Guide to the Anarchs is a sourcebook for Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition. The book is similar in style to Guide to the Camarilla and Guide to the Sabbat. It is the first in-depth guide to the Anarchs: the history, politics, secrets and organisation of the Anarch Movement, the third largest Kindred sect.
Summary[]
From the White Wolf catalog:
- Break the Walls Down
- Kindred society is stagnant, and it favors the privileged. Elders claim domain over rights that, by their nature, belong to all of Caine's childer. Princes and archbishops alike abuse the very social contract that gives them the power they wield. What's the answer? Open revolution. Bring down the system!
- Guide to the Anarchs includes:
- A look at the phenomenon of the Anarch Movement worldwide
- Advice for introducing the anarchs to an existing chronicle or creating an all-anarch chronicle
- A handy appendix on nomadic unlife
Content[]
Introduction: Winds of Change[]
An introduction to the Anarchs as a "sect-within-a-sect", an overview of the book's contents, and a lexicon of terms specific to the Anarch Movement.
Chapter One: The History of the Anarch Movement[]
The anarch's history, from the original Anarch Revolt through to the rabble that call themselves anarchs in the Final Nights.
Chapter Two: Ways of the Anarch Crusade[]
What it means to be an anarch from philosophy and politics and tactics both social and martial. Also gives the anarch perspective on the clans of Caine.
Chapter Three: Agents of Change[]
A discussion of anarch character creation, including a variation on the standard point layout and various new options for anarch characters.
Chapter Four: A World Ripe for Revolution[]
The state of play in the anarch's struggle all round the world, both where they hold sway and where they are still at the mercy of Camarilla or Sabbat.
Chapter Five: Storytelling[]
Storyteller advice on themes, moods, plots. and other ingredients for anarch chronicles.
Chapter Six: Legacies of Undeath[]
Some of the Discipline powers that anarchs have developed to help them get by; mostly Combination Disciplines, but also a few Thaumaturgy rituals and high-level powers.
Appendix I: Allies, Antagonists and Others[]
Character templates for both anarchs and those who oppose them.
Appendix II: Anomalies of the Anarch Movement[]
This appendix examines unusual anarchs, most significantly the few elders and (perhaps deluded) idealists among the Movement.
Appendix III: Unlife on the Open Road[]
A guide to existence as a nomadic Kindred, something few Camarilla or Sabbat members take up.
Background Information[]
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Memorable Quotes[]
"The 14th century was a bad time to be undead in Europe."
— First line of Chapter One
Characters[]
- Smiling Jack, Brujah and famous rogue anarch
- Cicatriz, Bishop of Tijuana
- Gratiano de Veronese
- Jeremy MacNeil
- Wilhelm Waldburg
- Danielle Diron
Terminology[]
Anarch Revolt, Camarilla (VTM), Sabbat, Anarch Free State, 1435, Masquerade (VTM), Caitiff
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