Insights
Insights are small glimpses and revelations Vampires
get while discovering more about their vampirehood.
If that’s either a good or bad thing, it’s up to them.
Vampires start with 1 Insight and a Skill/Blood
Spell related to it.
Once per game session, at any given point a
character may choose to have an Insight (preferably
before rolling for an Action they think they could
succeed). Then, their Player must answer a question
about them, write it down and make up a Skill or
Blood Spell related to that Insight.
The maximum number of insights a vampire can
have is 6. Lost Insights due to Going Feral still count
towards this limit.
Sample Questions (and answers):
ϕ Who turned you? (A: Lady Graves, an ancient
princess / Skill: Etiquette)
ϕ What names you call upon for occult knowledge?
(A: Malphax, the Crow Lord/ Blood Spell: Crow
Form)
ϕ What’s your fashion aesthetic? (A: Grunge/ Skill:
Sad Poetry)
ϕ What did you do for a living before turning? (A:
Pretty boring accounting work / Skill: Math)
ϕ What’s your darkest secret? (A: I deceived a good
friend and it has put them in a miserable position
/ Skill: Manipulation)
ϕ What light still remains in you? (A: I still love
all living beings and i’m sorry i can’t control my
hunger / Skill: Empathy)
A note for GMs: Whenever a player reveals an
insight, ask them to elaborate about it and work
towards including their responses into the game.
This will give them even more reasons to engage in
the narrative and be excited.
Skills
In order to learn a Skill, the Player simply writes
down its name after they have taken an appropriate
Insight. Skills can be anything they want, however,
it is best to keep their scope narrow in order to avoid
overpowered characters.
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Skill choices must always be approved by the GM.
Skill Examples: Sword Fighting, Climbing, Etiquette,
Stealth, Driving, Singing, Cooking…
Blood Spells
In order to learn a Blood Spell, the Player simply
writes down its name after they have taken an
appropriate Insight.
To cast a Blood Spell, the player must describe an
effect based on its name, then gather and throw:
ϕ 1 AD for attempting to cast a known spell.
ϕ +1 AD for using appliable magical Gear.
ϕ +1 AD if they take their time to perform a ritual.
plus
ϕ A number of CD determined by the GM
depending on the desired magnitude of effect*.
Then resolve casting as a Dangerous Action.
*GMs may also veto unreasonable effects.
Example names: Turn to Mist, Telekinesis, Banshee
Wail, Shadow Form, Darkness, Boil Blood, Scry,
Telepathy…
Gear
Pick 3 pieces of gear at the start of the game:
Meelee Weapon / Ranged Weapon / Flashlight
/ Holy Symbol / Rope / Bike / Crowbar /
Lighter / Pack of Cigarettes / Wine / Grimoire
/ Swiss Knife / Hair Gel / Sturdy Jacket
What is This?
Vampires & Claymores is a game about recently
turned vampires discovering themselves while they
avoid losing their minds.
This game is played as a traditional RPG, in which
one of the players takes the role of the Game
Master (GM) while the others make their in-game
characters to inhabit this world.
Dangerous Actions
If an Action could potentialy harm a character,
then the difference between the highest CD and
the highest AD is dealt as damage to the character’s
Blood in case of failure. Ties are still considered
Failures, but no Blood is reduced.
Foes
Blood
Vampires are effectively immortal, however, that
doesn’t mean they can’t bleed.
ϕ Vampires start with 10 Blood.
ϕ When a vampire reaches 0 Blood they go Feral.
ϕ Vampires recover 1d6 Blood when they feed on
humans. This is the only way to recover Blood.

Basics A Foe is defined 2 stats: Blood and Challenge Dice.

ϕ The GM describes the world to a handful of
players, their characters react to the world and
affect it in return.
ϕ D6s only, but preferably in 2 groups of different
colors. Choose a color for the Action Dice (AD)
and another color for the Challenge Dice (CD).
ϕ Players roll all dice (well, if the referee wants to
roll the Challenge Dice that’s ok too…).
Actions
Whenever a character attemps a risky or dramatic
action gather:
ϕ 1 AD for simply attempting the Action.
ϕ + 1 AD for having an appropriate Skill.
ϕ + 1 AD for using appliable Gear.
and
ϕ 1 CD for Regular Tasks.
ϕ 2 CD for Moderate Tasks.
ϕ 3 CD (or more) for Formidable Tasks.
Throw all dice together.
ϕ If the highest AD is greater than the highest
CD value, the Action succeeds. Otherwise it
fails. A Vampire may always spend Blood to
increase the value of their highest AD (see
Blood.)
ϕ Vampires lose 1 Blood each morning.
ϕ Vampires are always allowed to spend Blood in
Blood indicates how much damage they can suffer
before dying (or running away) and CD indicates order to add a bonus to their Highest AD rolled
their general abilities. Any action taken against an on a basis of 1 for 1.
enemy is rolled against its CD.
Foes usually have 1d6 Blood per CD. Going Feral
A Vampire who turns Feral becomes lost in a
Combat blood seeking frenzy for a whole night. They return
with their Blood full, but they lose one of their
Combat flows as a series of Dangerous Actions, Insights and the Skill/Blood Spell attached to it
however: permanently. A Vampire who loses all their current
ϕ If the highest AD is greater than the highest
Foe’s CD, then the difference is dealt as damage
Insights becomes insane beyond recognition or
salvation and cannot be played anymore.
to that Foe’s Blood.
ϕ If the highest Foe’s CD is greater than the highest
AD, then the difference is dealt as damage to the
attacking character’s Blood.
ϕ If it is a Foe that starts the attack, apply the same
procedure.
Example: A Vampire with the Sword Fighting Skill
attempts to attack a 2 CD Foe with their Claymore.
They roll: 1 AD for attempting the Action + 1 AD
for using a weapon in combat + 1 AD because they
are skilled in that kind of weapon VERSUS 2 CD,
representing that Foe’s combat abilities.
The outcome of that roll turns out: Art, layout & words: Torthevic
AD: 1,4,5 and CD: 2,3; This means the character Twitter @verdeamorim
deals a total of 2 damage to that Foe’s Blood. Instagram @torthevic