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Keepers of Tradition


Release date: November 19, 2008
Total cards: 457 (176 new cards)
Boosters: 11 cards (5C, 3V, 2U, 1R - pool of 398 - 100 rares, 100 uncommons, 100 commons, 98 all-new vampires)
Decks: 4 non-random preconstructed decks, Brujah, Malkavian, Toreador and Ventrue (each preconstructed deck contains six new vampires that aren't found in the boosters - 89 cards)


"The firm hand rules all"
"The Camarilla is the universal organization of vampires that speaks for and legislates every vampire in the world (at least, in theory). Bound by a number of Traditions detailing the creation, behavior and destruction of Kindred, the sect also strives to hide to existence of all vampire activity from mortal eyes. This deception, called the Masquerade, is at the core of the Camarilla's existence; the struggle to universally uphold the Masquerade is what drives much of the sect's policy and direction."


White Wolf's fifteenth expansion for Vampire: The Eternal Struggle is a stand-alone base set entitled Keepers of Tradition, and it revisits the primary sect of the World of Darkness, the Camarilla.
Due to an error, two of cards show up on both the uncommon and rare sheet. Each should have appeared only on the rare sheet (and each bumped an card off of the uncommon sheet). One of the bumped cards was a reprint (Society Hunting Ground). The other was a new card.
The printed rulebook found in the starters is the same, except for the cover, as the one found in Lords of the Night starters.



 Release 5

White Wolf has scheduled the weekend of November 22nd for the Keepers of Tradition Launch Event.
There's a V:TES Keepers of Tradition Launch Kit whichcontains 2 Booster displays of VTES: Keepers of Tradition, 2 Starter displays of VTES: Keeepers of Tradition, 1 promotional V:TES Tri-snake messenger bag, and 16 of each of 4 promo cards:
House of Sorrow;
Subdued by the Blood;
Two Wrongs;
Lay Low.



 Changes to rules and cards 5

Directed actions. An action is directed if it targets one or more other Methsuelahs, even if it also targets yourself. Directed actions can be blocked by the ready minions controlled by any of the target Methuselahs (going clockwise, as usual).
Inner Circle titles. The title of Inner Circle is unique per clan and can only be held by a member of the clan (like Justicar titles).
Madness Network no longer has "after finishing all of his or her minion phase actions" phrasing. The Malkavians can act via the Madness Network in regular sequence order. This eliminates the need for an after-actions portion of the minion phase in which, for example, an empy vampire could untap with Rutor's Hand and not have to hunt.



 FAQ 5

Andre Leroux can use his ability on his own bleed. The ability can be used only once each bleed.
Vidal Jarbeaux can meet trait requirements. Traits are basically the bold terms found at the top of card text to give it some kind of label. Some traits have rulebook-defined meaning or effect. Others do not. Clan and uniqueness are also traits.
Coterie Tactics do not stack. Each one creates a block attempt. That attempt must be concluded before another can be played to create a new block attempt. Any "block fails" effect played on one of the minions will cause the block to fail, but the effect (usually involving "cannot attempt to block again" and possibly more severe effects as well) is applied only to one of the blockers (chosen by the Methuselah playing the effect).



 Checklist 5

Crypt cards marked with an asterisk (*) are found only in the preconstructed decks.

Crypt, Clan
Adana de Sforza (*)
Aidan Lyle
Aleister Crowley (*)
Alex Wilkins
Allanyan Serata
Alonso Petrodon
Andre LeRoux
Andrew Stuart
The Ankou
Ariadne
Arthur Denholm
Baron Dieudonne
Beetleman
Bela
Benjamin Rose
Bernard, the Scourge
Beth Malcolm
Bethany Ray
Bloody Mary
Bulscu
Carlak
Cassandra Langely, The Waif (*)
César Holfield
Claus Wegener
Count Zaroff
Dmitra Ilyanova
Don Caravelli
Don Cerro
Donald Cargill
Dr. John Dee
Dr. Solomon Grey
Emily Carson
Epikasta Rigatos (*)
Eugene (*)
Ezra Hawthorne
Fakir al Sidi
Federico di Padua
Fergus Alexander
Florentina Lengauer (*)
Foureyes
Frank Weisshadel
Freddy Gage
Gabrielle di Righetti
Garret (*)
Gem Ghastly
Gerald Windham
Gotsdam, The Tired Warrior (*)
Gracetius
Graham Gottesman
Gunnar
Gustaphe Brunnelle
Gustav Breidenstein (*)
Gwendolyn Fleming
Gwyedd
Hardestadt (*)
Harold Tanner
Herbert Westin (*)
Hiram "Hide" DeVries
Honest Abe
Iris Bennett
Jack Tredegar
Jackson Asher (*)
Jann Berger (*)
Jeremy "Wix" Wyzchovsky
João Bilé (*)
Johan Wrede
Johannes Castelein (*)
Josef von Bauren
Joseph DiGiaccomo
Kalila
Karen Suadela
Kateline Nadasdy (*)
Keller Thiel
Lillian
Lindsay Yates
Lisé
Lodin (Olaf Holte)
Lord Ephraim Wainwright
Lord Fianna
Lutz von Hohenzollern (*)
Lynn Thompson
MacAlister Marshall
Mary Anne Blaire
Masdela
Mictlantecuhtli
Miguel Cordovera
Mistress Fanchon
Montecalme
Morel (*)
Nichodemus
Osric Vladislav
Paul Calderone
Pedrag Hasek
Philippe de Marseilles
Portia
Rafael de Corazon (*)
Randall
Rathmere
Reginald Moore (*)
Reiner Stoschka
Robert Price
Rutor
Ruxandra
Santaleous
Sean Andrews (*)
Sergei Voshkov, The Eye
Sheva Carr
Shiloh Marie, Vengeance
Slag
Talbot
Tara
Tarrence Moore
Themistocles
Thomas De Lutrius (*)
Tomaine (*)
Troius
Tryphosa (*)
Tyler McGill
Unmada
Vasily
Victor Donaldson
Vidal Jarbeaux
Viktor, The Night General
Walker Grimes
William Thorbecke
Zane
Zelios

Library
Agate Talisman, C
Arcane Appraiser, R
Ashur Tablets, C
The Becoming, U
Blood of Sandman, U
Charismatic Aura, U
Childling Muse, U
Coterie Tactics, U
Dark Influences, U
Dark Mirror of the Mind, U
Deep Song, C
Enkil Cog, R
Ephor, R
Eyes of Argus, C
Eyes of the Beast, C
Fleetness, C
Force of Personality, C
Heroic Might, U
Horseshoes, C
Kevlar Vest, U
Leech, U
Light Intensifying Goggles, U
Loki's Gift, C
Monastery of Shadows, R
Mouthpiece, C
Neonate Breach, C
New Carthage, R
Nocturn Theater, R
No Trace, C
The Oath, C
Old Friends, U
Papillon, U
Perfect Paragon, U
Persona Non Grata, U
Ponticulus, R
Rego Motus, C
Repair the Undead Flesh, U
Scourge, U
Scourge of the Enochians, R
Soul Scan, R
Steadfastness, C
Still the Mortal Flesh, U
Tainted Spring, R
Target Retainer, R
Torrent, C
Touch of Clarity, R
Veles' Hunt, R
Villein, U
Waiting Game, R
Warsaw Station, R
White Nights Massacre, R
Wrong and Crosswise, C
Reprints
Aaron's Feeding Razor, R
Abomination, R
Academic Hunting Ground, U
Aching Beauty, U
Aid from Bats, C
Alastor, R
Al's Army Apparatus, R
Amaranth, U
Anarch Troublemaker, R
Anima Gathering, C
The Ankara Citadel, Turkey, U
Approximation of Loyalty, C
Arcane Library, R
Archon Investigation, U
Armor of Vitality, C
Arms Dealer, U
Art Museum, R
Assault Rifle, U
Asylum Hunting Ground, U
Aura of Invincibility, C
Aura Reading, U
Backstep, C
Backways, U
Bang Nakh -- Tiger's Claws, C
Behind You!, U
Beretta 9mm, C
Blade of Enoch, R
Blood Hunt, U
Blood Weakens, R
Bomb, U
Bounty, U
Bowl of Convergence, R
Brick Laying, C
Brujah Justicar, R
Brute Force, C
Bundi, C
Burst of Sunlight, U
Camera Phone, C
Can't Take it with You, C
Carrion Crows, C
Caseless Rounds, U
Chain of Command, C
Change of Target, U
Charisma, R
Charming Lobby, U
Charnas the Imp, R
Claws of the Dead, C
Cloak the Gathering, C
Concealed Weapon, C
Conditioning, C
Cooler, C
Crocodile's Tongue, C
Dawn Operation, U
Day Operation, R
Delaying Tactics, U
Delivery Truck, R
Desert Eagle, C
Diversity, C
Dive into Madness, C
Dragon's Breath Rounds, U
Eagle's Sight, U
Earthshock, C
Ecoterrorists, R
Effective Management, U
Elder Kindred Network, U
Eluding the Arms of Morpheus, C
Elysium: Sforzesco Castle, R
Elysium: The Arboretum, U
Elysium: The Palace of Versailles, U
The Embrace, R
Empowering the Puppet King, C
Enrage, C
Eyes of Chaos, C
Fame, U
Fast Hands, U
Fifth Tradition: Hospitality, U
Finding the Path, C
First Tradition: The Masquerade, R
Flesh of Marble, U
Flurry of Action, C
Forced Vigilance, C
Forgery, C
Form of Mist, C
Fourth Tradition: The Accounting, U
Fragment of the Book of Nod, R
From a Sinking Ship, R
Frontal Assault, U
Gambit Accepted, R
Gather, R
Ghoul Retainer, U/R
Giant's Blood, R
Glancing Blow, C
Golconda: Inner Peace, R
Graverobbing, U
Gregory Winter, R
Harass, C
The Haunting, C


Heart of Nizchetus, R
Heart of the City, R
Helicopter, U
High Ground, C
Honor the Elders, C
Hostile Takeover, R
Immortal Grapple, U
Improvised Flamethrower, U
Indomitability, C
Instability, U
Instinctive Reaction, C
Into Thin Air, C
IR Goggles, U
Ivory Bow, R
Jackie Therman, R
Jake Washington (Hunter), R
Justicar Retribution, U
Keep it Simple, C
Kindred Intelligence, U
Kindred Spirits, C
Kine Resources Contested, C
King's Rising, C
KRCG News Radio, U
The Labyrinth, U
Leadership Vacuum, R
Leverage, C
Liberty Club Intrigue, R
Life in the City, C
Lightning Reflexes, R
Loyal Street Gang, U
Madness Network, R
Magazine, R
Magic of the Smith, R
Majesty, C
Major Boon, U
Malkavian Justicar, R
Malkavian Prank, R
Mask of a Thousand Faces, U
Meat Hook, C
Metro Underground, U
Millicent Smith, Puritan Vmp.Hunter, R
Mind Rape, R
Minor Boon, U
Minor Irritation, C
Mirror Walk, C
Momentum's Edge, R
Monocle of Clarity, R
Movement of the Slow Body, U
Muddled Vampire Hunter, U
Murmur of the False Will, C
New Management, R
Nosferatu Bestial, R
Nosferatu Justicar, R
NRA PAC, R
On the Qui Vive, C
Ossian, R
Owl Companion, U
Perfectionist, C
Petra Resonance, R
Pier 13, Port of Baltimore, U
Political Ally, R
Powerbase: Chicago, U
Powerbase: Montreal, R
Protected Resources, R
Psyche!, U
Psychic Veil, R
Public Trust, C
Pursuit, C
Quick Meld, C
The Rack, U
Raven Spy, U
Read Intentions, C
Reins of Power, C
Renegade Garou, R
Resist Earth's Grasp, C
Rowan Ring, R
Rumors of Gehenna, U
Scattershot, C
Scorn of Adonis, U
Scrounging, U
Seal of Veddartha, R
Second Tradition: Domain, U
Seduction, C
Sengir Dagger, R
Sense the Savage Way, C
Serenading the Kami, C
Shape Mastery, R
Shattered Mirror, U
Sixth Tradition: Destruction, R
Slam, C
Sleep of Reason, C
Sleep Unseen, C
Slum Hunting Ground, U
Smiling Jack, The Anarch, R
Sniper Rifle, U
Soak, C
Social Ladder, R
Society of Leopold, U/R
Sonar, C
Soul Gem of Etrius, R
Specialization, R
Special Report, C
Spirit's Touch, C
Spying Mission, U
Storm Sewers, R
Stunt Cycle, C
Stutter-Step, C
The Summoning, C
Sword of Nuln, R
Sword of Troile, R
Talbot's Chainsaw, R
Tapestry of Blood, R
Taste of Vitae, U
Taunt the Caged Beast, C
Telepathic Misdirection, C
Temptation of Greater Power, R
Tension in the Ranks, R
Theft of Vitae, C
Third Tradition: Progeny, U
Toreador Grand Ball, U
Toreador Justicar, R
Torn Signpost, U
Torpid Blood, R
Tremere Justicar, R
Undying Tenacity, C
The Unmasking, R
Uptown Hunting Ground, U
Vast Wealth, U
Veil the Legions, C
Veneficorum Artum Sanguis, R
Ventrue Headquarters, U
Ventrue Justicar, R
Victim of Habit, R
Voice of Madness, U
Vulnerability, U
Walk of Flame, C
Warzone Hunting Ground, U
Wash, U
Weather Control, U
Weighted Walking Stick, U
Wendell Delburton (Hunter), R
Will of the Council, U
Winchester Mansion, R
Wooden Stake, U
XTC-Laced Blood, R
Year of Fortune, C
Zillah's Valley, C
Zoning Board, R
Zoo Hunting Ground, U

 Starters Checklist 5

Brujah Starter Deck
Crypt:
2 Adana de Sforza
2 Garret
2 Herbert Westin
2 Jann Berger
2 Reginald Moore
2 Tomaine

Library:
4 Bang Nakh
6 Brute Force
2 Bundi
1 Celerity
1 Drum of Xipe Totec
4 Enrage
2 Entrenching
2 Finding the Path
5 Harass
3 Immortal Grapple
1 KRCG News Radio
2 Major Boon
1 Nod
3 On the Qui Vive
1 Phased Motion Detector
1 Potence
1 Presence
3 Psyche!
3 Public Trust
3 Relentless Pursuit
5 Resist The Earth's Grasp
1 Sengir Dagger
4 Slam
4 Stutter-Step
3 Taste of Vitae
1 Tension in the Ranks
3 Torn Signpost
2 Vessel
3 Weighted Walking Stick
2 Year of Fortune

Malkavian Starter Deck
Crypt:
2 Aleister Crowley
2 Cassandra Langely
2 Florentina Lengauer
2 Lutz Von Hohenzollern
2 Morel
2 Tryphosa

Library:
1 Auspex
1 Bleeding the Vine
3 Change of Target
3 Cooler
1 The Coven
1 Dementation
2 Deny
2 Effective Management
1 Elysium, The Arboretum
6 Eyes of Chaos
5 Forgery
1 Giant's Blood
4 Glancing Blow
1 High Museum of Art, Atl.
6 Into Thin Air
6 Kindred Spirits
2 Learjet
4 Life in the City
2 Obfuscate
3 On the Qui Vive
2 Poison Pill
1 Praxis Seizure: Chicago
2 Shattered Mirror
2 Sleep of Reason
3 Spirit's Touch
4 Spying Mission
4 Veil The Legions
2 Vessel
2 Voice of Madness

Toreador Starter Deck
Crypt:
2 Epikasta Rigastos
2 Eugene
2 Kateline Nadasdy
2 Rafael de Corazon
2 Sean Andrews
2 Thomas De Lutrius

Library:
4 Approximation of Loyalty
1 Auspex
5 Beretta
1 Bowl of Convergence
1 Celerity
2 Concealed Weapon
2 Contingency Planning
4 Crocodile's Tongue
3 Desert Eagle
3 Eagle's Sight
1 Entrancement
2 Fame
2 IR Googles
1 Ivory Bow
4 Kine Resource Contested
1 Mark V
4 Minor Irritation
2 On the Qui Vive
1 Praxis Seizure: Houston
1 PS: Washington DC
1 Presence
3 Psyche!
6 Public Trust
6 Pursuit
1 The Rack
3 Sniper Riffle
3 Suppressing Fire
3 Taste of Vitae
4 Telepathic Misdirection
2 Vessel

Ventrue Starter Deck
Crypt:
2 Gotsdam, the Tired War.
2 Gustav Breidenstein
2 Hardestadt
2 Jackson Asher
2 Joao Bilé
2 Johannes Castelein

Library
4 Armor of Vitality
3 Aura of Invicibility
3 Can't Take it with You
5 Conditioning
1 Dominate
1 Dominate Kine
2 Esgrima
1 Fortitude
3 4th Trad.: Accounting
3 Freak Drive
1 Golconda: Inner Peace
2 Haymarker
5 Honor the Elders
2 Instability
6 Kine Resource Contest.
4 Majesty
1 Martinelli's Ring
5 Murmur of the False Will
2 National Guard Support
1 Powerbase: Montreal
1 Praxis Seizure: Atlanta
1 Praxis Seizure: Miami
1 Presence
1 Reins of Power
3 Second Tradition: Domain
4 Seduction
6 Soak
1 Social Ladder
2 Special Report
2 Vessel