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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8147074" data-attributes="member: 6779196">In Masquerade and Requiem you can learn your Clan Disciplines and universal Disciplines just by spending experience (and universal Disciplines cost more if they’re not “in-Clan”.) Other Clans’ unique Disciplines can’t be learned without a teacher, and drinking some of the blood of a vampire of that Clan, which can create a blood bond. In Requiem specifically, Bloodline Disciplines can’t be learned by characters who don’t belong to the Bloodline, and you can only have one Bloodline. In both games, there are certain traits, such as Merits, which are comparable to Feats in D&D, some of which can only be learned by characters of a certain Clan or Bloodline. Requiem also has Devotions (combination disciplines), some of which are Bloodline-specific, and Bloodline Gifts, which also require you to join the Bloodline to acquire. Obviously the Storyteller can introduce exceptions to the usual restrictions, but they definitely aren’t fluff-only. Also, the line between “fluff” and “crunch” is much blurrier in the Storytelling and Storyteller systems than it is in D&D.</blockquote>