Primary Name	Vampire: The Masquerade
RPG Family	Classic World of Darkness
RPG System	Storyteller
RPG Mechanic	Attribute/Stat Based (STR, CON, PER, etc) Dice (Primarily d10) Dice Pool (Roll multiple dice vs target) Point Based (allocate points to get skills, powers, etc) Progression Tree (Skills, professions, magic abilities, etc.) Race Based (Player Race/Species affects gameplay) Skill Based (buy or gain skills) Show More »
Honors	2007 Origins Awards Hall of Fame Inductee 2011 GLAIR Inductee
Alternate Names	V:tM Vampire: Die Maskerade (1st, 2nd & Revised Editions) Vampire: The Masquerade (1st, 2nd, Revised & 20th Anniversary Editions) Vampiri La Masquerade Vampiro: A Máscara Vampiro: La Mascarada VtM

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The original RPG setting Vampires in a modern Gothic-Punk world.

Vampire: The Masquerade was an original RPG allowing players to explore a dark world of modern vampires in a Gothic-Punk world. The game took players away from traditional elements of RPGs and vampiric lore and into a modern 1990s view of style and performance which was much darker and bleaker than before.

It was designed on a Storyteller system using the dice pool as a main mechanism. The success of this original game lead to a series of similar horror games covering Werewolves, Mummies, Demons and other horror favourites. The White Wolf games led the way in story centred gaming and the move from dice rolling to role playing. It also encouraged RPGs to try the newly developing Live Action Role Playing (Larp) scene (it being easier to dress up as a Goth Vamp than an Elf.)

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This database entry covers every edition of the Vampire: The Masquerade RPG. Although there are some mechanical differences in the system between editions, these are small and all supplements are compatible with all editions of the game.

The various published editions of the core rules are:

Vampire: The Masquerade (1st Edition) (1991) which was the first Classic World of Darkness book released.
Vampire: The Masquerade (2nd Edition) (1992) which amongst other tweaks, notably updated the combat system.
Vampire: The Masquerade (Revised Edition) (1998) which amongst other tweaks, fixed a bug with botches.
Vampire: The Masquerade (20th Anniversary Edition) (2011), a re-release of the game following the setting's 2004 closure with Gehenna.

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- Vampire: The Masquerade - Clan Nosferatu
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Clan Ravnos
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Clan Toreador
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Clan Tremere
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Clan Tzimisce
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Clan Ventrue
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Followers of Set

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Year Published	1991

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