{"id":"vampire/power/discipline/path-of-the-four-humors","type":"power","system":"discipline","line":"vampire","name":"Path of the Four Humors","sources":[{"source":"V20","page":181,"folio":173}],"entries":["Philosophically, the four humors represent different qualities, split along two axes: hot and cold, and wet and dry. Blood is hot and wet; phlegm is cold and wet; yellow bile is hot and dry; and black bile is cold and dry. Historically, when a mortal was out of sorts or ill, it was said that his humors were out of balance, and a philosopher or physician would try to heal him by bringing his humors back into balance. Ancient necromancers believed that in their undead forms, all four humors were held in a mystical stasis, and that they could tap into all four of them instead of merely tapping into blood in the form of vitae as other vampires did.","This antiquated path was primarily considered the knowledge of the {@bloodline Lamia|V20} bloodline, and certainly very few necromancers have learned this path without tutoring from a {@bloodline Lamia|V20}. Since the loss of the {@bloodline Lamia|V20}, elder necromancers have searched everywhere (both in this world and the next) for clues to its existence.","### • Whispers to the Soul The necromancer with this ability can let slip a little of her own undead bilious humor as she speaks to an-other being (whether mortal or Kindred). The wicked vapor slips into the target’s ear and whispers night-mares to the target throughout the day and night. The target has a harder time sleeping, and becomes irritable and distracted during his waking hours."],"parent":"vampire/power/discipline/necromancy","tags":["path"],"powers":["vampire/power/discipline_power/black-breath","vampire/power/discipline_power/clutching-the-shroud","vampire/power/discipline_power/dark-humors","vampire/power/discipline_power/kiss-of-the-dark-mother","vampire/power/discipline_power/whispers-to-the-soul"],"_qa":{"flags":[],"parser":"section_entries","confidence":0.9,"extracted":"2026-10-15","job":"v20-disciplines"},"level":null,"_links":{"self":"/api/v1/records/vampire/power/discipline/path-of-the-four-humors","html":"/records/vampire/power/discipline/path-of-the-four-humors","parent":"/api/v1/records/vampire/power/discipline/necromancy","children":"/api/v1/records/vampire/power/discipline/path-of-the-four-humors/children","sources":[{"abbr":"V20","page":181,"folio":181,"title":"Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition"}]},"_db":{"title":"Path of the Four Humors","props":[],"parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/necromancy","level":null,"category":null,"summary":"Philosophically, the four humors represent different qualities, split along two axes: hot and cold, and wet and dry. Blood is hot and wet; phlegm is cold and wet; yellow bile is hot and dry; and black bile is cold and","tags":["path"],"children":[{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/whispers-to-the-soul","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Whispers to the Soul","title":"Whispers to the Soul","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/path-of-the-four-humors","level":1,"category":null,"summary":"The necromancer with this ability can let slip a little of her own undead bilious humor as she speaks to another being (whether mortal or Kindred). The wicked vapor slips into the target’s ear and whispers nightmares to","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/kiss-of-the-dark-mother","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Kiss of the Dark Mother","title":"Kiss of the Dark Mother","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/path-of-the-four-humors","level":2,"category":null,"summary":"Kiss of the Dark Mother allows the necromancer who uses it to mix her vitae with black bile, turning it into a noxious poison. The necromancer forces it into her mouth as saliva might once have come; the vitae tastes","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/dark-humors","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Dark Humors","title":"Dark Humors","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/path-of-the-four-humors","level":3,"category":null,"summary":"The vampire can exude a coat of a particular humor onto her skin, causing all that touch it to experience the most intense form of that humor. After a necromancer has used this power, she generally feels the opposite of","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/clutching-the-shroud","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Clutching the Shroud","title":"Clutching the Shroud","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/path-of-the-four-humors","level":4,"category":null,"summary":"Blood, the sanguine humor, was regarded by philosophers as being both hot and wet. Blood from a cold corpse has been transubstantiated into a dead form — a cold incarnation of a hot, wet element. This transformation of","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/black-breath","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Black Breath","title":"Black Breath","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/path-of-the-four-humors","level":5,"category":null,"summary":"A necromancer who has mastered this path can harness the undead black bile that festers at the core of her being; she pulls that melancholy to her lungs and lets it mingle with her outgoing breath. She then exhales the","sources":"V20"}]}}