Gangrel
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Gangrel

Clan
anarch camarilla Animalism Fortitude Protean
Camarilla

The feral Outlanders blend vampire and beast.

Disciplines:

(Animalism, Fortitude, Protean)

Bane:

Gangrel relate to their Beast much as other Kindred relate to the Gangrel: suspicious partnership. In frenzy, Gangrel gain one or more animal features: a physical trait,

a smell, or a behavioral tic. These features last for one more night afterward, lingering like a hangover following debauchery. Each feature reduces one Attribute by 1 point  the Storyteller may decide that a forked tongue or bearlike musk reduces Charisma, while batlike ears reduce Resolve (“all those distracting sounds”). If nothing immediately occurs to you, the feature reduces Intelligence or Manipulation.

The number of features a Gangrel manifests equals their Bane Severity. If your character Rides the Wave of their frenzy (see p. 219) you can choose only one feature to manifest, thus taking only one penalty to their Attributes

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Abilities

Disciplines

Animalism

Supernatural affinity with and control of animals

Characteristics

By default Animalism powers involving animals can only be used on vertebrates. Additionally, any use of the ability on herbivores adds one to the Difficulty of skill rolls involved.

■ Type: Mental

■ Masquerade threat: Low to medium. While talking to animals might seem eccentric, only the most violent applications of the Discipline elicit more than a few raised eyebrows.

■ Blood Resonance: Animal blood, preferably feral.

Fortitude - Discipline

Unearthly toughness, even to the point of resisting fire and sunlight

Characteristics

■ Type: Physical

■ Masquerade Threat: Medium.

Eyewitnesses undoubtedly react upon someone taking a terminal beating or a hail of bullets and getting back up seemingly unhurt. Favorite cover-up explanations include erroneous recollection in the excitement (the bullets only seemed to hit), special effects (YouTube prank), or the tried-and-tested “must have been on PCP” rationale.

■ Blood Resonance: Melancholic. Survivors of war, abuse, or misfortune; endurance runners; mountain climbers; infantry and special forces; those with very powerful immune systems.

Protean - Discipline

Shape-changing, from growing claws to melding with the earth

Characteristics

Protean powers that change the shape or in other ways transform the body of the vampire also affect clothing, swallowed items, and other small (under a few grams) wearables. Protean does not affect larger carried items, including backpacks, duffel and sports bags. For this reason users of Protean often travel light.

■ Type: Physical
■ Masquerade threat: High. One

of the most overt Disciplines available to vampires, more or less all Protean powers can breach the Masquerade on their own.

■ Blood Resonance: Animal blood, especially animals matching shapeshifted forms; the blood of werewolves, changelings, and other supernatural chimeras of man and beast.