Virtues and Vices
A character's Willpower is undergirded by their defining strength and weakness of character, as represented by a Virtue and a Vice. A character's Virtue is a higher ideal or heroic drive they must push themselves to extremes to live up to, restoring all lost Willpower. A character's Vice is a quick fix, easy comfort, or instinctive defense to fall back on, but only recovers a single point of Willpower when indulged. (WoD 100)
| Virtue | Vice | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Charity | Sacrifice for the sake of compassionate aid | Envy | Spite the wellbeing of your rivals |
| Faith | Dedication to realizing a proper and meaningful world | Gluttony | Satisfy self-destructive whims and desires |
| Fortitude | Stand for your principles and resist doubt | Greed | Get ahead at the expense of others |
| Hope | Lift up others in the darkest of times | Lust | Use and exploit others to sate your desires |
| Justice | Pursue a righteous creed at any personal cost | Pride | Exert yourself to push your ways on others |
| Prudence | Shun dangerous risks and easy temptations | Sloth | Avoid risk and push responsibility onto others |
| Temperance | Hold yourself in check when goaded to extremes | Wrath | Lash out when conflict is unnecessary |
Malapraxes
The demons of Hell are fueled by the weakness and venality of others, not anything within themselves. A demon's Malapraxis thirsts for a human Vice and a Key whose character permits the demon to feed on sins of that Vice committed by others.
Held by: Infernal demons
Sample Keys: Bankers, Blasphemy, Darkness, Daughters, Clergy, Corporations, Earth, Families, Fire, Flesh, Government, Lovers, Military, Prophecy, Soldiers, Steel, Treachery, Union, Vengeance, Witching Hour (Inf 49)
Temakh Virtues
The mummies who call themselves Deceived juggle their passions and desires with those of the inhuman presence entwined with their souls. The higher yearnings of these chthonic beings do not resemble what most humans would call "virtue." (Dec 35)
Held by: Deceived mummies
| Virtue | |
|---|---|
| Authority | Make others submit to your will despite their desires and interests |
| Conquest | Seize authority over great masses |
| Corruption | Provoke and share in a mortal's sinful deeds |
| Creativity | Birth a creative expression to shared admiration |
| Mysticism | Learn the ruling truths behind the supernatural and metaphysical |
| Piety | Set aside your desires in service to Iremite worship |
| Vengeance | Visit fit punishment upon transgressors |