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Cults of the
Blood Gods
(Vampire the
Masquerade 5th
Edition)

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Cults of the Blood Gods (Vampire the

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CULTS OF THE BLOOD GODS

JUST ANOTHER FAMILY DINNER 9 Organization

49
Modern Nights 50
INTRODUCTION 13 Recruitment 50
Bases of Operations 51
Believe in the Blood 13 Garden of Hope:
Budapest 52
A Place of Worship 14 Goals 53
Existing in Religious Disharmony 14 Rites and
Rituals 54
Enemies 54
CHAPTER ONE: 17 Perspectives 55
RISE OF THE METHUSELAH CULT New Coterie
Type 55
17 Nemeses 55
The Justicars Speak 19 New Rituals 55
The Why and Way of Worship 19 Level 1 55
The Bull and the Blood and the Bone 20 55
Prepare. 20 Coax the Garden 56
Time of Thin Blood 21 Level 5 56
Brother Sweetwater Speaks 21 57
Protect the Flock 21 Eden’s Bounty 58
A Cainite Hymnal 23 The Church of Caine 58
Planting the Seed 23 The Heresy Falls 59
Rotten to the Core 25 The Heresy Rises 59
Beauty is Divine Truth 26 Hell on Earth 60
Bed the Bones 28 Sublimating Divinity into
Society 61
Hail Gorgo, Slayer of Men 28 Ad Limina 61
The Seeker and the Moon 29 Church Hierarchy
61
On a Mission for the Goddess 31 61
Trickle-Up Religion 31 Congregation / The Flock
61
Beware False Religions 32 Doorkeepers 62
The Lord of the Red Desert Acolytes 62
35 Vergers 62
CHAPTER TWO: Lectors 62
KINDRED RELIGIONS 35 Deacons 62
36 Priests / Church Leaders 62
The Ashfinders 36 Bishops 64
Dust to Dust 37 The Metropolitan 64
Are Millennials Killing Kindred Elders? 38
Church Dogma 64
Data Mining 38 Sacraments 64
Cinder Institute: Ibiza 39 The Sacrament of
Valediction 65
Perspectives 39 The Sacrament of Exculpation
66
42 The Sacrament of Firewalking 67
Beast Shards 44 Cainite Dominion: St. Louis 67
Amber Freeman (ThriveHive) 45 Perspectives
67
Dr. James “Mortius” Howitt 45 New Rituals 67
Ashfinder Blood Alchemy 45 Level 1 67
Level 3 46 Dampen the Fear 67
Concoct Ashe 46 Level 3 67
Chemically-Induced Flashback 46 Fire in the
Blood 68
Level 4 47 Level 5 68
Discipline Channeling 48 Creatio Ignis
The Bahari, Children of Lilith 49 The Church of
Set
Overly Devoted Scholarship The Chaos Cult
Out of the Desert
Beliefs

Table of Contents

Church and State 68 Traveler’s Call 93

The Clan of Lies 94
69 Level 3 94
Divine Origins 94
A History in Whispers 70 Name of the Father 94
More Modern Deceits 95
71 Level 5 95
Snakes in Their Hidden Nests 95
Rituals of Liberation 72 Pit of Contemplation 96
96
The Lesser Mystery of Set 72 The Mithraic
Mysteries 97
The Nine Gates 97
The Greater Mystery of Set 73 From Persia to
Rome 98
Beginning the Journey of the Faithful 99
The Later Hours of Night 73 A London
Renaissance 99
On the Church of Set 99
Setite Temple: Kharkiv 74 Mithra and the Bull
99
Perspectives 99
Animals 75 The London Blitz 100
Boa Constrictor 100
Cobra 75 Faces of the Bull God 100
Jackal 100
Oksana Koblenko “Proserpina” 76 Mithraist
Ambition 101
New Coterie Type 101
Saboteurs 78 Divine Mithras 101
New Powers 101
Obfuscate 79 An Underground Religion
Level 3 101
Mental Maze 80 The London Uncertainty 102
Presence 102
Level 3 81 Celebrating the Bull God 104
True Love’s Face 104
Protean 81 Bull Running 104
Level 5 104
The Heart of Darkness 81 Fertility Feasts 104
Cult of Shalim 104
Out of Nothing 81 The Blood Equinox 104
The Flowering of the Abyss 104
Servants of the Abyss 81 The Blooding 104
Shalimite Rites 104
Gematria 84 Seven Steps to the Sun 105
Abyssal Consecration 105
Dark Purpose 84 The First Step: Corax, the
Raven 106
Enemies 84 The Second Step: Nymphus, the
Bride 107
Artifacts and Symbology 85 The Third Step:
Miles, the Soldier 107
Mortal Servants 108
Shalimite Operations: Fukuoka 85 The Fourth
Step: Leo, The Lion 108
Perspectives 109
“Porcelain” Patricia Montgomery 85 The Fifth
Step: Perses, the Persian
Ceremonies of Shalim
Level 1 85 The Sixth Step: Heliodromus,
85 the Courier of the Sun
85 The Seventh Step: Pater, the Father/Mother
85 Mithraeum: Edinburgh
85 Perspectives
85 New Powers
86 Dominate
86 Level 2
87 Slavish Devotion
87 Level 4
87 Ancestral Dominion
87 Fortitude
88 Level 4
88 Shatter
88 The Nephilim, Children of the Angel
89 The Unending Dream
89 The Seeds of the Garden
89 The Basilica of the Archangel
90 Lex Sanctorum Decis Angelorum
90 Places of Worship
93 Rites of Pleasure and Perfection
93 Limited Scope?

CULTS OF THE BLOOD GODS 109 Factionalism

137

Enemies 109 Plans for the Giovanni 137

Artifacts and Symbology
Mortal Adherents 109 Plans for the Samedi 138
Nephilim Dreams: Johannesburg
Perspectives 110 Hierarchy and Strains 138
Anna Yusupova “Annatoliya”
Minor Cults 111 The Samedi Role 138
Amaranthans
Current Goals 111 Setting Down Religion 138
Cleopatrans
Current Goals 114 Religious Practice 139
The Cult of Isis
Current Goals 114 New to the Rot 139
Eyes of Malakai
Current Goals 114 Shifting Tides of
Necromancy 140
Gorgo’s Nest
Current Goals 115 The Role of Others 141
Los Hijos de Si
Current Goals 116 The Lamiae 141
Sons and Daughters of Helena
Current Goals 116 The Cappadocians 141
The Meneleans
Current Goals 116 The Nagaraja 142
The One True Way
Current Goals 116 And More Besides 142
Servitors of Irad
Current Goals 117 The Family Hierarchy 143
One of Us
118 Who’s Your Daddy? 143
CHAPTER THREE: THE CULT
OF DEATH AND UNDEATH 118 The Families 144

The Underworld 118 Coterie or Family Tree?

144
Masks and Murder and Plot
…That You Do So Well 119 Outward Facing
Operations 145
Death Always Comes In Threes
The Family Reunion 120 The Venetian Ladder
146
The Other Side
The Capuchin 120 The Anziani Council 146
The Giovanni Role
The Purge 120 The 1444 Chamber 147
A New Broom
The Establishment 121 The Endless Night 147
The Family’s Goals
Family Business 121 Perspectives on Kindred
Religions 147
Dealing with the Authorities
The Harbinger Role 121 A Unique Cult 148
The Timeline
New Blood in an Ancient Clan 122 Hecata
Chronicles 149
Dead Aim
122 New Coterie Types 150

125 Family 150

Gatekeepers 150

125 New Predator Types 150

126 Extortionist 150

126 Graverobber 150
127
CHAPTER FOUR: MORTAL CULTS 153

128 The House of Anteros 154

129 History 154

130 Doctrine 154

131 What is Love? 154

132 Activities 154

132 Future Plans 156

133 Annabelle Jones 156

133 Jacob Wrightson 156

134 Alyson King 156

134 The Eaden Family 156

134 Virginia Eaden 157

135 Leonard Eaden 157

135 Story Hook: Love in Death 157

136 The Church of Means 158

137 History 158

Table of Contents

Doctrine 158 Heresies 179

Activities 179
Future Plans 159 Mandates 179
179
Millicent Jarvey 160 You Shall… 179
Morgan Brant 179
Malik Lugo 160 You Shall Not… 179
Joseph Dominguez 180
Story Hook: Financial Drain 160 The First Rule
of Vampire Club 180
Leah’s Circle 180
History 160 Hierarchy 181
Doctrine 181
Activities 161 Laity 181
Future Plans 181
Jake “Diabolic” Martins 162 Initiate 181
Mika Bittermann 181
Melissa “Razor” Thomson 162 Acolyte 182
Leah 182
Story Hook: Mugging Gone Wrong 162 Clergy
182
The Dread Cult of Eligos 182
History 163 Prophets 182
Doctrine 183
Activities 163 Cult Practices 183
Future Plans 183
Amy Montague 164 Scripture 183
Jaden Michaels 184
Franklin Bryant 164 Relics 184
Rupert Brant 184
Teresa Miles 164 Services 184
Story Hook: Eligos’ Breach 184
The Order of the Broken Branch 164 Apparel
184
History 184
Doctrine 165 Rituals 184
Activities 185
Future Plans 165 Holidays 185
Margaret Thales 185
Samantha Watts 166 Lunar
Edward H. Sullivan 186
Story Hook: God’s Weapons 166 Historic 187
Other Cults 187
166 Seasonal 189
CHAPTER FIVE: 190
CULT CONSTRUCTION 166 Methods of
Recruitment 191
193
The Act of Creation 167 The Desperate 193
How to Build a Cult 194
The Basics 168 The Driven 194
Belief
168 A Letter from Laylah Froud of the Bahari
Ancestral Worship
Secular Values 168 The Indulgent

168 Places of Worship

168 The Temple

169 Historic Site

169 Anywhere and Nowhere

169 Quick Cult Creation

170 Backgrounds

170 Allies

170 Contacts

171 Influence

171 Haven

171 A Letter from Khaled al-Fakhani

171 of the Church of Set

172 Mawla
Cult Names

175 Colors
Creatures
175 Basic Cult Descriptions
176 Sample Cult Members
177
178 Mortals
178 Vampires
178 Sample Cult: The Order of Taweret

CULTS OF THE BLOOD GODS 195 Split the

Shroud 213

New Coterie Types 195 Level 5 213

Envoys
Think Tank 195 Ex Nihilo 213

An Accord Between Faiths 196 Lazarene

Blessing 214

CHAPTER SIX: HECATA 199 Life in the

Underworld 215

Who are the Hecata? 200 Ghost in the Machine

216
Hecata Archetypes 201 Poltergeist 216
201 Puppeteer 216
Champion Bullshitter 201 Screamer 216
Forensic Specialist 201
Natural Necromancer CHAPTER SEVEN:
Prodigal Child 202 BLOODLINES AND
LORESHEETS 219
Unscrupulous Banker
Disciplines 202 Bloodlines 219
Compulsion
Hecata: Morbidity 202 Loresheets 228
Bane
Feeding Methods 202 CHAPTER EIGHT:
Oblivion 202 STYX AND BONES 231
Characteristics 203
Level 1 203 Introduction 231
Ashes to Ashes 203 München mag Dich
(Munich Loves You) 232
The Binding Fetter 203 Where the Bodies Are
Buried 233

Level 2 204 Die Heimliche Hauptstadt (The

Secret Capital) 234
Fatal Precognition 204 Prologue: A Family
Dinner 236
Where the Shroud Thins 204 Chapter One:
Body of Lies 237
Level 3 204 237
Aura of Decay 204 Handout #1: The Auction
Invitation 238
Passion Feast 205 Handout #2: Günter
Hildebrant Dossier 239
Level 4 205 The Auction 239
Necrotic Plague 205 Coterie Options 240
Level 5 206 Approaching Günter Hildebrant 240
Skuld Fulfilled 206 Coterie Options 241
Withering Spirit 206 The Ritual 241
Oblivion Ceremonies 207 Chapter Two: Grave
Digging 241
Level 1 207 Exploring the City 242
The Gift of False Life 208 PermanentLodgings
242
Mindless Corpse 208 The First Nightmare 243
Summon Spirit 208 Under Arrest 244
Level 2 208 Threats and Rumors 244
Awaken the Homuncular Servant 208 Clan
Advice 245
Homuncular Servant 209 Investigating the First
Attack 245
Compel Spirit 209 Chapter Three: The Price We
Pay 246
Level 3 209 The Second Nightmare 246
Host Spirit 210 Investigating the Second Attack
247
Shambling Hordes 210 Getting to Know the
Cult of Mithras 249
Aggressive Corpse 211 Threats and Attacks 249
Level 4 211 Chapter Four: A Family Affair 249
Bind the Spirit 212 The Third and Fourth
Nightmare 250
212 Investigating the Third Attack 250
212 Coterie Options 250
212 Investigating the Fourth Attack 250
Investigating GSG 10

Table of Contents

Coterie Options 251 Mago 266

Asano’s Ambush 251 Resignation of the
Righteous 266
251 The Romero Twins 266
Coterie Options 252 Idle Hands 267
Chapter Five: Rise and Fall 252 Hellhounds of
Satan 267
Preventing the Fifth Attack 252 Family Feud 268
Epilogue: Death is Certain, Life is Not 253
Shades of Gray 268
254 The Hunt Club 268
Handout #3: A Letter 254 Prince Vaughn 268
Antagonist Stats 256 Blood Trade 269
256 Absolution 269
Hiromitsu Asano 256 Ethan Clare 270
Kindred Citizens of Munich 256 First Change
Fiasco 270
256 Karen Shaw 271
Terrence Rusk, Perses of the Cult of Mithras
257 Tolerance and Persecution 271 
Anna Fleischer of the Cult of Mithras 258 The