I have plans for an Irish-Banu Haqim in the same game where I will have some Islamic Toreador. There is no reason to make a Banu Haqim an Islamic Arabic person. And don’t forget, as a ST, and even as a player, you are entitled to use any thing of the game as you like. I doubt that the pretty brought “minority” of “people who use to be on the road a lot” is generally suppressed. Did you had the impression of a stereotyping of an oppressed minority? My understanding was, the new stereotype of the Ravnos is, there is no stereotype! At least beside “they travel. I think you have read the Companion version. More Ravnos representation in future VtM media would be welcome, all things considered, and I'm glad they're being added to Night Road in the next expansion. Protean OOC for the red eyes, maybe also take the new Tzimisce amalgam to view surrounding territory, mimicking his ability to astrally project?Ĭandy Man - Unliving Hive to attack with bees, invisibility through obfuscate, and presence as a form of mind controlĪs vampires (and dead in general) are inherently unclean to the Rom, it made little sense to tie a clan so heavily to Romani culture, so the route v5 has taken to divorce clans, as with the Banu Haqim, from being monoethnic is fantastic.Īll in all, a far healthier design that should help further their popularity, especially among horror fans.

Randall Flagg - The Walkin' Dude, charismatic through presence, capable of magic (chimerstry) and command of wolves and crows (animalism).

Reworking chimerstry to be solely illusions with no tangibility also does a great deal at lowering the potential of Munchkin builds conjuring up headaches for the ST as well.Įxamples of potential Ravnos in v5 that didn't necessarily fit their old writeup:įreddie Kreuger - take Chimerstry abilities with Dominate OOC for Dementation and Mental Maze, fear focus in presence Their new discipline spread is fantastic - an Anansi inspired Ravnos can now take unliving hive, for instance, and a clan of charlatans and hucksters finally have Presence. Thoroughly enjoying their new angle, especially as they're no longer explicitly tied racially to the Rom or to India (aside maybe loosely, through the Dharmic wheel in their new clan icon), it opens up so many new avenues of play. All without explicitly being a caricature of the worst stereotypes surrounding travelling communities, whilst still allowing someone to play a Roma Ravnos if they so choose. I'm a Romanichal, believe new Ravnos have no antiziganism inherent to their design, unlike the original writeup, and feel that they managed to convert things to v5 whilst still keeping the clan thematic - their old bane is reflected partly by their new compulsion, causing them to take risks in a similar manner to their old vices, and their new bane firmly solidifies them as a nomadic clan without stepping on the Gangrels toes.

Vampire the masquerade ravnos