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==Regional Bloodlines==
Certain vampires stick to specific regions in the world. They tend to be an uncommon sight in a baseline V:TM game, due to their lore and their mechanics being somewhat different to the basic clans.

===[[Kindred of the East|Kuei-jin]]===
*'''Antediluvian - August Personage of Jade (aka God)'''
*'''Signature Disciplines - Dharmic abilities that use Qi'''
*'''Sect - Independent''' (They stick together, both in Asia and on America's West Coast)

The "vampires" of Asia, they are reincarnated in an unusual way to give them a second shot at life. They're the player characters in a [[Kindred of the East]] game.

Relatives of Kindred in a way, and not relatives in another. Same Celestine named God cursed them but in a different way. Unfulfilled Asian people rise from the grave as cannibalistic monsters, but replace Qi (life energy) in varying ways according to their spiritual refinement. They start with human flesh, get refined until they can draw energy from blood. Then further refining makes them draw Qi from people's breaths, and finally, simply absorb ambient Qi from the world. Make blood points into Qi and you get the point.

As for generation (or Dharma, in their case), all of them start at 1. 10 Dharma means ascendance and re-entering the cycle of reincarnation, which is an official Good End and the long-term goal of most Kuei-Jin. As for how they match up to Kindred... for the most part it's something of an "Apples and Oranges" situation due to the differences between the gamelines' mechanics. For a canon example of this: Three 9 Dharmic Kuei-Jin managed to fight [[Week of Nightmares|Zapathasura on roughly even terms for a night and a day]], before the [[Mage: The Ascension|Technocracy]] nuked them to ash.

The Kuei-jin start as flesh eating Oni-like Asian monsters, and get herded by higher-ups and slapped some sense into them until they become more civilized, at which point they are introduced to courts with their own goals and ways of life. Sunlight is as deadly to them as it is to Kindred, though they just rot and start falling apart as opposed to turning into a screaming torch. One passage in Zapathasura's death mentions not even 9 Dharma Boddhisatva can resist concentrated sunlight.

Unlike Kindred, their Curse is more of a personal quest than a constant situation. They can ascend, return to reincarnation cycle if they complete their Dharma. Ming Xiao from Vampire: Bloodlines is a hot piece of ass that can [[/d/|transform into a tentacle monster to molest the player character]] - and no, we are not making that up.

===[[Laibon]]===
*'''Antediluvian - Differs depending on their Legacy'''
*'''Signature Disciplines - Abombwe, Dur-An-Ki'''
*'''Sect - Independent''' (They stick to Africa)

The Laibon are an interesting gameplay choice. Basically they are normal vampiric clans changed by Africa's ambient magic over thousands of years. Even clan weaknesses are mutated: Guruhi, the first offshoot of Nosferatu aren't ugly at all: their attractiveness degree reflects their mood and they play the role of Ventrue, ruling African Kingdoms by night as Ventrue are kicked out(Rhodesia comes to mind). Naglopers, offshoot of Tzimisce just need any African soil to sleep in. Osebo, Brujah's African descendants need the presence of a local ruler to follow else they will feel like beating people up. Ishtarri, Toreador's African mutation, change their shape like mortals: going fat when drinking too much blood, or looking muscular if spending experience in strength. Kinyonyi are the offshoot of Ravnos, who somehow are cursed with being unwelcome and hated if they stay too long even if they didn't do anything. Akunanse are Gangrel offshoots who start taking the features of local animals the longer they stay there. The Bonsam are the second offshoot of the Nosferatu, quasi Gangrel-Nosferatu mix with normal appearance save for horrifying "true form" transformations. The Impundulu are necromantic Kindred that were made with local witchcraft, forced to feed only from their mortal sisters, the Bomkazi witches. The Shango are Assamites who went native, and the Xi Dundu are Lasombra who clash with the local Guruhi elders.

Moreover, African culture has a different, dualistic moral code. Aye(Heaven), and Orun(Earth). The laibon's appearance changes according to each (Guruhi appearance depends on mood).

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