Paths

• 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