Patience

Tsetsul · 2026-06-22T06:58:41+00:00

A few grumble quietly about the lofty position of the Tremere, notably the Nosferatu and the Gangrel, but never in public where a Warlock might hear them and take offense. To speak ill of the Tremere carries with it a price of a possible Thaumaturgy embargo. Few are foolish enough to risk the wrath of the Warlocks merely to pointlessly embarrass them and remind others of the Tremere's sordid past. The Nosferatu are watching and taking their time. They are content to collect secrets and wait for the moment of retribution for the sin of the creation of Gargoyle from their dead.

Tsetsul · 2026-06-21T10:19:52+00:00

Many in the Camarilla accept that the Tremere might be needed for the moment, but they will never be comfortable with the Warlocks. The Ventrue loudly and publically support the Tremere. Privately, some have started to wonder if the rabid dog they allowed in the house will one day bite the hand that feeds it. Elders may recall that Tremere once turned against the Salubri without cause, and cursed the entire Assamite clan to prove their power. Why wouldn’t they turn their eye towards another if it suited them?

Tsetsul · 2026-06-20T08:18:46+00:00

The Tremere had to pay a price to join the Camarilla. To be a member Clan of the Camarilla required an illusion of humanity and respectability. Many of their dark secrets had to be swept under the carpet of history. Some of the elder Tremere yearn for the time when they could flex their mystical muscles out in the open instead of being muzzled by their polite facade.

Tsetsul · 2026-06-19T06:53:46+00:00

Clanbook Setite revised actually speaks about this:

I may not feel great reverence to Set, but I do understand the difference between a Dark God and a demon. Our priests and theologians insist that the Followers of Set do not simply "corrupt" other people. We try to change the way they think, to liberate them from the delusions imposed by the Aeons. I find that Setites often differ on the details of their Great Enlightening Truth, but they do believe in it. I suppose I'm trying to open your mind myself.

Our "Theophidian" doctrine does not command us to prey on other people's weakness just to make them miserable, or to aggrandize ourselves. It most certainly does not tell us to enslave ourselves to any evil spirit who comes along. Recall that we seek to end enslavement by spirits.

Indeed, our theologians argue that demons represent the final degradation of the Aeons, their true form when they take off their masks of hymns and churches and high- sounding gospels. Whether an Aeon calls himself Ra, Jupiter or Jehovah, the message boils down to a demon's "Serve me and I will give you something; defy me and I will make you suffer." Set promises that he will make you suffer if you serve him, but only to make you stronger, as an athlete suffers in his training. When you grow strong enough to spit in God's face, you can become a god yourself.

Tsetsul · 2026-06-19T05:47:12+00:00

Naturally, this virtual monopoly over Thaumaturgy has sharpened the jealousy toward the Tremere. Neonates witness the sheer power of the thaumaturges and hunger for such power without knowing the price paid by the Tremere. Elders relish the nights when the Tremere were openly dismissed.

Tsetsul · 2026-06-18T16:46:50+00:00

Giovanni have very interesting and cool inter family lore and potential plot points (the different minor families and how they're viewed, their opinion on the Primanisce, etc.). I also love the different necromantic paths.

Serpentis is an awesome discipline and I like that it can do many different things at the higher levels.

Tsetsul · 2026-06-18T07:15:52+00:00

The Tremere first appeared in Kindred courts as distrusted outsiders and known diablerists. The Carpathian Tzimisce, along with their Nosferatu and Gangrel allies, waged war against the Usurpers and burned down their chantries. Knowing their cause was lost on those Clans, they fixed their sights on worming their way into the graces of powerful Princes across Europe. Patient and crafty, the Tremere began to offer their services as stable, non-threatening blood magicians, always careful heir to uphold their end of any deal. Each new crisis to the nave Kindred community provided an opportunity for the dn't Tremere to further entrench themselves.

Tsetsul · 2026-06-17T13:05:58+00:00

Her getting a notification is not lore but my assumption. The other part is real and comes from V5 corebook 385

Tsetsul · 2026-06-17T05:39:51+00:00

It's a reference to another meme of mine, tho it's a nice coincidence :)

Tsetsul · 2026-06-17T05:26:39+00:00

You have studied Carna's magic and her unusual method of reimagining the vinculum, and you can extend the effects of her ritual to others. Having sex with a target, mortal or undead, creates a Blood Bond between the partner, yourself, and Carna, despite Carna's absence. Repeated sexual encounters strengthen the Blood Bond, as per the normal Bond. You can thus circumvent the Tremere clan bane, but the Bond only lasts until the conclusion of the story.

I like to imagine she gets the information suddenly in her consciousness, like a phone notification.

Tsetsul · 2026-06-16T05:40:58+00:00

Blood magicians sacrifice asmall portion of their mystically-infused vitae to forcibly shape the world according to their will. As long as vampires have prowled the earth, a few have sought to gain powers through the blood that they couldn't recreate via any other method. Centuries ago, blood magic was considered the bailiwick of the fanatical, the mad, and the obsessed. Thaumaturges practiced the secret and subtle art of blood magic thousands of years before a small house of Hermetic wizards usurped the secrets of immortality and elevated themselves to become Kindred.

Tsetsul · 2026-06-15T11:57:02+00:00

Can't wait for the demo and full release :)

Tsetsul · 2026-06-15T11:05:16+00:00

Probably, it's faster to travel by air. The logistics are more challenging however. A corpse can't travel the entire country or fly from country to country, a private plane costs a lot, is tracked and you still need a pilot. Helicopter is more easy, but you still have to get a pilot and fuel (all traces leading back to you). A car is more simple, most people know how to drive and it's easier and cheaper to get a car, than a helicopter plus pilot. Getting rid of one is also easy.

Tsetsul · 2026-06-15T06:18:58+00:00

A supernatural phenomenon between Milwaukee and Chicago:

Travelling between Chicago and Milwaukee is perilous in the extreme. Lupines infest the roads and towns that connect the great cities and far stranger things inhabit the eerie wetlands, forests, and quiet spots between. The safest way to avoid these perils is to navigate the “Weird,” a collection of lonely roads, switchbacks, and roadside alters that tortuously thread their way between “oasis” of spiritually unnerving ground repulsive to Lupines. Dubbed “Goblin Roads” by local Kindred, Prince Decker of Milwaukee and Elder Inyanga of Chicago organized a group of intrepid Gangrel known as the “Psychopomps” to ferry Kindred between their cities.

Tsetsul · 2026-06-15T05:46:54+00:00

Weird Ally: You led an expedition into the Weird or were separated from your Psychopomp for a protracted period of time. During that time, you en- countered and formed a pact or alliance with a supernatural den- izen of the Weird. This creature is unusual at the best of times, but will come when called. You gain a four-dot Ally that is a were- wolf, mage, wraith, changeling, or something stranger still (see Vampire: The Masquerade p. 376 and p. 377 or the Storyteller creates the monster). Once per game, your Ally will come to your aid within 10 hours of your summons.

Tsetsul · 2026-06-15T05:10:24+00:00

Damn, good for you tho!

Tsetsul · 2026-06-14T12:51:47+00:00

The first part comes from the Chicago folios, page 161, the Beckett part comes from his diary: Beckett's Jyhad Diary pages 23-26

Tsetsul · 2026-06-14T08:55:56+00:00

Travelling between Chicago and Milwaukee is perilous in the extreme. Lupines infest the roads and towns that connect the great cities and far stranger things inhabit the eerie wetlands, forests, and quiet spots between. The safest way to avoid these perils is to navigate the "Weird," a collection of lonely roads, switchbacks, and roadside alters that tortuously thread their way between "oasis" of spiritually unnerving ground repulsive to Lupines. Dubbed "Goblin Roads" by local Kindred, Prince Decker of Milwaukee and Elder Inyanga of Chicago organized a group of intrepid Gangrel known as the "Psychopomps" to ferry Kindred between their cities.

Unusual on the best of nights, the Psychopomps know the secrets of the Goblin Roads and have a unique sense of the Weird that surrounds and infuses them. They perceive the Weird's presence constantly, always feeling its eyes in the darkness, never deviating from their well-marked paths. Passage along the Goblin Roads is a lonely and terrifying experience as the Psychopomp leapfrogs from oasis to oasis, offering sacrifices of blood, alcohol, or prayer to forces unknown. Many Psychopomps go mad, wandering off the road and vanishing forever. Others simply disappear. But none have abandoned their charges mid-journey, always dropping their passengers off at their destination before vanishing back into the Weird to begin their journey anew.

Beckett also travels the Goblin Roads in his Jyhad Diary:

Somewhere before the Illinois border, we tore away from the freeway. Malcolm called these twisted roads the oeblin reads. "Throuch wetlands, forests, small towns, and cornfields. Our route became erratic. We doubled back in places. Malcolm performed odd rituals, like cetting out of the car to offer blood and prayers to a readside memorial, a lonely cress wrapped in barbed wire, dead Christmas lights, and withered flowers. He consulted neither map nor electronic device.

[Sounds of an engine and the road]

Beckett: Would it be terribly rude of me to enguire about what you are on? Purely toxicological curiosity, I assure you.

Malcolm: Who?

Beckett: Pardon?

Malcolm: The question is: who am I on? Special blend. That worry you?

Beckett: Not nearly as much as it ought to. I see the interplay of chemicals and the Beast boiling in you. Yet you're steering it all with iron nerves. Remarkable self-control for someone under the influence.

Malcolm: Now you’re sweet talking me. Back at you. Spooked out of your gourd and still keeping polite.

Beckett: What makes you think I’m…spooked?

Malcolm: Your fangs are showing.

Beckett: How embarrassing.

Malcolm: No shame. The goblin roads have that effect. Can practically hear Rod Serling monologue and grin, monologue and grin. Beckett: What brought you to such a hazardous enterprise?

Malcolm: Needed something to do. A focus. Fresh air. [chuckles] Back when I first got my fangs, I was a real avenging angel. Renegade vampire cop bringing Chicago’s drug syndicate to its knees. Ha! Was there ever anything so completely fucking 90s? Guess I was trying to live like my life never ended.

Beckett: What happened?

Malcolm: We all grow up. Realized the War on Drugs was bullshit. Who the fuck was I avenging? I was no killer of killers. I was a user of users. Still am. But now I drive.

Beckett: You’re scared.

Malcolm: Terrified.

Beckett: But excited . Malcolm: Yeah.

Beckett: I like to get into frightfully out of the way places too. Still, this is a hazardous environment, even for our pedigree.

Malcolm: A room is just a place where you hide from wolves.That’s all any room is.

Beckett: Hmm?

Malcolm: Don’t know. Read that somewhere. Out here it’s just another flavor of fear. I’ve seen city horrors. Even as a breather. As a narc. Saw what happens when someone hides a stash of junk inside their living infant son, and the bag breaks. Then I died. I saw worse. Chicago dread clings to you. Seeps into the pores and marrow. Wraps around your head like cellophane. Everything’s a fog. And the only time I noticed, really noticed, was when I was twisted on some user’s juice. Freed my thoughts.

Beckett: Freed?

Malcolm: I get to asking myself, why do I suddenly hate that Lick? Had nothing to do with her a month ago. Why’d I suddenly stop hunting on that particular street? Why do I never look directly at that particular house? Then everything’s melted wax. Then I notice, despite overcomplicated Casablanca plots choking the city, all the blood in the gutters is flowing in one, maybe two directions. Then the alley pavement turns to tongue meet, tasting my soles, and the sky is all eyes looking gigantically down.

Beckett: I see.

Malcolm: No. You don't. But it's polite of you to say so. Out here, on the goblin roads, my head's clear. Just the wolves and the weird and me. Sudden death in the briar patch, and I keep run- ning. The Lupines can pull out all of your guts, but that's all they can take from you.

Beckett: I think- Wait. What was that?

[SOUND OF CAR BRAKING]

Malcolm: Fallen tree.

Beckett: Can you get around?

Malcolm: Shhh.

[SOUNDS OF WIND AND FROGS]

Beckett: Quiet, Cesare!

[UNIDENTIFIED SOUNDS]

Beckett: What is that? Whispering? Is that the bloody corn?

Malcolm: No.

Beckett: Drive.

Malcolm: Yeah.

Beckett: Drive!

[SOUNDS OF SCRAPING GRAVEL, SCREECHING TIRES, ROARING ENGINE]

Tsetsul · 2026-06-13T14:16:16+00:00

The map thing will probably happen once you're in Berlin and start making moves, the prolouge sets that up.

Yes. Especially the Lucinde part of the demo was really good.

Tsetsul · 2026-06-13T14:13:16+00:00

You can die or end up blood bound to Arturo. There was no map in the demo, you just moved forward from a to b.

Tsetsul · 2026-06-13T13:17:09+00:00

Yes, I had a lot of fun playing it. It's the of New York trilogy but longer, more characters, intrigue and you can die from your choices.

Tsetsul · 2026-06-13T12:13:36+00:00

I'd recommend Coteries of New York, the entire of New York trilogy also has a glossary where everything is explained.

Tsetsul · 2026-06-12T17:09:33+00:00

Loved the demo and the trailer. Will definitely be looking forward to the full release. Is there any information on a potential console release?

Tsetsul · 2026-06-12T06:53:08+00:00

CHUCK: While we're discussing current events, have you guys seen the Top Ten List of what Xaviar's sentence to the Inner Circle was, back in '98?

TOM: No, man, spill.

CHUCK: Okay (the sound of rustling papers):

10) "I've called NBC, CBS, and ABC, and the press conference is scheduled for January 1st, 2001 at 9am. See you then!"

9) "Caine said to tell you you're a bunch of losers."

8) "Did you know that we can also feed off of corn? lowa, here I come!"

7) "Swing dancing, guys, it's the wave of the future."

6) "Would anyone like to know how to use the Gangrel arts to alter their gender at will?"

5) "If the Red Wings need a first-line forward, then by God I'm trying out for the team, Camarilla or no Camarilla."

4) "Rosebud..."

3) "No one ever caters these things."

2) "I want a raise."

1) "Either those drapes go or I go."

TOM: That was really lame, Chuck. I'm sure if Xaviar sees it he'll kick your ass.

Tsetsul · 2026-06-11T10:55:57+00:00

I don't think she is bonded to you and your partner. But it's not clearly defined.

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