Caitiff

**Nickname:** Trash

## Sect

The Camarilla considers the Caitiff to be nothing more
 than expendable foot soldiers -- second-class citizens to throw at
their enemies when the time is right. Some Caitiff cling to any sort of
protection and acceptance, while others rebel at being treated as
disposable and look to the Anarch Movement or even the Sabbat as
alternatives. But
it seems like every night more and more clanless vampires are made, and
some have even unified as a "clan" within the Sabbat. At some point,
they're going to make the Kindred listen to them.

 Unwanted and abandoned, the Caitiff have swelled the ranks of
Kindred society in the past few decades. They are the results of
mistakes, regrets, frenzies, and poor choices. Many are lucky to have
even a vague recollection of their sire and the Embrace, while most
stumble around with no understanding of what they are. Those that find a
 way to survive are the exception instead of the rule, and some of these
 Trash grow to become notorious Kindred in their own right.

 The only thing that the Caitiff have in common is what they lack --
 the marks that identify a vampire as being part of a particular clan.
Kindred scholars speculate that some sort of connection between sire and
 childe occurs after the Embrace, an "imprinting" that gives a Brujah
his rage, a Nosferatu her disfigurement, and so on. For whatever reason, though, the Caitiff has none
of these. They may be angry or ugly, but at best,
they're a pale shadow of their sire's clan.

## Clan Disciplines

Caitiff must roll for a variety of Disciplines at character creation with the supervision of a Storyteller. The Disciplines Caitiff can accrue are ones generally shared amongst two or more clans, they cannot have anything exclusive to a clan such as Protean or Thaumaturgy.

## Appearance

As befits their checkered origins, a put-upon look often accompanies the
 Caitiff, who often have to devote much of their attention to simply
surviving in a Kindred society that would prefer to sweep them away.
Many are visually similar to the Brujah, Gangrel, and other "street
clans," though this is more of an ethnographic characteristic than it is
 a clan attitude. For those Caitiff who are able to divert attention
from their clanlessness, their appearance may well reflect the success
or failure of their efforts to make a place for themselves in the world
of the Damned.

## Havens

As with their Appearance, Caitiff havens are diverse; many Caitiff have
to make do with whatever haven they can find, or with whatever haven
they can cajole another Kindred into letting them occupy. Caitiff make homes wherever and whenever they can. Basement apartments
and abandoned tenements are particular favorites, as no one else wants
these places and the Caitiff aren't likely to be booted out of them
after having set up shop.

## Background

Caitiff are primarily a development of the last century, especially the
years since World War II. Alarmist Kindred point to the explosion in the
 numbers of the clanless as a harbinger of Gehenna, but more
level-headed vampires see the problem as symptomatic of a breakdown in
traditional social orders.
Caitiff can come from any background, most of which reflect as much
about their absentee sires as it does about themselves. Indeed, when
among the more formal societies of the sects, some Trash take great
pains to obscure the details of their backgrounds.

## Character Creation

Caitiff have to survive on the streets with little or no help, and a few
 debilitating conditions that most neonates are in no shape to deal with
 on their own. While Caitiff are spread across the spectrum of mental,
social and physical capabilities, those who survive longest often have
Mental or Physical as their Primary. Streetwise, Subterfuge and Survival
 are common Abilities among Caitiff, but a Caitiff's experience and
education can run the gamut.

## Clan Weakness

In addition to being a "clan," Caitiff is also a negative title. Until
the Caitiff establishes herself in a domain or social group, she is at
+2 difficulty on all Social rolls with non-Caitiff vampires. When
Caitiff Embrace, their childer are also Caitiff.

## Organization

None to speak of. In some domains, Caitiff who fall through the cracks
may establish themselves as the lords of broods of their own illicit
Embrace. It's no surprise that these unbound rogues continue to give the
 rest of their ill-sired ilk a bad name.