Attribute

According to the "Vampire the Masquarde" Storytellers Guide by White Wolf. These are the nine attributes for a character.

Physical
This Trait measures a vampire's physical prowess - raw strength, agility and stamina. This Trait is used to resolve all tasks involving fighting, lifting things, running, etc.

Strength
Raw physical strength.

1- Poor: 40 lbs.

2- Average: 100 lbs.

3- Good: 250 lbs.

4- Exceptional: 400 lbs.

5- Outstanding: 650 lbs. crush skulls like grapes.

Stamina
Physical hardiness, how resistant you are to disease and damage, and how fast you recover from them.

1- Poor: you bruise in stiff wind.

2- Average: you are moderately healthy and can take a punch or two.

3- Good: you are in good shape and rarely fall ill.

4- Exceptional: you can run (and perhaps win) any marathon you choose.

5- Outstanding: your constitution is truly Herculean.

Dexterity
Speed and ease of movement, includes full body movements (ie. gymnastics) and hand-eye coordination.

1- Poor: you are clumsy and awkward. put that gun down before you hurt yourself.

2- Average: you are no clod, but you're no ballerina either.

3- Good: you possess some degree of athletic potential.

4- Exceptional: you could be an acrobat if you wished.

5- Outstanding: your movements are liquid and hypnotic-almost superhuman.

Social
This Trait measures a vampire's charm, attractiveness and presence. Social is used to resolve all tasks concerned with trying to coerce, seduce, convince or con someone into doing something.

Charisma
How you come across to others socially, includes how you conduct yourself in public when not actively interacting with others.

1- Poor: stop picking your nose.

2- Average: you are generally likeable and have several friends.

3- Good: people trust you implicitly.

4- Exceptional: you have signifigant personal magnetism.

5- Outstanding: entire cultures could follow your lead.

Manipulation
How easily you bend other to your will, either through persuasion or threats.

1- Poor: a person of few (often ineffectual) words.

2- Average: you can fool some of the people some of the time, just like anybody else.

3- Good: you never pay full price.

4- Exceptional: you could be a politician or cult leader.

5- Outstanding: "of course I'll tell the prince it was I who tried to stake him!"

Appearance
Your base looks (the only stat that can be raised temporarily by wearing nice clothes and makup).

1- Poor: ugly as a mud fence.

2- Average: you don't stand out in a crowd, for better or worse.

3- Good: strangers offer to buy you drinks at bars.

4- Exceptional: you are appealing enough to be a model, and people often go out of their way to tell you so.

5- Outstanding: people react to you with either insane jealousy or beatific awe.

Mental
This trait measures a vampire's brains, reasoning ability, wits and cunning. This Trait is used to resolve all tasks concerned with trying to notice something, puzzle out a clue or think quickly.

Perception
How much you notice the world around you and how much you notice about whatever you are focused on.

1- Poor: perhaps you are absurdly self-absorbed, perhaps merely an airhead; in any event, even the most obvious details elude you.

2- Average: you are oblivious to the very subtle, but aware of the bigger picture.

3- Good: you perceive moods, textures, and miniscule changes in your environment.

4- Exceptional: almost nothing evades your notice.

5- Outstanding: you instantly observe things almost imperceptible to human senses.

Intelligence
Memory and raw brain power.

1- Poor: not the sharpest knife in the drawer. (IQ 80)

2- Average: smart enough to realize you're normal. (IQ 100)

3- Good: more enlightened than the masses. (IQ 120)

4- Exceptional: you're not just bright, you're down-right brilliant. (IQ 140)

5- Outstanding: Certified genius. (IQ 160+)

Wits
Quickness of thinking and how easily you make leaps of logic or intuition.

1- Poor: pull my finger.

2- Average: you know when to bet or fold in poker.

3- Good: you are seldom suprized or left speechless.

4- Exceptional: you are one of those people who make others think, "Ooh, I should have said...." the next day.

5- Outstanding: you think and respond almost more quickly than you act.

--216.188.241.103 22:10, 9 Oct 2005 (UTC)