It can mimic a heartbeat and breath, can allow the vampire to consume human food without getting sick, and even make sexual intercourse a thing that can be done.īeing undead doesn’t allow vampires to heal as they did while human. The Blush of Life power will allow a vampire to temporarily look more alive than undead. VtM follows some classic vampire traits, such as them having cold, pale skin, and no heartbeat or breath. More dice rolled to succeed at an Attribute test means there’s a better chance of succeeding. Through the power of their vampiric blood alone, characters may call upon this power to give a temporary boost (additional dice) to a Mental, Physical, or Social Attribute dice pool roll. Once a character is Embraced, their new vampiric blood automatically grants a set of powers that are standard to all vampires. Instead of going into detail about all the powers in VtM, let’s focus on the powers we have seen, and may yet expect to see, from the characters in LA By Night. In true RPG fashion, a wide variety of powers are available for players to choose from to flesh out their vampires as they see fit. For the sake of viewers who are unfamiliar with the World of Darkness setting, or who are looking for what’s new in VtM’s fifth edition, let’s sink our teeth into what some of those powers are.Īlthough VtM draws much of its’ inspiration from our long history of vampire tales, VtM is a tabletop RPG at its’ warm, blood-pumping heart.

Like and unlike the vampires we’re familiar with from folklore and horror movies, VtM vampires have supernatural mental and physical powers granted to them once they are Embraced. By Night, we get to watch a coterie of players roleplaying as vampires using the fifth edition rules of Vampire: The Masquerade RPG. On our new Vampire: The Masquerade RPG show, L.A.

Vampire the masquerade abilities list