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[General] Do vampires get more powerful when they get older, or is it just that more powerful vampires live to be older?

In most vampire fiction, there's a strong correlation between vampire's age and power.  I'm curious if it's that vampires become more powerful as they grow older - and how that would work - or if it's just that the weaker vampires get killed before reaching a certain age.  

Theoretically would it be possible for a very weak vampire to survive thousands of years by just avoiding conflict?
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Vampire lore isn't consistent on this issue, so there is no one answer.  However, one thing that is generally consistent is that surviving a long time gives a vampire more opportunities to build up power through non-vampiric avenues.