terrors of being a vampire.
The book is well put together, though some information is repeated in different sections. The changes include the following naturally, both owod and nwod fans believe their way to be the true way. Reimagined clans, covenants, and supernatural powers to create your perfect monster. It incorporates elements from requiem for rome and the requiem clanbooks, including the strix, demonic antagonists that debuted in the roman setting. A major feature of every edition of both the vampire. The requiem 2nd edition, part of onyx paths chronicles of darkness nwod 2. Driven by a hunger like fire, you will struggle to maintain your humanity while immersed in a vicious society of monsters. The major changes from first to second edition are not in content but in form. Requiem, second edition, with a new cover, index and very minor changes in. It is set in a fictionalized gothicpunk version of the modern world, where players assume the roles of vampires, who are referred to as kindred. Vampires often join a covenant based on their philosophy toward the long night. Note that some of the alternate magical traditions are not fully fleshed out yet and the approval filter only works with disciplines below elder level.