Reference Sheet
Difficulties
How to determine the difficulty of your roll.
| Three | Trivial (scanning a small crowd for a familiar face) |
| Four | Easy (following a trail of blood) |
| Five | Straightforward (seducing someone who’s already “in the mood”) |
| Six | Standard (firing a gun) |
| Seven | Challenging (locating where those agonized whispers are coming from) |
| Eight | Difficult (convincing a cop that this isn’t your cocaine) |
| Nine | Extremely difficult (walking a tightrope) |
Degrees of Success
| One Success | Marginal (getting a broken refrigerator to keep running until the repairman arrives) |
| Two Successes | Moderate (making a handicraft that’s ugly but useful) |
| Three Successes | Complete (fixing something so that it’s good as new) |
| Four Exceptional | (increasing your car’s efficiency in the process of repairing it) |
| Five or More | Phenomenal (creating a masterwork) |
Health Levels
| Health Level | Dice Pool Penalty | Movement Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Bruised | 0 | Character is only bruised and suffers no dice pool penalties due to damage. |
| Hurt | -1 | Character is superficially hurt and suffers no movement hindrance. |
| Injured | -1 | Character suffers minor injuries and movement is mildly inhibited (halve maximum running speed). |
| Wounded | -2 | Character suffers significant damage and may not run (though he may still walk). At this level, a character may only move or attack; he always loses dice when moving and attacking in the same turn. |
| Mauled | -2 | Character is badly injured and may only hobble about (three yards or meters/turn). |
| Crippled | -5 | Character is catastrophically injured and may only crawl (one yard or meter/turn). |
| Incapacitated | n/a | Character is incapable of movement and is likely unconscious. Incapacitated vampires with no blood in their bodies enter torpor. |
| Torpor | n/a | Character enters a deathlike trance. He may do nothing, not even spend blood, until a certain period of time has passed. |
| Final Death | n/a | Character dies again, this time forever. |
Frenzy Difficulties
| Provocation | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Smell of blood (when hungry) | 3 (or higher in extreme cases) |
| Sight of blood (when hungry) | 4 (or higher in extreme cases) |
| Being harassed | 4 |
| Life-threatening situation | 4 |
| Malicious taunts | 4 |
| Physical provocation | 6 |
| Taste of blood (when hungry) | 6 (or higher in extreme cases) |
| Loved one in danger | 7 |
| Outright public humiliation | 8 |
Rötschreck Difficulties
| Provocation | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Lighting a cigarette | 3 |
| Sight of a torch | 5 |
| Bonfire | 6 |
| Obscured sunlight | 7 |
| Being burned | 7 |
| Direct sunlight | 8 |
| Trapped in burning building | 9 |
Fire and Burns
| Soak Difficulty | Heat of Fire |
|---|---|
| 3 | Heat of a candle (first-degree burns) |
| 5 | Heat of a torch (second-degree burns) |
| 7 | Heat of a Bunsen burner (third-degree burns) |
| 8 | Heat of an electrical fire |
| 9 | Heat of a chemical fire |
| 10 | Molten metal |
| Health Levels/Turn | Size of Fire |
|---|---|
| One | Torch; a part of the body is exposed to flame |
| Two | Bonfire; half of the body is exposed to flame |
| Three | Raging inferno; entire body is engulfed in flame |
Soaking Sunlight
Only vampires with fortitude can attempt to soak sun damage, using a soak dice pool equal to the level of the Discipline.
| Soak Difficulty | Intensity of Light |
|---|---|
| 3 | Faint light coming through a closed curtain; heavy cloud cover; twilight |
| 5 | Fully protected by heavyclothes, sunglasses, gloves, and a wide-brimmed hat |
| 7 | Indirect light coming through a window or light curtains |
| 9 | Outside on a cloudy day; hit by one ray of direct light; catching the sun’s reflection in a mirror |
| 10 | Direct rays from an unobscured sun |
| Health Levels/Turn | Exposure |
|---|---|
| One | Small part of body exposed — a hand or part of the face |
| Two | Large part of body exposed — a leg, an arm, or the whole head |
| Three | Fifty percent or more of the body exposed — wearing thin clothing |
Generation Traits
Max Trait Rating: This indicates the highest permanent Trait rating (excluding Humanity/Path ratings and Willpower ratings) a vampire of the given Generation can have. This is especially important with regard to Disciplines and Attributes.
Blood Pool Max: The maximum number of blood points a vampire may keep in her system. Remember that elder vampires concentrate their blood — while the volume of blood in their bodies is no greater than any other vampire’s, each pint of blood is worth more than one point.
Blood Points/Turn: This indicates how many blood points a vampire can spend in a single turn.
| Generation | Max. Trait Rating | Blood Pool Max | Blood Points/Turn |
|---|---|---|---|
| Third | 10 | ??? | ??? |
| Fourth | 9 | 50 | 10 |
| Fifth | 8 | 40 | 8 |
| Sixth | 7 | 30 | 6 |
| Seventh | 6 | 20 | 4 |
| Eighth | 5 | 15 | 3 |
| Ninth | 5 | 14 | 2 |
| Tenth | 5 | 13 | 1 |
| Eleventh | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| Twelfth | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| Thirteenth+ | 5 | 10 | 1 |
