\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{St1nky\_Rat} \pdfinfo{ /Title (vtm-v20.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (St1nky\_Rat) /Subject (VTM V20 Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{800000} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{FBF7F7} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{VTM V20 Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{St1nky\_Rat} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/216258/cs/47211/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}St1nky\_Rat \\ \uline{cheatography.com/st1nky-rat} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Not Yet Published.\\ Updated 28th October, 2025.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4177 cm} p{0.4177 cm} x{1.50372 cm} x{1.83788 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Clans}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Clan}} & {\bf{Sect}} & {\bf{Disciplines}} & {\bf{Weakness}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Assamite} & I & Celerity, Obfuscate, Quietus & 1 pt. of unsoakable lethal damage per kindred BP taken, 1 pt. of automatic aggravated damage + no benefits for diablerie attempts \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 8) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Brujah} & CA & Celerity, Potence, Presence & Difficulty gate of roll to resist frenzy is +2, can't spend willpower to resist a frenzy \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 6) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Caitiff} & CIA & Any Disciplines & Negative Title, +2 social diff. w/ non caitiff, can't take status background, Caitiff childer \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 6) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Setites} & I & Obfuscate, Presence, Serpentis & Loses 1 dice pool when taking actions in bright lights, 2 extra levels of sunlight damage \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 6) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Gangrel} & C & Animalism, Fortitude, Protean & Gain a temp. animal characteristic every frenzy, characteristic will occassionaly become permanent and give the gangrel a temp/permanent stat change \tn % Row Count 37 (+ 9) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4177 cm} p{0.4177 cm} x{1.50372 cm} x{1.83788 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Clans (cont)}} \tn % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Giovanni} & I & Dominate, Necromancy, Potence & Mortal vessels takes double the amount of damage per BP taken while feeding (Kiss of Giovanni) \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Lasombra} & S & Dominate, Obtenebration, Potence & Cannot cast a reflection. \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Malkavian} & C & Auspex, Dementation, Obfuscate & Suffer from a derangement, can spend a willpower point to temp. relieve symptoms for a scene \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 6) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Nosferatu} & CI & Animalism, Obfuscate, Potence & 0 in appearance \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 3) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Ravnos} & I & Animalism, Chimerstry, Fortitude & Slave to their vices, when presented with an opportunity to indulge in their vice they must do so or make a \seqsplit{Self-Control/Instincts} roll {\emph{(diff. 6)}} \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 9) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Toreador} & C & Auspex, Celerity, Presence & Must make a \seqsplit{Self-Control/Instincts} roll {\emph{(diff. 6),}} if the roll fails then the Toreador is entralled and can't act for the scene (being wounded allows them to reroll) \tn % Row Count 37 (+ 10) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4177 cm} p{0.4177 cm} x{1.50372 cm} x{1.83788 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Clans (cont)}} \tn % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Tremere} & C & Auspex, Dominate, Thaumaturgy & Only takes two draughts of another vampires blood to become blood bound \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Tzimisce} & S & Animalism, Auspex, Vicissitude & Must rest with two handfuls of their native soil, every night without the soil halves their dice pool until 1 die is left \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 8) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Ventrue} & C & Dominate, Fortitude, Presence & Specific taste in blood, refuses to drink any other type of blood \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{5.377cm}}{Key: \newline C = Camarilla \newline S = Sabbat \newline A = Anarch \newline I = Independent/Autarkis} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} x{4.4793 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Difficulty Levels}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 3 & Trivial (scanning a small crowd for a familiar face) \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 4 & Easy (following a trail of blood) \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 5 & Straightforward (seducing some one who's already "in the mood") \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} 6 & Standard (firing a gun) \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 7 & Challenging (locating where those agonized whispers are coming from) \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} 8 & Difficult (convincing a cop that this isn't your cocaine) \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 9 & Extremely difficult (walking a tightrope \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.54747 cm} x{4.42953 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Degrees of Success}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Botch & Complete Failure (The gun doesn't just miss, it jams) \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 0 & Failure (missing a punch) \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 1 & Marginal (getting a broken refrigerator to keep running until the repairman arrives) \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} 2 & Moderate (making a handicraft that's ugly but useful) \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 3 & Complete (fixing something so that it's good as new) \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} 4 & Exceptional (increasing your car's efficiency in the process of repairing it) \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 5+ & Phenomenal (creating a masterwork) \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Whenever one of the dice comes up as a 1, it cancels out a success. \newline \newline If none of your dice comes up a success, and one or more dice are dice showing 1, the roll is a botch.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.38896 cm} x{2.58804 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Frenzy}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Provication}} & {\bf{Difficulty}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Smell of blood (when hungry) & 3 (or higher in extreme cases) \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Sight of blood (when hungry) & 4 (or higher in extreme cases) \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Being harassed & 4 \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Life-threatening situation & 4 \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Malicious taunts & 4 \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Physical provocation & 6 \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} Taste of blood (when hungry) & 6 (or higher in extreme cases) \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Loved one in danger & 7 \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} Outright public humiliation & 8 \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Brujah have a +2 difficulty to avoid frenzy. \newline Make a Self-Control roll to avoid frenzying.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{3.33459 cm} x{1.64241 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{R{\"o}tschreck (Fire and Sunlight)}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Provication}} & {\bf{Difficulty}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Lighting a cigarette & 3 \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Sight of a torch & 5 \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Bonfire & 6 \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Obscured Sunlight & 7 \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Being Burned & 7 \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Direct Sunlight & 8 \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} Trapped in a burning building & 9 \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Requires a courage roll to try and avoid.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Initiative and Combat Basics}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Rolling for Initiative:}}% Row Count 1 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.24425 cm} x{3.73275 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Disciplines}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Animalism & Supernatural affinity with (control of) animals \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Auspex & Extrasensory perception, awareness and premonitions. \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Celerity & Supernatural quickness and reflexes. \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Chimerstry} & The ability to create illusions and hallucinations. \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Dementation} & The ability to inflict madness upon a victim. \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Dominate & Mind control practiced through the piercing gaze. \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Fortitude & Unearthly toughness, even resisting fire and sunlight. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Necromancy} & Summon and control the dead. \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Obfuscate & The ability to remain obscure and unseen, even in crowds. \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Obtenebration} & Unearthly control over shadows. \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Potence & Physical vigor and strength. \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} Presence & Attract, sway and control crowds. \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 2) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Protean & Shapechanging: growing claws and melding with earth. \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 2) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} Quietus & The art of assassination. \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 1) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Serpentis & The Discipline of reptilian powers. \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 2) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Thaumaturgy} & The study and practice of blood sorcery. \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 2) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Vicissitude} & The art of flesh-shaping \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.69218 cm} x{3.28482 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The Traditions}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{1: The Masquerade}} & Hide the existence of Vampires \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{2: The Domain}} & A kindred's hunting ground is their territory \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{3: The Progeny}} & Sire only with permission of one's elders \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{4: The Accounting}} & Until released, sires are responsible for their childers actions \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{5: Hospitality}} & Honor the domain, present yourself to the ruler of a domain upon arrival \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{6: Destruction}} & The right to kill Kindred is reserved for the Elder of a community \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Established by the Camarilla, followed by most vampires} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Blood Bonds}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{First drink:}} The drinker begins to experience intermittent but strong feelings about the vampire. She may dream of him, or find herself "coincidentally" frequenting places where he might show up. There is no mechanical effect at this stage, but it should be roleplayed. \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 6) {\bf{Second drink:}} The drinker's feelings grow strong enough to influence their behavior but not yet enslaved. She may act as she pleases, but might have to make a {\emph{Willpower}} roll to take actions directly harmful to the vampire. The vampire's influence is such that he can persuade or command her with little effort {\emph{(Social rolls against the thrall are at -1 difficulty)}} \newline % Row Count 14 (+ 8) {\bf{Third drink:}} Full-scale blood bond. A regnant may use the {\emph{Dominate}} Discipline on a thrall, even without the benefit of eye contact. Additionally, should the thrall try to resist the {\emph{Dominate}} (or similar mental control power) for some reason, the difficulty of such {\emph{resistance is increased by two}}. Naturally, a higher-Generation vampire still cannot use {\emph{Dominate}} on a lower-Generation thrall. \newline % Row Count 23 (+ 9) {\bf{Resisting the Bond:}} It's possible, though difficult, for a vampire to temporarily resist a blood bond. Doing so requires the player to make a {\emph{Willpower}} roll {\emph{(difficulty is typically 8, but can be modified based on the regnant's treatment and the thrall's Nature)}} and accumulate a number of successes equal to the number of times the thrall has partaken of the regnant's blood, to a maximum of difficulty 9. The thrall must then spend a Willpower point. Upon doing so, the bond is negated for a variable amount of time.% Row Count 34 (+ 11) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Diablerie}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Diablerie is act of stealing and devouring life essence of another vampire. \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 2) {\bf{Commiting Diablerie:}} \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 1) To commit diablerie, the diablerist must take blood directly and immediately from the victim; the blood may not be stored and used later and only one diablerist may commit the act on a given victim. \newline % Row Count 7 (+ 4) Once a vampire's body has been drained of all blood, the diablerist's makes an {\emph{extended Strength roll (Diff. 9)}}. Each success inflicts one automatic health level on the victim (the victim cannot soak, and damage is considered aggravated). When all the victim's health levels have been drained, the body begins to decay immediately. \newline % Row Count 14 (+ 7) A vampire committing diablerie is vulnerable to attack, all attacks against a vampire attempting diablerie are made versus a {\emph{difficulty of 2}} \newline % Row Count 17 (+ 3) {\bf{Rewards}} \newline % Row Count 18 (+ 1) Upon completion of diablerie, the diablerist is overwhelmed by euphoria, and a {\emph{Self-Control/Instincts}} roll is necessary {\emph{(Diff. 10 - Humanity/Path)}} to avoid losing control. \newline % Row Count 22 (+ 4) The true benefit of diablerie becomes evident if the diablerist feeds on the vitae of a vampire of lower Generation (e.g., 9th gen. diablerizing 7th gen.). The diablerist literally steals the power and potency of the victim's own blood, and thus permanently lowers her own Generation by one. All benefits of the lowered Generation: a larger and more potent blood pool, the ability to Dominate more Kindred and, in some cases, the ability to increase Traits above 5 — are bestowed. \newline % Row Count 32 (+ 10) } \tn \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Diablerie (cont)}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{If the victim was of far greater power (5 or more Gen. levels) than the diablerist, the ST may rule that the predator lowers her Gen by more than one step. It would not be unreasonable for a 12th gen. neonate who drank the blood of a 3000-year-old 5th gen. to advance 3 or more Generations. \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 6) Drinking the vitae of elder vampires can temporarily increase the diablerist's Discipline levels by 1, 2, or more. These increased powers last for a single scene, unless the ST decides otherwise.% Row Count 10 (+ 4) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}