Dai'Houk

By Andrew Besuden (bobcat68@sprynet.com) for the Nertu

Description

The Dai'Houk Discipline grants the vampire to grow a powerful armor and use its powers. However, this power comes at a price; any vampire with this discipline is the target of demons and their minions. If a non-Nertu vampire wishes to obtain this discipline (and wants a short unlife), he must drink an elixir made from a piece of the Nertu's armor. If that vampire does this, he takes damage equal to half his current Humanity/Path level rounded-up, this damage is aggravated.

* Sense the Shape Changers

The Vampire can now sense Lupines, Changelings and characters who use the disciplines Protean and Vicissitude.

System: No blood or Willpower points may be used. Sense the Shape Changers is automatic.

** Stealth Armor

The Vampire's Armor activates and grants him the power Obfuscate level 1 (Cloak of Shadows).

System: Player must spend blood points equal to half his current stealth level, rounded up.

*** Produce Chains

By concentrating, the vampire produces chains from his gauntlets.

System: The player rolls Strength + Occult (difficulty 8)

Successes	Strength
1	slightly weak chain
2	Iron chains
3	Steel chains
4	Titanium chains
5	Diamond-Titanium chains

The chain is three feet long to begin with but can lengthened or shortened by spending two additional blood points.

**** Grappling

Used after Produce Chains. The vampire is now able to grapple things with or to hook on to things.

System: Spend 2 blood points and roll Dexterity + Occult (Difficulty depends on range). Damage rolls with chains are equal to Character's Strength+1. The player may retract the chains by paying 2 blood points.

***** Spiked Gauntlets

The vampire can create three eight inch long claws on either gauntlet by concentrating.

System: Spends one blood point and one Willpower point to activate. The claws grow in two turns and deal aggravated damage equal to the character's Strength+2.

(In order to adavance to levels higher than five the charcter must lose one point in Humanity/Path (other restrictions apply as well).)

****** Armor of the Dead

The vampire's armor increases its strength.

System: For each two damage, including Aggravated damage, dealt, the character's health level goes down by one.

******* Demon Weapons

The Vampire can create weapons from mere thought.

System: Roll Intelligence + Melee, difficulty Stamina. The number of successes determine the size of the weapon:

Successes	Weapon type	Difficulty	Damage
1	Knife	5	Strength
2	Dagger	6	Strength +2
3	Short sword	6	Strength +4
4	Long sword	7	Strength +5
5	Broad sword	8	Strength +8

Note: All weapons made in this manner deal aggravated damage. Sword-like weapons are not the only type of weapon made by this discipline.

******** Armor of the Chameleon

The vampire can now hide in plain sight and in full armor.

System: Roll Stealth + Perception (difficulty determined by Storyteller). If you get more than four successes, you completely blend into your surroundings. If you move in any way, Armor of the Chameleon deactivates.

Multi-Discipline: Shadow Snare

Required Disciplines: Dai'Houk 3, Obtenebration 2

Experience Cost: 10

Description: The Vampire, by means of shadows, can ensnare a character in chains preventing that character from taking any action.

System: Roll Dexterity + Melee (difficulty 8, 6 if the area is full of shadows). The number of successes detemines how many hours the target is immobilized.