Cryptorchid

By Anthony "The Magician" Murlin (ruby@pa.net)

* Converse with the Dead

With this power and the expenditure of a Willpower Point, the character is granted the ability to see beyond the Shroud and converse with Wraiths the same as they can with normal people. The Wraiths appear as a misty, ghost-like apparitions. The effect lasts until the character loses consciousness, whether from being knocked out, going into Torpor, or going to sleep as the sun rises.

** Vivisection

At this level, the Cainite is able to perform a crude autopsy on a dead victim. By tasting the blood, spinal fluid, and other internal fluids, and/or by sampling various internal organs, the Cainite is able to discover the secrets of that dead person. The dead's wraith, if there is one, is teleported to the location where the action is happening, and then experiences a horrible, torturous pain as the Vivisection is performed, until the Wraith answers the Cainite's question. When this action ends, the Wraith immediately undergoes a Harrowing, although it is minor. Must do Converse with the Dead before or during the procedure. If there is no wraith, then nothing happens.

*** Enthrall the Restless

A Cainite with this power is able to control weak willed Wraiths and Spectres, those with Willpower less than three. The Character must roll Occult + Cryptorchid (Difficulty 7 [ Minimum of 3 successes ]). Once the successes are gained, the wraith or spectre is under the Cainite's control for the number of days equal to the Wraith's Pathos or the Specter's Angst. The Character may never make the Wraith do something that would go against its passions of destroy one of its Fetters.

**** Hell on Earth

The Cainite can now pull bits of the Tempest into Physical reality, causing a mini-maelstrom in the surrounding area. In small amounts, it acts as a "smoke screen", with the swirling winds, thick, multi-colored clouds, and bright lightning distracting those who don't know better, but on a larger scale, may summon angered spectres into Physical Reality. However, the spectres may not leave the confines of the Tempest. This action requires the expenditure of a Blood Point for every eight square feet of Tempest summoned. One Spectre for every Blood point over five leaks through into our reality.

***** Pierce the Shroud

With the use of a black, full body mirror, the Cainite can walk into the Low Umbra. But then, unless the Cainite knows what he is doing, he is at the full mercy of the denizens of the Shadowlands. This requires the use of a Willpower Point.