- See also: Clanbook: Assamite Revised
Clanbook: Assamite is a sourcebook for the Assamite clan for Vampire: The Masquerade.
Summary[]
From the White Wolf catalog:
- Feared by all yet courted by many, refusing outside allegiances yet willing to hunt Kindred for a payment of blood, the Assamites are among the most reclusive clans. Once hunted, these vampire assassins are now sought out by the Kindred to dispose of their enemies. Fearful tales are told of their skill in hunting the most dangerous prey, their bravery in combat, and their fierce loyalty to their Clan. Yet the tellers of these tales do not guess at the truth: the millennia of warfare, the roots of the Jyhad, and the clan mysteries which no outsider has ever seen.
- Clanbook: Assamite includes:
- The history of the clan, from the First City to the present day
- The clan's treasures, beliefs and internal culture
- New Skills, Quietus powers and advanced combat rules.
Content[]
Introduction[]
Unlike previous Clanbooks, this chapter starts with an internal letter between two members of the Society of Leopold. There is a excerpt of a CIA report, a excerpt of a religious text which has lines underlined, and an excerpt from the book Memoirs of the North-West Frontier.
- Bibliography
- Travel Guides
- Culture and History
- The Arab World, Time-Life Books, 1967.
- Islam for Beginners, N. I. Matar, Writers and Readers Publishing, 1992.
- Discovering Islam, Akbar S. Ahmed, Routledge, 1988.
- Islamic Fundamentalism, Dilip Hiro, Paladin, 1988.
- Arab Historians of the Crusades, Francesco Gabrieli, Dorset Press, 1989.
- Saladin and the Saracens, Osprey Men-at-Arms series.
- The Assassins
- The History of the Assassins, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, 1835.
- The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam, Bernard Lewis, Basic Books.
- The Assassins, Edward Burman, Crucible, 1987.
- Movies
- El Cid, starring Charlton Heston
- The Thief of Baghdad, starring Sabu
- The Day of the Jackal, starring Edward Fox
- Not Without My Daughter
- Little Drummer Girl
Chapter One: History[]
General history of the the clan. How they began, their golden age, their conflict with the Camarilla, and what their status was at the time of this sourcebooks writing. There is a copy of the Treaty of Tyre, 1496, its wording and what is thought about it in practical terms.
Chapter Two: Culture and Traditions[]
This chapter deals talks about becoming an Assamite, the training , the Clan structure, and the Khabar. The Path of Blood is introduced. There is a section for Clan treasures. There are new Assamite specific Merits and Flaws. Elder Quietus powers are given as well as Thaumaturgy Rituals specifically used by the Clan. There is a section detailing an optional combat system, Secondary abilities specifically for Assamite characters and New Weapons used by Assamites. Finally the chapter ends with some advice about Assamite Characters relationship with non-Assamite characters.
- New Merits and Flaws
- Marijara Contact (1 pt. Merit)
- Unconquered Ally (2 pt. Merit)
- Unconquered Enemy (1 pt. Flaw)
- Disgraced (2 pt. Flaw)
- Silsila Enemy (2 pt. Flaw)
- Du'at Enemy (4 pt. Flaw)
- Quietus
- Cleansing of Influence - Level 6
- Thin Blood - Level 6
- Blood of the Cobra - Level 7
- Blood Curse - Level 8
- Thaumaturgy Rituals
- Blood of Peace - Level 1 Ritual
- Blood Call - Level 2 Ritual
- Light of Vengeance - Level 5 Ritual
- Evade Curse - Level 6 Ritual
- Healing Blood - Level 7 Ritual
- New Secondary Talent
- Clan Impersonation
- New Secondary Skills
- Blowgun
- Garrotte
- New Weapons
- Blowgun
- Garrotte
- Punch Dagger (Katar)
- Tiger's Claws (Bakh Nagh)
Chapter Three: Inside and Outside[]
This chapter explains the internal factions of the Clan and also the Clan's attitudes to the other clans and denizens of the World.
Chapter Four: Character Templates[]
- Playboy
- Holy Warrior
- Psycho Killer
- Professional
- Sportsman
- Mercenary
- Angel of Death
- Avenger
- Gamester
- Scholar
Appendix: Assamites of Note[]
Background Information[]
- Word from the White Wolf Game Studio mentions their fiction department and how their writers have creative license to change things around.
- Ads at the back of the book include: "Shirts, Pins, Books, Attitude" and Caravan of Shadows.
Memorable Quotes[]
"People say we've got the power, the phrase, I think, is hearts and minds. Never mind where we came from, we've left our history books behind. Not so much teachers as fighters, and what we teach is how to fight."
- Horslips, The Power and the Glory
"Who spills the foremost foeman's life, his party conquers in the strife."
- Sir Walter Scott, The Lady of the Lake
"The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies without even having to fight them."
- Sun Tzu, The Art of War
"It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand."
-General Ben Chidlaw
"Better that we should die fighting than be outraged and dishonored. Better to die than live in slavery."
- Emmeline Pankhurst, British campaigner for votes for women
"To Choose one's victim, to prepare one's plan minutely, to slake an implacable vengeance, and then go to bed... There is nothing sweeter in the world."
- Josef Stalin
"Power is not revealed by striking hard or striking often, but by striking true."
- Honore de Balzac
"An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war."
- Montesquieu
"Everything fades away to the color of blood."
- Hollyfaith, "Color of Blood"
Characters[]
- Assamites of Note
- Haqim - Father of the Clan
- Khayyin - Enemy to the Followers of Haqim
- King and Queen of En'esh - Rulers of En'esh before Khayyin descended upon the City
- Godefroy - Ventrue Justicar
- Father Montoya - Society of Leopold
- Father Gerald O'Dowd - Society of Leopold chief archivist
- Rogers - Agent, FBI
- Drakulya
Terminology[]
Alchemical Weapons: Plague Dust, Bitter Dust, Bloodwater Dust, Accursed Dust; Blood Curse, Book of Achem, Convention of Thorns, Factions: Traditionals, Progressives, Militants, Moderates, The Antitribu, The Warriors, The Scholars, The Magi; Glossary: Alamut, Amr, Antitribu, Asabiyya, Caliph, Castellan, Curse, the, Du'at, Eagle's Nest, End, En'esh, Fida'i, Haqim, Haqim, children of, Heartblood, Hijra, Ikhwan, Jihad, Kadd, Kafir, Khabar, Khayyin, Khayyin, get of, Kufr, Mumin, Munafiqun, Muruwa, Old Man, the, One, to become, One, the, Path of Blood, Rafiq, Scribe, Shahid, Silsila, Taqiyya, The Treaty of Tyre, Umma, Unconquered, the, Vizier; Marijava (Ghoul family), The Master, Quietus, Relics: Kali's Fang, The Ancestor's Talisman, The Arrows of Vengeance; Society of Leopold, Tajdid, Thaumaturgy,
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