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# 428 full-color pages Built-in satin ribbon bookmark Deep vampire lore & 5E streamlined rules Renegade Game Studios Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook

**Brand:** renegade game studios
**Price:** 53251 som
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## Summary

> 🧛‍♀️ Own the night, command the shadows, and never miss a beat in the ultimate vampire RPG.

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- **What is this?** Renegade Game Studios Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook by renegade game studios
- **How much does it cost?** 53251 som with free shipping
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## Key Features

- • **Comprehensive & Updated:** Includes all errata from previous editions and the V5 Companion for the most polished gameplay.
- • **Legacy Meets Innovation:** Honors the original Vampire: The Masquerade story while advancing the metaplot with streamlined 5th Edition rules.
- • **Elegant Hardcover Design:** A premium full-color 428-page hardcover with a satin ribbon bookmark—perfect for your gaming shelf and late-night sessions.
- • **Social & Strategic Gameplay:** Master intrigue, alliances, and survival in a game where social dynamics trump brute force.
- • **Immersive Vampire Experience:** Dive into a rich world of undead politics, hunger, and personal horror that only Vampire: The Masquerade delivers.

## Overview

Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition Core Rulebook is a 428-page full-color hardcover RPG book by Renegade Game Studios, designed for players 14+. It combines deep vampire lore with streamlined 5E rules, includes all prior errata and companion updates, and features a satin ribbon bookmark for ease of use. This mature-themed game emphasizes storytelling, social intrigue, and survival in a richly detailed undead world.

## Description

A Storytelling game of personal and political horror. You are a vampire, struggling for survival, supremacy, and your own fading humanity—afraid of what you are capable of, and fearful of the inhuman conspiracies that surround you. As a vampire, you suffer the pangs of the Hunger, the relentless and terrible thirst for human blood. If you refuse to deal with it, it will overcome your mind and drive you to terrible acts to slake it. You walk this razor's edge every night. This is the original and ultimate roleplaying game of personal and political horror. Fifth Edition is a return to Vampire's original vision, moving boldly into the 21st century. While the rules have been redesigned, this new edition honors the deep story of the original, advancing the metaplot from where it left off and detailing exactly what has happened in the world of the Kindred up until tonight. Mature Warning: contains graphic and written content of a mature nature, including violence, sexual themes, and strong language. Reader discretion is advised.

Review: Vampire:The Masquerade is a great role playing system if you like: (1) role playing as vampires (obviously)—all types and flavors of vampires (each has its own clan, its own powers, its own history, etc) (2) story telling over mechanics. This isn’t a min-max game. You gain xp just for playing, not killing things or solving mysteries, and you gain it slowly. It’s about the ride, not the destination. (3) not much math. The mechanics aren’t as simple as super-simple RPGs and the character sheet has a ton of stuff on it. But that is mainly to add richness to story telling. The basic mechanics are easy: roll a number of 10 sided dice and count your successes (6+). If you get equal to or more than the difficulty level the Storyteller (GM) set, such as 4, you pass; otherwise you fail. People say 60-80% of your rolls will be successes. There isn’t a huge amount of die rolling, just enough. (4) The social element of role playing: politics, intrigue, personal goals. This is where V:TM shines. You get to create a real fleshed out undead vampire, with enemies, ambition, and all sorts of relational ties. This is very different to D&D or Call of Cthulhu, because the mechanics and theme support social play way more. Everybody wants something, including the NPCs, but you never really know exactly why. It’s hard to kill or incapacitate another Kindred (and it’s against the code of conduct) so you have to get what you want by other means. (5) the fight to survive: you are on a constant struggle to survive. You need to eat, so you need fo hunt (generally) which is dangerous. There are many threats (rival sects, like the Sabbat; human vampire hunters like the Second Inquisition; rival Kindred who might have a grudge against you; werewolves, who will tear you to shreds). You also must maintain the Masquerade. Survival largely means not being discovered. (6) your inner struggle: you wrestle with the Beast, the animal and demonic nature in you struggling to break free and rid you of your last shreds of Humanity once and for all. Let it win for good and you’re done for. Morality is a thing. There is a much stronger focus on the inner life and personal demons of a character than in any other popular system I’ve come across. With the right players and Storyteller this can be a blast. It does require experience and skill on the part of the Storyteller, and openness and willingness on the part of the players. In terms of the books, the Core Rulebook is the best and most essential. Other books are helpful for additional clans (Core comes only with info for 7), but are otherwise not as necessary as they are 80% lore. A lot of lore can be found on the White Wolf Fandom Wiki, which is great for searching for stuff. The book reads like short stories or sections of a novella—very well written—and these snippets could even be brought into your game on occasion. It is replete with illustrations and evocative photos, making it physically and aesthetically beautiful. My main complaint is that the fonts are very thin and hard for me to read, especially when the text is white against a dark background (almost unreadable for me). I hope the publisher will avoid this in future. I would also like some campaign/chronicle books similar to Call of Cthulhu, to aid Storytellers, that focus not just on lore but how to actually run a campaign in a more traditional / less open-ended way. RP’ing V:TM doesn’t have as linear a structure as Call of Cthulhu or D&D, so an inexperienced Storyteller might be wondering what to do. I also find the way the books are made to be a bit confusing: it’s not clear which books to get, in which order, and who they are for. All in all the core book is a 10/10 and the game itself is a 10/10.
Review: Pobre control de calidad. Mi libro de Hunter: the Reckoning llegó en un estado similar a éste. Una pena porque no son libros baratos.

## Features

- As a vampire, struggle for survival, supremacy, and your own fading humanity
- Suffer the pangs of Hunger, while navigating undead politics and avoiding deadly hunters
- Honors the history of Vampire: The Masquerade while advancing the story with streamlined 5th Edition rules
- This 428 page full-color hardcover book now includes a satin ribbon bookmark
- Contains all previous Core Rulebook errata, as well as the errata from the V5 Companion

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | 1735993824 |
| Assembly Required | No |
| Batteries Included | No |
| Batteries Required | No |
| Colour | Multicolor |
| Country of Origin | USA |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (521) |
| Date First Available | 4 September 2024 |
| Generic Name | game |
| Included Components | game |
| Item Dimensions LxWxH | 28.6 x 22.2 x 2.5 Centimeters |
| Item Weight | 1 kg |
| Item model number | RGS-09382 |
| Language | English |
| Manufacturer | Renegade Game Studios |
| Manufacturer recommended age | 14 years and up |
| Material Type(s) | Paper |
| Model Number | RGS-09382 |
| Number of Game Players | 1+ |
| Product Dimensions | 28.58 x 22.23 x 2.54 cm; 1 kg |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by I***O on 21 August 2023*

Vampire:The Masquerade is a great role playing system if you like: (1) role playing as vampires (obviously)—all types and flavors of vampires (each has its own clan, its own powers, its own history, etc) (2) story telling over mechanics. This isn’t a min-max game. You gain xp just for playing, not killing things or solving mysteries, and you gain it slowly. It’s about the ride, not the destination. (3) not much math. The mechanics aren’t as simple as super-simple RPGs and the character sheet has a ton of stuff on it. But that is mainly to add richness to story telling. The basic mechanics are easy: roll a number of 10 sided dice and count your successes (6+). If you get equal to or more than the difficulty level the Storyteller (GM) set, such as 4, you pass; otherwise you fail. People say 60-80% of your rolls will be successes. There isn’t a huge amount of die rolling, just enough. (4) The social element of role playing: politics, intrigue, personal goals. This is where V:TM shines. You get to create a real fleshed out undead vampire, with enemies, ambition, and all sorts of relational ties. This is very different to D&D or Call of Cthulhu, because the mechanics and theme support social play way more. Everybody wants something, including the NPCs, but you never really know exactly why. It’s hard to kill or incapacitate another Kindred (and it’s against the code of conduct) so you have to get what you want by other means. (5) the fight to survive: you are on a constant struggle to survive. You need to eat, so you need fo hunt (generally) which is dangerous. There are many threats (rival sects, like the Sabbat; human vampire hunters like the Second Inquisition; rival Kindred who might have a grudge against you; werewolves, who will tear you to shreds). You also must maintain the Masquerade. Survival largely means not being discovered. (6) your inner struggle: you wrestle with the Beast, the animal and demonic nature in you struggling to break free and rid you of your last shreds of Humanity once and for all. Let it win for good and you’re done for. Morality is a thing. There is a much stronger focus on the inner life and personal demons of a character than in any other popular system I’ve come across. With the right players and Storyteller this can be a blast. It does require experience and skill on the part of the Storyteller, and openness and willingness on the part of the players. In terms of the books, the Core Rulebook is the best and most essential. Other books are helpful for additional clans (Core comes only with info for 7), but are otherwise not as necessary as they are 80% lore. A lot of lore can be found on the White Wolf Fandom Wiki, which is great for searching for stuff. The book reads like short stories or sections of a novella—very well written—and these snippets could even be brought into your game on occasion. It is replete with illustrations and evocative photos, making it physically and aesthetically beautiful. My main complaint is that the fonts are very thin and hard for me to read, especially when the text is white against a dark background (almost unreadable for me). I hope the publisher will avoid this in future. I would also like some campaign/chronicle books similar to Call of Cthulhu, to aid Storytellers, that focus not just on lore but how to actually run a campaign in a more traditional / less open-ended way. RP’ing V:TM doesn’t have as linear a structure as Call of Cthulhu or D&D, so an inexperienced Storyteller might be wondering what to do. I also find the way the books are made to be a bit confusing: it’s not clear which books to get, in which order, and who they are for. All in all the core book is a 10/10 and the game itself is a 10/10.

### ⭐⭐ Review
*by S***T on 25 August 2024*

Pobre control de calidad. Mi libro de Hunter: the Reckoning llegó en un estado similar a éste. Una pena porque no son libros baratos.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by S***E on 14 September 2022*

Ich finde mich zwar nicht so ganz in den Regeln wieder, aber das liegt eher an meiner engstirnigen "früher war alles besser"-Natur. Die Bilder sind Geschmackssache (Nosferatu sind eindeutig zu hübsch im Buch). Aber die Qualität des Buches ist sehr gut und die Regeln gefallen der Person, für die es gekauft worden ist. Ich vermisse nur meine Tzimisce, hätte die lieber auch in einem Buch stehen gehabt, als in einer PDF

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