Vampires typically gain more power over time. This can be in the form of additional strength to the powers that they already have, or they can acquire new powers.

Though it is rare for an older vamp to gain a totally new power without some other metaphysical input/cause being present to account for the up-swing.


Some of these powers all vampires have to varying degrees; others have or develop them depending on their siring blood line.

Common powers:

• Enthralling/rolling - this is when a vampire captures the mind of a person. Usually, eye contact is needed but a powerful vampire can do it without. Pain and other distractions can help a strong-willed person break free of this trick.
• Deep trance - the vampire who puts a person in deep trance can call them anytime, anywhere, and they would go. The only thing to break the hold is the death of either the vampire or the victim.
• Unnatural strength, fast moving, quick healing, great hearing and vision. This is what every vampire gains.
• Most can also 'smell' emotions, though they can also describe it as a sensation against their face and mind.
• Glamour - an illusion to make their appearance more attractive to humans, or less attractive.
• Master vampires have almost total control over their Kiss, can force them to hunt as a pack for two reasons - either the older vamp is teaching the younger to hunt, or the Master is using the joint kill to solidify the bond of the group.

Less common powers

• Voice with physical sensation. E.G. Jean-Claude can make his voice feel like the soft touch of fur or the sharp brush of a cold wind, depending on his emotion (GP)
• Projecting emotion/sense - such as hunger or lust
• Mass Hypnosis - this is non-permanent and legal. It is often used as part of an entertainment venue. (GP)
• Telepathy - rare outside of permanent bonds. E.G. Aubrey has this power and uses it to influence Anita. Many master vampires can send telepathic messages to their 'get' like this.
• Alter memories - a vampire can make a person forget certain things or remember them differently.
• Taking human servants - a Vampire can form a bond with a human to increase their power-base. There are four Marks needed to fully bind a human to a vampire. Only a Master vampire can take a human servant. For the process, see Human Servant
• Levitating - the ability to fly. Nikolaos has this ability, as does Asher, Jean-Claude and Damian. This power is often kept quiet from the majority of the population.
• Telekinesis - able to move objects without physically touching them. Jean-Claude does this one in Guilty Pleasures to Anita.
• Wind or other aspects of weather - there are few examples of this, one being Nikolaos having a temper tantrum.
• Feeding via the mind - A vampire can gain sustenance by entering a victim's mind - Nikolaos does this in Guilty Pleasures
• Feeding via touch - A vampire can gain sustenance by having close, continual, almost sexual contact with a human - Jean-Claude does this with Anita in Burnt Offerings
• Compulsion - makes the victim want to be touched by the vampire or to obey the vampire's instructions.
• Waking before sunset - An old, powerful vampire can rise before the sun sets or if well protected, remain awake for a period of time after the sun rises. A vampire over 500 years old can wake four hours or more before full dark if they need to.
• Ability to waken from sleep if required or disturbed. Older vampires have a lighter form of 'day death' and can rise from it if stimulated. Aubrey does this in Guilty Pleasures, as does Serephina in Bloody Bones.
• Daywalking - the ability to both stay awake during the day and to be able to tolerate certain amounts of sunlight. It is a rare talent. She-Who-Made Damian had this power. Mr Oliver could tolerate low levels of sunlight though it wasn't clear that he could actually daywalk. Warrick was able to move about during the daylight, though it weakened him, in Burnt Offerings.
• Ability to inflict wounds from a distance - by using their own aura or the aura of their victims, vampires can inflict various sized cuts without physical contact. Mr. Oliver, Yvette, and Anita Blake (a human servant) can do this.
• Multiple power bases - most vampires can only draw power from blood, however some of the older vampires can gain sustinance from emotions such as lust (incubi and succubi) and fear (nighthags). A few examples are Belle Morte, Jean-Claude, and Morrovin (sp? NiC) a.k.a She-Who-Made-Damien

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