V20 Rules Reference
Quietus in V20
Quietus lets an Assamite spend blood points to silence a room or turn vitae into a weapon the Storyteller still has to judge.
Looking for quiet blood magic in 5th Edition? Read the V5 Disciplines guideThe short answer.
Quietus is the Assamite Discipline in the V20 catalog. Silence of Death spends one blood point, not Hunger, to mute the space around you. Later powers poison, call, coat, or spit vitae, and Dagon's Call spends Willpower instead of a blood point on its row. Dots are bought in order from Silence of Death through Taste of Death. Generation caps the blood points spent in one turn.
What Quietus can touch
The Discipline works on sound and on blood, yours or a victim's. It does not raise an Attribute.
- Sound
- Silence of Death spends one blood point and has no roll. The Storyteller decides how far the quiet reaches and who still notices the edge of it.
- A touch of vitae
- Scorpion's Touch uses a Willpower pool and at least one blood point. The dose and the target's resistance stay with the Storyteller, so the sheet does not fix that cost.
- Blood already in a body
- Dagon's Call spends one Willpower and opposes Stamina to Stamina. Later turns can ask for more Willpower. The row does not list a blood cost.
- A coated strike or a spit of blood
- Baal's Caress and Taste of Death both note Stamina plus Athletics. Blood is spent per hit or per harm, and the Storyteller applies the wound.
Levels in order
Names and order follow the V20 catalog. Each line is the change, not a full system write-up.
| Level | Power | What it changes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silence of Death | Spend one blood point, with no catalog roll, to smother sound around you while the Storyteller judges who still hears the edge. |
| 2 | Scorpion's Touch | Roll Willpower and spend at least one blood point to turn vitae into a contact poison, with the dose and the resistance left to the Storyteller. |
| 3 | Dagon's Call | Spend one Willpower and oppose your Stamina to the target's Stamina to set a delayed attack on their blood, with later turns still in the Storyteller's hands. |
| 4 | Baal's Caress | Roll Stamina plus Athletics and spend blood points for each hit to coat a weapon, while the Storyteller applies the aggravated wound. |
| 5 | Taste of Death | Roll Stamina plus Athletics and spend blood points for the harm to spit vitae as a ranged attack the Storyteller measures. |
Run it in this order.
- Declare the Quietus power and the room, weapon, or person it touches.
- Spend the blood points that power requires, or the Willpower for Dagon's Call, without exceeding the generation per-turn cap.
- The Storyteller sets the difficulty, because the engine catalogs these five powers and does not roll them automatically.
- Resolve silence, poison, or the wound at the table. The receipt does not assign damage.
Silence is not a free second attack
Silence of Death spends its blood point on the quiet. It does not also pay for Scorpion's Touch or Baal's Caress. Each of those is its own declaration and its own spend.
Generation caps the blood
Silence of Death costs 1 blood point. Twelfth generation may spend 1 per turn, so the silence uses the cap. A power that spends blood per hit can run out of that cap before the flurry you had in mind. Eighth generation may spend 3.
Poison does not raise an Attribute
Quietus does not add Strength, Stamina, or Athletics. Baal's Caress changes the Storyteller's reading of a wound. It does not print a new damage trait onto the sheet as a permanent dot.
Keep the blood on the sheet
多段階の吸収計算や血液の管理のために卓を止めることなく、クラシックV20を遊んでみませんか？ Vampiro LifeのV20エンジンで、インタラクティブなソロ・クロニクルを試してみてください。
Common mistakes
- Rolling Hunger dice for Quietus on a V20 sheet. Silence spends a blood point. Dagon's Call spends Willpower.
- Spending Willpower after a botch to cancel the 1s. Dagon's Call already uses a Willpower to start, and a Willpower pool cannot buy a second automatic success.
- Opening with Silence of Death and then spending more blood on Baal's Caress in the same turn after the generation cap is gone.
- Listing the clan as Banu Haqim on this sheet, or skipping Dagon's Call because a short list only named Silence, Scorpion's Touch, and Baal's Caress.
One spend at the table
The quiet uses the whole turn's blood at this generation.
The service corridor
Yasmin Qadir, 12th-generation Assamite, declares Silence of Death.
She spends 1 blood point, the 12th-generation cap, from a pool whose maximum is 11. The catalog stores no roll. The Storyteller decides how far the quiet reaches. Scorpion's Touch would need its own blood and cannot be paid in this same turn.
What the V20 sheet tracks
The sheet stores a Quietus rating from 0 to 5, the blood pool, and Willpower. It does not apply silence, poison, or damage.
- Assamite lists Quietus with Celerity and Obfuscate. The rating is one number. The catalog name is Assamite, not Banu Haqim.
- A check is allowed only when the stored rating is at least that power's level.
- None of the five powers is an automatic roll. Silence of Death can record 1 blood point. Dagon's Call can record 1 Willpower and a Stamina roll. Scorpion's Touch, Baal's Caress, and Taste of Death have blood costs that depend on the target or the hit, so the check will not invent them.
- The Storyteller applies the quiet, the poison, and the wounds.
Frequently asked
Is the V20 clan Assamite or Banu Haqim?
- Assamite. The in-clan trio is Celerity, Obfuscate, and Quietus. Banu Haqim is not the catalog name.
What are the five Quietus powers, in order?
- Silence of Death, Scorpion's Touch, Dagon's Call, Baal's Caress, and Taste of Death. Do not skip Dagon's Call.
Does Dagon's Call spend blood points?
- Not on this row. It spends 1 Willpower and opposes Stamina to Stamina. Later turns can require more Willpower, which the Storyteller tracks.
Does the app mark Baal's Caress as aggravated damage?
- No. The catalog notes a Stamina plus Athletics roll and blood spent per hit. The Storyteller applies the wound. The sheet does not resolve that damage.
Does Quietus use Hunger?
- No. Blood costs are blood points, and they still face the generation per-turn cap. Hunger dice are a V5 habit.
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Keep the blood on the sheet
多段階の吸収計算や血液の管理のために卓を止めることなく、クラシックV20を遊んでみませんか？ Vampiro LifeのV20エンジンで、インタラクティブなソロ・クロニクルを試してみてください。