VtM Bloodlines Clans

Between the two, I'd go with Toreador just for the full Presence dialogue options (assuming you put points in it, which you should if you're going for a melee build). Choosing from all the clans, I'd go with Gangrel or Ventrue. Dominate and Animalism are a lot of fun, and their other disciplines work nicely in melee. Though in terms of sheer combat effectiveness, I think Brujah make for the best melee characters. I just find them to be the least interesting clan in terms of disciplines, dialogue and role-playing flavor.

I went Gangrel most of the time, but Brujah was fun too. I'm like you, very melee focused.

Also, this is one of my all time favorite games of all times lol.

I have a couple questions about the clans, albeit from the Antitribu Mod.


For the Nagaraja clan, under their unique discipline it says that I can gain vitae from ghosts and spirits at level 2, but every time I try to use the power I just get a ghost that's pissed off, one that I can't injure or feed off of. Do I need to cast "Eyes of the Wraith" as well in order to feed properly or what? Also, would anyone know if there is an alternate means of completing the haunted hotel as a Nagaraja, since they can interact with wraiths and all that? Or if Pisha has any unique dialog or quest chains for that clan?


For the Samedi, under the hags wrinkles power, does that mean that I will be able to walk around the streets without violating the masquerade? Also, their ability to turn into ashes, does that make them completely immune to damage or just highly resistant to it?


I've been playing as a Tzimisce, but I was wondering if these two clans brought anything new to the table.

Huh I thought that Gary I think it was, has a special hatred for the toreador and makes some snarky commentary (as per usual) to them.

I've always wanted to try a Malkavian run.

Thanks for the tip! I had no idea about that. Since I tend to play females I can just avoid the fight entirely but it's good to know, just in case.

Right! Dragging a hooker into a creepy graveyard... No way to make that sound like a good idea really 

I was wondering how many points do I need to put into Presence to get all the dialogue options for it? Should I max it?

And since I'm probably going to play a Toreador I want to focus on Seduction too. Do you know how much I should invest in that?

Yeah I have the GOG version and I think that's the unofficial patch without the plus stuff. I didn't alter it in any way.

Thanks so much for your help! You're like an encyclopedia on this game 

I'm going to highly recommend you get the latest, full unofficial patch (I think it's at version 9.7 now) especially since this isn't your first playthrough. At least I can't personally imagine ever playing VtMB without it again, even if the base GOG version includes the bugfixes.

You basically just copy it into its own subfolder in the game if you do it manually, but I think it comes with its own installer that does all the work for you.

It does a lot of stuff from minor things like renaming the firearms to their correct real designation to restoring quests that were not completed and deactivated by the devs in the vanilla game. It even adds a few additional maps that were left incomplete and were fixed by fans.

You may also want to set GOG to not automatically updating your game while your playthrough lasts if you use the Galaxy client. They occasionally update the unofficial patch, which would overwrite your patch status, and it can also break save games from a different patch iteration.

Thanks guys! I'll look into the newest patch at some point then. Probably not for this playthrough but at some point in the future, maybe. Hell if I ever get bored I might even look into the different mods