BRUJAH ANTITRIBU NEWSLETTER Volume 2, Issue 7 July 2001 Author: Wes ========================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction and News Crypt Statistics Observations Sign Off ========================================================== INTRODUCTION AND NEWS Well, Final Nights has been with us for over a month now and Methuselahs are beginning to figure out which cards will go in every deck and which ones will line the hamster cage. In this issue, I have endeavored to compile the most useful statistics of all vampires from the entire set of 423 from all expansions to date, up to and including Final Nights. While most of this data is easily obtained using the excellent 'Monger' utility http://whitestar.ddg.com/vtes/monger/ I thought it might be helpful to have a simple overview of what we now have available to work with. I think that there are some interesting conclusions that can be made by looking at the set as a whole. Are you sitting comfortably? Then we'll begin... =========================================================== CRYPT STATISTICS AS OF FINAL NIGHTS EXPANSION ============================================= Please note that while drawing this up I have considered any clan to be one which has a unique set of disciplines. Therefore, a special case must be made for the following: -Gangrel Antitribu (ani, cel, for, obf, pro) -Malkavian Antitribu (aus, dem, obf) -Ventrue Antitribu (aus, dom, for) I have therefore classified these three clans as being distinct from the other Sabbat 'Antitribu' counterparts who otherwise have the exact same disciplines as their Camarilla cousins. Antitribu clans, Caitiff and Panders are not included as clans with an inherent discipline, though they are of course included in the statistics in general. ========================================================= The following can be considered 'Primary' disciplines. These disciplines do not belong to any one clan specifically. ANIMALISM ========= Clans with inherent Animalism: 5 (Gangrel, !Gangrel, Nosferatu, Ravnos, Tzimisce) Vampires with ani/ANI: 108 Vampires with ANI: 50 Number of 'weenies' with ani/ANI: 20 1-caps: 1 2-caps: 4 3-caps: 7 4-caps: 8 Smallest capacity of vampires with ANI: 5 1. Bear Paw Gangrel 5 2. Devin Bisley Tzimisce 5 3. Nigel the shunned Nosferatu-Antitribu 5 4. Calebros, The Martyr Nosferatu 5 AUSPEX ====== Clans with inherent Auspex: 5 (Malkavian, Toreador, Tremere, Tzimisce, !Ventrue) Vampires with aus/AUS: 173 Vampires with AUS: 83 Number of 'weenies' with aus/AUS: 28 1-caps: 1 2-caps: 2 3-caps: 12 4-caps: 13 Smallest capacity of vampires with AUS: 3 1. Zoe Malkavian 3 2. Isabel de Leon Toreador 3 CELERITY ======== Clans with inherent Celerity: 4 (Assamite, Brujah, !Gangrel, Toreador) Vampires with cel/CEL: 148 Vampires with CEL: 66 Number of 'weenies' with cel/CEL: 25 1-caps: 2 2-caps: 4 3-caps: 8 4-caps: 11 Smallest capacity of vampires with CEL: 3 1. Sarah Brando Brujah-Antitribu 3 DOMINATE ======== Clans with inherent Dominate: 6 (Giovanni, Lasombra, Malkavian, Tremere, Ventrue, !Ventrue) Vampires with dom/DOM: 158 Vampires with DOM: 70 Number of 'weenies' with dom/DOM: 25 1-caps: 1 2-caps: 5 3-caps: 3 4-caps: 16 Smallest capacity of vampires with DOM: 4 1. Gloria Giovanni Giovanni 4 2. Ingrid Russo Ventrue-Antitribu 4 3. Chas Giovanni Tello Giovanni 4 FORTITUDE ========= Clans with inherent Fortitude: 5 (Gangrel, !Gangrel, Ravnos, Ventrue, !Ventrue) Vampires with for/FOR: 120 Vampires with FOR: 46 Number of 'weenies' with for/FOR: 20 1-caps: 2 2-caps: 2 3-caps: 7 4-caps: 9 Smallest capacity of vampires with FOR: 5 1. Camille Devereux Gangrel 5 2. Raven Gangrel 5 3. Ghivran Dalaal, The Dead God Ravnos 5 OBFUSCATE ========= Clans with inherent Obfuscate: 6 (Assamite, Followers of Set, !Gangrel, Malkavian, !Malkavian, Nosferatu) Vampires with obf/OBF: 138 Vampires with OBF: 73 Number of 'weenies' with obf/OBF: 28 1-caps: 1 2-caps: 2 3-caps: 12 4-caps: 13 Smallest capacity of vampires with OBF: 4 1. Agrippina Nosferatu 4 2. Tansu Bekir Assamite 4 POTENCE ======= Clans with inherent Potence: 4 (Brujah, Giovanni, Lasombra, Nosferatu) Vampires with pot/POT: 143 Vampires with POT: 57 Number of 'weenies' with pot/POT: 28 1-caps: 2 2-caps: 4 3-caps: 9 4-caps: 13 Smallest capacity of vampires with POT: 4 1. Hector Sosa Brujah 4 2. Hugo Brujah-Antitribu 4 3. Jimmy Dunn Pander 4 4. Agatha Nosferatu-Antitribu 4 5. Chas Giovanni Tello Giovanni 4 PRESENCE ======== Clans with inherent Presence: 4 (Brujah, Followers of Set, Toreador, Ventrue) Vampires with pre/PRE: 143 Vampires with PRE: 73 Number of 'weenies' with pre/PRE: 25 1-caps: 3 2-caps: 3 3-caps: 7 4-caps: 12 Smallest capacity of vampires with PRE: 3 1. Gideon Fontaine Ventrue 3 ==================================================== The following can be considered 'Specialized' disciplines. They belong to one main clan or antitribu clan, though individual members of other clans may also possess them. CHIMERSTRY ========== Clan with inherent Chimerstry: Ravnos Vampires with chi/CHI: 24 Vampires with CHI: 13 Number of 'weenies' with chi/CHI: 7 1-caps: 0 2-caps: 2 3-caps: 2 4-caps: 3 Smallest capacity of vampires with CHI: 4 1. Salbatore Bokkengro Ravnos 4 DEMENTATION =========== Clan with inherent Dementation: !Malavian Vampires with dem/DEM: 19 Vampires with DEM: 11 Number of 'weenies' with dem/DEM: 5 1-caps: 0 2-caps: 2 3-caps: 1 4-caps: 2 Smallest capacity of vampires with DEM: 5 1. Muriel Foucade Malkavian-Antitribu 5 NECROMANCY ========== Clan with inherent Necromancy: Giovanni Vampires with nec/NEC: 25 Vampires with NEC: 13 Number of 'weenies' with nec/NEC: 5 1-caps: 0 2-caps: 0 3-caps: 3 4-caps: 2 Smallest capacity of vampires with NEC: 3 1. Rudolpho Giovanni Giovanni 3 OBTENEBRATION ============= Clan with inherent Obtenebration: Lasombra Vampires with obt/OBT: 28 Vampires with OBT: 12 Number of 'weenies' with obt/OBT: 5 1-caps: 0 2-caps: 2 3-caps: 0 4-caps: 3 Smallest capacity of vampires with OBT: 5 1. Guido Lucciano Lasombra 5 PROTEAN ======= Clans with inherent Protean: Gangrel, !Gangrel Vampires with pro/PRO: 60 Vampires with PRO: 24 Number of 'weenies' with pro/PRO: 13 1-caps: 2 2-caps: 1 3-caps: 4 4-caps: 6 Smallest capacity of vampires with PRO: 3 1. Chandler Hungerford Gangrel 3 QUIETUS ======= Clan with inherent Quietus: Assamite Vampires with qui/QUI: 26 Vampires with QUI: 16 Number of 'weenies' with qui/QUI: 5 1-caps: 1 2-caps: 1 (Note that Fida'i are counted only once) 3-caps: 1 4-caps: 2 Smallest capacity of vampires with QUI: 5 1. Harika Guljan Assamite 3 SERPENTIS ========= Clan with inherent Serpentis: Followers of Set Vampires with ser/SER: 30 Vampires with SER: 16 Number of 'weenies' with ser/SER: 6 1-caps: 1 2-caps: 1 3-caps: 2 4-caps: 2 (Note that Aabt Kindred are counted only once) Smallest capacity of vampires with SER: 5 1. Dedefra Followers of Set 5 2. Mirembe Kabbada Gangrel 5 THAUMATURGY =========== Clan with inherent Thaumaturgy: Tremere Vampires with tha/THA: 70 Vampires with THA: 31 Number of 'weenies' with tha/THA: 11 1-caps: 0 2-caps: 3 3-caps: 4 4-caps: 4 Smallest capacity of vampires with THA: 2 1. Magdelena Schaefer Caitiff 2 VICISSITUDE =========== Clan with inherent Vicissitude: Tzimisce Vampires with vic/VIC: 26 Vampires with VIC: 9 Number of 'weenies' with vic/VIC: 7 1-caps: 0 2-caps: 2 3-caps: 1 4-caps: 4 Smallest capacity of vampires with VIC: 4 1. Lolita Houston Tzimisce 4 ========================================================= OBSERVATIONS ============ 1) Of the secondary, 'specialized' disciplines, some are more readily available than others. Protean and Thaumaturgy are the most weenified, with 13 and 11 vampires (respectively) under 5 having those disciplines available. This can probably be attributed to their being featured in the original Jyhad set. In the RPG (with the usual disclaimer that this is not relevant to the CCG) Protean is fairly common among non-Gangrel as they have no objection to teaching it to outsiders, nor could they really organize effectively as a clan to stop this practice. The Tremere, on the other hand, have a serious objection to non-Tremere learning the ways of Thaumaturgy and have been known to hunt and destroy those who learn it without their permission (ie. everyone). However, many clans have come up with 'paths' of their own (mostly independently), notably the Tzimisce (Koldunic sorcery), Setites and Assamites. 2) Similarly, the disciplines introduced in later expansions have less representation in the entire set for obvious reasons. There are 24-30 vampires in total who have any of CHI/NEC/OBT/QUI/SER/VIC. Compare to 60 in total with knowledge of PRO and 70(!) who know THA. Obviously, in the original Jyhad set, PRO and THA were the *only* specialized discipline available, though they have also received (disproportionate?) boosts in subsequent expansions. 3) Dementation is the odd-man-out with only 19 vampires possessing it. While still a strong discipline, with such a limited pool to draw from, this discipline is harder to work with than others. This may change if the game ever incorporates the changes in the 3rd Edition RPG (The Malkavians switched from Dominate to Dementation as a primary discipline). This could be represented with a Master similar to Tajdid or Week of Nightmares. 4) Dementation is also somewhat unique in that there are no other clans with Dementation as an inherent discipline. Unlike other 'Antitribu', they are not the mirror image of their Camarilla cousins (such as !Tremere or !Toreador) nor are they using a unique combination of primary disciplines (such as !Ventrue or !Gangrel), nor are they as numerous as the Lasombra or Tzimisce who are a 'full clan'. The Bloodlines expansion, if it is designed with each bloodline's specialized disciplines is likely to end up being similar in scope to the !Malkavians as they are now. 5) Of the 'primary' disciplines, some are in use by more clans than others which may explain why they appear more frequently than others. For example, DOM appears in five main clans and one 'sub'-clan (the !Ventrue). There are 158 vampires in total that have DOM at some level of ability. However, CEL is possessed by only three main clans and one 'sub'-clan (City !Gangrel) and yet there are 148 vampires with CEL. 6) Animalism, which is possessed by four main clans and one 'sub'-clan (Country !Gangrel) only appears on a total of 108 vampires. This can somewhat be explained by both the Tzimisce and Ravnos (as well as !Gangrel) appearing in later sets than the original game. 7) I think from looking at these statistics that there are a few 'holes' that exist. Having said that, some of the holes may be appropriate. For example, it would probably *not* be a good thing for the game to have a 3-capacity vampire with superior Potence. The specialized disciplines however do need smaller vampires with their disciplines or at least a way to *learn* that discipline. Sargon Fragment and Veneficorum Artum Sanguis are a step in the right direction as they allow any vampire to quickly fit in with a clan with a limited pool to draw from (with that discipline). A case could be made that this could help the other 'secondary' disciplines such as Chimerstry, Quietus, etc. Ironically, OBF and POT really *didn't* need this as much, but neither Hand of Conrad or Changeling Skin Mask are entirely useless either... 8) Is it possible that more Caitiff/Panders are needed? For the same reasons illustrated above, it would be useful to have very small capacity vampires to 'flesh out' the secondary disciplines. Julius does this nicely for QUI or SER, and Mitchell does this for OBT. A few more would probably not be unwelcome. Weenies of the affected clans would work just as well of course. A 3-cap with superior Serpentis for example. ================================================================= SIGN OFF I hope that you have found this newsletter informative. Once again, I cannot recommend the Monger utilities enough for both statistical analyses, deck construction and a quick reference guide for errata. And finally, I hope that I will finally be able to meet many of you at Gen Con in a few weeks! If I can find a place to stay (ie. unlikely) then you'll be seeing me in the finals (ie. unlikely). Cheers, WES P.S. Hey, wait a second... I forgot to mention the Brujah Antitribu again. Oops.