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* Path of Enlightenment cannot start with Path Rating above 5 (even if relevant virtues add up to more). | * 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": | + | Switching Paths post-chargen requires the following to start the shift, 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). | * 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.) | * 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.) | * Virtues that would change must be down to 1. (You can handwave driving these down as well.) | ||
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| − | + | At the end of the year, 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 | ** 3+ succs -> switch to new path at Path Rating 2 | ||
** 1-2 succs -> switch to new path at Path Rating 1 | ** 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). | ** 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.) | *** 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.) | ||
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* Switching ''to'' Humanity, or from one Path of Enlightenment to another, follows the same approach. | * Switching ''to'' Humanity, or from one Path of Enlightenment to another, follows the same approach. | ||
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| Humanity || Via Humanitatis || Conscience || Self-Control || Breath, Community, Illumination, Vigor || Dark Ages: Vampire 104-105 | | Humanity || Via Humanitatis || Conscience || Self-Control || Breath, Community, Illumination, Vigor || Dark Ages: Vampire 104-105 | ||
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| − | | Kings || Via Regalis || Merchant, Tyrant, Vizier: Conviction <br /> Chivalry: Conscience || Self-Control || Chivalry, Merchant, Tyrant (Via Tyrannus), Vizier || Dark Ages: Vampire 106-107, Road of Kings 68-71 | + | | Kings || Via Regalis || Merchant, Tyrant, Vizier: Conviction <br /> Chivalry: Conscience || Self-Control || Chivalry, Merchant, Tyrant (Via Tyrannus), Vizier (Via Consuasor) || Dark Ages: Vampire 106-107, Road of Kings 68-71 |
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| Metamorphosis || Via Mutationis || Conviction || Instinct || Metamorphosis || Dark Ages: Vampire 99 | | Metamorphosis || Via Mutationis || Conviction || Instinct || Metamorphosis || Dark Ages: Vampire 99 | ||
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| Sin || Via Peccati || Conviction || Pleasure, Devil, Screams: Instinct <br /> Cruelty: Self-Control || Cruelty, Devil (Via Diabolis), Pleasure, Screams || Dark Ages: Vampire 108-109, Road of Sin 66-69 | | Sin || Via Peccati || Conviction || Pleasure, Devil, Screams: Instinct <br /> Cruelty: Self-Control || Cruelty, Devil (Via Diabolis), Pleasure, Screams || Dark Ages: Vampire 108-109, Road of Sin 66-69 | ||
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| + | | Slain || Via Einherjar || Conviction || Self-Control || || Wolves of the Sea 72 | ||
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| Yasa || Via Yasaq || Conviction || Self-Control || || Wind from the East 75 | | Yasa || Via Yasaq || Conviction || Self-Control || || Wind from the East 75 | ||
Latest revision as of 15:43, 16 September 2024
- All general Path rules also apply to Roads.
- 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 requires the following to start the shift, 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.)
At the end of the year, 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 (Via Consuasor) | 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 |
| Slain | Via Einherjar | Conviction | Self-Control | Wolves of the Sea 72 | |
| Yasa | Via Yasaq | Conviction | Self-Control | Wind from the East 75 |
