
Planned violation (Murder, Savored exsangionationĢ. The bottom 3, before you enter Wassail, are:ģ. In Vampire the Masquerade up to the 20th anniversary edition, there is a specific hierarchy of sins. Now in VTMB, immoral (killing, acts the lead to the death of others, etc) acts cause your humanity to drop. Andrei likely follows the Path of Metamorphsis which is the Tzimisce’s own creation. Paths of Enlightenment replace Humanity as the guiding principle of the vampire. While never explained in game, the greater lore of Vampire the Masquerade has devoted a number of books to these codes. Older Sabbat, but especially the Tzimisce, follow rigid codes of conduct called Paths of Enlightenment. These are the mooks you tear through at the warehouse and at the Hallowbrook hotel.īut why does the Sabbat use such heartless methods? It comes back to Andrei. Wham, Bam, you’ve got a tough, loyal foot soldier you can throw at the Camarilla to weaken their defenses. Grab a van full of disadvantaged mortals, tell them they’re being oppressed by a Great Vampire Conspiracy called the Camarilla, drain them dry, put a Gangrel or Brujah’s blood in their mouth, and then feed em a few drops of Vitae over the following nights. The anarch’s numbers are debatable, but the Camarilla heavily outnumbered the Sabbat. LA has been an Anarch stronghold for decades and now the Camarilla is in town. Potential embraces have to be a certain kind of mortal to attract the attention of these clans.

Tzimisce and Tremere seek out occult lore, but for wildly different reasons. Lasombra and Ventrue have very similar aristocratic tendencies, even if the former is more religious in nature than the latter. The Sabbat can be just as picky as the Camarilla about who they let into their club.

Beyond that, their characterization changes because of the conflict. Like any culture, the Sabbat’s culture is obscured and even dangerous to explore during times of conflict.
