Once the ghoul imbibes Vitae, he may use it in several ways
similar to a vampire. One primary difference, however, is that
the ghoul does not eliminate any quantity of his own blood
when he expends a Vitae. Similarly, when a ghoul consumes
Vitae, that Vitae does not add to or replace his own blood.
“Vitae” in a ghoul is merely the lingering cursed power transferred from the vampire. A ghoul with seven Health dots still
has seven dots after taking one Kindred Vitae — the Vitae
does not add Health dots to him, nor does it add any volume
to the ghoul’s own quantity of blood. A ghoul is still a mortal,
and Vitae he consumes goes into his stomach as does anything else he drinks. A ghoul calling upon Vitae uses the power
inherent in it, not the mass of liquid itself (which is eventually digested and otherwise eliminated). When using Vitae, a
ghoul’s player may only spend one per turn. A ghoul may have
a total number of Vitae in his system equal to his Stamina. If
the ghoul’s Stamina drops for any reason and would leave a
surplus, that extra Vitae is lost immediately. Examples of such
situations include becoming sick or ending a scene in which
the ghoul had activated Resilience.
Upon becoming a ghoul, the individual immediately gains a
single dot in a physical Discipline (Celerity, Resilience or Vigor).
Which Discipline manifests depends on the clan or bloodline
of the vampire who creates the ghoul. If that clan or bloodline
has two physical Disciplines, the sire — not the ghoul — chooses
which Discipline to impart. For example, a Ventrue ghoul gains
a single dot of Resilience, while the ghoul of a Daeva obtains
either Celerity or Vigor as decided by his master.
Ghouls may use Disciplines, if they have them. A ghoul
may learn Disciplines by spending experience points, which
costs twice as much as it does for a vampire (10 times the new
level in experience points for a clan or bloodline Discipline,
14 times the new level in experience points for an out-of-clan
or -bloodline Discipline). In most cases, a ghoul must have a
teacher to learn a Discipline or advance in level, with the
exception of physical Disciplines. As long as the ghoul knows
the first level of one of the physical Disciplines, he may learn
other levels without a teacher (although he must be taught
the first level). A ghoul may learn a unique bloodline Discipline if his master hails from the bloodline in question.
A ghoul may expend Vitae to augment physical Attributes,
just like a vampire (see p. 157). A ghoul may also use Vitae to
heal wounds, again like a vampire. If a ghoul doesn’t use Vitae to heal wounds, he recovers in the same amount of time
that a mortal does, as described on p. 175 of the World of
Darkness Rulebook.
Ghouls do not use Humanity to measure their morality. Instead, they use Morality as described on pp. 91-94 of the World
of Darkness rules.
Ghouls may spend one Vitae per turn. They have no
Blood Potency.
Embraced ghouls keep all of the Disciplines they learned
as ghouls when they make the transition to the ranks of the
special rules and systems
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Kindred. Vinculums and blood addictions the character has
survive into undeath as well