Contents
- Section 1.0 — Welcome
- Section 1.1 — Vampire of the Month
- Section 1.2 — Card of the Month
- Section 1.3 — Deck of the Month
- Section 1.4 — Conclusion
Section 1.0 — Welcome
Come, brother, sit by my fire and listen to our tales of old. We are Gangrel and we are the beast.
Welcome to the first Gangrel newsletter, my favourite clan. The Gangrel are one of the best clans in VTES. Why? Well, here are several reasons…
First, the Gangrel have the biggest crypt! 24 vampires to be exact – only matched by the Toreadors.
Second, their “choice” of disciplines: they have Protean (which does agg damage by the ton and is also great for stealth), Fortitude (to prevent nasty blemishes) and Animalism (great for combat and very useful for intercept through allies and their own “anti-bleed wakeups” – Rats Warning and Guard Dogs).
Third, they look real pretty! Despite living out in the wild and sulking a lot, there are loads of babes in the Gangrel crypt! Raven, Iliana, Katarina, Anastasia Grey – all that fresh air must be good for the complexion! It would be almost a pleasure to get bled by them!
Which brings me to the Vampire of the month…
Section 1.1 — Vampire of the Month
Iliana
Set: Ancient Hearts
Clan: Gangrel
Capacity: 7
Title:
Ability: Contracts cannot be played on Iliana
Superior Dominate
Superior Fortitude
Superior Protean
Inferior Thaumaturgy
Why Iliana? Well, apart from her obvious visual appeal (see above), she is a little “different” — no Animalism, but superior dominate! Makes her great for power bleeding, and with Protean, she gets all the benefit of stealth and a bit of S:CE from Earth Meld… plus great bluffing potential (“wanna run into some Wolf Claws? I didn’t think so!”). Also a little bit of Thaumaturgy is great – how about a Dawn Op / Weather Control / Skin of Night combo? Very scary (even though not strictly in keeping with the Gangrel way of things).
Section 1.2 — Card of the Month
Song of Serenity
Set: Sabbat
Rarity: Common
Type: Combat
Prerequisite: Animalism
[ani] Only usable before range is chosen. Opposing minion gets -1 hand damage for the first round of combat. A vampire can only play one Song of Serenity each combat.
[ANI] As above, but for the duration of combat.
A great card, truly in keeping with the Gangrel spirit of things – lets get up close and personal and hack things to shreds! The superior gives just an extra level of comfort in combat before you have to use all your valuable damage prevention cards, and it works great with a Trap or Undead Persistence.
Section 1.3 – Deck of the Month
Keeping in mind the lovely ladies of the Gangrel and the card of the month being a SONG of serenity, this leads me nicely into this months…
It’s a concept deck – based around the Spice Girls! (*shakes head* oh dear…).
They’ve got Girl Power! They know how to party and they’ve got some really nasty combat songs. You don’t wannabe in their way (*shakes head* oh dear oh dear).
Slice Up Your Life!
| Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=2 max=9 avg=5.17) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2x | Anastasia Grey — Baby Spice! | 3 | ani pro | Gangrel:1 |
| 1x | Bear Paw | 5 | for pre pro ANI | Gangrel:1 |
| 2x | Camille Devereux, The Raven — Sporty Spice! | 5 | ani FOR PRO | Gangrel:1 |
| 1x | Giuliano Vincenzi | 2 | for | Gangrel:1 |
| 2x | Iliana — Scary Spice! | 7 | tha DOM FOR PRO | Gangrel:2 |
| 2x | Katarina — Posh Spice! (Coz she’s a Prince!) | 9 | pot pro ANI FOR | Gangrel:2 |
| 1x | Ricki Van Demsi | 3 | for pro | Gangrel:1 |
| 1x | Roman Alexander | 4 | ani for pro | Gangrel:1 |
| Library (90 cards) | ||||
| Master (18) | ||||
| 2x | Animalism | |||
| 1x | Ascen-DANCE -– *groan* | |||
| 1x | Barrens, The | |||
| 3x | Blood Doll | |||
| 1x | Depravity | |||
| 1x | Gangrel Revel — These girls know how to PARTY! | |||
| 1x | Giant’s Blood | |||
| 1x | KRCG News Radio – Blanket media coverage | |||
| 1x | London Evening Star — The British press loves these girls — GRRRRL Power! | |||
| 1x | Minion Tap | |||
| 1x | Rumor Mill, Tabloid Newspaper — Never out of the news, eh! | |||
| 1x | Short-Term Investment | |||
| 2x | Sudden Reversal | |||
| 1x | Zoo Hunting Ground | |||
| Action (25) | ||||
| 2x | Ablative Skin | |||
| 2x | Ambush | |||
| 1x | Arson | |||
| 4x | Bum’s Rush — Surprisingly I am not going to insert a comment about fast moving posteriors in relation to these lovely girls. | |||
| 3x | Computer Hacking | |||
| 1x | Force of Will | |||
| 2x | Movement of the Slow Body — Another R and B tinged ballad! | |||
| 5x | Restoration | |||
| 1x | Ritual Challenge | |||
| 2x | Shadow of the Beast | |||
| 2x | Tier of Souls | |||
| Equipment (4) | ||||
| 1x | Incriminating Videotape — They were young, “They needed the money!” | |||
| 2x | Laptop Computer | |||
| 1x | Sport Bike — For Sporty, naturally | |||
| Retainer (1) | ||||
| 1x | Tasha Morgan — Their greatest fan! | |||
| Action Modifier (6) | ||||
| 2x | Earth Control | |||
| 4x | Freak Drive | |||
| Reaction (8) | ||||
| 2x | Cats’ Guidance | |||
| 1x | Guard Dogs | |||
| 1x | Rat’s Warning | |||
| 4x | Wake with Evening’s Freshness | |||
| Combat (26) | ||||
| 2x | Earth Meld | |||
| 2x | Immortal Grapple | |||
| 2x | Skin of Rock | |||
| 4x | Skin of Steel | |||
| 2x | Song in the Dark — singing that does 2 aggravated damage – fits perfectly, eh! | |||
| 4x | Song of Serenity — More singing, just as annoying! | |||
| 2x | Torn Signpost | |||
| 2x | Trap | |||
| 2x | Undead Persistence | |||
| 4x | Wolf Claws | |||
| Combo (2) | ||||
| 2x | Rapid Change — That’s their image consultant for you! | |||
Simple Concept — Attack your prey, and either sing them to death (oh, how true!) or just slash them with claws! There are a few “concept cards” in there (Song of Serenity, Incriminating Videotape, Evening Star Newspaper) making this a silly concept deck that is fun to play.
If you think I’ve missed any themed cards, get in touch! If you think you can do better / worse (let’s face it, not much of a challenge) also get in touch!
Section 1.4 — Conclusion
Well I enjoyed that, and I hope you all did too.
Any comments or ideas, feel free to post, or mail to me at davecrazy (at) hotmail /dot/ com. Any abuse, mail to ghoulsbestfriend (at) hotmail /dot/ com.
See y’all
David Hammond
UGPOW
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