{"id":"vampire/power/discipline/the-corpse-in-the-monster","type":"power","system":"discipline","line":"vampire","name":"The Corpse in the Monster","sources":[{"source":"V20","page":176,"folio":168}],"entries":["This path enhances the necromantic understanding of the unliving form and allows the user to fully experience the corpse as a gateway between life and death. The path lets the vampire apply some of a corpse’s traits to a vampire, and she can enhance or reduce these traits at various levels of the power.","Whither Mortis?","Lost Clans and bloodlines, such as the {@bloodline Cappadocians|V20} and the {@bloodline Lamia|V20}, had access to an ancient Discipline known as Mortis. Some Kindred scholars claim that Mortis and {@discipline Necromancy|V20} are distinct Disciplines, but for ease the three Mortis paths presented in this book are listed as {@discipline Necromancy|V20} paths. The {@bloodline Cappadocians|V20} (see p. 418) specialized in either the Corpse in the Monster or {@discipline The Grave’s Decay|V20|the Grave’s Decay}, while the {@bloodline Lamia|V20} (see p. 422) generally took the {@discipline Path of the Four Humors|V20} as their primary path. Rumors are that the {@bloodline Harbingers of Skulls|LotB} (see p. 402) in {@sect The Sabbat|V20|the Sabbat} have relearned the Corpse in the Monster and {@discipline The Grave’s Decay|V20|the Grave’s Decay}, claiming them collectively as the “Mortuus Path,” but they still tend to follow most modern necromancers and choose Sepulchre Path as their primary path before learning Grave’s Decay or the Corpse in the Monster."],"parent":"vampire/power/discipline/necromancy","tags":["path"],"powers":["vampire/power/discipline_power/cold-of-the-grave","vampire/power/discipline_power/curse-of-life","vampire/power/discipline_power/gift-of-life","vampire/power/discipline_power/gift-of-the-corpse","vampire/power/discipline_power/masque-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/the-corpse-in-the-monster","html":"/records/vampire/power/discipline/the-corpse-in-the-monster","parent":"/api/v1/records/vampire/power/discipline/necromancy","children":"/api/v1/records/vampire/power/discipline/the-corpse-in-the-monster/children","sources":[{"abbr":"V20","page":176,"folio":176,"title":"Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition"}]},"_db":{"title":"The Corpse in the Monster","props":[],"parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/necromancy","level":null,"category":null,"summary":"This path enhances the necromantic understanding of the unliving form and allows the user to fully experience the corpse as a gateway between life and death. The path lets the vampire apply some of a corpse’s traits to","tags":["path"],"children":[{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/masque-of-death","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Masque of Death","title":"Masque of Death","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/the-corpse-in-the-monster","level":1,"category":null,"summary":"The character with this ability can assume a visage of death or inflict that shape on another vampire. The victim’s flesh becomes pallid and thin (if it is not already), and skin pulls tight against bone. This ability","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/cold-of-the-grave","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Cold of the Grave","title":"Cold of the Grave","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/the-corpse-in-the-monster","level":2,"category":null,"summary":"The dead feel no pain, though most undead do. With this ability, the character can temporarily take on the unfeeling semblance of the dead, in order to protect herself from physical and emotional harm. When assuming the","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/curse-of-life","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Curse of Life","title":"Curse of Life","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/the-corpse-in-the-monster","level":3,"category":null,"summary":"The Curse of Life inflicts some of the undesirable traits of the living upon the undead, removing their corpselike nature and creating a false life to remind them of the worst things about being alive. Targets of this","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/gift-of-the-corpse","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Gift of the Corpse","title":"Gift of the Corpse","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/the-corpse-in-the-monster","level":4,"category":null,"summary":"This power, one of the most potent on the Corpse in the Monster path, enables a necromancer to ignore most of her race’s inherent weaknesses for a short time. A dead body is not particularly vulnerable to sunlight, holy","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/gift-of-life","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Gift of Life","title":"Gift of Life","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/the-corpse-in-the-monster","level":5,"category":null,"summary":"With the Gift of Life, the character can experience the best and most positive things about being alive. The overwhelming hunger for blood temporarily abates, allowing the character to consume and enjoy food and drink.","sources":"V20"}]}}