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Storytellers Handbook to the Sabbat is the second sourcebook to describe the Sabbat, and serves as a companion to the earlier Players Guide to the Sabbat.

The Handbook fleshes out background elements of the sect, and introduces two new Sabbat bloodlines. The book advanced the characterization of the Sabbat as thoroughly infested with infernalists, which persisted until Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition. This book also introduced the notion of Vicissitude as an infection – a concept that was later revisited in a drastically different form in Dirty Secrets of the Black Hand.

Summary[]

From the White Wolf catalog:

Are You Afraid?
One cannot know the vampires of the Sabbat. They are the darkest of the dark, the vampires other vampires fear. Whether they are rabid packs or silent assassins, all undead quake at the thought of their dark ways.
Good.
But there is more to this deadly sect than its followers' atrocities. Its secrets go deep, deep into the night. Its intrigues and feuds are as real tonight as they were centuries ago. Surviving against the Sabbat vampires is almost impossible. Surviving as one of them is even harder.
The Sabbat Storytellers Handbook includes:

Contents[]

Chapter One: Introduction[]

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Chapter Two: Sabbat Chronicles[]

  • Storyteller Quick Reference Story Sheet

Chapter Three: Politics of the Sabbat[]

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Chapter Four: The Forces of Darkness[]

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Chapter Five: Storytellers Aids[]

  • Ghouls
    • Hellhound - Stats
    • Guardian Ghoul - Stats
    • Zombies - Stats

Chapter Six: Quick Start Materials[]

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Chapter Seven: The Stories[]

  • Storyteller Quick Reference Story Sheet

Background Information[]

  • Ads at the back of the book include: The Masquerade (June 1993), Mage (August 1993) and White Wolf Magazine (Join the Pack!).
  • Word From the White Wolf Game Studio mentions working with Steve Jackson Games to make GURPS versions of each of the Storyteller games (Vampire, Werewolf, Mage, Faerie and Ghost).

Memorable Quotes[]

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Characters[]

The Anarchs[]

  • Eddie Karnotski (Stickman) - Brujah
  • Homer Fralish (Horse) - Brujah
  • Sophia Watson - Gangrel
  • Brenton Dickens - Brujah
  • Hanna Redmonds (Angel) - Caitiff

The Crypt-Ticks[]

The Night Crew (Anarch Gang)[]

  • Berthel Ward - Brujah
  • Bobby Lemon - Gangrel
  • Thomas Jurras - Toreador
  • Lorell Herndon - Brujah
  • Dorsey Bohannon - Brujah
  • Torrance Urich - Leader of the Night Crew, Brujah

The Watchdogs[]

  • Maria Stone - Gangrel antitribu
  • Nettie Hale - Ahrimane
  • Juanita Santiago - Ahrimane
  • High Top - Black Fury Metis, Garou, also part of the Whisper Pack (Black Furies)

Deathbringers[]

Sample Packs of Sabbat[]

The Ravens[]
The Dead Gypsies[]
  • Harry Reese - Gangrel antitribu
  • Guss "Redbone" McCray - Toreador antitribu
  • Ruth Cole - Assamite antitribu
  • Lula Burch - Gangrel antitribu
  • Little Willie - Ventrue antitribu

Demons[]

  • Barliagus the Cataboligne
  • Grantel the Mandragora
  • Lucricia the Succubus
  • Nubarus, Grand Vizier of the Infernal Realms
  • Tivilio, the Injurer of Cats

Sabbat Stereotypes[]

  • Archbishop
  • Bishop
  • Black Hand Agent
  • Black Hand Removers (Assassins)
  • Black Hand Dominion
  • Blood Brother
  • Coven Member (New)
  • Coven Member (Experienced)
  • Coven Member (Veteran)
  • Infernal Diabolist (Tainted Soul)
  • Infernal Diabolist (Fully Corrupted)
  • Sabbat Inquisitor
  • Lasombra Manipulator
  • New Recruit
  • Nomadic Sabbat (New)
  • Nomadic Sabbat (Experienced)
  • Nomadic Sabbat (Veteran)
  • Paladin (Templar)
  • Priscus
  • Scout (Novice)
  • Scout (Expert)
  • Tzimisce Torturer

Terminology[]

Alabama, The Anarchs (Anarch Group), Andalusia, Archbishop, Birmingham, Bishop, Black Fury, Black Hand, Blood Feast, Bloodlines: Ahrimanes, Kiasyd; Blue Amazon (Club), Cardinal, Chains of Pleasure, Code of Milan, Convention of Thorns, The Crypt-ticks (Sabbat Nomadic Pack), Dark Thaumaturgy, The Dead Gypsies (Nomad Pack), Deathbringers (Sabbat Pack), Delirium, Demon, Demonic Investments, Factions: Status Quo, Moderates, Ultra-Conservatives, Loyalists, Panders; Faerie, Fianna, Fires of Inferno, Fey, Garou, Ghoul, Goblins, Hands of Destruction, Haven, Hell Hound, Homid, Infernalist, Incarna, Inconnu, Iron, Kinfolk, Lasombra, The Last Light (Cristos' Nightclub), Lupine, Metis, Mexico City, "The Moonbender" (Dance Club), The "Morgue" (Sabbat Temple), Mytherceria, New Mexico, The Night Crew (Anarchs), Nocturnae, Nosferatu Kingdom, Pack (VTM), Pack (WTA), Paladin, Path of Evil Revelations, Path of Pestilence, Path of Phobos, Path of Secret Knowledge, Path of Torture, Philodox, Priest, Priscus, The Ravens (Sabbat Coven), Revenants: Ducheski, Bratovitches, Grimaldis, Obertus, Zantosa; Sabbat Civil Wars, Spirit, Spiritus, Spirit World, Sunstringers (Fianna Pack), Tzimisce, Unseelie, Vicissitude, Vinculum, The Watchdogs (Sabbat Pack), Werewolf, The Whisper (Black Fury Pack), Zombies,

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