{"id":"vampire/power/discipline/quietus","type":"power","system":"discipline","line":"vampire","name":"Quietus","sources":[{"source":"V20","page":211,"folio":203}],"entries":["The Discipline of silent death, Quietus is practiced by those of Clan {@clan Assamite|V20}. Based on elements of blood, poison, vitae control, and pestilence, Quietus focuses on the destruction of a target through a variety of means. This Discipline doesn’t always cause a quick death, but {@clan The Assamites|LotC|the Assamites} rely on its lethality to hide their involvement with their victims.","### • Silence of Death Many Assamites claim never to have heard their targets’ death screams. Silence of Death imbues the vampire with a mystical silence that radiates from her body, muting all noise within a certain vicinity. No sound occurs inside this zone, though sounds originat-ing outside the area of effect may be heard by anyone in it. Rumors abound of certain skilled Assamite viziers who have the ability to silence a location rather than a circumference that follows them, but no proof of this has been forthcoming."],"powers":["vampire/power/discipline_power/baals-bloody-talons","vampire/power/discipline_power/baals-caress","vampire/power/discipline_power/blood-sweat","vampire/power/discipline_power/dagons-call","vampire/power/discipline_power/poison-the-well-of-life","vampire/power/discipline_power/purification","vampire/power/discipline_power/ripples-of-the-heart","vampire/power/discipline_power/scorpions-touch","vampire/power/discipline_power/selective-silence","vampire/power/discipline_power/silence-of-death","vampire/power/discipline_power/songs-of-distant-vitae","vampire/power/discipline_power/taste-of-death"],"_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/quietus","html":"/records/vampire/power/discipline/quietus","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/vampire/power/discipline/quietus/children","sources":[{"abbr":"V20","page":211,"folio":211,"title":"Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition"}]},"_db":{"title":"Quietus","props":[],"parent_id":null,"level":null,"category":null,"summary":"The Discipline of silent death, Quietus is practiced by those of Clan Assamite. Based on elements of blood, poison, vitae control, and pestilence, Quietus focuses on the destruction of a target through a variety of","tags":[],"children":[{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/silence-of-death","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Silence of Death","title":"Silence of Death","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/quietus","level":1,"category":null,"summary":"Many Assamites claim never to have heard their targets’ death screams. Silence of Death imbues the vampire with a mystical silence that radiates from her body, muting all noise within a certain vicinity. No sound occurs","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/scorpions-touch","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Scorpion’s Touch","title":"Scorpion’s Touch","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/quietus","level":2,"category":null,"summary":"By changing the properties of her blood, a vampire may create powerful venom that strips her prey of his resilience. This power is greatly feared by other Kindred, and all manner of hideous tales concerning methods of","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/dagons-call","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Dagon’s Call","title":"Dagon’s Call","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/quietus","level":3,"category":null,"summary":"This terrible power allows a vampire to drown her target in his own blood. By concentrating, the Kindred bursts her target’s blood vessels and fills his lungs with vitae that strangles him from within. The blood","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/baals-caress","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Baal’s Caress","title":"Baal’s Caress","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/quietus","level":4,"category":null,"summary":"The penultimate use of blood as a weapon (short of diablerie itself), Baal’s Caress allows the Kindred to transmute her blood into a virulent ichor that destroys any living or undead flesh it touches. In nights of yore,","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/taste-of-death","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Taste of Death","title":"Taste of Death","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/quietus","level":5,"category":null,"summary":"The sorcerer equivalent to Taste of Death works exactly the same as the warrior equivalent, except that the attack only targets dematerialized spirits and the like as if they were solid. This is if the sorcerer has","sources":"LotC"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/blood-sweat","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Blood Sweat","title":"Blood Sweat","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/quietus","level":6,"category":null,"summary":"Although vampires do not have functioning se-baceous glands, they are still capable of sweating at times of extreme stress. This “sweat” is actually a thin sheen of blood on the Cainite’s forehead and palms. Most","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/purification","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Purification","title":"Purification","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/quietus","level":6,"category":null,"summary":"Although most mortal cultures affix negative con-notations to the spilling of blood, most Assamites — indeed, most vampires — have quite the opposite reaction to it. For them, blood is an unlife-affirming and","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/ripples-of-the-heart","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Ripples of the Heart","title":"Ripples of the Heart","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/quietus","level":6,"category":null,"summary":"According to Assamite lore, this technique originated with a Byzantine scholar who wanted to protect his herd from the thirst of other Cainites. Ripples of the Heart allows a Cainite to leave emotions within the","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/selective-silence","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Selective Silence","title":"Selective Silence","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/quietus","level":6,"category":null,"summary":"Although Silence of Death is an effective tool for the battlefield and the court alike, it is indiscriminate in its effects. The assassin who uses it in preparation for firing a shotgun also silences the radio over","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/baals-bloody-talons","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Baal’s Bloody Talons","title":"Baal’s Bloody Talons","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/quietus","level":7,"category":null,"summary":"The toxin generated by Baal’s Caress is not enough to significantly harm some truly fearsome foes. This progressive development of that lesser technique allows its user to envenom his weapon with a blood-based poison so","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/poison-the-well-of-life","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Poison the Well of Life","title":"Poison the Well of Life","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/quietus","level":7,"category":null,"summary":"Beyond leaving emotional traces in a subject’s blood, the master of this Quietus power can now taint that same vitae, making it into a deadly poison for any other Cainite who drinks from that mortal. Some vampires use","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/songs-of-distant-vitae","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Songs of Distant Vitae","title":"Songs of Distant Vitae","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/quietus","level":8,"category":null,"summary":"Blood magic practitioners and individuals skilled at Auspex have long known that vitae can carry residual impressions of emotion and personality. This power invokes those impressions to overwhelm its victim with","sources":"V20"}]}}