They are often stereotyped as Kindred gipsies who are master to the unique discipline ‘Chimerstry’ that makes them master illusionists, which compliments their misdoings.
Whilst I find this all very interesting, but there are few ways one can play a Ravnos character without it being stereotyped. Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Thinblood Clan.
Whatever you wish to call them, they are traditionally seen by Western Kindred as dangerous assassins and diablerists, who are Kindred that practice the sin of feeding off of another vampire. But after over 15 years, its graphics are well past their prime. Most Kindred would say that Caine is the first vampire. Knowing that VtM is part of the World of Darkness (WoD) and so bad and evil things happen, but I can’t seem to connect with any of the Brujah concepts. As I am currently on a VtM roll, I thought I would rank the 13 major clans from least favourite to favourite. Storyteller characters can easily wipe up super powerful mages that can do anything and everything to drive the plot forward, but all of the Thaumaturgy paths are incredibly context-specific and difficult to use in chronicles. These are some of the best … They see themselves as both a clan and sect. The Ravnos gleefully practice their arts of deception and theft. Not only did I change my mind a billion times where I wanted the clans to be placed (with exception to the Lasombra, Brujah and Nosferatu), but I had to think for the first time which clans I liked more, something that I have not done since playing VtMB, which technically doesn’t count, as those interpretations of the clans play very differently to how a real person may portray them in a game of VtM. The final faction in Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 has been revealed and it involves a clan that was playable in the previous game, but won't be in the sequel. Vampire: The Masquerade is a tabletop role-playing game (tabletop RPG) created by Mark Rein-Hagen and released in 1991 by White Wolf Publishing as the first of several Storyteller System games for its World of Darkness setting line. If Deadpool was a vampire, he's be a Malk, that's pretty much my best argument for trying to get people to play as them. On closer inspection, it becomes clear that this is merely a facade to hide something far more sinister. The Malkavian Bloodlines 2 Clan will also be a pretty good fit for a Thinblood: they must endure being ostracised from the other Kindred and prejudice, just like your starting character.
Some of the staff at Troika Games scrambled to get a patch … Some of you might be confused by this and may think there are only seven clans if your exposure to VtM comes from the PC cult-classic ‘Vampire: The Masquerade-Bloodlines’ (VtMB). So much so, that their clan Bane encourages them to be lying, scheming and/or cruel bastards. Hopefully, I haven’t upset or offended too many people with the placement of each clan. Those who are embraced by the Sewer Rats are painfully turned into hideous-looking monsters, who must use their discipline ‘Obfuscate’ to either vanish from the mind’s eye or to look the most average of Joe’s if they don’t wish to be seen. Rather than being Set’s followers, they see Set as being within them, making them his living church.
This is down to their strong tie to the Camarilla and their mastery over the discipline ‘Thaumaturgy’, which is essentially blood magic. Due to their similarities with the Venture, there is a greater joy I have playing as a Lasombra and a certain level of intrigue I have for the clan. When I sat down to write this blog/list, I thought this would be a fairly simple task, but that turns out that was not the case at all, as seen by the picture to the left (or above, depending on where you are reading this blog). They see themselves as the enforcers of tradition and the rightful leaders of Kindred society. In V5, this is replaced by ‘Dominate’, with ‘Dementation’ being a skill available to Malkavians (there is also an option to play as a ‘Dominate Malkavian’ in V20, which is a Malkavian with ‘Dominate’ instead of ‘Dementation’).