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Bloodline (VTM)

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In Vampire: the Masquerade, a bloodline describes a group of vampires who share a common lineage, weakness and disciplines but are distinct from one of the thirteen clans of Caine. The childe of a vampire who belongs to a bloodline will always belong to the same bloodline as her sire, and there's no set way to change one's lineage. Bloodlines in Masquerade are generally the product of unique supernatural events, and are functionally just smaller clans. Unlike in Vampire: The Requiem, bloodlines in Vampire: The Masquerade aren't necessarily tied to specific clans. Bloodlines are created in a variety of ways:

  • Mystical accident. The Kiasyd and Ahrimanes bloodlines were created through specific rituals that resulted in a specific founder deviating from the parent clan.
  • Divergent evolution. A bloodline splits off from the clan when they are geographically isolated from the parent clan and develop their own customs, examples include the Anda.
  • Death of Antediluvian. All clans have Antediluvians; on more than one occasion, that Antediluvian has been replaced, resulting in the original clan being "demoted" to bloodline status. The Samedi, Salubri and True Brujah bloodlines can all claim this distinction.
  • Caste system. Some clans are seperated into caste systems, with certain castes possessing different disciplines and weaknesses from the parent clan, and thus technically being bloodlines. Certain clans (the Assamites, Ravnos, Salubri, Setites, and Tzimisce in particular) have internal bloodlines with different attributes and embraces, but which are still socially part of the parent clan.
  • Antitribu or anti-clan. Similarly, the antitribu might be considered bloodlines of their parent clan, even though in cases like the Malkavians, the parent clan doesn't actually exist anymore.
  • Saulot. He just got around a lot.

Contents

[edit] List of bloodlines

The following is a list of all known bloodlines, sorted by their parent clan (if applicable).

[edit] Assamite

[edit] Brujah

  • Brujah antitribu
  • Osebo (Laibon)
  • True Brujah - As the True Brujah tell it, they were once a clan before the Brujah, a specific lineage of theirs, usurped their position. Otherwise, the True Brujah are a strange branch of the Brujah line.

[edit] Cappadocians

[edit] Followers of Set

[edit] Gangrel

[edit] Lasombra

[edit] Malkavians

[edit] Nosferatu

[edit] Ravnos

[edit] Salubri

[edit] Toreador

[edit] Tremere

[edit] Tzimisce

[edit] Ventrue

[edit] Other

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