Introduction

Vampire: The Masquerade

Predation. Power. Manipulation. Violence. All of these things and more run through Vampire: The Masquerade like blood through a vein.

Vampire: The Masquerade is a tabletop RPG both intense and intimate to play, for it is a game of consequences. Delicious, dreadful consequences! In VTM, you play as supernatural beings both powerful and damaged, inextricably tied to the mortal world while cursed to never truly be part of it. Sessions play out like a high-budget TV drama crossed with a Greek tragedy, all boiled down to some basic dice-rolling and conversation.

The Masquerade

In Vampire: The Masquerade, the Masquerade refers to an organized conspiracy primarily orchestrated by the Camarilla to convince the general public that vampires do not exist. The Camarilla believes the Masquerade is the cornerstone survival strategy for Kindred and fear that without it the kine would rise up and exterminate all the undead.