Vampire: The Masquerade Corebook — source revision

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• A Taste for Blood

  Analyze a blood sample by tasting it.

• Academic Receptions

  Original Etiquette specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Academics

  Knowledge of scholarly subjects in the humanities.

• Access-Control Logs

  Original Technology specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Acoustic Measurement

  Original Science specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Acrobatics

  Athletics specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Addiction

  A Flaw concerning Substance Use.

• Adversary

  A drawback associated with Mawla.

• Alarms

  Larceny specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Alchemy

  Occult specialty listed in the Corebook.

• All-Terrain Vehicles

  Drive specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Allies

  Allies are mortal people or groups who willingly help you because of an established relationship. They have their own interests and may ask for help in return.

• Ambitions

  Insight specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Ambrus Maropis

  Ambrus’s network offers digital intelligence, security advice, and protection for a vampire’s mortal identity.

• Ambulance Driving

  Original Drive specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Ambushes

  Awareness specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Ambushes

  Stealth specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Anarch

  Etiquette specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Anarchs

  Politics specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Anarchs

  A diverse movement opposing Camarilla domination and elder control of territory and opportunity.

• Animal Dominion

  Give a shared command to nearby animals of one type.

• Animal Ken

  Interpreting animal behavior and handling animals.

• Animal Succulence

  Gain more nourishment from animals and a temporary benefit from consuming a famulus.

• Animalism

  Control and communication involving animals and the Beast.

• Animals

  Brawl specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Apocryphal Texts

  Original Occult specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Appeals for Clemency

  Original Persuasion specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Appraisal

  Finance specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Archaic

  A Flaw concerning Archaic Flaws.

• Archery

  Athletics specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Architectural Archives

  Original Academics specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Architecture

  Academics specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Armed Mortals

  Brawl specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Arms Dealing

  Streetwise specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Arrogance
• Artillery

  Technology specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Astronomy

  Science specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Athletics

  Trained movement under demanding physical conditions.

• Attack Training

  Animal Ken specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Auspex

  Perception that reaches beyond ordinary senses.

• Autopsy Interpretation

  Original Medicine specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Avoiding Security Cameras

  Original Stealth specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Awareness

  Noticing significant details in the immediate surroundings.

• Awe

  Draw attention and make your social presentation more compelling.

• Axes

  Melee specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Baal’s Caress

  Produce a poison capable of dealing Aggravated injury even to vampires.

• Backstage Conduct

  Original Etiquette specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Banking

  Finance specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Bar Fights

  Brawl specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Bargaining

  Persuasion specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Beautiful

  A Merit concerning Looks.

• Biology

  Science specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Black Market

  Streetwise specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Black Markets

  Finance specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Blink

  Cross a short distance almost instantly while retaining your action.

• Blood Loss Assessment

  Original Medicine specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Blood Magic

  Occult specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Blood of Potency

  Temporarily increase your Blood Potency.

• Blood Sorcery

  Ritual and direct magic powered by vitae.

• Blood Walk

  Examine a vampire’s blood to identify their name, sire, and generation.

• Bloodhound

  A Merit concerning Feeding.

• Bluff

  Subterfuge specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Bond Famulus

  Bind one animal as a lasting companion.

• Bond Junkie

  A Flaw concerning Bonding.

• Bond Resistance

  A Merit concerning Bonding.

• Bondslave

  A Flaw concerning Bonding.

• Brawl

  Fighting with the body rather than a wielded weapon.

• Bribery

  Streetwise specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Brujah

  Resisting fury frenzy is harder for this clan.

• Brujah Bane

  Resisting fury frenzy is harder for this clan.

• Brutal Feed

  Drain blood rapidly at the cost of severe injury to the victim.

• Cainite Heresy

  This loresheet connects a character to a religious movement that treats Caine as a sacred figure. Its benefits concern cult connections, religious insight, and influence within the movement.

• Camarilla

  Politics specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Camarilla

  Etiquette specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Camarilla

  A hierarchical Kindred alliance that protects the Masquerade and the power of its recognized members.

• Camouflage

  Awareness specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Carmelita Neillson

  Carmelita’s work connects historical storytelling, preserved records, and the protection of Kindred relics and resting places.

• Carna

  Carna’s challenge to Tremere authority offers connections to a rebellious House and unusual ways of resisting or reshaping Blood Bonds.

• Carpentry

  Craft specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Carving

  Craft specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Cats

  Animal Ken specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Cat’s Grace

  Keep your balance automatically on supports strong enough to carry you.

• Cauldron of Blood

  Inflict internal injury by magically heating a victim's blood.

• Celebrities

  Etiquette specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Celerity

  Movement and reactions accelerated beyond ordinary limits.

• Cell

  A benefit associated with Haven.

• Chains

  Melee specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Changes in Ambient Sound

  Original Awareness specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Charisma

  The ability to draw interest and establish personal appeal.

• Charitable Trusts

  Original Finance specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Chemistry

  Science specialty listed in the Corebook.

• City Government

  Politics specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Clairvoyance

  Gather impressions of a surrounding area or maintain supernatural watch over it.

• Clan (specific)

  Politics specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Clearing Weapon Malfunctions

  Original Firearms specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Climbing

  Athletics specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Clinging of the Insect

  Travel along walls or ceilings while keeping both hands and both feet against the supporting surface.

• Cloak of Shadows

  Remain unnoticed while motionless in cover.

• Cloud Memory

  Erase a short stretch of immediate memory.

• Clubs

  Melee specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Coalition Negotiations

  Original Politics specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Cobbler

  A benefit associated with Mask.

• Coding

  Technology specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Cold Cases

  Original Investigation specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Cold-Weather Tracking

  Original Survival specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Comedy

  Performance specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Command

  Leadership specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Comparative Funeral Traditions

  Original Academics specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Comparing Occult Forgeries

  Original Occult specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Compel

  Give a brief instruction requiring a single action.

• Composure

  Control over outward reactions when emotions or danger interfere.

• Compromised

  A drawback associated with Haven.

• Computer Building

  Technology specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Conceal

  Cause observers to overlook a stationary object and its contents.

• Concealed Compartments

  Original Craft specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Concealed Grief

  Original Insight specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Concealed Objects

  Awareness specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Concealing a Campsite

  Original Stealth specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Concealing Recognition

  Original Subterfuge specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Contacts

  Contacts provide access to information, services, or goods through their particular field. They are useful connections, rather than followers obliged to risk themselves for you.

• Convention of Thorns

  Historical knowledge of the Camarilla’s founding can supply political leverage, legal arguments, and access to people whose agreements still shape modern domains.

• Convoy Coordination

  Original Drive specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Corporate

  Etiquette specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Corporate Finance

  Finance specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Corporate Reprisals

  Original Intimidation specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Corrosive Vitae

  Use your Blood to erode an inanimate material.

• Court Patronage

  Original Politics specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Craft

  Making, altering, and repairing physical creations.

• Craft Bloodstone

  Prepare a stone that can be located through the ritual’s tracking effect.

• Creepy

  A drawback associated with Haven.

• Criminology

  Investigation specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Crisis Delegation

  Original Leadership specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Crossbows

  Firearms specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Crowds

  Stealth specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Cryptophilia
• Currency Manipulation

  Finance specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Dance

  Performance specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Dark Secret

  A drawback associated with Fame.

• Data Mining

  Technology specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Daunt

  Project an intimidating presence that discourages aggression.

• Debt Collection

  Original Intimidation specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Deduction

  Investigation specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Deflecting Grabbing Hands

  Original Melee specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Defractionate

  Process preserved blood so vampires can consume it.

• Defy Bane

  Temporarily convert a limited amount of Aggravated injury into Superficial injury.

• Delusion
• Dementation

  Erode a conversational partner's composure.

• Demolitions

  Science specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Descendant of Hardestadt

  Hardestadt’s descendants inherit political expectations and the weight of his reputation. Recognition can offer authority while making the character a target.

• Descendant of Helena

  Helena’s lineage brings artistic expectations, social recognition, and connections to the Succubus Club.

• Descendant of Karl Schrekt

  Schrekt’s lineage connects the character to Tremere traditionalism, prepared magic, and knowledge of supernatural threats.

• Descendant of Tyler

  Tyler’s lineage connects revolutionary leadership with a legacy of resistance to elder rule.

• Descendant of Vasantasena

  Vasantasena’s legacy favors freedom from enforced allegiance, recognition of Blood Bonds, and survival amid upheaval.

• Descendant of Xaviar

  Xaviar’s descendants inherit both Gangrel respect and the consequences of his warnings about the clan’s ancient founder.

• Descendant of Zelios

  Zelios’s descendants apply architectural knowledge to havens, underground routes, and occult geography.

• Desert

  Survival specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Desert Night Travel

  Original Survival specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Design

  Craft specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Desires

  Insight specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Despised

  A drawback associated with Influence.

• Destitute

  A drawback associated with Resources.

• Detect Lies

  Insight specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Dexterity

  Precision and coordination when controlling movement.

• Digital Photo Metadata

  Original Technology specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Diplomacy

  Politics specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Diplomatic Dinners

  Original Etiquette specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Disappeared Businesses

  Original Investigation specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Disarming Blows

  Melee specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Disguise

  Stealth specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Disliked

  A drawback associated with Influence.

• Distressed Property

  Original Finance specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Disused Transit Tunnels

  Original Streetwise specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Divided Loyalties

  Original Insight specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Document Timelines

  Original Investigation specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Dogs

  Animal Ken specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Dominate

  Supernatural interference with another person’s thoughts and actions.

• Drama

  Performance specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Draught of Endurance

  Temporarily share some of your Fortitude through your Blood.

• Draught of Might

  Temporarily share some of your Potence through your Blood.

• Drawing Out the Beast

  Redirect an impending terror or fury frenzy into another person.

• Dread Gaze

  Confront one subject with supernatural terror.

• Drive

  Controlling vehicles when routine travel becomes difficult.

• Drone Maintenance

  Original Technology specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Drugs

  Streetwise specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Drums

  Performance specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Earth Meld

  Shelter your body within natural ground.

• Earth Shock

  Strike the ground to knock nearby people off their feet.

• Eat Food

  A Merit concerning Mythic.

• Election Procedure

  Original Politics specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Elysium

  Etiquette specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Emergency Cooperation

  Original Persuasion specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Emotions

  Insight specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Empathy

  Insight specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Endurance

  Athletics specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Enduring Beasts

  Lend extra endurance to animals influenced through Animalism.

• Enemy

  A drawback associated with Allies.

• Engineering

  Science specialty listed in the Corebook.

• English Literature

  Academics specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Entrancement

  Focus supernatural fascination on a single attentive subject.

• Envelop

  Attach obstructing mist to another person.

• Environmental Sampling

  Original Science specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Escaping Collapsing Structures

  Original Athletics specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Escaping Grapples

  Original Brawl specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Estate Audits

  Original Finance specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Etiquette

  Following the expectations of a social setting.

• Evacuation Drills

  Original Leadership specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Evasion

  Drive specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Evidence Lockers

  Original Larceny specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Extortion

  Intimidation specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Eyes of the Beast

  See in darkness with visibly unnatural eyes.

• Faeries

  Occult specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Falconry

  Animal Ken specialty listed in the Corebook.

• False Alibis

  Original Subterfuge specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Fame

  Fame measures public recognition. It can open doors and attract willing attention, but also makes an anonymous existence harder to maintain.

• Far Reach

  Manipulate an object or person at a distance.

• Farmer

  A Flaw concerning Feeding.

• Fast Talk

  Persuasion specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Fear of Authority

  Original Insight specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Feign Mortality

  Subterfuge specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Fence Stolen Goods

  Streetwise specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Fencing

  Melee specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Feral Impulses
• Feral Weapons

  Transform natural weapons into more damaging claws or fangs.

• Feral Whispers

  Communicate with animals and call nearby animals of a chosen type.

• Feudal

  Etiquette specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Fighting from a Prone Position

  Original Melee specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Fighting in Confined Spaces

  Original Brawl specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Fighting on Stairs

  Original Melee specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Fighting While Restrained

  Original Brawl specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Finance

  Understanding financial activity and managing money.

• Fine Art

  Finance specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Fiorenza Savona

  Fiorenza’s connections offer access to mortal institutions, but her support comes with scrutiny and political obligations.

• Firearms

  Operating and maintaining weapons used for ranged attacks.

• First Aid

  Medicine specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Fleetness

  Add Celerity to non-combat Dexterity tests and one qualifying defense each turn.

• Flesh of Marble

  Negate the first physical injury suffered each turn.

• Flooded Terrain

  Original Survival specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Folkloric Bane

  A Flaw concerning Mythic.

• Folkloric Block

  A Flaw concerning Mythic.

• Following Public Transit Passengers

  Original Stealth specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Foraging in Abandoned Orchards

  Original Survival specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Forensic Accounting

  Finance specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Forensics

  Investigation specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Forgery

  Larceny specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Forgery of Ceramics

  Original Craft specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Fortify the Inner Façade

  Shield your thoughts and aura from supernatural examination.

• Fortitude

  Resistance to harm and coercion beyond ordinary endurance.

• Fundraising Pitches

  Original Persuasion specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Funeral Customs

  Original Etiquette specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Funeral Garments

  Original Craft specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Funerary Symbols

  Original Occult specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Gangrel

  Frenzy leaves temporary animal traits with Attribute penalties.

• Gangrel Bane

  Frenzy leaves temporary animal traits with Attribute penalties.

• Gangs

  Streetwise specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Garrotes

  Melee specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Generation 11

  An 11th-generation vampire has a Blood Potency range of 1–4. Their generation establishes their place in the chain of sires, independently of their age.

• Generation 4

  Vampires of generation 4 have a Blood Potency range of 5–10. Generation records descent through sires, not the vampire's age.

• Generation 5

  Vampires of generation 5 have a Blood Potency range of 4–9. Generation records descent through sires, not the vampire's age.

• Generation 6

  Vampires of generation 6 have a Blood Potency range of 3–8. Generation records descent through sires, not the vampire's age.

• Generation 7

  Vampires of generation 7 have a Blood Potency range of 3–7. Generation records descent through sires, not the vampire's age.

• Generation 8

  Vampires of generation 8 have a Blood Potency range of 2–6. Generation records descent through sires, not the vampire's age.

• Generation 9

  Vampires of generation 9 have a Blood Potency range of 2–5. Generation records descent through sires, not the vampire's age.

• Generations 10–11

  Vampires of generation 10–11 have a Blood Potency range of 1–4. Generation records descent through sires, not the vampire's age.

• Generations 12–13

  Vampires of generation 12–13 have a Blood Potency range of 1–3. Generation records descent through sires, not the vampire's age.

• Generations 14–16

  Vampires of generation 14–16 have a Blood Potency range of 0–0. Generation records descent through sires, not the vampire's age.

• Genetics

  Science specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Geology

  Science specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Ghost in the Machine

  Extend Obfuscate to live electronic observation and hinder later identification.

• Ghosts

  Occult specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Golconda

  These benefits represent study or pursuit of Golconda. Different teachings disagree about its meaning, so establish your character’s beliefs and route with the Storyteller.

• Graffiti

  Streetwise specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Grand Theft Auto

  Larceny specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Grappling

  Brawl specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Grimoires

  Occult specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Guitar

  Performance specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Gun Dealing

  Firearms specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Gunsmithing

  Firearms specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Hacking

  Technology specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Haematology

  Medicine specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Handloading Ammunition

  Firearms specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Haunted

  A drawback associated with Haven.

• Haven

  A Haven is a vampire's established refuge for the day. Its base rating measures protection, privacy, and usable space; individual improvements describe its facilities.

• Haze

  Surround the user with mobile mist that interferes with identification and gunfire.

• Health

  Health measures how much physical injury a character can sustain. Its rating determines the number of boxes on the Health tracker; damage marks those boxes without reducing the underlying rating.

• Hearing

  Awareness specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Heightened Senses

  Sharpen perception, with a risk of sensory overload.

• Herd

  A Herd is a cultivated set of people from whom you can regularly feed. They remain individuals, and dependable access does not make them obedient Retainers.

• Hidden Armory

  A benefit associated with Haven.

• Hidden Exits

  Original Awareness specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Hiding

  Stealth specialty listed in the Corebook.

• High Clan

  This loresheet represents a claim to inherited social precedence. Which clans qualify depends on the domain’s traditions, not a universal modern ranking.

• High-Functioning Addict

  A Merit concerning Substance Use.

• History (specific field or period)

  Academics specialty listed in the Corebook.

• History of Art

  Academics specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Holding a Doorway

  Original Brawl specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Hopeless Addiction

  A Flaw concerning Substance Use.

• Horses

  Animal Ken specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Hostage Release Negotiations

  Original Persuasion specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Housebreaking

  Larceny specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Humanity

  Humanity expresses how a vampire maintains human attachments, empathy, and a sense of responsibility while living with the Beast. It is not a measure of combat strength or a guarantee of good behavior: it tracks the struggle to remain connected to people rather than treating them only as prey.

• Hunting

  Survival specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Icy Roads

  Original Drive specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Identifying Ballistic Evidence

  Original Firearms specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Illegal Racing Meets

  Original Streetwise specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Illiterate

  A Flaw concerning Linguistics.

• Impeccable Lies

  Subterfuge specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Improvised Weapons

  Melee specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Infamy

  A drawback associated with Fame.

• Infernalism

  Occult specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Influence

  Influence is the ability to get institutions or communities to act in your favor. Establish the group or substantial area in which that authority operates.

• Informal Courier Networks

  Original Streetwise specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Injured Wildlife

  Original Animal Ken specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Innocence

  Subterfuge specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Insight

  Interpreting another person’s motives and emotional signals.

• Inspiration

  Leadership specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Instincts

  Awareness specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Insults

  Intimidation specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Insurance Valuation

  Original Finance specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Intelligence

  Capacity for analysis, reasoning, and learned information.

• Intensive Care Equipment

  Original Medicine specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Interrogation

  Insight specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Interrogation

  Persuasion specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Interrogation

  Intimidation specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Intimidation

  Gaining cooperation by making resistance seem dangerous.

• Investigation

  Drawing conclusions by examining evidence.

• Iron Gullet

  A Merit concerning Feeding.

• Irresistible Voice

  Use your voice in place of eye contact for Dominate.

• Jeanette/Therese Voerman

  Connections to the Voermans range from privileged Asylum access to mentorship and permission to operate a club.

• Journalism

  Academics specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Jumping

  Athletics specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Jungle

  Survival specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Kennel Handling

  Original Animal Ken specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Keyboards

  Performance specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Kindred

  Brawl specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Knives

  Melee specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Known Blankbody

  A drawback associated with Mask.

• Known Corpse

  A drawback associated with Mask.

• Labor Relations

  Original Politics specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Laboratory

  A benefit associated with Haven.

• Larceny

  Overcoming locks and security or taking things discreetly.

• Leadership

  Organizing others and sustaining their willingness to act.

• Legacy Data Recovery

  Original Technology specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Legal Argument

  Persuasion specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Lethal Body

  Make unarmed attacks especially destructive to mortals.

• Library

  A benefit associated with Haven.

• Linguistics

  A Merit concerning Linguistics.

• Living in the Past

  A Flaw concerning Archaic Flaws.

• Local Haunting Traditions

  Original Occult specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Local Industrial History

  Original Academics specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Location

  A benefit associated with Haven.

• Lockpicking

  Larceny specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Long Bond

  A Flaw concerning Bonding.

• Losing a Tail in a Market

  Original Stealth specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Low Clan

  This loresheet reflects exclusion by Kindred who claim higher standing, and the solidarity or resistance that can develop in response. Eligibility follows local clan politics.

• Low-Light Sighting

  Original Firearms specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Luxury

  A benefit associated with Haven.

• Magi

  Occult specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Maintaining a Cover Profession

  Original Subterfuge specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Majesty

  Make direct opposition to you require an act of extraordinary resolve.

• Malkavian

  Bestial failures and compulsions temporarily impair a chosen Attribute category.

• Malkavian Bane

  Bestial failures and compulsions temporarily impair a chosen Attribute category.

• Manipulation

  The ability to steer another person through deception or indirect pressure.

• Mask

  A Mask is a documented mortal identity that helps a vampire navigate institutions without exposing their past or their nature.

• Mask of a Thousand Faces

  Appear to be an unremarkable person who could plausibly belong nearby.

• Mass Manipulation

  Extend another Dominate power to a group.

• Material Fatigue

  Original Science specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Mathematics

  Science specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Mawla

  A Mawla is a Kindred mentor, protector, or advisory relationship. Their assistance depends on maintaining that relationship, and they expect consideration in return.

• Media

  Politics specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Medicine

  Recognizing illness and treating bodily injury.

• Medieval Manuscripts

  Original Academics specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Melee

  Fighting with a weapon held in the hand.

• Mesmerize

  Impose a more elaborate sequence of immediate instructions.

• Methuselah's Thirst

  A Flaw concerning Feeding.

• Missing Persons

  Investigation specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Money Laundering

  Finance specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Motives

  Insight specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Motorcycles

  Drive specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Mounted Weapon Use

  Original Melee specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Municipal Zoning

  Original Politics specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Murder

  Investigation specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Museum Display Cases

  Original Larceny specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• National Politics

  Politics specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Necromancy

  Occult specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Negotiation

  Persuasion specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Networks

  Technology specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Night-Market Vendors

  Original Streetwise specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Night-Shift Teams

  Original Leadership specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• No Haven

  A drawback associated with Haven.

• Noddism

  Occult specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Nosferatu

  The clan’s appearance cannot be fully solved by ordinary disguise or common concealment powers.

• Nosferatu Bane

  The clan’s appearance cannot be fully solved by ordinary disguise or common concealment powers.

• Obfuscate

  Concealment that interferes with an observer’s recognition.

• Oblivion

  Powers concerned with supernatural darkness and the dead.

• Obsession
• Obvious Predator

  A drawback associated with Herd.

• Occult

  Knowledge of supernatural claims, traditions, and practices.

• One-Percenter

  Etiquette specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Oral History Interviews

  Original Academics specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Oratory

  Leadership specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Organovore

  A Flaw concerning Feeding.

• Pacification

  Animal Ken specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Painting

  Craft specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Paranormal Mysteries

  Investigation specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Parapsychology

  Occult specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Parkour

  Athletics specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Pathology

  Medicine specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Perfectionism
• Performance

  Delivering an artistic or expressive presentation to an audience.

• Peripheral Movement

  Original Awareness specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Personal Rep

  Streetwise specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Persuasion

  Winning agreement through argument or appeal.

• Pharmacy

  Medicine specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Philosophy

  Academics specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Phlebotomy

  Medicine specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Phobias

  Insight specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Phones

  Technology specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Physical Coercion

  Intimidation specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Physics

  Science specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Pickpocket

  Larceny specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Pocket Substitutions

  Original Larceny specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Poetry

  Performance specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Politics

  Understanding power structures and their procedures.

• Possession

  Control a mortal body while your own body lies unresponsive.

• Postern

  A benefit associated with Haven.

• Potence

  Physical force amplified by vitae.

• Praxis

  Leadership specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Premonition

  Receive a timely intuition or deliberately seek an uncertain glimpse.

• Presence

  Supernatural influence over attention and emotion.

• Pretending to Be Intoxicated

  Original Subterfuge specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Prey Exclusion

  A Flaw concerning Feeding.

• Private Auctions

  Original Etiquette specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Professional Burnout

  Original Insight specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Protean

  Alteration of the vampire’s physical form.

• Protecting a Doorway

  Original Melee specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Protecting a Prone Ally

  Original Brawl specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Public Challenges

  Original Intimidation specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Public Speaking

  Performance specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Puppetry

  Original Performance specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Quell the Beast

  Suppress another person’s aggressive impulses.

• Quick-Draw

  Firearms specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Quiet Entry into Occupied Rooms

  Original Stealth specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Radio Drama

  Original Performance specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Radio Interference Analysis

  Original Technology specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Rap

  Performance specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Rapid Reflexes

  Defend against gunfire without the lack-of-cover penalty and handle a small task each turn.

• Rationalize

  Conceal the subject's recognition that their actions were compelled.

• Rats

  Animal Ken specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Rebellion
• Recognizing Stress in Pets

  Original Animal Ken specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Repairing Antique Clocks

  Original Craft specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Repulsive

  A Flaw concerning Looks.

• Research

  Academics specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Resilience

  Increase the amount of injury your body can sustain.

• Resolve

  Sustained concentration and commitment despite distractions.

• Resources

  Resources describes the assets and income that sustain your lifestyle. Choose where that wealth comes from and how it is held; valuable property is not necessarily available as immediate cash.

• Restoring Damaged Frescoes

  Original Craft specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Retainers

  Retainers are people who regularly work for you under an ongoing arrangement. Their loyalty might depend on wages, attachment, Blood, or coercion; they still have motives and limits.

• Rhetoric

  Persuasion specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Ritual Calendar Dating

  Original Occult specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• River Crossings

  Original Athletics specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Rooftop Gaps

  Original Athletics specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Rope Ascents

  Original Athletics specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Rudi

  Rudi’s network links personal advocacy to collective action against exclusion and entrenched authority.

• Safecracking

  Larceny specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Science

  Applying scientific knowledge and methods.

• Scorpion’s Touch

  Create a short-lived contact poison from your Blood.

• Scry the Soul

  Read a subject's aura for emotional and supernatural information.

• Sculpting

  Craft specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Search Parties

  Original Leadership specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Secret Society

  Etiquette specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Sect War Veteran

  Experience of conflict between vampire sects provides a reputation, surviving comrades, and practical knowledge of contested domains.

• Security Analysis

  Larceny specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Security System

  A benefit associated with Haven.

• Seduction

  Subterfuge specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Sense the Beast

  Detect hostility and the presence of a supernatural Beast.

• Sense the Unseen

  Notice hidden supernatural presences and effects.

• Settling Inheritance Disputes

  Original Persuasion specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Sewing

  Craft specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Sex Trade

  Streetwise specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Shadowing

  Stealth specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Shapechange

  Assume one chosen animal form of roughly your own mass.

• Share the Senses

  Experience selected senses through another person while retaining awareness of your own surroundings.

• Shell Company Analysis

  Original Finance specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Shelters

  Survival specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Shooting from a Moving Vehicle

  Original Firearms specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Shooting Through Cover

  Original Firearms specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Short Bond

  A Merit concerning Bonding.

• Shunned

  A drawback associated with Status.

• Sight

  Awareness specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Signs of Coaching

  Original Insight specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Signs of Recent Occupancy

  Original Awareness specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Silence of Death

  Suppress the sounds produced immediately by your person.

• Silent Film Accompaniment

  Original Performance specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Silent Movement

  Stealth specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Singing

  Performance specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Sleep Disorders

  Original Medicine specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Smell

  Awareness specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Snakes

  Animal Ken specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Sniper

  Firearms specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Soaring Leap

  Jump exceptional distances without a running start.

• Soil Analysis

  Original Science specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Spark of Rage

  Intensify hostility and provoke a vampire's Beast.

• Spectroscopy

  Original Science specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Spirit's Touch

  Read emotional traces left on an object or at a location.

• Spoken-Word Improvisation

  Original Performance specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Sporting Combat

  Brawl specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Squatter Communities

  Original Streetwise specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Stage Combat

  Original Performance specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Staged Coincidences

  Original Subterfuge specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Staged Crime Scenes

  Original Investigation specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Stake Bait

  A Flaw concerning Mythic.

• Stakes

  Melee specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Stalkers

  A drawback associated with Retainers.

• Stamina

  Physical endurance and resistance to bodily strain.

• Staredowns

  Intimidation specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Starting attributes and skills

  Assign the attribute distribution, then choose one complete skill distribution. Each slot specifies a rating and how many traits receive it.

• State/Provincial Politics

  Politics specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Status

  Status is your recognized standing in a particular Kindred faction or local community. It describes how that group receives you, rather than broad fame among mortals.

• Stealth

  Avoiding notice while moving or concealing a presence.

• Stigmata

  A Flaw concerning Mythic.

• Stock Market

  Finance specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Storm Shelter

  Original Survival specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Street Racing

  Drive specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Streetwise

  Navigating informal urban networks and criminal activity.

• Strength

  Physical force available for lifting, striking, or pushing.

• Stunning

  A Merit concerning Looks.

• Stunt Training

  Animal Ken specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Stunts

  Drive specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Subsume the Spirit

  Perceive and act through an animal while the vampire’s body lies inactive.

• Subterfuge

  Making deception credible and concealing intentions.

• Summon

  Call a previously influenced person toward your location.

• Surgery

  Medicine specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Surgery

  A benefit associated with Haven.

• Surveillance Systems

  Technology specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Survival

  Finding a way through dangerous or unfamiliar natural environments.

• Suspect

  A drawback associated with Status.

• Swimming

  Athletics specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Swords

  Melee specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Tailing

  Drive specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Tamper-Evident Seals

  Original Larceny specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Teaching

  Academics specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Team Dynamics

  Leadership specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Technology

  Working with computers and other technical systems.

• Terminal Decree

  Allow Dominate commands that would otherwise fail because of obvious lethal danger.

• The Bahari

  The Bahari understand vampiric existence through devotion to Lilith. These benefits concern their reputation, ordeals, and attempts to transform the Curse.

• The Circulatory System

  This connection gives access to a network that trades in human blood sources. Benefits may provide vessels, specialized research, transport, or knowledge of Resonance.

• The First Inquisition

  Knowledge of earlier vampire hunts provides leads, dangerous contacts, and ways to navigate the contemporary Second Inquisition.

• The Long Con

  Subterfuge specialty listed in the Corebook.

• The Trinity

  This loresheet concerns the legacy of Constantinople’s vampire rulers and attempts to revive their vision of cooperation and enlightenment.

• The Week of Nightmares

  Knowledge or survival of the Ravnos catastrophe connects the character to its witnesses, omens, and surviving relics.

• Theft of Vitae

  Feed from a visible mortal at a distance.

• Theo Bell

  A connection to Theo Bell ties a character to Anarch organizing, his personal network, and the political consequences of his break with the Camarilla.

• Theology

  Academics specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Thin-Blood Alchemy

  Prepared formulas that turn ingredients and vitae into supernatural effects.

• Threatening Exposure

  Original Intimidation specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Throwing

  Athletics specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Toreador

  Discipline use suffers in surroundings the character finds lacking in beauty.

• Toreador Bane

  Discipline use suffers in surroundings the character finds lacking in beauty.

• Toughness

  Reduce incoming Superficial damage.

• Toxic Exposure Diagnosis

  Original Medicine specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Tracking

  Survival specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Traffic Analysis

  Investigation specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Traps

  Awareness specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Traps

  Survival specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Trauma Care

  Medicine specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Traversal

  Run across steep surfaces or water for a brief burst.

• Tremere

  The clan’s blood cannot bind vampires and takes more feedings to bind mortals.

• Tremere Bane

  The clan’s blood cannot bind vampires and takes more feedings to bind mortals.

• Trick Shooting

  Firearms specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Trucks

  Drive specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Ugly

  A Flaw concerning Looks.

• Unarmed Mortals

  Brawl specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Unbondable

  A Merit concerning Bonding.

• Uncanny Grip

  Climb by forcing your fingers and toes into a surface.

• Underground Parking Pursuits

  Original Drive specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Underwater Navigation

  Original Athletics specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Unliving Hive

  Extend Animalism to a swarm of insects.

• Unseen Passage

  Move while remaining outside ordinary observers' attention.

• Unswayable Mind

  Strengthen resistance to unwanted mental influence.

• Unusual Odors

  Original Awareness specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Urban

  Stealth specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Urban Corvids

  Original Animal Ken specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Urban Exploration

  Survival specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Urban Survival

  Streetwise specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Vehicle Recovery

  Original Drive specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Veiled Threats

  Intimidation specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Ventrue

  Only a defined preference of mortal blood can be fed on without extra effort.

• Ventrue Bane

  Only a defined preference of mortal blood can be fed on without extra effort.

• Veterinary

  Medicine specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Vices

  Insight specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Vintage Models

  Drive specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Violin

  Performance specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Volunteer Crews

  Original Leadership specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Voudun

  Occult specialty listed in the Corebook.

• War Pack

  Leadership specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Warding

  A benefit associated with Haven.

• Warning Off Intruders

  Original Intimidation specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Watchmen

  A benefit associated with Haven.

• Weaponsmithing

  Craft specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Weight of the Feather

  Reduce your effective weight to avoid impact injuries and pressure triggers.

• Werewolves

  Brawl specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Werewolves

  Occult specialty listed in the Corebook.

• While in Protean Beast Form

  Brawl specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Wilderness

  Stealth specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Wilderness

  Awareness specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Willpower

  Willpower measures a character's capacity to maintain control, commit to a difficult choice, and withstand mental or social pressure. Its tracker records both deliberate expenditure and the strain inflicted by conflict.

• Wind Instruments

  Performance specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Window Entry

  Original Larceny specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Witness Account Comparison

  Original Investigation specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Wits

  Speed of judgment when circumstances demand an immediate response.

• Wolves

  Animal Ken specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Woodlands

  Survival specialty listed in the Corebook.

• Working Livestock

  Original Animal Ken specialty suggestion. Subject to Chronicle approval.

• Zeroed

  A benefit associated with Mask.

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