Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

Bloodlines History List
Version: 1.00
By Jake Zahn
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This will be a complete list of all the histories available in game, and will
list exactly who has access to each and what benefits/penalties each has.

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Version History
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1.00 - First incarnation.

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How to Enable Histories
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First you have to make sure you have the console enabled. If you don't know how
to do this, instructions are at the bottom of this guide.

Once that's done, go into your vampire\cfg folder located in your main
Bloodlines folder.

The default is: C:\Program Files\Activision\Vampire - Bloodlines\vampire\cfg

Now find the Config.cfg file. Open it with notepad, scroll down to the bottom,
and add this line: vchar_edit_histories "1"

Then, just save the file.

Now, when you start a new game, you'll have the opportunity to choose a history.

WARNING: Sometimes the game will crash after selecting a history, this is
normal and happens seemingly at random. Simply start the game back up and
choose the history again.

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Explanation
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Basicly each clan has a specific set of histories they can choose from, but
there are a few histories that more then one clan have access to. Those are
listed first under "General", while the clan specific ones are listed under
their respective clan.

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Selectable Histories
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General:
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1) Blunt Fangs
Clans: Brujah, Malkavian, Nosferatu
Gender: Both
Bonus: Everytime you gain 3+ XP at one time, you get +1 XP
Penalty: It takes 3 Bloodpoints to restore 1 of yours.

2) Burnout
Clans: Gangrel, Malkavian, Toreador
Gender: Both
Bonus: +3 Frenzy modifier
Penalty: -1 Wits

3) Cadaverous Flesh
Clans: Brujah, Malkavian, Nosferatu, Toreador, Tremere
Gender: Both
Bonus: Cheaper Physical Attributes (2nd dot costs 3, 3rd costs 6,
4th costs 10, and 5th costs 12)
Penalty: -1 Charisma, -20% healing rate

4) Con Artist\Special Forces
Clans: Nosferatu, Ventrue\Brujah, Gangrel
Gender: Both\Male
Bonus: Switch Ability order to: Skills Talents Knowledges
Penalty: N/A

5) Corporate Schmo
Clans: Toreador, Ventrue
Gender: Both
Bonus: Switch Ability order to: Skills Knowledges Talents
Penalty: N/A

6) Deceptive Strength
Clans: Gangrel, Toreador, Tremere, Ventrue
Gender: Both
Bonus: Blood Buff duration doubled
Penalty: -1 Dexterity and Perception

7) Degenerate Gambler
Clans: Malkavian, Ventrue
Gender: Male
Bonus: Switch Attribute order to: Mental Physical Social
Penalty: N/A

8) Dropped on Head as a Baby
Clans: Brujah, Gangrel, Nosferatu
Gender: Both
Bonus: +2 Stamina
Penalty: Stunted Mental Attributes (2nd dot costs 6, 3rd costs 10,
4th costs 16, and 5th costs 20)

9) Eco-Terrorist Hacker
Clans: Gangrel, Nosferatu
Gender: Both
Bonus: Switch Ability order to: Knowledges Skills Talents
Penalty: N/A

10) Eerie Presence
Clans: Gangrel, Malkavian, Nosferatu, Toreador, Tremere
Gender: Both
Bonus: Cheaper Mental Attributes (2nd dot costs 3, 3rd costs 6,
4th costs 10, and 5th costs 12)
Penalty: Stunted Social Attributes (2nd dot costs 6, 3rd costs 10,
4th costs 16, and 5th costs 20), Stealth Costs x4

11) Glass Eye
Clans: Brujah, Nosferatu
Gender: Both
Bonus: +2 Intimidation
Penalty: -1 Perception

12) Gossip Collumist
Clans: Malkavian, Ventrue
Gender: Female
Bonus: Switch Attribute order to: Social Mental Physical
Penalty: N/A

13) Hard-Ass Chica
Clans: Brujah, Gangrel
Gender: Female
Bonus: +1 Firearms, starts with a .38 handgun
Penalty: Knowledges cost x4 to raise

14) Highway Drifter
Clans: Brujah, Gangrel, Nosferatu
Gender: Male
Bonus: +1 Melee, starts with a knife
Penalty: -2 Humanity

15) Lowborn
Clans: Brujah, Gangrel, Nosferatu
Gender: Both
Bonus: 1 bum/hooker blood point restores 2 of yours
Penalty: Knowledges cost x4 to raise

16) Perv
Clans: Gangrel, Malkavian, Nosferatu
Gender: Male
Bonus: +2 Blood Pool, 1 female blood point restores 2 of yours
Penalty: Max Subterfuge of 1

17) Rapacious Bloodlust
Clans: Malkavian, Nosferatu, Toreador, Tremere
Gender: Both
Bonus: +1 Strength, +1 Brawl
Penalty: -1 Frenzy modifier, Stealth costs x4 to raise

18) Runaway
Clans: Brujah, Gangrel, Malkavian, Toreador
Gender: Both
Bonus: +1 Stealth
Penalty: Brawl costs x4 to raise

19) Slut
Clans: Gangrel, Malkavian, Nosferatu, Toreador
Gender: Female
Bonus: +2 Blood Pool, 1 male blood point restores 2 of yours
Penalty: Stunted Mental Attributes (2nd dot costs 6, 3rd costs 10,
4th costs 16, and 5th costs 20)

Brujah:
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1) Anti-Paladin
Gender: Both
Bonus: Presence costs x4
Penalty: Stunted Celerity (2nd dot costs 8, 3rd costs 12, 4th costs 18,
and 5th costs 24)

2) Ex-Cop
Gender: Both
Bonus: +2 Firearms, +1 Intimidation
Penalty: Max Stamina of 3

3) Infomercial Huckster\Voyeur Website Model
Gender: Male\Female
Bonus: Switch Attribute order to: Social Physical Mental
Penalty: N/A

4) Quickling
Gender: Both
Bonus: +25% Celerity duration
Penalty: Stunted Potence (2nd dot costs 8, 3rd costs 12, 4th costs 18,
and 5th costs 24)

5) True Brujah
Gender: Both
Bonus: Switch Attribute order to: Mental Physical Social
Penalty: N/A

Gangrel:
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1) Anda Gangrel
Gender: Both
Bonus: +1 Fortitude and Stamina
Penalty: Stunted Animalism (1st dot costs 6, 2nd costs 8, 3rd costs 12,
4th costs 18, and 5th costs 24), -1 Animalism

2) Beastmistress
Gender: Female
Bonus: +35% Anamalism damage, +50% Animalism duration
Penalty: -25% Protean duration

3) Chupacabra
Gender: Male
Bonus: Protean +1
Penalty: Max Fortitude of 3

4)Insectoid
Gender: Both
Bonus: +40% Fortitude and Protean duration
Penalty: -1 to Wits, Charimsa, Appearance, and Animalism

5) Pagan\Pagan Priestess
Gender: Male\Female
Bonus: Switch Attribute order to: Mental Physical Social
Penalty: N/A

Malkavian:
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1) Completely Batshit
Gender: Both
Bonus: +100% Dementation duration, +40% Dementation damage
Penalty: Stunted Obfuscate (2nd costs 8, 3rd costs 12, 4th costs 18,
and 5th costs 24)

2) Cut-Rate Clown\Gymnist Turned Stripper
Gender: Male\Female
Bonus: Switch Attribute order to: Physical Mental Social
Penalty: N/A

3) Doomseer
Gender: Both
Bonus: +100% Auspex duration
Penalty: -50% Obfuscate duration

4) Inoffensively Nutty Weatherman
Gender: Male
Bonus: Switch Attribute order to: Social Mental Physical
Penalty: N/A

5) Long Foot, Little Foot
Gender: Both
Bonus: +1 Humanity, +1 Charima, +1 Wits
Penalty: Max Dexterity of 1

6) Ninja!
Gender: Both
Bonus: +1 Brawl and Melee
Penalty: Max Firearms pf 0

7) Woman's Prison Guard
Gender: Female
Bonus: Switch Attribute order to: Mental Physical Social
Penalty: N/A

Nosferatu:
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1) Boogeyman
Gender: Male
Bonus: +40% Obfuscate duration
Penalty: -1 Potence

2) Cleopatra
Gender: Female
Bonus: +30% Obfusacte duration, +1 Subterfuge
Penalty: Stunted Animalism (2nd costs 8, 3rd costs 12, 4th costs 18,
and 5th costs 24)

3) Leatherface
Gender: Male
Bonus: +1 Melee and Potence
Penalty: Humanity costs x4

4) Shepard of Vermin
Gender: Both
Bonus: +50% Animalism duration, +35% Animalism Damage
Penalty: -25% Potence duration

Toreador:
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1) Beautiful Monster
Gender: Male
Bonus: +25% Presence duration
Penalty: -1 Frenzy and Wits

2) Country Club Lothario\Southern Debute
Gender: Male\Female
Bonus: Social Physical Mental
Penalty: N/A

3) Decadent Enchantress
Gender: female
Bonus: +1 Appearance and Subterfuge
Penalty: -20% Celerity duration

4) Faelike
Gender: Both
Bonus: +25% Presence and Celerity duration
Penalty: Stunted Firearms, Intimidation, Stamina, and Strength
(2nd costs 6, 3rd costs 10, 4th costs 16, and 5th costs 20)

5) Lounge Singer Seductress\Velvet Rope Doorman
Gender: Female\Male
Bonus: Switch Ability order to: Talents Skills Knowledges
Penalty: N/A

6) Uncanny Awareness
Gender: Both
Bonus: +40% Auspex duration
Penalty: Stunted Celerity (2nd costs 8, 3rd costs 12, 4th costs 18,
and 5th costs 24)

7) Vaguely Employed Twentysomething
Gender: Both
Bonus: Switch Ability order to: Knowledges Talents Skills
Penalty: N/A

Tremere:
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1) Eldritch Prodigy
Gender: Both
Bonus: +40% Thaumaturgy damage and duration
Penalty: Everytime you gain 3+ XP at one time, you get -1 XP

2) Infernal
Gender: Both
Bonus: Thaumaturgy costs x4
Penalty: Max of 3 Dominate, -50% Auspex duration

3) Mortician
Gender: Both
Bonus: Switch Ability order to: Skills Knowledges Talents
Penalty: N/A

4) Pedagogue
Gender: Both
Bonus: Switch Ability order to: Talents Knowledges Skills
Penalty: N/A

Ventrue:
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1) Agent\Fixer
Gender: Female\Male
Bonus: Switch Ability order to: Talents Knowledges Skills
Penalty: N/A

2) Cleaner
Gender: Male
Bonus: +35% Fortitude duration
Penalty: Stunted Presence (2nd costs 8, 3rd costs 12, 4th costs 18,
and 5th costs 24)

3) Diabolic
Gender: Male
Bonus: +35% Presence duration
Penalty: -1 Frenzy and Humanity

4) Dominatrix
Gender: Female
Bonus: +40% Dominate Damage, +100% Dominate duration, +1 Subterfuge
Penalty: Skills cost x4

6) Industry Lobbyiest
Gender: Both
Bonus: Switch Attribute order to: Mental Social Physical
Penalty: N/A

7) Pharmaceutical Saleswoman
Gender: Female
Bonus: Switch Attribute order to: Social Physical Mental
Penalty: N/A

8) Union Boss
Gender: Male
Bonus: Switch Attribute order to: Physical Social Mental
Penalty: N/A

9) War Profiteer
Gender: Both
Bonus: Switch Ability order to: Knowledges Skills Talents
Penalty: N/A

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Enabling the Console
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First, right-click on your Bloodlines shortcut. Then select "Properties".

Now look at the text to the right of the word "Target".

It should look something like this:

"C:\Program Files\Activision\Vampire - Bloodlines\Vampire.exe"

Change it so that it looks like this:

"C:\Program Files\Activision\Vampire - Bloodlines\Vampire.exe" -console

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