Hidden Lore (Vampires)

Obvious

Roll: No roll required with Hidden Lore (Vampires); Occultism+2. Note: This is, essentially, a confirmation of what can be gleaned from TV/cinema/literature.

"You aim for the head or the heart. Anything else, it's your ass."

• Undead
• Consumes blood
• Beheading, stake-to-the-heart is bad for them (no surprise; works on the living, too)
• Sunlight is bad for them (& they don't sparkle)
• Garlic is bad for them
• Don't cast a reflection
• "Good"/"Holy" is bad for them
• Require invitation to enter

Known/Common (6-9)

Roll: Hidden Lore (Vampires)+4; Occultism+0. Note: Knows what is not true.

• "Hard to kill"

"It presents itself as mild anemia" (Porphyria)

• Vulnerable to silver, sunlight, "Good"/"Holy", and will generally avoid them
• Irritated by garlic (like tear-gas/ammonia)
• There are different "varieties," and "stages" of development
• Alternate names: Upir/Upiór, Strigoi
• Eyeshine; *"Demon face" (when attacking, agitated)
• Prefer the cold
• Don't cast a reflection, and don't appear on film
• Invitation required for entry into private residence; not required for public places
• Commonly Eastern-European

Slightly Obscure/Trained (10-13)

Roll: Hidden Lore (Vampires)+0; Occultism-4. Note: has direct/second-hand-direct experience.

• Extremely fast, tough, agile, and flexible. Normal weapons/bullets are not very effective.
• Damaged (burned) on contact with holy water, holy symbols, sunlight; not "repelled/cowed" but will avoid contact
• Holy or silver attacks are harder for them to heal, can interfere with powers
• Stakes-to-the-heart can immobilize/stun (not necessarily kill)
• Can sometimes survive beheading
• Avoid Holy Ground™
• Most-common examples originate around the Carpathian Basin area of SE Europe (Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, etc.), and often speak those languages
• Levels: Juvies > Mooks > Masters > Primes > Elders
• Secret hierarchy, rulership in place
• Recognized/commonly-encountered "clans"
• Don't appear in mirrors, and cannot be "directly" recorded on any video/audio medium, physical or electronic (blur/smear/distortion may be recorded).
• Invitation is "permanent" unless magically revoked. Loopholes exist; a "welcome mat" is invitation enough.
• General existence of the Watchers, Hunters, similar organizations

Obscure/Expert (14-17)

Roll: Hidden Lore (Vampires)-4; Occultism-10

TBD In-game

Highly Obscure/Authority (18+)

Roll: Hidden Lore (Vampires)-8; Occultism NA

TBD In-Game