Minds Eye Theatre Vampire The Masquerade Quickstart Guide

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2 Minds Eye Theatre: Vampire The Masquerade

Introduction
Darkness crosses the threshold, drawing you into an eternity
What is a Vampire?
Here are some popular myths and suppositions about the
of blood and depravitya world of vampires and the night. undeadas well as information about how one would
For those who survive the Embrace, immortality awaits, answer these questions in Vampire: The Masquerades
filled with power, lust, and vast fortune. To survive as a specific setting, the World of Darkness:
creature of the night, you must find a balance between the
human soul and the ravening Beast within, the bloodlust Are vampires immortal? While it is possible to kill a
and hunger that drives vampires further toward the edge vampire, she will not age or die of natural causes. She does
of insanity. Once you have mastered your inner turmoil, not need water, food, or air. For all intents and purposes, a
you are cast into a world of cutthroat politics and vicious vampire is a corpse, albeit one revived through the magic
betrayals, where smiles can cut like knives and words can inherent in the blood.
kill as certainly as gunfire.
Do vampires require the blood of the living to survive?
Can you thrive in the night? While vampires are corpses, they still require nourishment to
sustain themselves, and as in the myths, they feast on blood.
Not only does blood preserve their undead bodies, it allows
Vampire: The Masquerade vampires to perform amazing and supernatural feats of healing,
Welcome to the Minds Eye Theatre: Vampire The strength, or speed. Most vampires seek human blood, although
Masquerade Quick-Start Guide. Here, new players and some force themselves to drink animal blood (which tastes foul
returning fans can explore a simplified version of the game, and unsatisfying to a vampire). A vampire need not kill her
intended to explain the core rules as simply and cohesively prey; some take only a little blood and hide the evidence of their
as possible, so that players can leap in and play. feeding. A vampire can repair surface wounds caused by her bite
simply by licking them.
Vampire: The Masquerade (VTM) is a roleplaying game, in
which everyone cooperates to tell stories in a shared world. Will anyone who dies from a vampires bite become a
One player takes on the role of Storyteller, while the others vampire? If this were true, the world would be overrun with
create characters to portray in that worldvampires, living vampires! Instead, those bitten and drained by vampires in
secretly within modern society. Players gather at games and the course of feeding simply die. It takes a very special and
act as their characters in a theatrical, play-like setting. The purposeful process, known as the Embrace, to create a new
Storyteller describes the setting and controls the actions of vampire.
any non-player characters.
Are vampires burned by sunlight? True. Vampires must
Vampires are immortal beings, plucked from mortal culture avoid sunlight or risk death. Vampires are nocturnal
and thrust into a supernatural world. They are dangerous creatures, and most find it difficult to stay awake during the
predators, surviving by feeding on the blood of others. day, even if they are well-hidden from the sunlight.
Vampires have many advantages over mortalstheyre
stronger, faster, deadlier, and often more alluring. Is it true that vampires are repelled by garlic, they cant
cross running water, and they cast no reflections? These
This booklet leads players through the creation of a vampire myths are partially true. Some vampires, notably those of a
of moderate generation (an Ancilla) from one of two proud particular clan, cast no reflection. However, vampires are
vampire clans: the Brujah or the Ventrue. You will need creatures of superstition, and some may avoid these things
a character sheet (located at the back of this booklet), a out of a psychological compulsion.
pencil and some paper for notes, and your imagination.
Can a cross or other holy symbol repel a vampire?
The complete rulebook contains more options for characters, Generally untrue. The symbol itself has little power. Instead,
including a greater selection of clans, backgrounds, vampires fear the faith of the person wielding the symbol
and powers for you to purchase. This quick-start guide and genuine faith is rare.
only provides a brief introduction to the rich world of
Vampire: The Masquerade. Players who wish to expand Will vampires die from a stake through the heart? While
their understanding of the game and build mechanically they cannot die from such wounds, vampires are immobilized
maximized characters should purchase a full copy of the by wooden stakes, arrows, crossbow bolts, and similar
rules, available at www.bynightstudios.com. items that pierce the heart. Once the item is removed, the
vampires mobility is restored.

Character Creation
This booklet contains a blank character sheet on page 39.
Humanity is a measure of the characters internal struggle
against the vampiric Beast. As the character performs
actions that strengthen the Beast, her Humanity falls, and
On this sheet, you will record your characters strengths, she finds it more difficult to resist frenzy. If she loses too
weaknesses, skills, and other items. These items define your many Beast traits in a single night, her overall Humanity
characters capabilities in game terms. could drop permanently. When a vampire reaches zero
Humanity, she loses herself to a madness known as wassail
Attributes represent inherent potential and are broken into and must be retired.
three categories: Physical, Mental, and Social. Within each
attribute, you will select a focus. For example, in the Physical Follow these steps to create a character:
category, the focus choices are Strength, Dexterity, and
Stamina. The focus you choose can provide advantages when Step One: Create a Persona
your character attempts actions or uses supernatural powers.
Step Two: Record Initial XP
Skills represent learned abilities, such as Academics or
Firearms, or studied aptitudes, such as Athletics. When a Step Three: Choose a Clan
player buys a character buys a skill, she typically gains a
small mechanical benefit related to that skill. However, in Step Four: Assign Attributes
the interests of simplicity, these additional bonuses are not
described in this quick-start guide. Step Five: Assign Skills
Backgrounds are special assets possessed by a character, Step Six: Assign Backgrounds (Generation)
justified by the characters history. Has she made allies?
Created an influence network within her city? Does she Step Seven: Assign Disciplines
have a great deal of money or other resources to call on
when things are difficult? The quick-start guide presents Step Eight: Purchase Merits
only one background: Generation. Others are covered in
detail within the complete rulebook. Step Nine: Spend Initial XP
Disciplines are supernatural powers. Each vampire clan Step Ten: Finishing Touches
has three native disciplines. For the Brujah, those are
Celerity, Presence, and Potence. For the Ventrue, those are
Dominate, Fortitude and Presence. As a character gains Step One: Create a Persona
experience points through playing the game, the player may Think of a character concept. You might begin by defining
choose to purchase higher ranks of her native disciplines or who your character was as a mortal. Next, consider the
find a teacher and learn disciplines not native to her clan. characters Embrace. Did she cling to mortality or eagerly
damn her soul with the Embrace? Be sure your character
Merits and Flaws define a characters unique qualities, has a perspective on the vampire world and the mortal one.
giving her distinct advantages (or detriments). A character Formulate a personality and consider how the years since
can purchase only seven points of merits. The complete the Embrace might have affected that person. Here are some
rulebook includes several flaws that players may choose for simple questions to help define your concept:
their characters but, in the interest of simplicity, flaws are
not included in this document.
Who were you before you became a vampire? Was
the character prosperous in her mortal life? Was she
Willpower represents a characters inner reserves. destitute? Did she enjoy her mortal life or hate it? Did
Willpower also provides a passive defense against Social and the character know anything about vampires before she
Mental powers, and may be spent as a retest when you fail was Embraced?
a challenge.
Why were you Embraced? Was the character Embraced
Health is a measure of a characters wounds. As your because she was considered worthy? Was it a mistake?
character takes damage, you will cross off an appropriate Was the characters sire acting out of impulse, passion,
number of wound boxes. When you spend Blood points to or some other quick spark of emotion, or was it done
heal, you will erase damage in those wound boxes, keeping after a long period of consideration?
careful tally of the characters current injury level.
Character Creation 5
Who have you become as a vampire? How did the In modern nights, the Brujah are a fiery group of warriors,
character adapt to the Embrace? Is she still controlled individualists, and rebels, driven to both success and failure
by her sire, or is she independent? Did she accept her by their tempestuous natures. They feel mortal passions more
sires tutelage, or did she rebel? deeply than other vampires, and are prone to attack first and
ask questions later. Members of this clan love a cause, and
will eagerly act on anything they see as injustice. They come
Step Two: Record Initial XP together in violent gatherings called rants, where they give
During character creation, you will be provided free dots to passionate speeches, challenge rivals to personal combat, or
allocate within each section of your character sheet. You drum up support for crusades against the status quo. They
also receive 30 initial experience points (XP) to spend know best that the capacity for emotion can also be a dark
during character creation. path. Many Brujah are driven to frenzy and madness if they
cannot control their passions.
In the complete rulebook, experience point costs for items
on your character sheet can be different depending on your Members of the Brujah clan are Embraced from many
characters Generation (see Step Six, Backgrounds, page 11). cultures, regions, and religions. The Brujah have never been
Using this quick-start guide, you can only create a character selectivethey choose childer based on an individuals
of Ancilla generation. Therefore, all experience costs listed drive and desire to right wrongs. When it comes to fitting
in this document are appropriate to an Ancilla character. in with the modern world, Brujah do it better than most
vampires. They easily adopt styles of rebellion: shaved
heads, motorcycles, rivets, leather jackets, or t-shirts with
Step Three: Choose a Clan rude slogans.
Your characters clan determines her role in vampire society.
The clans are well known, and each has their own flavor; Organization: Brujah with experience tend to be
your clan will cause other characters to have expectations inspirations to their clanmates, but a member is expected to
about your persona. Clan also determines a characters innate prove her worth rather than turning to her elders to solve
disciplines and provides access to clan-only merits, as well as problems, so clan hierarchy is loose at best. Brujah tend to
other innate strengths and weaknesses. group themselves into philosophical factions, often claiming
to be Idealists, Individualists, or Iconoclasts. Iconoclasts
The quick-start guide provides a choice of two of the central are passionate about tearing down society and building
clans of the VTM world: the Brujah and the Ventrue. The something new, while Idealists prefer to solve societys
Ventrue clan includes nobles and leaders in vampiric society. problems rather than start completely over. Individualists
Brujah are deeply loyal, warlike vampires with a glorious are more reclusive, working on a person-by-person basis
history in battle. Choose one of these clans for your character, instead of concentrating on society as a whole.
and denote that choice on your character sheet.
Clan Weakness: Brujah are highly emotional and have
great trouble controlling the wrath of their Beasts. Their
Brujah difficulty to resist frenzy is increased by 2.
Might doesnt make right. Right makes might. Clan Merits: In addition to general merits (see page 35),
Fuck it, Im not going to waste my immortality Brujah may purchase any of the following Brujah-only
compromising with the corrupt. merits:
Aligheri, Advocate of 8 Mile
Brotherhood (1 point merit):
Disciplines: Celerity, Potence, Presence Brujah are known for two things: their fiery tempers and
their intense clan loyalty. As a member of Clan Brujah, you
The vampires of Clan Brujah were once scholars and seekers gain a +2 bonus to Brawl, Melee, and Ranged attacks when
of wisdom. They inspired the glory of ancient Carthage, a attacking an individual who was targeted by another Brujahs
mighty city where mortals and vampires lived together Physical attack (Brawl, Melee, or Ranged) earlier in the same
in peace. However, Ventrue treachery and the armies of combat round. Members of the True Brujah bloodline found
ancient Rome laid Carthage low and forever shattered in the main rulebook cannot purchase this merit.
the Brujah clan. Over the centuries, internal divides have
shaken Clan Brujah to its core, changing the clans nature Burning Wrath (2 point merit):
from stoic philosopher to passionate warrior. The Brujah are A Brujahs heart is ablaze with emotion, spurred by anger,
no longer the creatures they were in Carthage. and filled with righteous fury. By channeling this anger, you

can expend a simple action to unleash your Burning Wrath, ruthlessness is necessary to rule a domain of fractious undead.
thus turning your fists into supernatural weapons. When this The Ventrue practice of royal command translated into the
power is invoked, the characters fists glow red with a dull, modern world with ease. Instead of kings and emperors, they
contained heat (you cannot actually start fires with this have become powerful CEOs, controlling empires of finance
power). For the next hour, when you attack a foe with a bare- and business rather than land and serfs. The clan has shifted
knuckled punch, you gain a +2 wild card bonus on this attack, its attention to modern technology and commerce, where
and if successful, you inflict aggravated damage. You may end it thrives like voracious wolves in a field of helpless sheep.
Burning Wrath at any time by expending a simple action. In order to maintain the clans acumen, Ventrue choose
childer from those who are already successful: military
Scourge of Alecto (3 point merit): leaders, business executives, and wealthy investors join the
When another character spends a point of Willpower to undead ranks with ancient kings and queens.
ignore your Awe, or attempts to overcome your Majesty,
your Beast responds with spiteful rage. The sheer force of Organization: Like mortal royalty, a Ventrue learns the
its anger rips into your rivals spirit, tearing her apart. The pedigree of her blood from the day she is Embraced, and
target of Scourge of Alecto takes 1 point of aggravated she must always be prepared to recite her lineage letter
damage; this damage cannot be reduced or negated. This perfect at the command of her elders. Internally the Ventrue
effect does not require an action or a challenge to activate, organization operates in feudal fealty chains, although
and it does not break your Majesty. the exact nature has evolved from its ancient roots. Now,
peerages, vassalages, and oaths of fealty merge seamlessly
with business contracts, buyouts, and high-pressure
Ventrue management styles.
As noble a standard as loyalty sets,
there is simply too much ambition in Kindred nature. Clan Weakness: Ventrue have rarified tastes in blood.
Yet total constancy is neither natural nor realistic; Each Ventrue finds only one specific type of mortal blood
even dogs bite the hand that feed them! palatable and does not gain sustenance from anything else.
Such is the paradox of our existence, When a player creates a Ventrue character, she should talk
the dichotomy between dignitas and ruthlessness, to her Storyteller and define a specific type of blood that suits
loyalty and self-awareness: those are the the character. You should narrowly define a specific type of
hallmarks of our nights. blood; less than one person in 10 should fit the description.
A. Graves, Esq. This choice is permanent. Blood of any other type (even
animals) simply provides no sustenance to the vampire. No
Disciplines: Dominate, Fortitude, Presence matter how much she consumes, her Blood pool will never
increase, and she will immediately vomit the blood back out.
While other clans play at politics, study philosophy, or The blood of other supernatural creatures (such as blood
encourage the arts, scions of Clan Ventrue focus their from other vampires) is exempt from this restriction, and
pursuits on the one thing that truly matters: power. Rulership can provide the character sustenance even if that creature
is in their blood, and rare is the Ventrue who does not feel a does not match the Ventrues required type. If forced to feed
need to command. The Ventrue legacy is that of kings and in unfamiliar territory, a Ventrue must spend an additional
queens, a lineage of sovereigns dating back to before the rise downtime action to come into play at full Blood pool.
of the Roman Empire. They consider it their divine right
to lead and shape the world. This attitude not only imposes Clan Merits: In addition to general merits (see page 35),
itself on other vampires, but also extends to the province Ventrue may purchase any of the following Ventrue-only
of humans, where Ventrue often play kingmaker and decide merits:
the fate of mortal empires. Noblesse oblige is a term often
heard in the halls of the Ventrue. The Ventrue clan values Aura of Command (1 point merit):
dignitas, a virtue based on honor, propriety, and respect, and As the royalty of vampire society, the clan of Kings brooks no
those who abide by its intricate rules will find themselves disobedience from mere peons. Mortals and ghouls cannot
successful within the clan of kings. resist your Presence and Dominate powers. When targeting
a mortal with Presence or Dominate, you automatically
Ventrue are a cunning breed, educated and erudite, equally succeed; the mortal cannot form a defense test pool. This
as capable with a sword as with a pen. Conservative and effect also applies to techniques with prerequisites that
callous, Ventrue rarely make decisions based on emotion. include Dominate or Presence.
Everything they do is weighed against the acquisition
of power, and only the fittest survive. They know that

Paragon (3 point merit): Mental Attributes: Mental attributes indicate a characters
You have a vampiric Retainer who is sworn to serve you aptitude for problem-solving, learning, deduction and
within the hierarchy of the clan. Your cohort is a young general alertness. A character with a high Mental attribute
Ventrue with a Blood pool of 10 and the ability to spend 1 is attentive, logical, or intuitive.
Blood per round. Your retainer has no Willpower and cannot
retest, but she has a test pool of 12 for most actions (both Attribute Bonuses: All vampires have a default maximum
aggressive and defensive). When making a Leadership, of 10 dots in each of the three categories (Physical, Social, or
Intimidation, Firearms, or Academics test, your companion Mental). A characters Generation (see Step Six, page 11)
has a test pool of 17 (instead of 12). Additionally, choose provides a number of bonus attribute dots, which a player
one Ventrue in-clan discipline (Dominate, Fortitude, or can allocate to raise that maximum in one or more attributes.
Presence); your retainer has 5 dots of that discipline. With this quick-start guide, you are creating a character of
Ancilla generation, which grants two bonus attribute dots.
Regal Bearing (4 point merit): Allocating a bonus dot increases the potential maximum of
As the dictates of the kings and queens of old were instantly an attribute category by 1; note that your character must
obeyed, you can unleash the force of your personality in a still purchase the dot with XP as normal. With these two
magnificent flash. Once per game session, you can use any bonus dots, you may choose to raise one of your attribute
one Presence power instantly, without expending an action. maximums to 12 or to raise two attribute maximums to 11.
You can activate this merit even before your initiative.
You must pay the normal cost and make the normal tests Additional attribute dots cost 3 experience points each.
involved in activating the Presence power. Regal Bearing
can be used to augment standard powers, but cannot be used Attribute Focuses
in conjunction with elder powers or techniques. Once you have assigned initial attribute dots, select one
focus for each attribute. These focuses provide benefits
when a character utilizes its area of expertise. Attribute
Step Four: Assign Attributes focuses also provide bonuses when using discipline powers,
Attributes are a measure of a characters strengths and as defined within the description of each power.
weaknesses. A character might be strong and perceptive,
quick and intelligent, or witty and beautiful, all defined Physical Focuses: Strength, Dexterity, Stamina
by the fact that the character has high Physical, Social, or
Mental attributes. Social Focuses: Appearance, Charisma, Manipulation
You receive free starting dots in your attributes. First, decide Mental Focuses: Perception, Intelligence, Wits
which of the three attributes (Physical, Social, and Mental)
are important, making one primary, one secondary, and the
last tertiary according to your vision for the character. A Step Five: Assign Skills
boxer would likely have a primary Physical attribute, where Skills represent a characters experience and training. A
an artist might place the Social attribute first, and so on. character with high skills is well-educated or has a great deal
of knowledge about the world. A character with low skills
Assign 7 dots to an attribute, indicating that this is your might be naive, sheltered, or uneducated. You can purchase
characters primary attribute. up to 5 dots of each skill. Skills are defined on page 24 of
this document.
Assign 5 dots to a second attribute, indicating that this
is your characters secondary attribute. A character receives a number of free starting dots in skills.
Assign them as follows:
Assign 3 dots to the last attribute, indicating that this is
your characters weakest attribute. Choose one skill and fill in the first 4 dots of that skill.
Physical Attributes: Physical attributes measure your Choose two skills and fill in the first 3 dots of those
characters strength, agility, and stamina. skills.
Social Attributes: Social attributes describe a characters Choose three skills and fill in the first 2 dots of those
appearance, charm, and ability to interact with others. A skills.
character with a Social attribute is attractive, compelling,
and more capable of convincing others to do as she desires. Choose four skills and fill in the first dot of those skills.

Additional skills dots cost experience points equal to the new into bats and wolves; they can move faster than the blink
level of the skill x2. of an eye; they can lift cars; and they can take incredible
damage while suffering no harm.
Quick List of Skills:
Every vampire has a set of disciplines that are in-clan,
Academics Animal Ken Athletics Awareness or native to their clans blood. Other clans disciplines are
Brawl Computers Crafts Dodge harder to learn and are considered out-of-clan. Learning
out-of-clan disciplines requires a vampiric teacher whose
Drive Empathy Firearms Intimidation
blood naturally supports those specific powers. A vampire
Investigation Leadership Linguistics Lore must drink a point of Blood from her teacher in order to
Medicine Melee Occult Performance learn the 1st dot of a discipline that is not native to her own
Science Security Stealth Streetwise blood. Disciplines are defined on page 26 of this document.
Subterfuge Survival
The Brujah clans native disciplines are Celerity, Presence,
and Potence.
Fields of Study
You can purchase some skills multiple times, to reflect a The Ventrue clans native disciplines are Dominate,
characters background and interests. Some skills such Fortitude, and Presence.
as Crafts, Performance, and Science are very broad, and
encompass many different fields of study. When you purchase You receive 4 free starting dots in disciplines. Assign them
one of these skills, you must also choose a field of study within in the following manner:
that skill. Examples might include Crafts: Calligraphy,
Performance: Classical Guitar, or Science: Forensics. Assign 2 dots to a single in-clan discipline.
Assign 1 dot in each of your remaining two in-clan

Step Six: Backgrounds (Generation) disciplines.
In step six, a player selects her characters backgrounds:
special assets and allies related to a characters history. When you choose your characters clan, the character gains
Because backgrounds can be complex, we chose to highlight free dots in that clans three in-clan disciplines. Thereafter,
one in this quick-start guide: Generation. A characters you may use initial experience points (XP) to purchase
Generation reflects her bloods potency and defines her role additional dots of those in-clan disciplines.
within the vampiric community.
With the Storytellers permission, you may also buy up to
Typically, you may select your characters Generation from 3 dots of non-native, out-of-clan disciplines. Therefore,
five different categories: Neonate, Ancilla, Pretender Elder, a Brujah might buy the out-of-clan discipline Dominate,
Master Elder, and Luminary Elder. For ease of construction, while a Ventrue might purchase the out-of-clan discipline
build your quick-start character at the central generation Potence. You may purchase more than one out-of-clan
of Ancilla. Information on the other Generations can be discipline if you choose, but you cannot purchase more than
found in the complete rulebook. 3 dots in any out-of-clan discipline at character creation.
Generation determines the thickness of a characters blood. Additional dots of in-clan disciplines cost experience points
A vampire may spend blood to heal wounds, and some equal to the new level of the discipline x3.
powers require blood as an activation cost. An Ancilla has
a Blood pool of 12 points and may spend Blood at a rate of Additional dots of out-of-clan disciplines cost experience points
up to 2 points per turn. equal to the new level of the discipline x4.
Generation cannot be purchased with experience points after

character creation. Step Eight: Purchase Merits
Merits are rare or unique advantages. Each merit has a
specific cost associated with it. You may use your initial
Step Seven: Assign Disciplines XP to purchase up to 7 points of merits; this maximum of 7
Disciplines are vampires supernatural powers. They are points includes any merits purchased earlier in the creation
the stuff of legend, and over the centuries, have been the process (such clan-specific merits). A character can never
foundation of numerous vampiric myths. Vampires can turn have more than 7 points of merits.
Character Creation 11
You may purchase merits after you begin playing a character,
provided the description of the merit does not specifically Step Ten: Finishing Touches
say it can only be taken during character creationbut you Congratulations! Your character is complete. Now write
must never exceed the 7-point limit on merits. Merits are down your characters derived traits and then youll be ready
defined on pages 35 (general), 6 (Brujah) and 8 (Ventrue) to play. Derived traits are items formulated by using other
of this document. statistics on your sheet. These include a characters health
levels, Willpower, and Morality.
Flaws
Using the complete rulebook for Vampire: The Masquerade, a All characters start with 9 health levels, three boxes in
character can gain additional XP by choosing up to 7 points each of three tracks: Healthy, Injured, and Incapacitated.
of flaws. These points are then added to the characters If you have Fortitude, you may have more health boxes;
overall experience point total. However, for simplicitys denote that, if applicable.
sake, flaws are not included in this document.
All characters begin with 6 permanent Willpower. Some
merits may alter your characters Willpower, depending
Step Nine: upon the situation. Denote that, if applicable.
Spending Experience Points All characters begin with 5 dots of Morality.

As noted in step two, your character begins with 30 initial
experience points (XP). Your Storyteller may award more Your characters Initiative is equal to the higher of her
than the standard 30 if she wants her chronicle to include Physical or Mental Attribute.
more experienced characters. You may have spent some of
your initial XP in earlier parts of character creation. Any As you play your character at games, you will earn more
initial XP remaining must be spent now. experience points. You can use these to further enhance
your character sheet. Continue to spend those earned points
Experience Chart: Ancilla according to the costs defined in the above chart. Have fun!
ITEM COST
Attribute 3 XP each
Skill New level x2 XP
In-Clan Discipline New level x3 XP
Out-of-Clan Discipline New level x4 XP
Merit XP equal to merit rating
Regain Lost Humanity 10 XP each

Systems
Minds Eye Theatre is a narrative game of vampires and
from 5 (easy) to 30 (very difficult). All static challenge test
pools are determined by utilizing this formula: Attribute
+ Skill + Wild Card = Test Pool. Wild card represents the
mortals, a story of darkness and light that provides players added bonus you receive from equipment, other characters,
with the opportunity to engage directly in the age-old merits, disciplines, or other environmental factors.
tradition of collaborative storytelling, but with a very
modern twist. Players step into the role of an immortal Opposed challenges resolve conflicts between individuals
vampire seeking to survive, and even thrive, in a complex with different goals. An opposed challenge targets another
society hidden beneath our own. Storytellers guide the plot character (or NPC) or an object within another characters
of a game, creating adventures and devising the events that immediate control. Every opposed challenge includes an
will challenge the characters during a game session. attacker and a defenderterms used to identify who is
acting against whom, even though the opposed challenge
A games rules define the actions that characters can might not actually involve a damage-dealing attack.
take and how effective those actions are in practice. This
quick-start guide provides the basic rules of Vampire: The Step One: Defining the
Masquerade, in their simplest forms. You may find that some
of the rules and powers presented here are not exactly the
Challenge and Your Victory Condition
same as presented in the complete rulebook; that difference When you perform an opposed challenge, indicate which
is deliberate, in order to help new players understand the character you wish to target (it must be someone you can
basics. In all cases, the rules presented in the main book are currently see) and announce your victory condition, such as
the primary resource for rules arbitrations; the quick-start a punch, use of a power, or an attempt at intimidation. If you
guide is simply a primer with which to quickly and easily get win the challenge, your victory condition occurs.
into game play.
Gaze and Focus
Many disciplines require the target to have her attention
Resolving Tests focused on the user of the power. These powers do not
When a character attempts a difficult action, such as require eye contact, but do require having the attention of
punching someone or moving silently, she must throw a the individual you wish to control. Anyone whose attention
test with the Storyteller (or another player, in some cases) is focused on you is a viable target for powers that require
to determine if she is successful in that action. Tests are gaze or focus. If supernatural powers are used to make you
resolved by playing rock, paper, scissors. All tests performed pay attention to two characters at the same time, you might
to complete a single action occur within a single challenge. glance back and forth between them or move to a place
There are two types of challenges: static and opposed. where you could see both characters.
Static challenges are tests performed against the Storyteller.
Opposed challenges are tests performed against another Step Two: Determining the Attack Test Pool
player or against a non-player character (NPC). All attack test pools and static challenges use this formula:
Attribute + Skill = Test Pool. The attribute and skill should
Rock: Beats scissors and ties with rock. reflect the type of attack; for example, the Presence power
Entrancement adds the characters Social traits and the
Paper: Beats rock and ties with paper. Leadership skill.
Scissors: Beats paper and ties with scissors. Step Three: Determining the Defense Test Pool
The type of challenge (Physical, Social, or Mental)
Therefore, if you win the rock, paper, scissors test, you win determines the targets defense test pool. However, note
the challenge. If you tie, compare your attack test pool to that defensive pools for Mental and Social attacks are
the targets defense test pool. If your pool is greater than the different than Physical defense test pools. Where skills assist
defenders, you succeed; otherwise, you fail. If you lose the in Physical defense, current Willpower determines how well
test, you lose the challenge. a character can resist Mental and Social challenges.
Physical Defense: Physical Attribute + Skill = Test

Resolving Challenges Pool. Note again that the chosen skill should reflect an
A static challenge is used to resolve simple scenarios that do appropriate type of defense against the attack; to avoid
not involve another character. The Storyteller defines the a gunshot, a character might use Dodge.
nature of a static challenge and assigns it a difficulty rating
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Mental/Social Defense: Social or Mental Attribute + opponents, you do not achieve an exceptional success
Willpower = Test Pool (though you do achieve a normal victory).
Note that defense pools use your characters current Note that only the attacker can score an exceptional success.
Willpower rating. Therefore, the more Willpower you spend It is not possible to score an exceptional success if you tieyou
on retests, the more vulnerable you become to Social and must win the test outright to achieve an exceptional success.
Mental challenges. Spend your Willpower wisely!
Step Five: Retests
Step Four: Rock, Paper, Scissors The loser of an opposed challenge may choose to retest that
Next, play rock, paper, scissors with the target player. challenge and throw another test against her opponent.
There are two standard ways to retest: by spending
Winning the Test Willpower or by Overbidding. Some merits or powers also
If you outright win the rock, paper, scissors test, you win the give you a retest, but those are exceptions.
test and should check to see if youve scored an exceptional
success (see below). Spend a Willpower
If a character loses a test, she may spend a point of Willpower
Losing the Test to retest. Only the loser may do this (regardless of whether she
If you lose the rock, paper, scissors test, you fail, and your was the attacker or defender). The results of the second test
target is unaffected. are final. During a retest, both characters should use the same
test pools that they used for the initial challenge. Spending
Tying the Test a Willpower to retest will reduce your ability to resist future
If you tie, compare your attack test pool to the targets defense Mental and Social challenges but will not reduce the players
test pool. If your pool is greater than the defenders, you achieve pools in the challenge they are currently retesting.
a normal success. Otherwise, you fail in your challenge. It is not
possible to score an exceptional success if you tieyou must Overbidding
win the test outright for an exceptional success. If your test pool is equal to or greater than double than
your opponents test pool, you gain a free retest. This is an
Exceptional Successes exception to the rule limiting opposed challenges to a single
An exceptional success grants a bonus in addition to retest. The overbid retest and the Willpower retest can be
winning the challenge. Damaging attacks that score an used in any order.
exceptional success inflict an additional point of damage.
Supernatural powers often list specific bonuses for achieving Second Attempts of Failed Attacks
an exceptional success. If you target someone with a Physical opposed challenge and
fail, you may try again on your next initiative. If you target
If your attack test pool is greater than your opponents a character with a Mental or Social opposed challenge and
defense test pool and you have won every test involved in the fail, the target is immune to your power or action for the
challenge, including all retests, you achieve an exceptional next 10 minutes. Note that this immunity only extends to
success. If you lost or tied one of the tests involved in this the power or action used and not an entire discipline.
challenge, or if your test pool is equal to or lower than your

Combat and Actions
Dynamic Scenes
Each character may take up to two actions, one standard
and one simple, per round on her initiative.
Combat in Minds Eye Theatre is thematic and cinematic Standard Action: Any action that requires your characters
rather than hyper-realistic. These rules prioritize speed, full attention is a standard action. Actions that require a
flexibility, and ease of use over realism. While some conflicts challenge (static or opposed) are always standard actions,
can be resolved by running one or two opposed challenges even if the target doesnt resist your challenge. If you choose
(as described above), other fights require large-scale to forgo your standard action, you gain an additional simple
combat. These are called dynamic scenes. In an extended action instead.
conflict between two players, the Storyteller should use the
complex scenario system, determining initiative, rounds, Simple Action: A simple action is something your character
and turns. can do without a challenge. Examples of simple actions
include readying a weapon, using a supernatural power on
yourself, or running around a corner. Note that you cannot
Measuring Time forgo your simple action to gain another standard action.
Initiative: Initiative is the smallest unit of measurement

in combat. Initiative determines the order in which Movement
characters take their actions within a round. A You may use a simple action or standard action to move
characters initiative is equal to her Physical or Mental up to three steps. If you use both your standard action and
attribute, whichever is greater. If two or more characters simple action to move, you may move up to six steps on your
have the same initiative, the character goes first initiative. Trying to move by jumping, climbing, swimming,
according to who has the higher Mental, then Physical, or other unusual means requires a standard action instead
then Social attributes. If all three are the same, then the of a simple action and often requires a static challenge. For
Storyteller should randomly determine who acts first. example, climbing a sheer cliff requires a standard action to
move three steps and may require a static challenge.
Round: Each character may take up to two actions, one
standard and one simple, per round. The character with
the highest initiative goes first, and characters act in Order of Actions
the initiative order until all players have taken their
actions. Once all characters have acted, the completed Step One: Mediation
round ends. Players entering combat or other dynamic scenes may
elect to agree upon an outcome rather than use mechanics
Celerity Rounds: The initial round of combat is called to resolve a challenge. If all players agree to an outcome
the Everyman round. Thereafter, some characters have that the Storyteller approves, then the players will end
the ability to act more than once per turn. These the complex scenario and return to roleplay as quickly as
additional actions are resolved after the Everyman possible. If the players cant come to an agreement over
round, during special Celerity rounds. Once all Celerity the outcome, then proceed to the next step. It is possible
rounds have been resolved, the current turn ends and a for players to handle mediation without the assistance of
new turn begins. a Storyteller, but if there is any disagreement at all, the
Storyteller arbitrates.
Turn: Complex scenarios resolve via a series of turns.
Each turn includes at least one round of actions (the Step Two: Storyteller Assessment
Everyman) and also includes any Celerity rounds that Initially, the Storyteller freezes the scene and determines
occur. Regardless of the number of Celerity rounds (or whats occurring. The Storyteller discusses what is
lack thereof), a turn represents roughly three seconds of happening with the players to determine which characters
time, during which the combat unfolds. will be directly involved in the combat scene.
Step Three: Order of Action

When combat begins, the Storyteller determines which
action started the combat and resolves it. Once the first
action is resolved, the Storyteller determines initiative

and asks each player to describe her standard and simple Firearms Attack: If your character is Wits-focused,
actions in order, based on the characters initiative within you can attack with your Mental attribute instead of
the round. Play proceeds in initiative order, from highest to your Physical attribute when making a ranged attack.
lowest, until all characters have had an opportunity to act. By default, successful firearms attacks inflict 2 points of
damage.
Once everyone has taken their actions, a new round begins. Once
all rounds have been resolved, a new turn begins. Remember Biting
that a character can only take Physical actions during Celerity A vampire can extend her fangs and use her standard action
rounds. You may move, attack, or activate a Physical power, but to bite a grappled opponent, choosing either to draw blood
you cannot engage in Mental or Social challenges. or to attack and inflict aggravated damage. It is not possible
to feed and bite for damage at the same time. Biting for
Surprise Action damage converts a characters normal brawling damage
If your character is the first to start a combat, you may take into aggravated damage. Biting to feed does no damage to
one action (simple or standard) outside the initiative order. vampires, but drains 1 Blood point per standard action
This surprise action is resolved immediately. Your remaining used to feed. Drawing blood in this manner harms mortals,
action resolves normally, on your initiative. inflicting 2 points of normal damage per Blood drained from
a living victim.
Delaying Your Action
You might want to take your actions after another character Combat Maneuvers
acts, or only if a certain condition occurs. When you choose A combat maneuver is a fighting move that can give you a brief
to delay your actions, you may act at any point later in the edge against your opponent. When you want to do something
initiative order of that round. If you delay your initiative tricky or launch an attack that does more than inflict damage,
until another characters natural initiative, the individual you must use a combat maneuver. To use a combat maneuver,
acting on her natural initiative resolves her actions first. If you must declare which maneuver youre using and spend a
two or more characters delay their actions until the same point of Willpower before the test is made. A character can
moment in a round, the character with the highest initiative only activate a single combat maneuver per round.
goes first.
If you are Strength-focused, you may perform one of the
You can use one action and delay the other until later in following combat maneuvers once per combat without
the round. If you choose not to take any actions in a given spending Willpower: Disarm, Grapple, or Pierce the
round, your initiative is increased by 5 on the next round Heart.
in which you have actions. You only gain this bonus if you
forgo both of your actions. This bonus is not cumulative. If you are Dexterity-focused, you may perform one of the
following combat maneuvers once per combat without
spending Willpower: Disarm, Fighting Blind, or Quick
Types of Attacks Draw.
Complex scenarios allow for a number of different Physical
attack types. Physical attacks can also be augmented with Most Social and Mental actions cant benefit from combat
combat maneuvers: complex fighting styles that can provide maneuvers, but there are exceptions. The list of combat
advantages, but require the expenditure of Willpower to use. maneuvers below is a simplified list intended to be used with
this quick-start guide; you will find more combat maneuvers
Physical Attacks in the complete rulebook.
Unarmed Attack: Successful unarmed attacks inflict 1 Disarm: (Reduce your attack test pool by 2 when using
point of damage. To inflict an unarmed attack, you need this maneuver.) Force your target to drop one item. If
to be within two steps of your target. you are Dexterity-focused and have a free hand, you
may choose to end up holding the disarmed object.
Melee Attack: Successful melee attacks inflict 1 point of
damage. To inflict a melee attack, you need to be within Grapple: (Reduce your damage by 3 when using this
two steps of your target. maneuver.) While grappled, a target cannot take steps,
or take Physical actions. A target can escape a grapple
Thrown Attack: Successful thrown attacks inflict 1 point by using her simple action to make an opposed Brawl or
of damage. To inflict a thrown attack, you need to be Melee challenge against the grappler, and winning that
within 10 steps of your target. challenge.
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Quick Draw: Draw one weapon or other small item might not know which one, unless they have the appropriate
without using a simple action. knowledge or experience. A fellow vampire would realize
that you attempted to use a power, and would likely be able
Fighting Blind: Use this maneuver to attack an to guess which one, if she has the appropriate knowledge or
opponent you cannot see. Otherwise, your attack will experience. If the source of a supernatural power isnt within
automatically miss. line of sight, characters who notice the power will know
what direction the power came from.
Pierce the Heart: (Reduce your attack pool by 3 when
using this maneuver.) If your opponents wounds are
in the Incapacitated wound track (normally the last Maximum Attacks Per Round
3 health levels), you may use this attack to Pierce her As noted previously, combat turns are broken down into
Heart. Mortals are instantly killed. Vampires who have individual rounds, beginning with an Everyman round and
their hearts pierced with a weapon that has the staking continuing through each Celerity round until all character
quality fall into torpor until the stake is removed. actions have been completed.
Mental/Social Attacks However, during each round, a character can only be

If you fail a Mental or Social attack, the target and everyone targeted by a limited number of attacks:
who witnesses it will realize what happened within the
limits of their understanding. For example, if you fail while One Social attack
attempting to use Entrancement, the bouncer you targeted
will feel a brief chill and think that youre a bit weird. A One Mental attack
mortal who understands vampires (like a ghoul or a hunter)
would realize that you tried to use a supernatural power, but Up to two Physical attacks

Health and Damage
Every character has at least 9 health levels, divided among
may stay awake and active for one hour. Willpower spent
to stay awake cannot be regained until after the sun sets. A
vampire exposed to sunlight takes between 1 and 5 points
three wound track categories: Healthy, Injured, and of aggravated damage per turn. Sticking your hand into a
Incapacitated. When your character takes damage, you must sunbeam causes 1 point of aggravated damage. Standing
first mark off your Healthy wound levels, then your Injured in the sun on a bright day causes 5 points of damage per
wound levels, and finally, your Incapacitated wound levels. turn. Vampiric powers such as Fortitude do not reduce the
amount of damage vampires take from exposure to sunlight.
These levels represent your characters general state of
health, as follows:
Staking
Healthy: As long as you do not have any points marked If you have a weapon with the staking quality, you can
off within your Injured or Incapacitated wound tracks attempt to stake a vampire, if that vampire is Incapacitated.
(three wounds or less), you may operate normally. Staking requires you to use the Pierce the Heart combat
maneuver. It imposes a -3 penalty to your attack test pool,
Injured: If you have one or more points marked off in but if successful, the target falls into a damage-induced torpor
your Injured wound track, you are Injured. There is no until the stake is removed. Staked vampires automatically
immediate mechanical disadvantage to being Injured, awaken when the stake is removed, unless they are also out
but some attacks work more effectively on Injured of health levels.
characters.
Normally it is not possible to use the Pierce the Heart combat
Incapacitated: If you have one or more points maneuver unless the target is within the Incapacitated
marked off in your Incapacitated wound track, you wound track, but a vampire who is in torpor, asleep, or
are Incapacitated. Incapacitated characters lose their otherwise helpless can be staked, with the Storytellers
simple action every round until they heal all of their permission.
Incapacitated health levels.
Stamina Focused Torpor

Stamina-focused characters dont suffer penalties when they When a vampire has no remaining health levels and takes
reach the Incapacitated wound track. Attacks that have a 1 or more points of damage, she falls into torpor. Torpid
greater effect on Injured or Incapacitated characters are not vampires appear to be dead mortals. While in torpor, a
blocked by the Stamina focus. character is effectively unconscious and cannot perceive
her surroundings. Any torpid vampire who is given at
least 1 point of Blood from a vampire of three generations
Damage Types lower automatically wakes up from torpor. Note that this
requirement is calculated by comparing numeric generation,
Normal Damage: Normal damage comes from attacks not by comparing dots of the Generation background.
that slash, pierce, or bash your opponent. Unless
otherwise noted, assume your attack causes normal
damage. Healing
Vampires do not heal naturally. Spending a point of Blood
Aggravated Damage: Some supernatural creatures allows a vampire to instantly heal a point of normal damage.
are especially vulnerable to certain types of attacks. Healing doesnt require an action, and you may heal at any
Vampires are particularly susceptible to fire and time (even when its not your initiative). Each point of Blood
sunlight, while werewolves are famously vulnerable to spent to heal removes one normal wound.
silver weapons. When a character is hit by an attack
to which she is particularly vulnerable, she suffers To heal aggravated damage, a vampire must spend 3 points
aggravated damage. of Blood just before she goes to sleep. When she wakes
the next evening, she heals 1 point of aggravated damage.
It is not normally possible to heal more than 1 point of
Daytime aggravated damage per day.
Vampires sleep during the daytime. At dawn, a vampire
must either fall into a deep sleep or spend a point of
Willpower. If the vampire spends a point of Willpower, she
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Willpower
Willpower depicts the characters inner drive, competence,
and spiritual strength. Willpower is measured both as a
permanent rating, and as temporary points. A player spends
Willpower to resist Mental and Social powers, among other
things. While this expenditure decreases the characters
current Willpower rating, it does not permanently decrease
the characters permanent (maximum) Willpower.
Regaining Willpower
At the start of each game, your character begins with her
maximum Willpower as long as she had a complete days
rest before starting the game. During the course of the game,
spent Willpower is regained by roleplaying.
Player Acknowledgement: When another player

impresses you with her roleplay, you may award her
by refreshing all that characters spent Willpower. A
character can only benefit from this refresh once per
night.
Storyteller Acknowledgement: When the Storyteller

notices a player roleplaying her character well, she
may elect to refresh some or all of the characters spent
Willpower.
Willpower cannot be refreshed while in combat. If a player

or Storyteller attempts to reward a character for actions
taken during combat, the Willpower is refreshed as soon as
the combat scene ends.
Humanity
One of the most important themes of the Vampire roleplaying
Death game is the undeads struggle to retain her soul and fight the
Living characters die if they have no remaining health levels degradation of the Beast. Morality: Humanity measures a
and take 3 or more points of damage. Additionally, a living vampires innate empathy. As she degenerates, the vampire
character who is knocked unconscious from damage will die loses the ability to form meaningful, emotional connections
in 5 turns, unless treated by a character with the Medical with others. Her control over the Beast diminishes, and her
skill. Stamina-focused characters will survive for up to 10 next frenzy may well mean complete surrender to the Beast.
turns without medical attention.
Thus, it is extremely important to use Morality in a consistent,
Vampires are more difficult to kill. To permanently destroy dramatic manner. If the Storyteller allows the characters to
a vampire, you must damage all of the targets health levels, (sometimes literally) get away with murder, the tragedy of
knock her into torpor, and remove her head or destroy vampiric existence vanishes and the story suffers.
her body. To remove a vampires head, you must use a full
round of actions (both your simple and standard actions)
to do so. To destroy a vampires body without beheading
her, you must expose her to a damaging situation or inflict
significant blunt trauma throughout 3 full turns. The 3 turns
needed to kill a vampire in this way dont need to happen
consecutively, but they must happen within 10 minutes.

predatory. She becomes a beacon of evil, and those nearby
Humanity Rating undead and mortal alikeactively feel disconcerted as
something alien and terrible moves among them.
5 Normal. This vampire could easily be mistaken for a
normal human. Beast Traits
As a vampire commits sins, she accumulates Beast traits.
4 Distant. This vampire is a bit pale, somewhat creepy, These Beast traits indicate her Beasts current control over
and easily draws attention to herself as someone odd. her actions. When triggered with the proper stimuli or
motivation, the Beast attempts to take over, trying to force
3 Unfeeling. This vampire has lost touch with many of the vampire to frenzy. If a vampire spends an entire day
the things that make someone appear human. She does sleeping, her Beast is lulled back into relative quiescence
not always remember to breathe or blink, and she no and all her Beast traits fade.
longer has an instinctive sense of empathy toward others.
Gaining Beast Traits
2 Bestial. This vampire no longer understands what it Every time your character commits a sin, she gains temporary
means to be human. She is cold to the touch, rarely blinks Beast traits equal to the level of the sin. It is possible to
or remembers to act alive, and is constantly in a struggle mitigate the number of Beast traits your character gains
to control her Beast. when committing a sin by making a degeneration challenge
(see below).
1 Horrifying. This vampire disdains compassion and
other soft emotions, is pale and frightening in Note that Beast traits are cumulative. Over the course of
appearance, and is clearly notable as a member of the an evening you might gain 2 Beast traits for one sin and 1
undead. Beast trait for a second sin. In this case, you have a total of
3 Beast traits.
The Beast LEVEL OF SIN DESCRIPTION

The Beast is calling, scratching at the door. It is hungry,
eager, tempting, twisting a vampires perceptions. It 1 Harm Another: Youve significantly
whispers, murder is justified; even necessary. Heres one harmed another individual physically,
who deserves it. That ones better off dead. A little here, mentally, or financially in a way that
a little there, the Beast chisels away at a vampires ethics and will take weeks for the victim to
reason until something snapsand the vampires Humanity recover.
degrades.
2 Permanent Injury: Youve harmed
In the end, all vampires are supernatural beings, animated another individual in a way that will
corpses that subsist by preying on others. Vampirism reduces take the victim years to overcome
an individuals capacity to feel positive emotions, slowly (if ever).
wearing away the individuals compassion, empathy, and
ability to recognize good from evil. With human drives and 3 Killing: Youve killed another
desires twisted by a raging Beast that demands survival at individual.
any cost, vampires must cling to their beliefs. If they lose
this tenuous thread, the Beast will win, and the original 4 Multiple Murders: Youve killed more
personality of the vampire will be utterly destroyed. The than one individual.
vampire will enter a frenzied, incredibly violent state known
as wassail, and will never return to lucidity. 5 Heinous Acts: Youve committed
inhuman acts that cannot be excused.
However, a vampire cannot ignore the fact that she is a
monster. Even a vampire with a high Humanity rating feels When a character commits a sin outside of combat, she
the Beast inside, scratching at her spirit and demanding blood. gains Beast traits as described above. During a combat
As a vampires Humanity erodes, she becomes jaded and scene, the Storyteller should not slow down the action by
blas. She may even actively pursue progressively depraved running multiple degeneration challenges. Instead the
acts in order to feel anything at all. With little memory of Storyteller should track the most severe sin committed by
her Humanity to guide her, a vampires behavior becomes each character, assign Beast traits accordingly, and resolve
callous in the extreme, utterly degenerate and monstrously degeneration challenges at the end of the combat scene.
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Degeneration Challenge fades. While under the effects of a rage frenzy, a vampire
When a vampire commits a sin, she may attempt to receives a +1 bonus to all Physical attack test pools, but
overcome her Beast in order to mitigate the number of suffers a -2 penalty to all Physical defense test pools. If
Beast traits gained. The test pool is: Mental + Willpower you are reduced to the Incapacitated wound track, your
with a standard difficulty rating of 10 +1 per level of sin. For rage frenzy will automatically transition into a fear frenzy.
example, if Suzie broke her victims finger for information
(level 1 sin), her difficulty for the degeneration challenge is Hunger Frenzy: You attack the nearest source of mortal
11 (base 10 + 1 for the level of the sin). If the degeneration blood and drink until your Blood pool is full. This frenzy
challenge succeeds, reduce the number of Beast traits gained will only end after your Blood pool refreshes. While
by 1 point. under the effects of a hunger frenzy, a vampire receives
a +1 bonus to all Physical attack test pools, but suffers a
Frenzy -2 penalty to all Physical defense test pools.
While under the effects of frenzy, a character may take any
sort of action or challenge as per usual (Physical, Social, Fear Frenzy: You run away from anyone and anything
or Mental) but all of the characters actions must be bent that has the potential to harm you or acts aggressively
towards the motivation of her frenzy. You may use Auspex towards you. You can only attack if you are cornered,
to find new victims, Dread Gaze to force your enemy to flee, and even then you will abandon the fight and run as
or Obfuscate to hide from a terrifying foe. soon as you have an opportunity. Fear frenzy ends when
you escape threats and find a quiet place to hide for 10
The Beast is simple but not stupid. A frenzying character minutes.
will not ignore her own preservation. For example, if you
light a frenzying character on fire, she may choose to pause Resisting Frenzy
and extinguish the flames before continuing. To resist frenzy, you must make a Mental + Willpower
challenge. The difficulty rating is 10 + the number of Beast
Rage Frenzy: You attack the thing that made you angry traits the character currently possesses. A vampire can spend
and will continue to fight until it is unconscious (or in a point of Willpower to avoid the effect of frenzy for a scene,
torpor). If your target escapes, you will spend 3 turns or three turns if in combat. A vampire who has no current
venting your rage on your surroundings before the rage Beast traits will automatically resist frenzy.

BEAST MUST RESIST FRENZY
TRAITS UNDER THESE CONDITIONS Losing Humanity
A vampire loses Humanity when her Beast becomes too
0 Automatically resists all types of frenzy strong to fight and she loses some of her control. Once
the vampire acquires 5 Beast traits, she suffers the loss of a
1 Hit by a single blow that inflicts 4 or dot of permanent Humanity. Each additional 5 Beast traits
more points of damage (rage frenzy); claims an additional permanent point of Humanity. At zero
Blood pool reaches 0 (hunger frenzy); Humanity, the Beast has taken over, and no vestige of the
Engulfed by a large fire (fear frenzy); human personality or spirit remains. The character becomes
Fully exposed to bright sunlight (fear an NPC, and will be controlled by the Storyteller.
frenzy)
Effects of Low Humanity
2 Hit by a single blow that inflicts 3 or If your characters Humanity drops below 5, she suffers the
more points of damage (rage frenzy); following penalties:
Blood pool is reduced to a third of
maximum (hunger frenzy); Damaged
by fire or sunlight (fear frenzy) HUMANITY EFFECTS
3 Hit by a single blow that inflicts 2 or 4 Appears slightly inhumane; the cost
more points of damage (rage frenzy); to take on a semblance of humanity is
Blood pool is reduced to half of doubled (2 Blood per scene)
maximum (hunger frenzy); Three feet
or closer to sunlight or a source of fire 3 All test pools are reduced by half during
larger than a torch (fear frenzy) the daytime
4 Takes any damage (rage frenzy); Blood 2 Appears very inhumane; The difficulty
pool is reduced below maximum to resist all frenzies is increased by 5
(hunger frenzy); Sees or smells mortals
or their blood (hunger frenzy); Sees 1 Cannot wake during the daytime; Does
sunlight or a source of fire larger than a not automatically wake from sleep
cigarette lighter (fear frenzy) when damaged
5 Any of the above triggers 0 Enters wassail, a permanent state of

frenzy
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Skill Descriptions Crafts: You are artistically talented, and have the training
or experience needed to create art or build items. You can
create beautiful and expensive objects. When you choose
Academics: You possess a level of scholarship and general the Crafts skill, you must choose a specific field of study,
knowledge beyond primary schooling. This skill reflects the such as clockwork, blacksmithing, calligraphy, poetry, or
fact that the character has received an in-depth education. anything appropriate. Note that some artistic fields are
With Academics, you can express artistic criticism, comment better represented under the Performance skill. You may buy
on the classics, discuss philosophy, and indulge in cultural this skill multiple times, each with a different field of study.
debate. A player may further focus the characters education
by choosing a field of study for each dot purchased, such Dodge: When trouble rears its ugly head, you know how to
as mathematics, literature, history, journalism, theology, or get out of its way. Quick reactions let you evade blows and
anything appropriate to a classical education. shots, preventing injury. You can use Dodge to attempt to
evade an attack that youre aware of, such as diving for cover
Animal Ken: You know how to handle animals, and you as someone fires a gun or twisting away from a sword.
understand their behavior. You know how to calm an
animal, care for it, and train it to perform certain tricks Drive: Most people can drive, but you have the knowledge
or obey commands. You also know how to panic or enrage and training necessary to perform difficult and dangerous
an animal, when necessary. The Animal Ken skill also actions while behind the wheel of a vehicle. The first dot
makes hunting animals much easier, allowing a vampire of the Drive skill gives you competency driving cars. For
to temporarily hide the predatory aura of the Beast long each additional dot, you are considered competent driving
enough to close in on unwitting prey. another vehicle in the following categories: carriages,
chariots, motorcycles, sail boats, motor boats, large ships,
Athletics: You have a knack for athletic endeavors. You fixed-wing planes, airliners, or helicopters. You may choose
are good at sports and have often participated in physical other categories, if approved by your Storyteller.
competitions. This skill is useful when attempting physical
activities or sports, when fighting with thrown weapons, or Empathy: A character trained in Empathy tends to be
when using a bow. educated in fields such as psychology, anthropology, or other
aspects of human interaction and culture. Such characters
Awareness: Your senses are keen, and you are trained to are sensitive to the moods, emotions, and motives of
notice unusual things in your environment. You also have other people, and can identify when someone has mental
visceral reactions to the presence of the supernatural, problems, psychological weaknesses, or buried issues.
such as a headache or a strange feeling in the pit of your
stomach. A character with the Awareness skill may Firearms: You have been trained to handle a wide variety of
attempt to notice nearby Mental and Social attacks even firearms, from holdout pistols to heavy machine guns. You
if the attacker succeeds on her test. If you are looking at can clean, repair, recognize, and accurately fire most forms
someone who successfully uses a power, you may make an of simple modern weaponry.
opposed challenge using your Mental attribute +Awareness
versus the targets Mental attribute + Willpower or Mental Intimidation: Youre good at being fearsome, and have often
attribute + Subterfuge (targets choice) to determine if your used this talent to terrify others or cow them to your will.
character understands what happened. Your tactics might be based on your physical size, fighting
prowess, reputation, or just knowing how to push someones
Brawl: You have been trained to fight, and know how to use buttons and play on her fears.
your body in hand-to-hand combat. You might have military
training, you might have been trained in the martial arts, or Investigation: It takes a great deal of training to be a good
maybe you grew up with a lot of rough-and-tumble siblings. investigator. You have that education and the experience
Whatever the case, you know how to dish out damage with to use it. You notice subtleties and can connect disparate
your fists and feet. pieces of information. With effort, you can set a jumbled
mass of data into patterns, discovering clues that others
Computers: You have the knowledge required to operate and would have overlooked.
program computers, including mobile devices. In addition,
you have a fundamental understanding of the internet,
including website management, data-mining, and hacking.

Leadership: Leadership is a combination of authority, choose the Science skill you must choose a specific field
strategic thinking, and the understanding of team dynamics. of study: biology, chemistry, physics, metallurgy, electrical
It combines the ability to motivate people with the engineering, mathematics, geology and botany are all
resourcefulness to draft a successful plan. Even when you possibilities, though such a list is far from comprehensive.
are among strangers, you can command attention and gain You may buy this skill multiple times, each with a different
respect. field of study.
Linguistics: Most people have a fluent command of one Security: You may have been a dedicated security consultant
language: their native tongue. Each dot of the Linguistics skill or an incorrigible thief. No matter which side of the law you
allows your character to be fluent in an additional language. operated on, you learned a great deal about modern security
techniques. You understand both the ins and outs of the
Lore: Most vampires understand their powers and know technology and the structure of security organizations, and
enough about vampiric society to get by. To know more know how best to circumnavigate both. With a little time
about the supernatural world, a character must collect and effort, you can design comprehensive security protocols
and study Lore. With several dots in Lore, the character for a location or, conversely, defeat such measures.
is familiar with centuries of legends and understands the
minute details of vampire existence. Stealth: It takes a great deal of physical training to move
silently, and a tremendous amount of mental dedication to
Medicine: You have a trained knowledge of human anatomy, remain unnoticed when others are attempting to find you.
including knowledge of medicines and the ability to treat You know how to take advantage of surrounding cover, how
wounds or diagnose diseases. to act nonchalant, and you understand the uses of timing
and diversion. By taking the appropriate precautions and
Melee: You are a dangerous combatant, especially when you using your natural skill, you can blend into the crowd and
are armed with any sort of weaponry. Melee represents your remain unnoticed even without supernatural powers.
ability to use non-ranged weapons of all forms, from swords
and spears, to esoteric martial-arts weaponry such as sai or Streetwise: Youre a savvy individual, completely capable
nunchaku. This skill also includes training with vampire- of taking care of yourself no matter how difficult the
related weaponry, such as wooden stakes. circumstances. The streets and the underbelly of urban areas
hold no danger for you, and you know the local criminal
Occult: You are familiar with occult topics such as mystic organizations and how to contactor avoidthem. You
philosophy, superstition, or folklore. Occult includes can recognize tagging and other territorial markers, and you
knowledge of many traditions such as Jewish Kabbalah, know the signs, colors and accoutrements that are used as
primitive shamanism, New Age beliefs, or psychic research, identification by those who make their homes in those areas.
but is always appropriate to mystic studies. It does not imply
a command of hard facts, but basic knowledge of rumor, Subterfuge: Lies, bluffs, and subtle games of manipulation
myth, legend, and hearsay. are the purview of those who have studied the art of
Subterfuge. An individual trained in this skill is capable of
Performance: You have been trained in physical hiding her intentions and redirecting the attention of others
performance, and are comfortable entertaining a crowd. in order to deceive them. You may be at your best with feats
This skill represents your talent and technical ability, as of magical misdirection, or you may be a con artist, making
well as the ability to enthrall an audience and keep them money playing three-card-Monte on the streets. You may
wanting more. When you choose the Performance skill, you use phraseology to confuse your listener, or you might be
must choose a specific field of study such as dance, comedy, the sort to utilize small feats of hypnotism to confuse and
acting, oratory, singing, or anything appropriate to the distract. Like the old hucksters used to say, theres a sucker
dramatic arts. You may buy this skill multiple times, each born every minute.
with a different field of study.
Survival: You know the ways of the wilderness and you
Science: The modern Information Age allows for all manner feel at home in untamed environments. You know how
of studies. By categorizing and breaking down the world to navigate a variety of terrains, find shelter, and survive
into many different forms, the methods of logic and reason in a different of habitats. You can control your responses
give sentient beings the means to understand the universe, and act with temperance and composure, having suffered
or at least small pieces of it. Education in Science covers numerous hardships with ease. Your survival instincts are
techniques of inquiry, modern studies, and a broad range of rarely ignored, even under the direst provocation.
underpinning work in a diverse range of fields. When you
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Discipline Descriptions
Note that these are simplified descriptions of the innate
success. Additionally, when dodging, you receive a +5 bonus
to your test pool for the purpose of comparing attributes
to determine if your attacker has achieved an exceptional
disciplines of two clans: the Brujah and the Ventrue. Brujah success.
in-clan disciplines are Celerity, Potence, and Presence. Ventrue
in-clan disciplines are Dominate, Fortitude, and Presence. Rapidity
The full descriptions of these powers and a comprehensive You can move faster than humanly possible. Before a normal
list of all disciplines can be found in the complete rulebook. human can move or breathe, you are already acting a second
time.
Celerity System: When you activate Celerity, you gain an extra

Vampires are described in myth as having preternatural round of actions (one simple action and one standard
speed and reflexes. Celerity is the discipline of extraordinary action). Resolve these actions on the first Celerity round.
speed and precision. When in need, a vampire can expend
blood to fuel her actions, moving with startling quickness. Legerity
Each dot of Celerity represents an additional increase in At this speed, you can move faster than the human eye can
physical speed, and each dot stacks with all mechanical track clearly. You are a blur to those without this power, and
bonuses granted by other dots of this discipline. If a character your incredible speed allows for plenty of time to focus, aim,
has Rapidity (Celerity ), she has the bonuses granted by and fire.
Rapidity, and also the bonuses granted by Alacrity (Celerity
) and Swiftness (Celerity ), which she must purchase in System: All of your Dodge-based defensive test pools receive
order to buy Rapidity. a +2 wild card bonus while Celerity is active. This bonus
stacks with the +2 Dodge bonuses granted by the Dexterity
Remember that a character may take only Physical actions attribute focus. Additionally, when you score an exceptional
during a Celerity round. Therefore, she may move, attack, success with a mundane ranged attack (one not related to
or activate a Physical power, but cannot engage in any any supernatural discipline) while Celerity is active, your
Mental or Social challenges. character inflicts 2 additional points of damage instead of
the standard 1 additional point.
Activating Celerity
A character must spend 1 Blood point to activate Celerity Fleetness
for the turn. That expenditure activates all Celerity powers You can become a whirlwind of velocity, moving with
that the character possesses. Activating Celerity doesnt preternatural speed. Your attacks are a blur of constant
require an action, and can be done at any time (even before motion. You flit back and forth, appearing almost to blink in
your turn in the initiative order). and out of focus as you fight.
Focus [Dexterity]: Anytime you activate Celerity, your System: When you activate Celerity, you gain an extra
character gains +2 to Dodge-based defensive test pools. round of actions (one simple action and one standard
action). Resolve these actions on the second Celerity round.
Alacrity
You are capable of an incredibly fast response time. By
activating Alacrity, you have the ability to make incredibly Dominate
rapid movements, increasing both reaction speed and reflexes. There are many legends describing a vampires ability to
put people under her mental influence. Practitioners of
System: When you spend Blood to activate Celerity, your Dominate can bend minds, implant suggestions, and even
initiative increases by the sum of all of the Celerity powers control another persons actions.
you possess.
To use Dominate, the vampire must first capture her victims
Swiftness attention (see Gaze & Focus, page 13). The Dominate user
Your body responds so quickly that the world around you then issues verbal orders or communicates through simple,
seems to slow down. You can use this extra time to draw a obvious hand gestures. The target cant comply if she cant
bead, increasing your accuracy with ranged weapons. understand the vampires commands.
System: When making a ranged attack, you gain a +5 bonus Dominate cannot force a target to do something directly
to determine whether or not the attack scores an exceptional self-destructive. Commands such as shoot yourself in

the foot will automatically fail. However, the Dominate Brujah clan meeting, and bring those notes to me
user can issue orders that are not harmful, but might lead afterwards). Mesmerism directions must be spoken aloud,
to a dangerous situation. For example, A character could and the target must understand your instructions.
Dominate someone to shoot at a group of police officers.
This action would almost certainly lead to trouble, and Unlike Command, a Mesmerism does not need to be an
possibly get the target harmed, but it is not directly self- immediate action. The instructions can reside in a targets
destructive. mind, untriggered, for up to one month. An individual can
only have one active Mesmerism from a given Dominate
Dominate Test Pool: The Dominate wielder uses her user. If you attempt to implant a new Mesmerism order,
Mental attribute + Intimidation versus the targets Mental the new application erases your earlier instruction. If two
attribute + Willpower. mesmerists implant conflicting orders in a target, the victim
will follow the newer Mesmerism first. The victim will
Command perform those tasks until completed (or for an hour). Once
With a word or a gesture, you can exert your will upon that Mesmerism has ended, the subject will attempt to fulfill
an individual and force her to obey. A single word, even the older Mesmerism.
one embedded in a sentence, can become an imperative
command. Some vampires use this power subtly, while Mesmerism cannot rob your target of the ability to defend
others revel in publicly forcing others to submit. herself. A character forced to count loudly to one million
can still dodge, run away, or even attack, so long as she
System: To Command an individual, expend a standard keeps counting. However, she probably could not effectively
action and speak a simple one-word order (or give a brief hide while calling out numbers.
gesture) to a target. If you are successful, your character
forces the target to obey her will. The Command must be System: To implant a Mesmerism, you must first gain your
immediate; the subject will spend her next turn (but only targets focus (see Gaze & Focus, page 13). Then, expend a
one turn) attempting to obey your order. Such dictates must standard action, speak the instructions of the Mesmerism,
be clear and straightforward: run, agree, fall, yawn, jump, and make an opposed challenge against your target. If you
laugh, stop, go, scream, or follow are good examples. A are successful, the Mesmerismexactly as you stated it
Command may be part of a sentence in order to conceal has been implanted. Note that a Mesmerism will always
the powers use, such as by saying, Im afraid I must ask you break if the subject realizes performing these actions will
to leave this house at once! If a Command is confusing lead to direct harm.
or ambiguous, the subject may respond with less accuracy,
or perform her task poorly, as she struggles to understand Once the Mesmerism has been triggered (whether
whats been asked of her. immediate or delayed), the target will attempt to carry out
her instructions until the activity is reasonably complete, or
Exceptional Success: The target does not realize that for one hour, whichever comes first. This subliminal order
shes been Dominated. Mortals will simply rationalize may lay dormant in the targets mind for up to one month,
away any strange behavior. A supernatural creature will be after which the compulsion fades and the Mesmerism ends.
momentarily confused, and will not realize shes been forced Mesmerisms cannot string together multiple unrelated
to act against her will for a period of three turns after the actions (sing a song, slap your friend, and hand me your
Command ends. car keys), though you may imply more than one action in
a single command, such as, Show me where your ghoul
Focus [Intelligence]: An individual who has been lives. In this case, the recipient will likely lead you to the
successfully given a Command must follow your order for location (which could require leaving the building, getting
three turns (instead of one). into a car, and driving there).
Mesmerism Mesmerism cannot be used to prevent a character from

Through the use of this power, a vampire acquires a near- using a discipline, although it can be used to prevent a
spellbinding command of her mental facilities. This power victim from acting in certain ways. For example, you cannot
implants a subliminal trigger in the targets mind. This use Dominate with the command Stop using Celerity,
trigger will activate only under specified circumstances, although you can Mesmerize a target by saying Stop
and forces the target to perform certain pre-programmed attacking me.
actions when those conditions occur. The Mesmerism user
may dictate anything from simple directives (hand me In all cases, your Storyteller is the final arbiter of what is or
your car keys) to complex ones (take detailed notes at the is not appropriate for a Mesmerism.
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Exceptional Success: When the target fulfills the A character can also use Forgetful Mind to detect false or
Mesmerism (or when the duration of the power ends), your missing memories and (under the correct circumstances)
victim will not remember following your instructions. She restore them. Restoring lost or altered memories is difficult,
will remember all actions she took of her own free will, but and takes a great deal of patience and dedication. If
will not recall what she was forced to do by your Mesmerism. another character attempts to restore the subjects altered
memory, she must first tell the subjects Storyteller how
Focus [Intelligence]: Your Mesmerisms may remain many powers of Dominate she possesses (including elder
dormant in your targets mind for up to three months powers but not techniques). If she has fewer powers than
instead of one month, and the effects, once triggered, will you, then she is incapable of overpowering your Dominate
last for up to two hours rather than one. enough to even make an attempt to restore the original
memory. If she has equal or more powers, she may make an
Forgetful Mind opposed Mental challenge against the highest Dominate
Your skill with mental manipulation gives you the power pool you have applied to that subject. If she is successful,
to modify and shape the memories of other individuals. all memories altered by that Dominate user are restored to
By holding your targets attention and speaking to her the subject. This process requires one downtime action to
clearly, you can place her in a hypnotic state. While she is be spent by both the subject and the individual restoring
somnambulant, you may ask questions, cause her to describe the memories.
something she has experienced, or alter or overwrite her
memory of an event. A vampire cannot use Forgetful Mind to alter or restore her
own memories.
Its a relatively simple matter to rifle through a victims
psyche and erase swaths of memory, but unless you offer Exceptional Success: When you score an exceptional
something in its place, the deletion will leave a blank spot success, your character is considered to have 1 more dot of
in the victims recollection. The Dominate user can instead Dominate for the purposes of determining whether or not
create false memories, describing a plausible story for the this application of Forgetful Mind can be undone by other
victims subconscious to absorb. The user of this power characters in the future or for determining if you can undo
can tell the target to incorporate new information into alterations to your targets memories.
(or remove details from) her original memory. The target
will do so seamlessly, justifying the information within the Focus [Wits]: You may alter up to one hour of the targets
context of her overall remembrance. Unless someone else memory with a single application of Forgetful Mind
points out critical paradoxes in the memory, the target will (rather than 10 minutes).
rationalize away any contradictions.
Conditioning
Forgetful Mind does not grant the user any telepathic It takes little effort to control an individuals actions for a
ability to see an event in the targets mind. The events brief moment, or to twist her memories of a few minutes
are remembered from the subjects point of view, and are time. You are capable of far more insidious feats. By taking
verbally described to the best of the subjects ability. If the your time and applying a more dedicated amount of effort,
subject does not know a detail about the event, then she you can permanently alter a portion of your subjects
cannot describe that detail under Forgetful Mind. personality, adding habits or removing them. This takes
a significant amount of exertion, but once accomplished,
System: To activate Forgetful Mind, expend a standard you will have reshaped your target into something more
action and make an opposed challenge. If you are amenable to your purposes.
successful, your target enters a trance while the user of this
power offers details to alter, erase, or completely overwrite System: Through sustained exertion and focus, you can
the targets memory. If the target is threatened in any way, implant a semi-permanent Mesmerism (as per the above
she will snap out of this trance, ending the application Dominate power) deep in your subjects mind. Conditioning
of Forgetful Mind. Therefore, you may not use Forgetful a target takes three hours of diligent and uninterrupted
Mind in combat. focus, during which time your subject must be conscious
and aware. The target may be restrained, but she cannot
A successful use of Forgetful Mind allows you to erase or be unconscious, drugged, or otherwise unaware. Once your
alter up to 10 minutes of memory. A more substantial period character has completed this prerequisite, make an opposed
of time may be altered (in 10-minute increments) with challenge against the subject. If successful, you implant a
repeated application of this power. Mesmerism that can be triggered repeatedly.
A Conditioned character acts normally, with no alterations System: To use Possession, you must expend your standard
of her standard behavior, until such time as her Conditioning action to stare into the eyes of a mortal; this power will
is triggered. Once activated, the target must fulfill the not work on blind subjects, subjects who cannot see your
behaviors demanded by the Conditioning (or attempt to eyes, or supernatural creatures. Make an opposed challenge
for one hour, whichever comes first). Just like Command or against the person you intend to Possess. If successful,
Mesmerism, a Conditioning compulsion will automatically your consciousness is transferred into the targets body,
break if the target realizes that performing these actions and her mind is rendered into a fugue-like state. Because
will lead to direct harm. When this happens, the current your characters mind is focused entirely on controlling
compulsion to act will cease, but the Conditioning itself the body she has inhabited, the vampire has no innate
will remain (and can be triggered again in the future, as per sense of anything occurring to her native physical form.
normal). The characters original body falls into a torpid state and
can neither defend itself nor act on its own (although your
A successful compulsion implanted with Conditioning is body does have access to any Fortitude you possess while
permanent until broken by the subject; it cannot be removed your consciousness is absent). While in Possession, you
or overwritten. A mortal who goes one year without having always know the location of your real body, although you
her Conditioning triggered may make an opposed challenge cannot perceive its surroundings. A character cannot use
(Mental + Willpower versus your Mental + Intimidation). supernatural powers while in Possession.
If successful, the target breaks the Conditioning. If she fails,
the target must wait another year before she can attempt While in Possession, a character uses her own Mental
to break the Conditioning a second time, and another year attributes and focuses, Social attributes and focuses, skills,
after that before she can try a third time. Supernatural and backgrounds. A character using Possession has a
characters may attempt to break their Conditioning if they Physical attribute of 5 and no Physical attribute focus. If
avoid having the compulsion triggered for three months. If the character uses Possession on a particularly strong or
the victim fails that opposed challenge, then she must wait weak mortal, the Storyteller may choose to assign a Physical
another three months before making another attempt, and attribute between 2 and 8 (instead of the standard 5).
so forth.
Possession lasts until the next sunrise, or until you spend a
A characters Conditioning cannot be triggered more than simple action for your character to return to her native body.
once per hour. The compulsion placed by Conditioning does Possession ends immediately if the character travels more
not count towards a characters Mesmerism limit; a target than 10 miles away from her native body, if the characters
may be the victim of your Mesmerism and Conditioning native body takes 1 point of damage, or if the body shes
powers at the same time. However, even as you can only possessing takes damage.
implant one Mesmerism at a time on your target, you can
also only implant one Conditioning compulsion at a time. Exceptional Success: If you achieve an exceptional success,
A subject may have multiple Conditioning compulsions, your characters mind can maintain control of the possessed
provided each one comes from a different user of Dominate. form for up to three days without further challenges.
Possession will end after the third sunrise, instead of the
Focus: [Intelligence]: If you are Intelligence-focused, first. Note that your Possession will still end if the character
a mortal target must avoid having her Conditioning travels more than 10 miles away from her native body, if the
triggered for three years before making an attempt to characters native body takes damage, or if the body shes
break that Conditioning (instead of the standard one Possessing takes damage.
year). Supernatural creatures must go six months without
having the Mesmerism triggered before attempting to Focus [Wits]: You can use the first 2 dots of your Mental
break it (instead of the standard three months). and Social in-clan disciplines while possessing. Before
possessing a mortal, you may feed her up to 5 Blood points,
Possession which you may later use to fuel these in-clan disciplines.
The strength of your will is such that you can dominate While possessing, you can only spend 1 Blood a turn.
another individuals psyche, controlling her thoughts and Vampires with this focus who have Dominate in-clan
actions and completely taking over your targets physical can activate Possession while in Possession, transferring
form. You cannot access the victims thoughts or memories directly from one subject body to another. Each new
while in this state; her mind is suppressed, as though deep use of Possession requires a standard action, eye-to-eye
in sleep, and she knows nothing of your activities. While contact, and a successful opposed challenge, as per the
you are in command of the subjects body, you can take any standard use of this power.
physical action she is capable of performing.

Resistance
Fortitude You can endure horrific punishment, resisting even the most
Vampires are supernaturally resilient. Their bodies change serious wounds and continue fighting. This is an impressive
with the Embrace and can survive blows, slashes, bullet feat of endurance, clearly above and beyond mortal ability.
wounds, and falls much more readily than mortal physiology.
Vampiric blood has healing properties, knitting together System: Each time your character takes aggravated damage,
flesh and bone with the merest effort of conscious thought. you may convert 1 point of that aggravated damage into
normal damage. You can use this power in conjunction
Each dot of Fortitude represents an additional increase to with other powers that convert wounds. This power stacks
a characters physical resilience, and each dot stacks with with Mettle, allowing you to convert 2 points of aggravated
all other mechanical bonuses granted by other dots of this damage from each attack into normal damage. It further
discipline. If your character has Resilience (Fortitude ) stacks with Resilience, allowing you to then ignore 1 of
she also has the bonuses granted by Endurance (Fortitude ) those points of normal damage.
and Mettle (Fortitude ), which she must possess to reach
Resilience. Aegis
Your body seems as hard as iron, and as resistant to pain as
Fortitude powers are always active, and do not cost Blood to steel itself. Only persistent and monumental force can truly
activate. There is no standardized Fortitude test pool. cause you harm.
Focus [Stamina]: Stamina-focused characters gain 1 System: Each time your character takes damage, you may
additional health level in each wound category when they ignore 1 point of normal damage. You can combine this effect
first purchase Fortitude. Such a character has 4 Healthy with Resilience in order to ignore 2 points of normal damage
wound levels, 4 Injured wound levels, and 4 Incapacitated per attack. You can also use this power in conjunction with
wound levels. powers that turn aggravated wounds into normal wounds.
Endurance
You are beyond pain or fatigue, ignoring such hardships. Potence
Your body simply does not feel such minor inconveniences. Practitioners of the Potence discipline have tapped into the
primal quality of their blood in order to gain superhuman
System: You can easily ignore pain. Your character is strength. The inhuman might of Potence is incredible and
immune to torture and doesnt suffer wound penalties. clearly supernatural. With this discipline, a vampire can
easily break bones or shatter stone. Armor is meaningless
Mettle to her, as are obstacles. Anything in her way will simply be
Your body can take more damage than others, suffering demolished or hurled aside.
only light injuries, even under circumstances that should do
serious harm. Each dot of Potence represents an additional increase to
a characters physical strength, and each dot stacks with
System: Each time your character takes aggravated damage, all other mechanical bonuses granted by other dots of this
you may convert 1 point of aggravated damage to normal discipline. If your character has Vigor (Potence), she
damage. also has the bonuses granted by Prowess (Potence) and
Might (Potence ), which she must possess to reach Vigor.
Resilience
Wounds that would slow or maim other vampires mean Potence powers are always active, and do not require Blood
nothing to you. You can shrug off such detrimental injuries. to activate. The Potence powers cannot be used outside of
hand-to-hand and melee combat range.
System: Each time your character takes damage, you may
ignore 1 point of normal damage. You can use this power Focus [Strength]: Strength-focused characters who have
in conjunction with other powers that convert aggravated at least 1 dot of Potence add +2 to all Brawl and Melee
wounds into normal wounds. You can use Mettle to attack test pools.
downgrade a point of aggravated damage into normal
damage; then, you can use Resilience to ignore that point Prowess
of normal damage. Your blows achieve remarkable concussion, smashing
through protective gear and shattering mortal bones with
a single strike.
System: Your characters Brawl and Melee attacks are Normal Success: Your character inflicts 3 points of damage
armor-piercing. You ignore your opponents armor bonuses. at this level of Potence.
Might Exceptional Success: Your character inflicts 5 points of

Your strength is clearly supernatural. You attack with mighty damage, rather than 4 points. This amount reflects the
force, overwhelming your enemies with incredible blows. bonus from Intensity.
System: When you succeed making a Brawl or Melee attack,

your character automatically inflicts 2 points of damage. Presence
The beauty and elegance of vampires has inspired
Normal Success: Your character inflicts 2 points of damage generations of mortals to write poetry, songs, and stories,
at this level of Potence. each struggling to relate the magnificence of these seductive
undead. A vampires natural aura of command, intimidation,
Exceptional Success: Your character inflicts 3 points of or sensuality draws the attention like nothing else, and
damage. practitioners of the Presence discipline can inspire or terrify,
seduce or bring about tremendous despair as they withdraw
Vigor their attention from an unfortunate paramour.
With such monumental brawn, you can heft hundreds of
pounds with ease, wielding enough power to crush metal This discipline sways the emotions. Presence doesnt alter
support beams or knock over brick walls. thought processes or change a subjects personality; it simply
enflames the targets affections and sentiments, compelling
System: When making a Brawl or Melee attack, you gain a her with newborn emotions. Presence targets dont lose
+5 bonus to determine whether or not the attack achieves their sanity, nor are they prone to believe ridiculous things
an exceptional success. simply because the vampire said it was true. Still, inspiration,
eloquence, or gifts of wealth or power, when used in
Intensity combination with this discipline, can earn permanent
This level of strength allows you to tow cars short distances, conversions to the vampires cause.
mangling iron and steel with ease. Your strikes deliver
titanic damage to enemies unfortunate enough to stand in Presence Test Pool: A Presence wielder uses her Social
your way. attribute + Leadership versus the targets Social attribute
+ Willpower.
System: Any time you achieve an exceptional success with a
Brawl or Melee attack, your character automatically inflicts Awe
2 additional points of damage, rather than the standard 1 You get noticed, even in the busiest room. Your beauty
additional point she would normally inflict when she scores and charisma draw the attention of others like moths to a
an exceptional success. flame. Even those who do not agree with your cause or your
purposes will stop and listen, willing for a moment to give
Normal Success: Your character inflicts 2 point of damage you the benefit of the doubt.
at this level of Potence.
System: To activate Awe, spend 1 Blood point and expend
Exceptional Success: Your character inflicts 4 points of a standard action. For the remainder of the scene, you seem
damage, rather than the standard 3, when she scores an larger than life, more impressive than usual, and everyone
exceptional success. within conversational distance will pay attention to you and
will feel a strong desire to be near you. Characters affected
Puissance by Awe are not compelled to like, trust, or stop attacking
The strength you can muster is monumental, leveling you, but they must pay attention to you. A target affected by
phenomenal amounts of force with each blow. Such power Awe is automatically considered to be focused on you (see
is beyond supernatural; it is the stuff of legend. Gaze & Focus, page 13).
System: When you succeed making a Brawl or Melee attack, Characters may ignore all uses of Awe for one hour, even if
your character automatically inflicts 3 points of damage. they come from multiple individuals, by spending a point of
This amount includes the extra damage granted by Might. Willpower.
Note that Intensity still adds an additional point of damage,
but only when you achieve an exceptional success.

Focus [Appearance]: Characters who wish to overcome to you, rationalizing any disdain or negative feelings she had
your Awe must spend 2 Willpower, rather than 1, to for you before you used this power. While the target is not
ignore your Awe for the next hour. No matter how your slave and will not blindly obey your commands, the
many characters in the area have this focus, expending 2 subject admires you greatly and is willing to work toward
Willpower will ignore all focused uses of Awe. your goals, within reason. Both during the effects and after
this power fades, the subject will rationalize the effect of
Dread Gaze Entrancement. Others, watching the Entranced individual,
A vampires Beast is a terrifying thing, feral and predatory. may see more clearly that she is under the sway of your
Using Dread Gaze allows the Beast to surface, focusing its emotional controlbut it will be difficult to convince the
rage on another individual. A vampires bloodthirsty nature Entranced individual that such is true.
is apparent in her features as the Beast hisses or roars in dark,
primal wrath. Those targeted by this fearsome power often Entranced characters cannot bring themselves to harm you,
quail before it, fleeing in terror from the fury of the Beast. physically or politically, and will generally be as nice to you
as reasonably possible. Entrancement is not mind control,
System: Expend a standard action as your character and characters youve Entranced are not obligated to follow
bares her fangs and hisses or roars at her target, and then your instructions to the letter. They will generally try to
make an opposed challenge against your target. If you are make you happy, and they will take your side in arguments
successful, she is overcome by fear. She will not willingly or conflicts, so long as they are not put in danger by doing
come within five steps of you for the next five minutes, so. An Entranced character will not blood bind herself to
and actively seeks to avoid your presence and your anger. you or risk her life to defend you, but she will lend assistance
A character who has been affected by your Dread Gaze will as long as the situation isnt dangerous.
not attack you unless she has no other option. If forced
into a confined place with you, the victim may fight you If you attack someone youve Entranced, this powers effect
in order to escape, but will move away and stop fighting at ends immediately.
the earliest opportunity.
Exceptional Success: If you achieve an exceptional success,
Exceptional Success: For the rest of the evening, if you the target of your Entrancement suffers a -3 penalty to resist
make any aggressive movement towards the individual who or overcome your other Presence powers for the duration
has been subjected to your successful Dread Gaze, this power of this effect. This benefit applies to all powers of Presence,
will re-exert itself, and your victim will be forced to back including elder powers and Presence-based techniques.
away, suffering the effect of Dread Gaze for another five
minutes. Focus [Appearance]: When you use Entrancement
successfully, the effects last for three hours instead of one.
Focus [Manipulation]: You can expose the fury of your
Beast without revealing your vampiric nature. Instead of Summon
bearing your fangs and hissing, you glare at your target. Your powers of persuasion are so strong that you can
Your eyes seem bright and piercing, brows knitted and mystically compel others to come when you beckon, even if
features writ in anger; your motions are predatorybut they are miles away. The mere memory of your beauty and
your visage is not a breach of the Masquerade. Observers inspiring personality haunts them, and they feel the soft,
will notice that you appear aggressive toward your insistent call of your spirit summoning them to your side.
opponent, but they will have no reason to think you are
a vampire. System: To Summon another individual, spend 1 point
of Blood and expend a standard action. Make an opposed
Entrancement challenge against a familiar target. Once you have begun a
A gentle smile can sway the hardest heart. You are the Summons, you cannot leave the area where you initiated
highlight of the gathering, a star in a cloudy sky, the sole the power, or the Summons will immediately end. If you
recipient of attention. Few others can match your beauty succeed, the target of your Summons automatically realizes
and poise, and those who are lucky enough to gain your she has been affected by the use of a power, as well as the
attention will do anything to keep it. identity of the individual performing the Summons, and
the location where she is to meet with you. A summoned
System: To activate Entrancement, spend 1 Blood, expend target will come as quickly and directly as possible, but
a standard action and make an opposed challenge against she also retains her survival instincts. The target will not
your target. If successful, you bend your targets emotions walk off a cliff or enter a situation that she realizes may
and capture her heart. She becomes immediately receptive be an ambush.
If it is not possible for a character to present herself to you System: Spend 1 Blood and expend a standard action to
physically without entering a dangerous situation, the target activate Majesty. Majesty manifests as a domineering
must come as close as possible and contact you in some other emotional presence, amplifying your characters nature.
way, such as via a phone call, forcing a human to deliver a While this power is active, others cannot show you
note, or sending an animal messenger. If the target is not disrespect, and while they may disagree with you, they must
aware of an overt risk to her safety, she will respond to do so with utmost courtesy.
your Summon in person, even if you have sinister plans.
Supernatural creatures travel as far as possible until they Anyone who wishes to attack or be rude to your character
reach you or until the next sunrise, whichever comes first. must make an opposed challenge, using her Social attribute
+ Willpower versus your Social attribute + Leadership. If
Exceptional Success: The target of your Summons doesnt the aggressor fails this challenge, she cannot make another
know the power has been used, and therefore also cannot attempt against your Majesty for at least 10 minutes. She
sense the identity of the individual summoning her. She will becomes trapped in the effects of your Majesty and will
move to present herself at your location without realizing continue to treat you with respect and courtesy even if
whyor where shes headed. Your Summon still ends if the she leaves your locale. After 10 minutes have passed, the
target cant approach you without walking into an obviously aggressor may again attempt to break your Majesty. This
dangerous situation. effect also applies to powers that dont directly target the
Majesty user, but instead target the area encompassing the
Focus [Manipulation]: You can Summon your Retainers, Majesty user. If a character wishes to engulf a room in fire,
ghouls, and individuals who are blood bound to you and one of the characters in the radius has Majesty active,
without expending Blood or a standard action. You can the aggressor must test against that Majesty to do so.
use this aspect of Summon even when you are staked or
in torpor. This is an exception to the rule that prevents If you attack an individual affected by your Majesty, or if you
powers from being used while staked or in torpor. use a power on such an individual, your Majesty immediately
breaks for that person. She is rendered immune to your
Majesty Majesty for the next hour and can treat you as she would
You have mastered the ability to channel your vampiric Beasts normally, even attacking you, as she sees fit. This breaking
emotions, focusing its rage into a dark, regal bearing that seems of Majesty only affects the specific individual; others in the
almost palpable. The force of your personality causes meeker area who are affected by your Majesty are not freed simply by
hearts to quail and fearful individuals to bow or grovel before you witnessing your aggression toward their friend.
as you demand their respect. Hearts break and even the most
stalwart tremble as you pass, overwhelmed by the authority and Focus [Appearance]: While your Majesty is active, you
sovereignty of your countenance. You take on the aspect and ignore the Majesty of other characters.
mien of ancient rulers, expressed however is appropriatebe it
through intimidation and command, worshipful subservience,
sexual magnetism, or purity and grace.

Merit Descriptions Code of Honor (2 point merit)
You adhere to a personal code of ethics. The specifics of this
code must have restrictions as well as ideals. Restrictions
The following merits are General Merits. They may be might include I cannot allow a woman to be injured, I
purchased by all vampires, regardless of clan or bloodline, cannot set foot on holy ground, or I can never own, carry,
(unless otherwise stated in the merit description). The clan or use a weapon. Ideals might include I must always show
merits specific to the Brujah clan and the Ventrue clan can be generosity and charity, I must kneel and show respect to
found with those clan descriptions earlier in this quick-start every Prince, no matter how I feel about her personally, or
guide (Brujah Merits, page 6; Ventrue Merits, page 8). I must accept any quest offered to me. This code must be
genuinely restrictive, and must be approved by the Storyteller
Additional Common Discipline (4 point merit) prior to play. A Code of Honor cannot replicate any moral
It is said that the blood of the first vampire could support or ethical restrictions your character must already maintain.
all disciplines and had no intrinsic disposition. Your blood
holds a faint trace of that quality and manifests four in- When someone attempts to use a Social or Mental power to
clan disciplines rather than three. Choose one common make you violate this personal Code of Honor, you gain a
discipline as a fourth in-clan discipline. You do not start +2 wild card bonus to your defensive test pool to resist that
with a free dot (or dots) in this fourth in-clan discipline, power. However, if you willingly violate your personal code of
you can teach this discipline, powers that affect in-clan ethics, even under great duress, you lose access to this merit
disciplines (such as Possession) affect it, and you pay all for two game sessions or one month, whichever is greater.
costs to learn this discipline as if it were native to your clan.
This merit cannot be combined with other merits that give Daredevil (2 point merit)
your character additional in-clan disciplines. You are good at taking risks and even better at surviving
them. When attempting exceptionally dangerous Physical
Ambidextrous (2 point merit) actions, such as leaping from one moving car to another,
Most people have a single dominant hand, either the right your test pool increases by 3. If you engage multiple
or left. Once per turn, when attacking with weapons (melee opponents on your own, you receive a +2 bonus to your
or firearms), you can use the qualities of your main weapon Physical defense test pools.
and one of the qualities from a second weapon in your off
hand, allowing both to augment your attack. You cannot Efficient Digestion (1 point merit)
use the same bonus twice in a single challenge. For example, Your physical systems are extremely efficient, and you
you cannot choose Accurate twice in order to receive a +4 gain more than the usual nourishment from blood. When
bonus. Both weapons must logically be able to hit your feeding from animals, the amount of Blood points you gain
opponent in order to apply this advantage; thus, you cannot is not reduced by half. When feeding from mortals, you gain
use this merit to apply an offhand swords quality when using an additional point of Blood for every point you consume.
a pistols ranged attack. Ambidextrous can be used during This merit does not allow you to exceed your Blood pool
Celerity rounds, but can only be used once per turn. maximum. Efficient Digestion only works on mortal or
animal blood; it does not work on vampire blood, including
Arcane (1 point merit) vampire blood ingested by ghouls.
You are mystically shrouded from notice. People you interact
with briefly will not remember your presence unless you Intense Vitality (2 point merit)
have been specifically pointed out. Paper trails related to you The curse of Caine runs strongly in your veins. You can
disappear and computer records randomly become corrupted, spend 1 more Blood point per turn than your Generation
misplaced, or accidently erased. This effect gives no benefit ordinarily permits.
to Stealth, and doesnt handicap people who know you
personally, such as other characters, but individuals who you Light Sleeper (1 point merit)
meet in passing have difficulty recalling details about who you While the dawn renders most vampires sleepy and sluggish,
are. This is both a benefit and potentially a mild annoyance. you have the unusual capacity to force yourself fully awake.
A character with this merit can remain vigilant for up
Calm Heart (1 point merit) to one hour after sunrise and wakes up one hour before
You have a great deal of control over your emotions and can sunset. Additionally, you can awaken instantly at any
maintain your calm even in outrageous situations. You are sign of trouble or danger, and do so without sluggishness
considered to have 2 fewer Beast traits when resisting frenzy. or hesitation. You ignore any penalties for acting during
Additionally, increase your test pool to resist frenzy by +3. the daylight hours, regardless of your level of Humanity or
Brujah characters cannot take this merit. number of Beast traits.
Merit Descriptions 35
Lucky (2 point merit) Rugged (3 point merit)
Like most tricksters, fools, and madmen, your life has been You may be larger than other people, more resistant to
a series of fortuitous coincidences and second chances. hardships, or have tougher skin, but for whatever reason, you
Whether you rely on this luck or just fall into it, you lead a have a greater capacity to withstand injury. Characters with
charmed existence. If an opponent achieves an exceptional this merit gain 1 additional health level in each wound track,
success against you, you downgrade it to a normal success. resulting in four Healthy levels, four Injured levels, and four
You can use this benefit once every 5 minutes or once per Incapacitated levels. This merit works in conjunction with
combat. the Stamina focus bonus granted by Fortitude; a character
with both of these advantages possesses five health levels in
Medium (1 point merit) each wound track.
In your mortal life, you may have been a spiritualist or a
shaman, or perhaps your brush with death left a portion of Skill Aptitude (2 point merit)
your spirit trapped within the Shadowlands. Whatever the Due to some facet of your history, whether it is intense
reason, you are a channel to the lands of death, and you training or simply natural talent, you are prodigally gifted
possess the natural affinity to see and hear ghosts. This merit with a single skill. Choose one skill and raise your characters
does not grant any ability to control or command ghosts, potential maximum number of dots in that skill by 1. You
nor does it give you any mystic ability to understand wraiths must still spend XP as normal to purchase that skill to its
who cannot speak a language you know. maximum level. You can purchase the Skill Aptitude merit
multiple times, but each time you do, you must apply the
Natural Linguist (1 point merit) merit to a different skill.
Some individuals have excellent minds for retention and
association, capable of learning multiple languages with Slippery Customer (2 point merit)
ease. You can assign two language specializations for each Either you are extremely lithe, incredibly dexterous, or
dot of the Linguistics skill you purchase. Additionally, you amazingly sharp-witted; whatever the reason, you have the
receive a +3 bonus anytime youre called upon to make a uncanny ability to avoid damage. You gain a +3 bonus to
challenge using Linguistics. your Dodge-based defense test pools.
Oracular Ability (2 point merit) Unyielding (4 point merit)

You see omens of the future. You might use techniques Whether you call it being stubborn, intractable, or just plain
such as casting the bones, reading predictive cards, utilizing ornery, your character has a fire inside her that just wont
mystic boards, studying astrology, or undergoing drugged quitno matter the circumstances. Increase your maximum
hallucinations. Conversely, you might have visions thrust permanent Willpower to 7. You also begin each game session
upon you even if you try to prevent such divinations. You with 7 Willpower, rather than the standard 6.
can draw advice from these omens, as they provide hints
of the future and warnings of the present. You can, once Versatile (3 point merit)
per game, ask your Storyteller for a clue about relevant Youve always been capable of multi-tasking, splitting your
plots. In addition, small flashes of insight come when most attention to accomplish two goals at once. Choose one
needed; once an hour you can sacrifice a standard action in attribute category (Physical, Social, or Mental) and select
order to immediately use a simple action. This ability allows an additional focus for that attribute. For example, a
you to use the simple action at any time, even before your character with this merit can focus her Physical attribute in
initiative. both Strength and Stamina.
Personal Masquerade (1 point merit) Whisper of Life (1 point merit)

Although your aura is pale, and you have most of the spiritual Perhaps you did not entirely die when you were Embraced,
hallmarks of a vampire, your flesh retains a semblance of the or perhaps the vampiric blood in your system altered your
human condition. You appear alive and healthy, your skin physiology less than others. You register as a mortal on
is warm to the touch, and you can pretend to be human all attempts to determine your creature type, your aura is
more easily than other vampires. Additionally, you have the unnaturally bright for a vampire, and animals cannot sense
capacity to eat and drink as a mortal does and can even your Beast (they act as though you are a mortal). If your
savor the taste of such refreshments. While you do not Morality drops below 3 (temporarily or permanently) this
derive nourishment from this food, the ability to eat is a merit ceases to function until your Morality is once more
benefit to a vampire who is pretending to be human. raised above 3.

Sample Equipment
Minds Eye Theatre: Vampire The Masquerade should not be allowed in Minds Eye Theatre games. Even
encourages players to wear incredible costumes, create nonfunctional weapon representations can be dangerous and
authentic props, and (when its safe to do so) carry ornate should be carried only with advance Storyteller permission,
weapon representations. For obvious reasons, real weapons especially if they could be mistaken for actual weapons.
KATANA
(ACCURATE, BRUTAL)
SILVER DAGGER
(CONCEALABLE, SILVER)
DAMAGE: 1 DAMAGE: 1
SPECIAL: YOU RECEIVE A +2 WILD CARD SPECIAL: THIS ITEM DOES AGGRAVATED
BONUS WHEN USING THIS WEAPON. IF YOU DAMAGE TO WEREWOLVES AND IS EASY
WIN (NOT TIE) THE FINAL TEST IN A TO MISS ON CASUAL INSPECTION. WHEN
CHALLENGE, AND YOUR TEST POOL IS IN A POCKET OR OTHERWISE HIDDEN,
GREATER THAN YOUR TARGETS POOL, THIS WEAPON IS IMPOSSIBLE TO VISUALLY
YOUR ATTACK SCORES AN EXCEPTIONAL NOTICE. YOU MUST BE PHYSICALLY PATTED
SUCCESS EVEN IF YOU LOST OR TIED ON DOWN, OR TARGETED BY SUPERNATURAL
A PREVIOUS TEST IN THAT CHALLENGE. POWERS OR AN ELECTRONIC DETECTOR FOR
REQUIRES BOTH HANDS TO WIELD. THE WEAPON TO BE REVEALED.
Sample Equipment 37
SNIPER RIFLE PISTOL
(ACCURATE, LONG RANGE) (ACCURATE,
DAMAGE: 2 AMMO: 12 INCENDIARY AMMUNITION)
DAMAGE: 2 AMMO: 12
SPECIAL: YOU RECEIVE A +2 BONUS
WHEN USING THIS WEAPON, AND
SPECIAL: YOU RECEIVE A +2 BONUS WHEN
YOU MAY TARGET INDIVIDUALS UP TO
USING THIS WEAPON, AND IT IS LOADED
ONE HALF-MILE AWAY FROM YOUR
WITH INCENDIARY ROUNDS THAT INFLICT
LOCATION. THIS WEAPON REQUIRES
AGGRAVATED DAMAGE ON VAMPIRES.
BOTH HANDS TO WIELD.
WOODEN STAKE MACHINE GUN

(AUTOMATIC, AMMO CAPACITY II)
(CONCEALABLE, STAKING) DAMAGE: 2 AMMO: 100
DAMAGE: 1
SPECIAL: BY EXPENDING 6 ROUNDS OF
SPECIAL: THIS ITEM CAN STAKE AMMUNITION, YOU CAN SPRAY AN AREA.
VAMPIRES AND IS EASY TO MISS ON CHOOSE UP TO THREE TARGETS WITHIN THREE
CASUAL INSPECTION. WHEN IN A POCKET STEPS OF EACH OTHER. MAKE A SEPARATE
OR OTHERWISE HIDDEN, THIS WEAPON CHALLENGE AGAINST EACH TARGET. IF YOU
IS IMPOSSIBLE TO VISUALLY NOTICE. YOU SPEND WILLPOWER TO RETEST ANY OF THESE
MUST BE PHYSICALLY PATTED DOWN, OR CHALLENGES, YOU ALSO GAIN THAT RETEST
TARGETED BY SUPERNATURAL POWERS OR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE CHALLENGES
AN ELECTRONIC DETECTOR IN ORDER FOR WITHOUT SPENDING FURTHER WILLPOWER.
THE WEAPON TO BE REVEALED. REQUIRES BOTH HANDS TO WIELD.
FLACK VEST CHAIN MAIL

(BALLISTIC, CHEST PLATE) (CHEST PLATE, HARDENED)
DAMAGE: 2 DAMAGE: 2
SPECIAL: YOU CANT BE STAKED. SPECIAL: YOU CANT BE STAKED.

ADDITIONALLY, YOU GET A +3 BONUS ADDITIONALLY, YOU GET A +3 BONUS
TO YOUR DEFENSE TEST POOL WHEN TO YOUR DEFENSE TEST POOL WHEN
RESISTING FIREARMS AND A +1 BONUS RESISTING BRAWL, MELEE, OR THROWN
WHEN RESISTING BRAWL, MELEE, AND WEAPONS AND A +1 BONUS WHEN
THROWN WEAPONS. RESISTING FIREARMS.

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It provides all the information needed
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Assign 1 dot in each of your remaining two in-clan

Generation cannot be purchased with experience points after

Spending Experience Points All characters begin with 5 dots of Morality.

Skill New level x2 XP

In-Clan Discipline New level x3 XP

Out-of-Clan Discipline New level x4 XP

Merit XP equal to merit rating

Regain Lost Humanity 10 XP each

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Physical Defense: Physical Attribute + Skill = Test

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Initiative: Initiative is the smallest unit of measurement

Step Three: Order of Action

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Mental/Social Attacks However, during each round, a character can only be

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Stamina Focused Torpor

Health and Damage 19

Player Acknowledgement: When another player

Storyteller Acknowledgement: When the Storyteller

Willpower cannot be refreshed while in combat. If a player

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The Beast LEVEL OF SIN DESCRIPTION

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5 Any of the above triggers 0 Enters wassail, a permanent state of

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Celerity System: When you activate Celerity, you gain an extra

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Mesmerism Mesmerism cannot be used to prevent a character from

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Might Exceptional Success: Your character inflicts 5 points of

System: When you succeed making a Brawl or Melee attack,

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Oracular Ability (2 point merit) Unyielding (4 point merit)

Personal Masquerade (1 point merit) Whisper of Life (1 point merit)

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WOODEN STAKE MACHINE GUN

FLACK VEST CHAIN MAIL

SPECIAL: YOU CANT BE STAKED. SPECIAL: YOU CANT BE STAKED.

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Spending Experience Points All characters begin with 5 dots of Morality.

Physical Defense: Physical Attribute + Skill = Test

Initiative: Initiative is the smallest unit of measurement