Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition glossary

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 is the entry point to the Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition glossary. The glossary currently holds 163 terms for this game, grouped so you can jump to mechanics, character terms or combat terms.

How to use this page

1. Keep the glossary open at the table when a word in the Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition rulebook is unclear, and use the category cards below to browse instead of scrolling a long list.
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, GM resources, or advancement guide. 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 163 glossary terms listed here, plus links to the tools that act on them.