Combat · Updated 2026-05-22
Health, Torpor, and Final Death
Health track, wound penalties, voluntary and involuntary torpor, and how long you sleep.
- health
- torpor
- damage
Health track
Two Healthy, three Bruised, two Wounded — then the dark.
- HealthyNo penalty.
- Bruised−1 on ties.
- WoundedLose on ties.
- IncapacitatedOut 10 minutes.
- TorporLethal past Incap.
- Final DeathAggravated past Incap.
A Masquerade character’s health levels: Healthy, Healthy, Bruised, Bruised, Bruised, Wounded, Wounded, Incapacitated, Torpor, and/or Final Death.
| Level | Boxes | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Healthy | 2 | None. Cosmetically scuffed at worst. |
| Bruised | 3 | −1 on ties. |
| Wounded | 2 | Lose on ties. If the character has a tie-breaking power, compare traits instead at the Bruised −1. Must risk an additional Trait to attempt a challenge. Overbid is always allowed. |
| Incapacitated | 1 | Out of play at least 10 minutes. Then immobile; may whisper pained sentences. May not enter a challenge until one health level is healed. Kindred suffer Final Death if they take aggravated wounds here. |
| Torpor | 1 | Kindred injured beyond Incapacitated by lethal damage. Not a good spot. |
| Final Death | 1 | Kindred injured beyond Incapacitated by aggravated damage. Permanently destroyed. |
Torpor
Characters may enter torpor voluntarily or involuntarily (wounds or other means). Duration depends on Humanity, unless another Kindred gives blood to revive them.
Characters with no Blood Traits lose a health level each time the rules call for them to spend blood (including rising each night). Below Incapacitated in this fashion: torpor.
Vampires who enter torpor due to blood loss or wounds must rest the entire time on the chart, barring exceptional ST circumstances. After that rest, Static Mental vs 3 Traits and expend a Blood Trait to wake. Failure: test again once per night until success or no blood remains. No blood: she may not rise until some is given.
Voluntary torpor is a deeper slumber than daily rest and should not be entered lightly. Voluntary sleepers may awaken in half the usual time, still needing the Static Mental. Torpid vampires ignore the nightly need for blood — they are in hibernation.
| Humanity | Length of torpor |
|---|---|
| 10 | Two days |
| 7–9 | One week |
| 5–6 | One year |
| 3–4 | One decade |
| 1–2 | One century |
| 0 | A millennium |