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Contents 1 Level 1 – What a Fledgling would know 2 Level 2 – What a common Kindred would know 3 Level 3 – What an Experienced Kindred would know 4 Level 4 — What a Scholar would know 5 Level 5 – What an Elder would know

See also: Lore and Lore (New Ability)

Level 1 – What a Fledgling would know

• Basic understanding of the necessities (blood) and the banes (fire, sunlight and wooden stake) of a vampiric existence.
• Rumor that the biblical Caine was the first vampire.
• Some say Kindred war among themselves, for various reasons.
• Know many common Kindred specific terms.
• The concept that raw power comes from the blood
• You know that Kindred are separated into “Clans”, tracing their heritage back to a single very old Kindred.
• You are aware of the names of the most common “Clans” in your area (i.e. Brujah, Toreador, Lasombra, etc.)
• Understands the traditions surrounding Elysium

Level 2 – What a common Kindred would know

• The concept that the closer one is to Caine the more power a kindred possesses
• You understand the Embrace, the Blood Bond, creating Ghouls and Diablerie
• Has heard of the Book of Nod
• Has a rough knowledge of major events in Cainite History, such as the First City, Second City, Carthage, Anarch Rebellion, founding of the Camarilla and Sabbat, etc
• Can give short descriptions (roughly the descriptions in Laws of the Night: Revised) for 7-9 clans
• Some say the world will come to an end when the eldest awake.

Level 3 – What an Experienced Kindred would know

• Can name the 13 clans and knows the Vampire: the Masquerade, Vampire: Players Guide, and Sabbat :Player’s Guide descriptions, in general specific terms. Includes the common weakness of each clan.
• Has a basic understanding of the ten primary Disciplines (Animalism, Auspex, Dominate, Fortitude, Obfuscate, Protean, Presence, Potence, Thaumaturgy) – think general overview but not detailed Vampire: the Masquerade write-ups
• May have heard rumors about one of the rare clan-specific Disciplines (Chimerstry, Necromancy, Obtenebration, Quietus, Serpentis and Vicissitude)
• Knows several of the legends of the First Days or Gehenna.
• Knows many of the old terms and their meanings
• Can name a couple of the Antediluvians
• You have heard rumors of Golconda
• You know of the Gangrel/Tzimisce war against the Tremere.

Level 4 — What a Scholar would know

• You know the Commandments of Caine (Pg. 76-77, 84-85 Book of Nod)
• Basic knowledge of the minor bloodlines, to include disciplines common to them - think general overview but not detailed Vampire: The Masquerade write-ups
• Knowledge of a few of the Elder powers available in the ten primary Disciplines (Expert Disciplines)--again think general description not detailed write-ups
• Has heard rumors of the Inconnu
• May know something about Golconda
• Can name many Antediluvians and many of the major Methuselahs – may know some vague legends about them
• Can see the hidden meanings in day-to-day Kindred politics.

Level 5 – What an Elder would know

• A working familiarity with several editions, variora and translations of the Book of Nod as well as some other apocryphal writings
• Experience with Cainite society is likely to be more accurately measured in millennia rather than mere centuries
• Knows some general details about the Jyhad and who the some of the real players are.
• Know the legends surrounding the Diablerie of the Antediluvians (Saulot, Brujah, Cappadocius)
• Has probably seen the equivalent to a full copy of the Book of Nod (although several drastically different versions exist)
• Have suspicions where an Antediluvian sleeps
• Know about the City of Enoch in the Shadowlands.