Blood, Basslines, and Immortal Bands in Vampire The Masquerade

Whether it’s Lestat becoming a flamboyant 80’s rock star to help cure his boredom in Anne Rice’s The Vampire Lestat, Tom Hiddleston’s brooding and reclusive underground musician Adam in Only Lovers Left Alive, or the hundreds of vampires dancing away under sprinklers of blood in Club Blood unaware that Wesley Snipe’s Blade was about to ruin their night, vampires and music have a history.

Live from the Succubus Club plays on this relationship to bring music, musicians, and clubland into focus for the Vampire: The Masquerade Storyelling Game.

“As Kindred society crumbles, many young licks turn to the mortal world for comfort and succor. Among the kine, the powers of the Blood grant them advantages in obtaining fame and fortune, if they can dodge the Second Inquisition, Sabbat, and Kindred aiming to quash every threat to the Masquerade. How far will you go to make a name for yourself? Seek out the limelight, get on stage, and make music that’ll touch the souls of the living and the dead!

Live from the Succubus Club helps you portray Kindred entertainers of nomads: aspiring rockstars or any type of vampire chasing Fame or belonging among the kine. Travel between mortal cities and Kindred domains. Open your own Succubus Club or imitate it. Play with mortals, or use them to slake your Hunger. Make a name for yourself among the living and the dead!”

The book features:

Create your own band, musician, nomad, or entertainer character as you balance stardom with the rules of the Masquerade.

A music-focused chronicle (6 scenarios). Tour in Berlin, Vienna, and Paris, and navigate through the challenges of the locals, rival domains, and more.

New celebrity vampires, Pale Sunrise, are the opposing band that’s your built-in rival. Will you come out top?

11 new merits, 9 new flaws, and 7 new Discipline Powers.

Advice for using the Succubus Club, or an imitation, in any chronicle.

Details on Kindred power players in the Entertainment Industry, including the Voerman Sisters and Victor Temple.

Live from the Succubus Club is available now in PDF and in print later this month, published by Renegade Game Studios.

Images and text courtesy of Renegade Game Studios.