Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition skills

This page lists all 27 skills available in Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition. Click on any skill to learn more about their abilities, characteristics, and optimal build strategies.

athletics - Physical activities like running, climbing, swimming, and jumping brawl - Hand-to-hand combat and unarmed fighting techniques craft - Creating, repairing, and modifying objects with your hands drive - Operating vehicles, from cars to motorcycles to boats firearms - Using guns, rifles, and other ranged weapons larceny - Breaking and entering, picking locks, and stealing melee - Using melee weapons like swords, knives, and clubs stealth - Moving unseen and unheard, hiding and sneaking survival - Living off the land, tracking, and wilderness skills animal_ken - Understanding and communicating with animals etiquette - Proper social behavior and formal manners in Kindred society insight - Reading people and understanding their motivations intimidation - Using fear and threats to influence others leadership - Inspiring and directing groups of people performance - Acting, singing, dancing, and other entertainment skills persuasion - Convincing others through logic and charm streetwise - Understanding criminal culture and urban survival subterfuge - Deception and misdirection: lying convincingly and hiding your motives academics - Formal education, research, and scholarly knowledge awareness - Noticing details and being alert to your surroundings finance - Understanding money, investments, and economic systems investigation - Gathering information, solving mysteries, and detective work medicine - Healing, diagnosing, and understanding the human body occult - Knowledge of supernatural phenomena and mystical practices politics - Understanding power structures and political systems science - Understanding scientific principles and methodology technology - Using and understanding computers and modern technology

Consider your character concept, playstyle preferences, and how this choice fits into your campaign when making your decision.