Just with a limited pallet, and damn I wish the couch wouldn't scream so when you sat on it. He built a tower outside of town in one of the mountain passes that over-land travel had to traverse, built a small army of heavily altered ghouls, and created all manner of unsavory things as he explored the limits of form. White Wolf Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. He was constantly teetering over the edge with each patient, tempted to carve the base clay into something beautiful, rather than the base alterations desired of him. Using his mastery of Protean, the ancient gathered all of his evil into a bilious mass of repugnancy and horror, and spat it out. They were EVERYWHERE but hidden mostly. He was made when i wanted to try running someone who was unexcusably evil at his core, with enough of a survival instinct to know that giving into his urges would get him killed. The second, the female of a set of twins, was similar, but totally geared towards the mortal herds. You know those Bodies art exhibits that travel around science museums? A character may take as many Merits as the player can afford, but no character may have more than seven points’ worth of Flaws (which would give a character a total of 22 freebie points to spend in other areas). plus he had humans converted into huge bags of blood, with 15 blood points in each obese limbless bag so fat their heads were barely visible. In person, Tzimisce vampires at first seem far more civilized than the brutal packs of the Sabbat mainstream: studious, solitary, courteous and dignified, their manners often seem somewhat disarming given the reputation that the Clan as a whole has acquired. In its large cast of characters, I counted 8 named Tzimisce to 6 named Lasombra (plus one important ductus whose clan apparently isn't indicated.) Was all about controlling the power base of the undead. Or am I misremebering something? After that, I'd just wander around the black sea in my submarine and fuck with Russio-Turkish shipping. So he did his duty but tried to remain as good as he could, often refusing to feed on anything but animals. They were also lords of beasts, which could fit both the Ventrue and Gangrel clans. Older Tzimisce might cling to the traditions more, having some Eastern European roots. You can hack a database, but only if you get past the security system directly integrated with some poor soul's brain, and the alarms you set off are all real people screaming. Those are run by Tzimisce. He was also a religious man. Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition, The Black Hand: A Guide to the Tal'Mahe'Ra, https://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Tzimisce?oldid=275154, While the Grimaldi are the Tzimisce's pawns in mortal society, the, Shelter and nourishment for three days and three nights (not counting the night of arrival), The protection of the host against third-party aggressors, Suspension of inter-family grievances for the duration of the stay, The best quarters in the home of the host (up to and including the host's own chambers), A ritual exchange of gifts or services (on arriving, departing, or sometimes both), Respecting the host's boundaries and property, Not needlessly angering the host or any of his family. The Legend of Irad has it that, at some point in the city of Enoch, Irad the Strong sought to purge himself of all evil. They are the demon of the net, and their firewalls involve real fire. Tzimisce - concept art | Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines. Panzaism is the delusional inability to recognize anything as supernatural. Some of the exhibits are still alive. It's really high art. Every ghoul is subjected to Biothaumaturgic Experimentation. But to Irad's surprise, this mortal appeared nor… Vampire: The Masquerade is a tabletop role-playing game (tabletop RPG) created by Mark Rein-Hagen and released in 1991 by White Wolf Publishing as the first of several Storyteller System games for its World of Darkness setting line. One of them, the oldest, was a Roman descendant of Scipio. ), Exalted, and Chronicles of Darkness (Vampire: The Requiem, Werewolf: The Forsaken, Mage: The Awakening, etc.). The PC's ideas and writing all fit right into the Tzimisce's ideas about improving the body and oneself being the highest virtues. Concept: Your character’s concept is a brief “sketch” of who your character was prior to the Embrace — anything from Crazed Vigilante to Aging Porn Star. Crazy Sabbat hacker trolls, just what the internet needs, right? If your ST/GM isn't a fan of the merit (I'm kind of on the fence about it myself) then you can always remove the Patricide, or add a one year gap between your diablerie and you arriving at the setting of the chronicle. The vampires of the Camarilla, indoctrinated by their fearful elders, see the Tzimisce as impersonal monsters - a slavering horde of Boschean bogeymen mindlessly bent on destruction. May 4, 2019 - Explore Byron Stovall's board "Tzimisce" on Pinterest. Tzimisce WeaponDifficulty Damage ConcealRange Rate Clip Brawling Table ManeuverAccuracyDamage Bite5Strength +1 Punch 6 Strength Grapple 6 Strength Claw 6 Strength +2 Kick 7 Strength +1 Body Slam 7 Special; See Options This is not a painless process when performed on others it seems. This stereotype is far from accurate. He covered the walls of his sanctuary with living human skin streched to hundreds of yards, with eyes and ears hidden in the folds, and the mouths near his resting place. But they came to know that he wouldn't betray them and thus, was very valuable. The players freaked when they found the village occupied by the most beautiful people they had ever seen, and the castle full Of absolutely horrific things. The Tzimisce Technomancer is someone who grew up on the old Asmiov stories of planets run by a single massive computer, who then looks back and says "But also, that computer should be ME." Permanently reshaping somebody is a gross violation of whatever morality system a given game may impose. Clan dictates your character’s vampiric powers and weakness. He eventually got manipulated to breaking his promises and there was... quite the death scene. There is no masquerade, because there are no vampires, and there are no secret societies, and no conspiracies. To further increase his difficult adapting, I gave him sanguinary animism and grip of the damned. Wasn't there a story on r/gametales like that? They are the demon of the net, and their firewalls involve real fire. A community for fans of White Wolf's roleplaying games, notably the World of Darkness (Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Mage: The Ascension, etc. ), Tzimisce pirate! Some of the concepts I've put together: A Giovanni Chronicles character who began as a (cross dressing) knight. Tzimisce Blood BondsAccording to Kindred legend, the Tzimisce Antediluvian was the first of Caine's childer to discover the Blood Bond, and it is fact that his progeny were the first vampires to break such a Bond en masse. He was a 'good' tzimisce who, throughout the chronicle, eventually had to do bad things. She did have a fair bit of Vicissitude and used it to not only boost her own appearance, but that of her flock. See more ideas about character concept, concept art, concept art characters. Or take your chances with the Diablerie lines :P, New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the WhiteWolfRPG community. See more ideas about creature design, fantasy creatures, horror art. He also took the arm and leg bones and elongated them onto some of the torsos, moving the head inside the rib cage, and ending each long arm in a sharpened agravated damage bone knife. The third, the male of the twins, was a mix of warlord and arcane scientist. She had a lot of Auspex and Animalism, very little Vicissitude. A few weeks after the embrace his sire and himself are assaulted by a small pack of hunters. She was obsessed with status and propriety, big on etiquette and tradition. However, spending any length of time with a Tzimisce usually provides enough proof that this reputation is well-earned: out of all the Clans, the Tzimisce are the most alien in min… Animal control masters, mansion holders, creepy dominion owners, eastern-european accents... Also, walking in long corridors with certain fabrics. In most of my campaigns its gotten to the point where the Sabbat Tzimisce are the horror shows, and the Old Clan Tzimisce … Thus seeks to pursue the real transhumanism under the idea you must include human traits to transcend them. While [Tzimisce] is presumed dead at the fangs of Lugoj, the Tzimisce clan still holds their deceased founder in some reverence. Turning people into Gigeresque conversation pieces will quickly drop you into whatever sort of unplayable amorality a given system inflicts. A neonate doctor who was horrified at what he'd become... but realized that being able to sow people back together could do a lot of good. Learning more vicissitude on the belief that it might hold the answers.. Over time, he struggled to find a 'cure' or even golconda. Tzimisce characters can supernaturally alter the bodies of living and undead organisms, even to the point of melting them. Character Creation Suggestions: Edit. She was an artiste, but also the face of the city to the mortals. Irad's intention was to destroy the mortal who consumed this mass of Protean, thinking that by destroying this mortal, he would destroy the evil also. An NPC I'm probably never going to get the chance to use: The Tzimisce Technomancer. I enjoyed him. the village below were being bred for beauty, and for horror. After the embrace? His sire is wounded and he carries him away (having decent Celerity which his Sire lacks) to safety, however the wounds from the gunfire cause the Sire to slip into Torpor. (This is one I've wanted to play for a very long time). He came to be because one of my mage characters had an obsession to be the most beautiful women on earth (she already had a seven appearance and her rotes were all about "because I'm beautiful"), and she betrayed the party because this vampire promised he could shape her even higher. But there are no whales in the Black Sea and even the sharks are lame. Including the "negative" traits like getting angry and smashing someone's head in just because you're in the moment, then feeling real bad about it because you're in a new moment. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Press J to jump to the feed. Some are rival vampires splayed open for all to see, kept immobilized and somewhere between torpor and consciousness. A Cavalcade of Fiends. A plastic surgeon who thought himself an artist, playing a Tzimisce Antitribu. You could also ghoul the whale, for good measure. Not staying any longer than the requisite three days and three nights unless invited to. Tzimisce Science_____ Name: Player: Chronicle: Attributes Strength_____ Dexterity_____ Stamina_____ OOOOOOOO OOOOOOOO OOOOOOOO Physical Perception_____ Intelligence_____ Wits_____ OOOOOOOO OOOOOOOO OOOOOOOO Mental Charisma_____ Manipulation_____ Appearance_____ OOOOOOOO OOOOOOOO OOOOOOOO Social Nature: Demeanor: Concept: The bottom of the Black Sea is just poisonous gas so there aren't many deep-dwelling creatures as well. He is very low on blood, and he can hear the hunters searching for him outside. When they originally appeared in Second Edition (, Between second and revised edition, the Tzimisce were subject to a controversial change imposed in. As an adult, well, he managed. He was turned as conflicts against the tremere became more pronounced, mostly as a body guard. (Stolen from the Darker Days podcast, but might get used in a game one day damn it! Then turning them into szlachta, improving on nature and learning how to best improve himself. I love this concept and story, tragic and very fitting to the game's theme. Black Sea is basically just a giant lake. They seemed to have confused torturing squirrels for enlightenment, because really what is the point of being anything if all you do with it is make yourself the scariest thing you can think of. Their lair is a ghoul they've...well...spread over the room. I always felt sorta repelled by the standard Tzimisce themes, which I realize is kinda the point. I'm not too sure about the Ravnos write-up though: the bane seems like it'd be either too restrictive or something that an obliging ST would just let you cheese. You've diablerised your Sire, and attempted to fake your death to look like the hunters got your both, before running away to a foreign country (you may have left traces, for example using your passport to get out of the EU). https://www.google.com/search?q=body+worlds. May 13, 2019 - Explore Tiago Rabello's board "Character Concept art", followed by 5409 people on Pinterest. I was thinking of making him one of the first Grimaldis to be given such a gift during the Dark Ages back when the family was a group Italian merchant nobles who scoured across Europe on the behalf of their undead Machiavellian benefactors. (I think she may have also had some Koldunic Sorcery, but can't honestly recall.). The Tzimisce clan is the clan that puts together so many concepts and so many myths around the vampire that for me, they're not just "one clan". Course nobody trusts him and so forth and he's on the run from the Sabbat. His struggle was the call of the artist. Tzimisce are, if anything, unique as snowflakes, and each Fiend has its own reason for and methods of inflicting horror on the world. Primary Attributes: Strength (Vicissitude) Manipulation (Animalism) Perception (Auspex) Secondary Attributes: Horrid Form provides +3 to all physical attributes, so a Tzimisce can get real benefit from having solid all-around physicals. He could risk a confrontation; but this low on blood he can't be sure that he would even stand a chance. So the Tzimisce courted and embraced the PC, but when it actually came time to die and live on as a twisted corpse in the night, feeling his bones realign and his muscles move beneath his skin, the PC became revolted with the idea of vicissitude. He focused primarily on combat and auspex. Abilities and Attributes would depend on what role they had had within the family pre-embrace. Working on an alternate Path of Metamorphosis that uses Conscience/Self-Control looking for some kind of alternate Golconda and is less about being spooky little f---er with tentacles hanging out. So he avoided feeding from people at all costs. So you're a Tzimisce whose entire family and support network are back in Central Europe, who is now in the US or UK, or wherever your chronicle is set. I had a dark ages tzimisce that was really focused on the personal horror aspect of the game. He was always at odds with the other kindred, whom he hated, but he was also the only one in the group that many of them trusted, as he was so honorable and honest in his dislike for them. Every ghoul is subjected to Biothaumaturgic Experimentation. Character Portraits Dark Dark Eldar Rpg Character Fantasy Creatures Character Inspiration Fantasy Characters Portrait Warhammer Art. Had a tzimisce enemy for my mage game. They were debauched and twisted sensualists, which fits the Daeva. Given we're playing in a part of Italia, I was thinking of giving a Grimaldi Ghoul turned Tzimisce a bit of a go as my first character. He hated what they were. He's flesh crafted a crew of ghouls, and a whale, to make the most horrifying ship and crew imaginable. The Tzimisce clan is the clan that puts together so many concepts and so many myths around the vampire that for me, they're not just "one clan". He was capable of so much more, not just removing bellyfat from failed actresses and assisting in the self-destructive habits of soccer moms. Honor was everything to him. Tzimisce Name: Player: Chronicle: Nature: Demeanor: Concept: Generation: Sire: Title: Attributes Strength_____ Dexterity_____ Stamina_____ Physical Perception_____ Intelligence_____ Wits_____ Mental Charisma_____ Manipulation_____ Appearance_____ Social Abilities Alertness_____ Athletics_____ Awareness_____ Talents This leaves a lot of options. Actually a real noble sort rejects her clan and spends the next couple centuries shacking up with the Camarilla. Yet nearly every sourcebook with a Tzimisce in it has the Body Horror Freakshows front and center, right down to their Revised Iconic Character. A young member of the Grimaldi Revenent family who is embraced when he demonstrates a ridiculous aptitude for the basics (level 1) of Vicissitude, and then displays Revenent Discipline (3 point merit) along with Vicissitude as an additional discipline (5 point merit). For an actual Sabbat character an ancilla who is of the opinion the clan is full of idiots. On the lighter side, the Tzimisce Technomancer has no peers and the Sabbat has no idea what to do with them once they've found them... so they probably spend most of their time goofing around online, arguing with the Red Question and other anarchs about the Antedilluvians. Period. He hated what he had become and the woman he had loved feared him. He was heavily invested in Vicissitude. Ventrue. He was obsessed with making angels, in any way he could. 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