Paths

• For Paths and Roads not listed here, check the Pen and Paper index.
• For Road auras, see '+rules road auras'. See also '+rules appearing human'.

General rules

Per VtM 287:

• Alternate virtues (Conviction, Instinct) start at 0 and must be raised to at least 1 (with baseline dots or freebies).
• Path of Enlightenment requires Willpower 5 or higher.
• Path of Enlightenment cannot start with Path Rating above 5 (even if relevant virtues add up to more).

Switching Paths post-chargen, per VtM 288 "Switching from Humanity to a Path":

• Takes at least one year (starting from when you request the switch; may be backdated at staff discretion, but no earlier than when you were approved).
• Path Rating must be at most 3. (You can handwave degeneration to this point.)
• Virtues that would change must be down to 1. (You can handwave driving these down as well.)
• Roll Willpower (can't spend Willpower for an auto-success):
  • Path Rating 3 -> diff 10
  • Path Rating 2 -> diff 8
  • Path Rating 1 -> diff 6
  • 3+ succs -> switch to new path at Path Rating 2
  • 1-2 succs -> switch to new path at Path Rating 1
  • Fail -> Path Rating drops by 1, must wait a month before trying again (or a year if you botched).
    • If your Path Rating drops to 0, you're force-retired. (The PC becomes a staff-run NPC, permanently lost to the Beast until it's killed.)
• Switching to Humanity, or from one Path of Enlightenment to another, follows the same approach.

Paths

Path	Conscience or Conviction?	Self-Control or Instinct?	Reference
Blood	Conviction	Self-Control	VtM 288-289
Bones	Conviction	Self-Control	VtM 290
Caine	Conviction	Instinct	Guide to the Sabbat 128-129
Cathari	Conviction	Instinct	Guide to the Sabbat 130-131
Death and the Soul	Conviction	Self-Control	Guide to the Sabbat 132-133
Ecstasy	Conviction	Self-Control	Clanbook: Setites 34-35
Evil Revelations	Conviction	Instinct	Guide to the Sabbat 135
Feral Heart	Conviction	Instinct	Guide to the Sabbat 137-138
Harmony	Conscience	Instinct	Sins of the Blood 35-36
Humanity	Conscience	Self-Control	VtM 133-134
Honorable Accord	Conscience	Self-Control	Guide to the Sabbat 139-140
Lilith	Conviction	Instinct	Guide to the Sabbat 141-142
Metamorphosis	Conviction	Instinct	VtM 292
Night	Conviction	Instinct	VtM 291
Orion	Conviction	Instinct	Chaining the Beast 74
Paradox	Conviction	Self-Control	VtM 293
Power and the Inner Voice	Conviction	Instinct	Guide to the Sabbat 144
Redemption	Conscience	Self-Control	Chaining the Beast 86
Righteous Night	Conviction	usually Self-Control	Clanbook: Lasombra 68
Scorched Heart	Conviction	Self-Control	Sins of the Blood 30-32
Self-Focus	Conviction	Instinct	Sins of the Blood 33-34
Sutekh	Conviction	Self-Control	Clanbook: Followers of Set 42
Tears	Conscience	Self-Control	VtDA 102
Typhon	Conviction	Self-Control	VtM 294-295
Warrior	Conviction	Self-Control	Clanbook: Setites 35
Western Paradox	Conviction	Self-Control	VtM Players Guide 26 & Libellus Sanguinus 4

Roads

Road	Latin name	Conscience or Conviction?	Self-Control or Instinct?	Paths	Reference
Abyss		Conviction	Self-Control		Players Guide to High Clans 176
Beast	Via Bestiae	Conviction	Instinct	Grey Hunter, Nomad, Savage	Dark Ages: Vampire 100-101, Road of the Beast 68-71
Blood	Via Sanguinis	Conviction	Self-Control	Righteousness	Dark Ages: Vampire 99
Bones	Via Ossium	Conviction	Self-Control	Bones	Dark Ages: Vampire 99
Heaven	Via Caeli	Penitence, Tears: Conscience Divinity, Retribution: Conviction	Self-Control	Divinity, Penitence, Retribution, Tears	Dark Ages: Vampire 102-103, Road of Heaven 64-67
Hive	Via Hyron	Conviction	Instinct	Hive	Chaining the Beast 102, Clanbook: Baali 43
Humanity	Via Humanitatis	Conscience	Self-Control	Breath, Community, Illumination, Vigor	Dark Ages: Vampire 104-105
Kings	Via Regalis	Merchant, Tyrant, Vizier: Conviction Chivalry: Conscience	Self-Control	Chivalry, Merchant, Tyrant (Via Tyrannus), Vizier	Dark Ages: Vampire 106-107, Road of Kings 68-71
Metamorphosis	Via Mutationis	Conviction	Instinct	Metamorphosis	Dark Ages: Vampire 99
Night	Via Noctis	Conviction	Instinct	Night, Righteous Night	Dark Ages: Vampire 99
Paradox	Via Paradoxi	Conviction	Self-Control	Western Paradox, Eastern Paradox	Dark Ages: Vampire 99
Serpent	Via Serpentis	Conviction	Instinct	Sutekh, Typhon	Dark Ages: Vampire 99
Service	Via Servilis	Conviction	Instinct		House of Tremere 120-122
Sin	Via Peccati	Conviction	Pleasure, Devil, Screams: Instinct Cruelty: Self-Control	Cruelty, Devil (Via Diabolis), Pleasure, Screams	Dark Ages: Vampire 108-109, Road of Sin 66-69
Yasa	Via Yasaq	Conviction	Self-Control		Wind from the East 75