Bardo is also the name of the unique discipline of the vampiric bloodline known as the Children of Osiris in the Vampire: The Masquerade role-playing game. It confers abilities which circumvent most of the normal curses of being a vampire, such as having to drink blood from humans or succumbing to the Beast through lowering your Humanity rating. The ninth and highest level of this discipline confers the ability to walk around in the daylight -- the only vampiric discipline to allow this other than the Level 10 Thaumaturgy ritual Invulnerable Weakness.