Buying off Beast Traits
Losing Beast Traits is a matter of will, time, desire to lose them, and many other factors. Such salvation is largely a matter of roleplay that will involve intimate discussions with your Clan Architect. However, there are some unavoidable considerations for this struggle that cannot be ignored. To lose a Beast Traits one must resist it, repeatedly, over a long period of time - and never enter frenzy because of it.
Losing control even once means you have to start all over again. It is not sufficient to resist temptation; you must confront it and survive.
Buying off Inhumanity Traits
Losing inhumanity traits is subject to a multitude of factors specific to the inhumanity trait to be lost. Such salvation is largely a matter of roleplay that will involve intimate discussions with your Clan Architect. However, one consideration is common to all Inhumanity Traits. To eliminate an Inhumanity Trait, the character must not engage in any wrongdoing that pertains to it, and the character must do this for a long period of time.
XP Costs
In the end, if your Clan Architect approves, you may buy off Beast Traits and Inhumanities. XP costs for buying off Beast Traits and Inhumanity Traits increase as their number grows smaller: They are innate to the vampiric-state and it is extremely difficult for a vampire to become entirely free of them. You can calculate the XP-costs as follows:
You calculate your IT or BT 'Damnation Total' by adding the number of 'IT or BT' points. In this Sub-human counts for 1 and Monstrous counts for 2 points.
The maximum you could have is 8 (4 monstrous traits)
The minimum you could have is 1 (1 subhuman trait)
Buying off IT or BT Damnation Points costs the following:
| Damnation Points | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| XP Costs | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Clan advantages and disadvantages should be applied to these costs:
- Nosferatu pay half for buying off Inhumanities and Beast Traits
- Toreador pay double for buying off Inhumanities
- Gangrel pay double for buying off Beast-Traits
- Malkavians pay triple for buying off the Monstrous Inhumanity related to their Clan-advantage, if it is possible at all.
Example: You have 2 monstrous Beast Traits and 2 Subhuman Beast-traits and want to buy off 1 Monstrous Beast-Trait.
Your BT-total is 2+2+1+1=6. Buying off your Monstrous BT costs: 5+8=13 XP.
Also see: Golconda.
