Archons & Templars

Archons & Templars is a sourcebook for the enforcers of the Kindred sects: the Archons of the Camarilla, and the Templars and Inquisitors of the Sabbat.

Summary

From the White Wolf catalog:

Vanguards of the Great Sects
Titles among the Damned aren't always primogen and prisci. Somebody has to do the dirty work. From fighting Lupines to hunting rogue Cainites, from enforcing the Traditions to leading a crusade, a few bold vampires step to the head of the charge. Those vampires are the unsung champions of the night.
Archons & Templars includes:
  • A chance to play high-status characters from both of the prominent sects
  • New powers and tactics used by the elite guardians of the Kindred
  • A device on creating a chronicle exclusively about one sect’s champions

Contents

Chapter One: The Noble Cause

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Chapter Two: Captains of the Holy War

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Chapter Three: Characters

  • Concept
    • Archons/Alastors
      • The White Knight
      • The Wounded Knight
      • The Illuminatus
      • The Angler
      • The Steady Rock
      • The Malcontent
      • The Pit Bill
      • The Prodigy
      • The Protégé
    • Templars/Paladins
      • The Hand of Vengeance
      • The True Sabbat
      • The Enforcer
      • The Dark Knight
      • The Fossil
      • The Aging Anarch
      • The General
    • Inquisitors
      • The Fanatic
      • Torquemada
      • The Demagogue
      • The McCarthy
  • Backgrounds
    • Age (Vampire Storytellers Handbook)
    • Allies
    • Alternate Identity (Guide to the Sabbat)
    • Arcane (Vampire Storytellers Handbook)
    • Black Hand Member (Guide to the Sabbat)
    • Clan Prestige (Guide to the Camarilla)
    • Contacts
    • Fame
    • Generation
    • Herd
    • Influence
    • Mentor
    • Military Force (Vampire Storytellers Handbook)
    • Resources
    • Retainers
    • Rituals (Guide to the Sabbat)
    • Status and Sabbat Status

Chapter Four: Of Wits and Wisdom

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Chapter Five: Storytelling

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Appendix: Tools of the Trade

  • Combination Disciplines
    • Quicken Sight (Auspex , Celerity )
    • Iron Façade (Fortitude , Obfuscate )
    • Name of the Fallen (Auspex , Thaumaturgy )
    • Random Patterns (Auspex , Dementation )
    • Flesh of Wind and Water (Celerity , Vicissitude )
    • Mortal Terror (Animalism , Presence )
    • Sanguinary Expulsion (Fortitude , Protean or Thaumaturgy )
    • Anticipatory Visage (Auspex , Obfuscate )
    • Anticipatory Locution (Auspex , Obfuscate , Anticipatory Visage)
    • Instantaneous Transformation (Celerity , Protean or Obtenebration )
    • Mind's Eye (Auspex , Dominate )
  • High-Level Disciplines
    • Cipher (Auspex )
    • Discern the Aura (Auspex )
    • Chain of Command (Dominate )
    • Strings of the Marionette (Dominate )
    • Gemini's Mirror (Obfuscate )
    • Mask of Janus (Obfuscate )
  • Thaumaturgy Rituals
    • The Verdant Blade (Level Five Ritual)
    • Impede the Gifts of Caine (Level Seven Ritual)
    • The Severed Hand (Level Seven Ritual)

Background Information

  • Ads at the back of the book include: Havens of the Damned, Vampire: The Masquerade Backlist and Dark Ages Vampire (May 2002).
  • Mentioned at the front part of the book is a correction: "Due to deadlines, an Additional Material credit for Vis Sierra was omitted from New York by Night. In recognition, we credit those contributions here and in future printings of that book."

Memorable Quotes

Overheard
"I would cancel all my business trips if we could find the dwarven citadel." - Chad Brown
"Was that a giant cat? There were people inside." - Rebecca Schaefer
"I do not know zee meaning of zee word "eraser"!" - Mike Chaney
"I just remembered that monkey that can run 40 miles per hour." - Justin Achilli

Characters

Terminology

Alastor, Anointing, Archon, Auctoritas Ritae, The Black Hand, Charlotte, Coterie, Council of Thorns, Dogcatchers, Doppelgangers (Deep-Cover Archons), E Division, Emissaries of the Inner Circle (7th Division of Archons), The Founders, Fragments of the Black Basalt Throne, Ignobilis Ritae, Infernalist, Inner Circle, Inquisitor, The Iron Reliquary, Josians, Justicar Oath of Station, The Lure (Defense Tactic), Monomacy, Noddism, North Carolina, Pack, Paladin, Praetor, Prometheans, Quaesitors, Salting the Earth (Defense Tactic), Skullriders (Nosferatu Biker Pack), Templar, Thrill Kill Club, Vaulderie, Vinculi, Vinculum, Wight,

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