From publisher blurb: “Clans don’t Embrace people, people Embrace people!” Secrets of the Masquerade’s guide to playable characters is a full guide meant to help beginners and advanced players alike to think about their player-characters as playable and engaging characters regardless of age, history or setting, with the goal of avoiding harmful caricatures. Be the protagonist of the campaign. Secrets of the Masquerade – Guide to playable characters is: A guide to define a character’s traits in a simple and flexible way for a game’s purposes; A guide to creating a character’s purpose, with your fellow players and storyteller; A guide for each of the thirteen major clans to create meaningful and relevant concepts for the chronicle; A simple way to think about a character’s background in terms of personality building; A brief explanation of several diversities and how to think about them in a respectful manner; identities, mental illnesses and other diversities are mentioned to be played without fetishizing them, all while observing the oppressive and unfair World; A brief definition of each discipline at their core concepts