>>5596332They sure as hell are especially if you include blood sorcery book that basically turns them into mages.
Vampires main problem is that they have a lot of weaknesses. You can raid them during the day etc. But they also have by far the best and easiest to use tricks to control humans. Your completely new freshly embraced vampire can match a mage with 4 dots in arcanums when it comes to manipulating humans. They also regain their mystic fuel the easiest. And with 2e they can almost match werevolves in direct combat, especially if you are playing vamps with a bit of experience. Give them silver and it's a coin toss.
And while it's true that mages or demons can invoke some crazy shit their powers are also the most dangerous to use.
