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 is bad for them (no surprise; works on the living, too)
• 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
• No reflection
• "Good"/"Holy" is bad for them
• Require invitation to enter
• Commonly Eastern-European

Known/Common (6-9)

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

"It presents itself as mild anemia" (Porphyria)

• Stakes can immobilize/stun (not necessarily kill)
• 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"
• Prefer the cold
• Invitation required for entry into a private residence; not required for public places
• Most tend to originate around the Carpathian Basin area of SE Europe (Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, etc.)

Slightly Obscure/Trained (10-13)

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

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