By Andrew Cram (c9104579@student.anu.edu.au)
Nickname: Shifters
Parent Clan: Serpents of the Light
Organization: Independent
Status: Lesser Bloodline
About 5 years ago a small group of Serpents of the Light decided to attempt to improve there mastery of forms. To this end they set about learning as much as they could from the Gangrel and Tzimisce of the Sabbat.
Having learned all they could, the newly renamed Doppelgangers fled the Sabbat, quickly fading into the woodwork of kindred society.
The Sabbat has declared a bloodhunt on all members of this bloodline but they have yet to catch any.
Appearance: Any, Doppelgangers frequently use Vicissitude to alter their features often appearing incredibly attractive one night, and totally bestial the next. All Doppelgangers feel more at home in beast form than in human form.
Haven: They frequently sleep in the earth, often contained in a cocoon. Because of there hunted status they are frequently on the move.
Background: Any. Most have some connection to animals whether as trainers, zooligists, or even pet store owners.
Character creation: Doppelgangers are equally from highly educated backgrounds, and indigenous cultures. Attributes vary but almost all have skills primary. There are no standard backgrounds.
Clan disciplines: Protean, Serpentis, Vicissitude
Weaknesses: As well as being constantly hunted, the Doppelgangers share the same weakness as the Setites, namely they take double damage from sunlight. All difficulties are at +1 when they are within bright light.
Preferred paths: almost all have managed to regain their Humanity since they left the Sabbat.
Gaining bloodline prestige: There are three ways to claim clan prestige. By thwarting attacks by Sabbat or Setites, by gaining new non-human forms, and by befrending the shapeshifters (Garou etc.)
Quote: "Hiss, Woof, Meow, Moo."
Sabbat: "We want nothing to do with them, they would use us as mere cannon fodder"
Camarilla: "They dislike us because of our ancestry. However they do not oppose us, which is good"
Serpents of the Light: "Our former clan is trustworthy, it is not they who try to destroy us. We still have members amongst them."
Followers of Set: "Too evil for words - these beasts take many forms but they are all evil. They also wish us dead because of our heritage"
Children of Osiris : "They would have been our brothers had they survived"