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Clan Nosferatu[edit]

For the Nosferatu the Embrace is a journey through abjection, as the Blood of the horror gradually deforms the struggling tissues of the human body into grotesque abominations. Weeks of pain result in deformities similar to terrible birth defects, cancer growths, crippling injuries, and leper-like sores. Those who endure it find themselves as monstrous echoes of Murnau’s silver-screen vision. But perhaps pain and humiliation teaches compassion. The Nosferatu, as they jokingly call themselves, are the most humane of the Kindred, wearing their curse on the outside rather than the inside. To blend in, some call on the Blood to wear the borrowed faces of their victims or disappear from sight, while others rely on prosthetics and heavy make-up.

I guess those inquisitorial cunts can be thankful to the good Lord above for the curse we Nosferatu bear. Of all their targets, we’re the easiest to identify. It’s not like my face is a subtle examination in horror. Yeah, once they learned to look at us without fleeing, they started posing a few problems. Still, what’s fucking new? If we weren’t hunted by our betters, by mortals, shapeshifters, or our ancestors, we’d come up with something else to run away from.

Does that make us cowards or doomed to final death? No, on both counts. Of all the clans, we’re the most likely to survive this new purge. Roaches and nuclear bombs, baby. We screwed it up with SchreckNET being compromised, but guess who took the brunt of that blast? Not us, because we were long gone by then.

We know to go to ground before the panic starts spreading. Why would we go and try to explain our case in a crowded Elysium used as a hideout when we can just as well send a servant and not risk the anger of our more attractive cousins? No, we’ll kindly refuse the outreached hands of those who would throw us in the path of danger. And as of right now, that doesn’t just mean the Brujah, it means everyone outside our clan.

We wait. We put up walls, take stock, and adapt to the new realities. And that’s why we’re a clan of survivors because we’ve learned to like it underground, in sewers, catacombs, and deserted subway stations. Personally, I prefer an abandoned rowhouse basement, while my sire occupies an old bunker, but the concept is the same.

We may not be pretty or able to blend in with the kine. We can’t pretend to be anything but degenerate monsters. But you know what? Tat gives us perspectives every one of those other deluded bastards lacks.

Nosferatu Archetypes[edit]

Information Hub

When the Second Inquisition found SchreckNET, many of the Toreador secretly proposed a toast to the collapse of Clan Nosferatu. The clan lost credibility and many members, but those who endured and flourished had mastered the arts of secure archiving, physically and online. They bolstered their existing bonds with contacts and clients, and steadily regained the trust of Kindred who value a central information hub for research and the exchange of secret messages. In an era when contact and movement between domains grow more precarious by each night, Nosferatu like these have become invaluable. If they can guarantee privacy, they can name their price.

Domain Gumshow

Nosferatu make superb investigators as long as they stick to the shadows and wear plenty of layers. The gumshoe is comfortable stalking the streets, darting from doorway to doorway in the rain, and shows no qualms about breaking into homes, havens, or vaults for that precious last piece of the puzzle. Sometimes recruited as domain sheriffs, this Nosferatu emphasizes research and investigation, preferring to take the thinker’s route to most answers over violent means. The domain gumshoe likely comes from law enforcement, was an amateur sleuth, or has an academic background.

More Animal than Man

This Nosferatu identifies more closely with the creatures scurrying beneath the city or flying through the suburbs at night than with the kine wandering the streets. Maybe a former pest controller, vet, or simply an antisocial individual this Kindred speaks to animals, controls them, and likely acts like one. Some Nosferatu do not limit their animalistic urges to behavior but become literal hives for bugs and nests for rats. They reason that their stomach and lower abdominal cavities were being used for little before, and at least the infestation benefits from the vitae.

Hunter of Monsters

Having for so long been associated with animals and isolation, many forget that the Nosferatu can smash through a wall, break a spine, or rip a door off its hinges with minimal effort. With many of the Brujah and Gangrel gone from the Camarilla, Nosferatu now exercise their capacity for brutality at much higher rates. Often Embraced from criminal or survivalist stock, such Nosferatu suffer little conscience over beating an enemy to ash.

Rat

The comparison of Nosferatu to rats goes further than sewer-dwelling and extended incisors. History reveals repeated instances when horrors turned on their masters for their own preservation, betrayed their own for a little extra, or attempted to play both sides of a conflict. The rat may be involved in corporate espionage or claim to be Anarch but scurry to their Camarilla prince at the first sign of trouble. Some rats do what they do just to stay alive and are not beyond sympathy.


Disciplines[edit]

Animalism[edit]

Animalism: The Nosferatu treasure the Discipline of Animalism for its utility in increasing their spy network, gaining familiars, allowing the delivery of messages, and granting the ability to suddenly swarm an opponent with a horde of rats, bugs, or birds. Animalism also assists the Nosferatu who wishes to feed from animals – it is often easier, and arguably more moral, to summon a pigeon and drain it than to stalk a mortal and feed from their neck.

Obfuscate[edit]

Obfuscate: The Nosferatu have mixed opinions on Obfuscate, as the Discipline enables them to blend in with others, but also masquerades that which defines their clan – some Nosferatu are proud of their unconcealed monstrosity, while others take every effort to hide it. Regardless of the controversies, Obfuscate is an excellent tool for hunting and feeding, as few other methods allow a sewer rat to interact with the kine.

Potence[edit]

Potence: Nosferatu use Potence to rapidly neutralize foes. The Nosferatu understand the merit of hit and run, incapacitating a vessel before feeding and fleeing, or breaking the Anarch Baron’s head before vaulting away from their hangout. Many Sewer Rats hesitate to use Potence before the kine, as its unfiltered might opposes their deceptions.

Bane[edit]

Hideous and vile, all Nosferatu count as having the Repulsive Flaw (-2) and can never increase their rating in the Looks Merit. In addition, any attempt to disguise themselves as human incur a penalty to your dice pool equal to your character’s Bane Severity (this includes the Obfuscate powers Mask of a Thousand Faces and Impostor’s Guise).

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