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[Muad'Dib]

It would be nice and interesting if a Vampiress or a Vampire with Presence 5 could share some at least some Presence powers (for example Awe) with another person (including a Ghoul or a Revenant). This does seem to fit Presence's themes....

[Muad'Dib]

Elif Parmak from the coming VtM: Bloodlines 2 is very stylish and beautiful. Really she does look like a cool Tremere Vampiress who possibly has social attributes as primary.
https://ibb.co/album/MD9LJx

I do hope that Bloodlines 2 will be a great game with intricate, complex and varied gameplay. Bloodlines 1 certainly is, but the sequel could be a lot better in so many ways.

[Muad'Dib]

I somewhat agree with your point that Blood Magic deserves some special treatment / options. Perhaps a benefit in the vein of lowering cost of Knowledges usually used while researching or teaching a particular Blood Magic? Or the capability to easily teach Knowledges, Skills, and Talents related in some way to a given Blood Magic to other Vampires (or other supernatural persons, like Mages or Revenants or Ghouls).

On the other hand, the case could be made that all Disciplines should to at least some considerable extent get the various benefits and options that you have outlined. Aren't...

[Muad'Dib]

Arikel (or Ishtar) does look very nice, not at all out of place in this rather special group.
https://ibb.co/album/Xx7pPm
I like that she wears a beautiful simple robe rather than some ornate dress, and that overall Arikel's appearance in this drawing is striking and exceptional.

I also found some fan illustrations of the Toreador Founder :
https://natali-nutmeg.tumblr.com/pos...ikel-she-was-a
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/599823244107842039/
But of course neither of them comes close to the proper VtM picture . I consider it a shame that stories...

[Muad'Dib]

What about the merchant class and the tradesmen (not the serfs, I mean the various craftsmen in the cities) ?


Doesn't this directly imply that most persons in the Middle Ages were true and honest followers of various beliefs and social orders? The way I see it most were sort of indifferent and selfish in this regard. Most notably the priesthood and the nobility ....

[Muad'Dib]

Lazarus definitely has the renegade / outsider appeal going on to a considerable degree for him. Also he is a renegade of a group that is already on the periphery, so it is almost as if it counts double....

[Muad'Dib]

I see no reason why the Nephandi Mages could not have a default and fairly normal selection of usual Familiars that the Verbenae and the Hermetics get. Especially considering that many Nephandi are former members of these Traditions or at least know a Nephandus who is. (or they know a current member of these Traditions !) Not every aspect / element in regard to the Nephandi has to be in the darker shades .

[Muad'Dib]

Any advantages a Mage would get from learning three similarily themed kinds of Magick / Technomancy should be in line with what would you think a particularly talented Tradition (or Nephandi) Mage would get if she or he would study hard enough to learn Sphere variants or Rotes close in-line with her or his Tradition or more minor group. She should definitely get some sort of benefit, even if indirect one like easier increase in some Attributes or Backgrounds, or access to Rotes which require Conjunctional use of these Technocratic Sphere variants....

[Muad'Dib]

One of the reasons Masquerade is to be kept in perfect condition is to provide Vampires a place to socialize and to create long-term goals for themselves. Clan Culture helps a lot with this as well.

As for procreation - not only there is the wonderful possibility of creating a Childe or adopting one, but there is also the opportunity to make a mortal a Ghoul or take care and responsbility for a group of mortals, or a particular interesting mortal....