Vampire Creation Quick Reference

Here are the very basics for creating a Vampire character.

Step One: Concept

Choose a concept. Come up with three Aspirations.

Step Two: Attributes

Prioritize categories. They receive 5/4/3 dots, distributed in any combination.

Step Three: Skills

Prioritize categories. They receive 11/7/4 dots, distributed however.

Step Four: Skill Specialties

Choose three Skill Specialties.

Step Five: Add Kindred Traits

Choose clan, covenant, Dirge, Mask, Touchstone, Blood Potency, and Disciplines.

Step Six: Add Merits

Select ten dots of Merits.

Step Seven: Advantages

Willpower is equal to Resolve + Composure. Humanity is 7. Size is 5. Health is Size + Stamina + Resilience.
Speed is Size + Strength + Dexterity + Vigor. Defense is the lower of Dexterity and Wits, plus Athletics.
Initiative Modifier is Dexterity + Composure.
Experienced Kindred Daeva Disciplines: Celerity, Majesty, Vigor
Storytellers may choose to allow players to make Gangrel: Primal, hardy, feral.
more experienced characters to start play. These bonus Gangrel Disciplines: Animalism, Protean, Resilience
Experiences allow characters to start beyond that level. Mekhet: Quiet, cunning, knowing.
Rank Bonus Experiences Mekhet Disciplines: Auspex, Celerity, Obfuscate
Around the block 5 Nosferatu: Unsettling, mysterious, fearsome.
Nosferatu Disciplines: Nightmare, Obfuscate, Vigor
Rising star 10
Ventrue: Unflappable, domineering, confident.
Ancilla 15
Ventrue Disciplines: Animalism, Dominate, Resilience
Rank elder 25
Mover and shaker 35 Covenant
Urban Legend 50 Choose a covenant to which your character claims
Methuselah 100 membership.
The Carthian Movement applies mortal solutions
Kindred Template to immortal problems with modern and experimental
government.
The Circle of the Crone venerates female divinity, painful
Clan change, and the old ways remixed for the modern world.
Choose the clan to which your vampire belongs. The Invictus safeguards the Masquerade with hierarchy
Daeva: Hungry, passionate, seductive. and tradition.

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The Lancea et Sanctum preaches a dark faith; they are
both wolves and shepherds.
The Ordo Dracul struggles to transcend the Curses
through eldritch alchemies and rites.
Blood Potency
Blood Potency starts at 1 dot. Additional dots may be
purchased with five Merit points each. A maximum of
two dots may be purchased in this way.
Disciplines
Animalism: The ability to communicate with and
command animals. Each character starts with three dots
of Disciplines, at least two of which must be in clan.
Auspex: Forbidden understanding and senses.
Celerity: Impossible speed.
Coils of the Dragon: Secrets that transcend the Curse.
Crúac: The terrifying rituals of the Circle of the Crone.
Dominate: The ability to control the mind.
Majesty: The power to command trust and adoration.
Nightmare: The power to harness terror.
Obfuscate: Powers of stealth and distraction.
Protean: The power to change shape.
Experience
A player earns Beats for his character in many ways (listed
below). When your character has gained five Beats, they
convert to one Experience, which can be used to develop your
character’s abilities.
Beats
You gain Beats when your character fulfills one of the criteria
below.
• If your character fulfills an Aspiration, take a Beat. At the
end of the game session, replace the Aspiration.
• Each Condition has criteria for resolution. When resolving
a Condition, take a Beat.
• Some Conditions provide Beats for actions other than
resolution.
• Any time you fail a roll, you may opt to make it a dramatic
failure and take a Beat.
Resilience: Immense toughness.
Theban Sorcery: The dark miracles of the Lancea et
Sanctum.
Vigor: Inhuman strength.
Experience Costs
Attribute: 4 Experiences per dot
Merit: 1 Experience per dot
Skill Specialty: 1 Experience
Skill: 2 Experiences per dot
Clan Discipline: 3 Experiences per dot
Out-of-Clan Discipline: 4 Experiences per dot
Coil of the Dragon, within chosen Myster y: 3
Experiences per dot
Coil of the Dragon, outside chosen Mystery: 4
Experiences per dot
Crúac: 4 Experiences per dot
Theban Sorcery: 4 Experiences per dot
Blood Sorcery Ritual: 2 Experiences
Scale of the Dragon: 2 Experiences
Humanity: 2 Experiences per dot
Blood Potency: 5 Experiences per dot
Lost Willpower dot: 1 Experience
• If your character takes lethal damage in one of her rightmost
Health boxes, take a Beat. Vampires do not gain Beats from
bashing damage.
• At the end of any game session, take a Beat.
• Any time your character risks detachment (see p. 107), take
a Beat.
Disciplines
Learning a Discipline takes Experiences. An in-clan
Discipline dot costs three Experiences. Any other Discipline
or blood sorcery costs four. As well, Disciplines sometimes
require teachers. Kindred may develop their clan Disciplines
without a teacher. Also, any Kindred may develop Animalism,
Celerity, Obfuscate, Resilience, and Vigor independently. When
learned out-of-clan, Auspex, Dominate, Majesty, Nightmare,
and Protean require teachers, as they are tied deeply to the
blood of the clans. Not only do they require teachers, but they
require blood from a vampire with the Discipline in question.
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