- Paperback: 104 pages
- Publisher: White Wolf Publishing; illustrated edition edition (30 Sep 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1565042557
- ISBN-13: 978-1565042551
- Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 21.2 x 0.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was a vast improvement over the previous Ventrue clanbook, from thefirst page. The opening story was gripping, and the history and culture section fascinating. If this book has a flaw, it's that it is a little short on game mechanics - maybe some new traits and/or merits and flaws might have been nice. The character templates were innovative and prove that Ventrue characters don't need to be anonymous people in suits. A worthwhile addition to a collection.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Noble Blood
9 Sep 2000
Format:Paperback
There is good material in the new edition of CLANBOOK VENTRUE including many of the new CLANBOOK series' standard features- clan disciplines explained, discipline variations given, a new merit, a sample brood, noteworthy Ventrue, player character templates, and MIND'S EYE THEATRE stats. There is exploration of Ventrue history (and its revision over the years) and detailed description of the clan's organization. The "Secret Masters" material from the original book seems to have been dropped, though- a problem only because of discontinuity with the Dark Ages Ventrue material in LIBELLUS SANGUINIS I.
The Sabbat material, although limited, is OK and includes territory shifts between Sabbat and Camarilla in the 19th century US. Templates include an antitribu follower of the Path of Power and the Inner Voice (no Honorable Accord, though) and a really mean anarch who could easily be Sabbat instead. (This installment's Sabbat typo is omission of the designation "antitribu" on the appropriate templates' sample character sheets.)
A major problem is that, like the original, this new book lacks specifics about the Ventrue weakness. Although it examines how Ventrue neonates develop their restricted feeding preferences and how preferences change, specific preferences are not listed either for the player character templates or the noteworthy Ventrue. (This is omitted in most VtM supplements, unfortunately- a notable exception being NEW ORLEANS BY NIGHT, if you can find it.) No examples of or guidelines for playable feeding preferences are discussed.
However, to be fair, there is helpful, practical discussion about how Ventrue establish and conceal their herds. (To offer more explicit advice: playable Ventrue characters generally require strong Herd ratings.) Also, except for the "Vitaephile", you can probably guess prey restrictions for the player character templates from their descriptions. Still, contrast this with the much clearer handling of derangements in the new CLANBOOK: MALKAVIAN.
Clanbook: Ventrue
1 Sep 2011
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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Lots and lots of history
3 Nov 2001
Format:Paperback
This book covers a lot of ground. It looks at disciplines, some info on the feeding restriction, some example characters and history and history and history and history. More than half of this book looks at the history of the clan. Much of the description of the clan is taught in terms of the history around the lesson learned by the clan. As history goes, this is well done, but if you are wanting a consice description of the clan you will not find it here.
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