Belt of Strength

By John Donoghue (jdonoghue@juno.com)

Level Two Fetish

Gnosis

5

Description

Belts of Strength are among the oldest and most common fetishes. They are found throughout the world in the hands of countless persons. Simply put, these belt increase the physical prowess of the user, but they do have a drawback. The more they are worn, the weaker the user is once it is removed. These belts can created by a wide variety of residents of the WoD. For the most part they are made by various bete but Mages can also make them. The creation process involves the binding of a spirit associated with strength to a belt. With each belt come a varied strength bonus but for the most part, they are as listed below.

Game Mechanics

Table top: The belt of strength will double the strength of the user. If he shifts to Crinos, the belt will double that strength as well. On the down side, the user's strength will be halved (rounded up) for an equal time that it was worn once it is removed. In the event that the belt is put back on, the new halved strength is doubled and then that halved strength is halved again. Then the user must wait for the time on the halved half strength to run out before the half-strength can begin regenerating.

Example: Reginald the Great has a strength of 8. If he dons the belt, his strength is 16 for the two hours he wears it. Then once it is taken off, his strength would be 4. An hour later, he needs a bit more strength so he dons the belt again and goes up to an 8. After 10 minutes he takes it off and his strength is down to 2. After 10 minutes it goes back up to 4 then an hour after that his strength is back at 8.

MET: When the belt is worn, the user's physical traits are doubled. If the user shifts to Crinos form, the belt will adjust itself by doubling the Crinos traits. These doubled traits are not real, but rather reflections of the user's physical traits. So if a trait is risked and lost, its double is lost as well. After the belt is removed the user's physical traits are halved (rounding up) for an equal amount of time as it was worn. If the belt is worn again before the time has elapsed, then the user's new halved physical traits are doubled. After it is taken off, the user's traits are halved once more. The user must first wait out the time for the halved half physical traits to regenerate before the halved physical traits can regenerate.

Example: Bob has 10 physical traits. When he puts on the belt, it doubles to 20. In a combat, Bob loses a Brutal trait and therefore its double, so his total is now 18. After two hours bBob takes off the belt and his 9 traits (he lost that brutal trait) are reduced to 5 (4 ‡ rounded up). He must know wait two hours to regenerate the traits. Unfortunately, bob needs to don the belt again twenty minutes before his traits are back and does so for twenty minutes. Upon taking it off, Bob is reduced to 3 traits and must now wait twenty minutes to get back up to five traits. Then he may finish his twenty minutes to get back up to 9.

General Notes: If the belt is worn for more than 12 hours, the user's strength is brought back down to normal, yet this is dependent on the belt. If it is removed, the user's base strength is halved for twelve hours. This will continue for every twelve hours following.