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To calculate the length of time a wounded Kindred spends in torpor, consult the following
table. The character’s Humanity score determines a base time spent in torpor. Multiply
that span by the character’s Blood Potency to fi nd the total duration of the slumber. (Note
that should it become a necessary distinction, the times on the torpor chart refer to in-game
time, not always literal real time.)
During the time their characters are torpid, players are encouraged to play alternate characters,
perhaps ghouls or retainers, or even assist the Storytelling staff by taking on the role
of a Narrator character for a time. Of course, Storytellers should take care that players do
not use such an opportunity to try to get vengeance for fallen characters or otherwise carry
on old agendas without good cause.
Example: Fever has a Blood Potency of 2 and a Humanity of 6. (He became one of the Damned
relatively recently, and since he has only begun to increase the potency of his blood, he hasn’t lost much
of himself to the Beast either.) A rival Shadow, jealous of his rising status, ambushes him and viciously
beats Fever into torpor, but Fever’s loyal retainer arrives and drives the attacker off before he can fi nish
the job. Humanity 6 gives a base duration of two weeks; multiplying this by Fever’s Blood Potency dots
gives a total duration of four weeks. At the end of that time, Fever wakes up hungry and wondering
what the hell just happened.
For contrast, the Unholy has a Blood Potency of 7 and has certainly earned her moniker with a
Humanity of 2. For all her power, though, a pack of bold Lupines gives her a good thrashing. The
Lupines think they kill her, but they actually leave her in torpor. Her Humanity of 2 gives a base time
of 50 years. Multiplying this by her Blood Potency of 7 gives a total duration of 350 years, give or take
a few. Given such long spans of time, we don’t need to set an exact date for when she wakes. The point
is, the Unholy stays out of circulation for a long, long time.
Zero-Humanity vampires form an important exception to this system. When they enter torpor
from wounding, they sleep for an even millennium, regardless of their Blood Potency.
3.5 — TORPOR DURATION
Humanity Base time*
10 One day
9 Two days
8 Three days
7 One week
6 Two weeks
5 One month
4 One year
3 One decade
2 Five decades
1 One century
0 One millennium†
* Total time = Base Time x Blood Potency
While in torpor, a wounded vampire can expend Vitae but can take no other action. His
undead body still expends one Vitae per night as it tries to restore itself to its post-Embrace
condition. The character can also expend Vitae to heal himself — a good idea, since otherwise
the Vitae just trickles away without doing anything useful. Any damage that the vampire cannot
heal remains on the character’s withered body until he can rise and feed again.
If the vampire lacks suffi cient reserves of Vitae to heal at least three points of the damage
(whether lethal or aggravated) that sent her to torpor, that torpor lasts longer than usual. Calculate
the torpor’s duration as if the character’s Blood Potency were one higher than it actually is.