{"id":"vampire/power/discipline/bardo","type":"power","system":"discipline","line":"vampire","name":"Bardo","sources":[{"source":"V20","page":450,"folio":442}],"entries":["This Discipline has been handed down since Osiris himself first discovered this path. It involves attainment of a constant state of mystical consciousness, only achieved by the rigid, ascetic unlife of the Children. This Discipline is not the same state as Golconda. Golconda is a realization and acceptance of the way things are, while the Children’s Disciplines are based on denial. They deny the Beast within them by intensely concentrating on their Humanity and their state of death. If a Child was to give up his meditations and discipline, he would be assailed by his Beast.","The Child must maintain Humanity equal to their highest level of ability, or else lose that ability. For example, a Child must have a Humanity of 9 to gain the ninth level of attainment. If the Child’s Humanity ever drops below the required level, then the ability of that level is lost and must be bought all over again with experience points. The Child can counteract this with Restore Humanitas (below).","A Child of Osiris cannot follow any type of moral code other than Humanity."],"_links":{"self":"/api/v1/records/vampire/power/discipline/bardo","html":"/records/vampire/power/discipline/bardo","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/vampire/power/discipline/bardo/children","sources":[{"abbr":"V20","page":450,"folio":450,"title":"Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition"}]},"_db":{"title":"Bardo","props":[],"parent_id":null,"level":null,"category":null,"summary":"This Discipline has been handed down since Osiris himself first discovered this path. It involves attainment of a constant state of mystical consciousness, only achieved by the rigid, ascetic unlife o","tags":[],"children":[{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/restore-humanitas","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Restore Humanitas","title":"Restore Humanitas","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/bardo","level":1,"category":null,"summary":"The first thing that the Children of Osiris are taught is that Humanity does not have to be an inexorable slide into depravity. Instead, it is more akin to a climb up an extremely steep hill. The vamp","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/banishing-sign-of-thoth","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Banishing Sign of Thoth","title":"Banishing Sign of Thoth","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/bardo","level":2,"category":null,"summary":"The character gestures, turning aside any supernatural effect aimed at her. The source of the effect does not matter. She can thwart, or at least blunt, the strength of any mystical attack. This sign ","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/gift-of-apis","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Gift of Apis","title":"Gift of Apis","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/bardo","level":3,"category":null,"summary":"All vampires must consume blood, no matter how good their intentions. While this basic fact of undeath cannot be circumvented, the Children of Osiris can at least avoid drinking human blood.","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/pillar-of-osiris","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Pillar of Osiris","title":"Pillar of Osiris","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/bardo","level":4,"category":null,"summary":"In the center of every temple is a Pillar of Osiris, a place of meditation and power in which the Children’s magic is greatly increased. At this level of Bardo, the character learns to create such a P","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/paradox","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Paradox","title":"Paradox","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/bardo","level":5,"category":null,"summary":"The Child utters a phrase or a riddle that lays bare the truth of the universe to a listener. That truth — the perspective of that one listener’s importance weighed against the whole of creation — is ","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/boon-of-anubis","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Boon of Anubis","title":"Boon of Anubis","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/bardo","level":6,"category":null,"summary":"The vampire can protect a mortal from Embrace, leaving instructions for Anubis, the judge of the dead, not to take this particular mortal to his scales. If the mortal is Embraced while under the power","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/bring-forth-the-dawn","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Bring Forth the Dawn","title":"Bring Forth the Dawn","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/bardo","level":7,"category":null,"summary":"This power does not actually cause the sun to rise, but rather triggers the daysleep in Kindred. The Child simply gestures, and the target’s Beast responds as though the sun had just risen outside. Th","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/mummification","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Mummification","title":"Mummification","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/bardo","level":8,"category":null,"summary":"The Children of Osiris have an uneasy relationship with destroying other vampires. They would prefer not to do so, but some Kindred are too evil to be allowed to exist. For the vampires that straddle ","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/ras-blessing","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Ra’s Blessing","title":"Ra’s Blessing","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/bardo","level":9,"category":null,"summary":"This ritual is difficult, but allows the vampire to accomplish the impossible — walking in sunlight, fully experiencing the day once more. Gaining Ra’s Blessing requires a month-long period of fasting","sources":"V20"}]}}