Special abilities

Some vampires have special abilities that they gain or they are change in to a vampire. In The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, it is revealed by Riley that one in about every fifty vampires is 'talented'. "When you are human, everything is as if in a coccoon. But when you are turned into a vampire everything opens up to a better, but scarier, you."

Explanation
When a person has a skill or gift in life that is particularly profound, it gets much stronger after their transformation, and becomes a power of some sort. For example, Bella's shield originally only covered her, but after her transformation she was able to project it to cover those around her.

Eleazar has explained that every gift is unique, never working the same way twice because no one ever thinks exactly the same way. This is proven by the similarity of gifts between vampires, for example Edward and Aro, Bella and Renata, or Maggie and Charles.

Other talents
These vampires have abilities that are not quantifiably supernatural.


 * Note: Some vampires may have additional special traits beyond their main ability, as with Edward's incredible speed and mastery of the piano apart from his mind-reading gift.