Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition XP & advancement guide

Modern gothic horror storytelling game

Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition is modern gothic vampire horror. Hunger dice, messy criticals, Humanity and clan banes on the sheet.

VTM V5 uses d10 dice pools: roll Attribute + Skill, count successes on 6+, and watch for criticals on 10s. Hunger dice add personal-horror volatility (messy criticals and bestial failures). The roll flow has 3 steps: Build your pool (Attribute + Skill). Roll d10s and count successes (6+). Interpret 10s (critical) and Hunger outcomes (messy critical/bestial failure) as story-forward complications.

This page walks through how characters grow in Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition. It lists 3 workflow steps that take you from earning progress to recording it on the sheet.

How to use this page

1. Read the workflow once before a session ends so you know what to track, then return to it between sessions when you spend what your Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition character has earned.
2. Open the Vampire V5 dice roller when a rule asks for a roll, so the result follows the same mechanic described above.
3. Track what changes on your Vampire V5 character sheet, which supports 3 creation modes, so the next session starts from the current state.
4. Move to a sibling page when the question changes: quickstart, rules reference, glossary, or GM resources. Each one is built from the same Vampire V5 data, so terms and numbers match across pages.
5. Return to the Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition guide for the full overview, including character creation and every tool for this game.

Nothing on this page replaces the published Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition rulebook. It is a working reference for the table: short summaries of the 3 advancement steps listed here, plus links to the tools that act on them.