The heart of any Vampire chronicle is Humanity and its steady relentless depletion. Many characters might not share this ethic. Creating more Paths of Enlightenment for alternate ethical codes is no solution. This system replaces the single simplistic Hierarchy of Sins with three hierarchies based on the three Virtues. These sins involve using, exploiting or hurting other people without regard to their feelings, rights or freedoms.
Conscience is affronted by hurting, wounding, robbing or killing other beings.
This includes mental or emotional pain through threatening, terrorising, abusing or exploiting others to further your own ends. This means unintentional killing but includes ruining a victim's livelihood, maiming or deranging the victim's mind. 2 Murder and Sadism Inflicting pain or death deliberately and purposively to further your own ends or gratify your desires. 1 Mass Murder and Torture Acts of cruelty, hatred and evil on a grand scale. Turning an unwilling victim into a vampire is always a Level 1 Sin.