THE KISS

By David "Ogre" Zaslavsky (ogre@inx.net)

Description

The kiss of a vampire has always had very interesting effects on humans and Kindred alike. The kiss is the kindred's most important tool. Their only form of sustenance as well as the very symbol of their existence, it was only a matter of time before a discipline would develop around it.

The experience of the kiss on the Kine is equally intense. The Kiss is the most intense and pleasurable experience any Kine can ever hope to have. In fact, due to the effects of the Kiss on generation after generation of Kine, the effects have been grafted into the their collective subconscience as an incredibly intense, romantic and horrible experience, (look at the veil of the Garou for an example). This has been surfacing in the Kine's popular portrayals of the Kindred in their literature and lately, their films.

This discipline revolves around the kiss and it's effects on the Kine, and at higher levels, on other beings. Before almost any of the effects can be used, the Kindred must be in the process of drinking the subject's blood.

* The Lovers Meet

At the most basic level the Kindred can intensify the pleasure that the Kiss gives to any Kine. Only mortals are effected at this level. The mortal becomes enraptured by the Kindred and will attempt to please the Kindred in any way possible. But it also causes the Kine to fall in love with the Kindred and she attempts to seek out the Kindred at every opportunity, just to be around him in case he gets hungry and will Kiss her again. If these two motivations come in conflict the Kine will gradually become insane.

Watching and perpetuating these effects can be very damaging to a Kindred's humanity as the process usually leads to a very slow and painful death for the afflicted Kine.

System: The Kindred must first begin to draw blood from the Kine. If he wishes to use the power he must use a willpower point and roll Charisma + Seduction (difficulty 7). The more successes rolled the longer the effects will last.

1 success:	One hour
2 successes:	One day
3 successes:	One week
4 successes:	One month
5 successes:	One year
6+ successes:	Permanent

If the Kindred continues to use the power on a Kine before the effects have worn off, the periods of effect become cumulative. But the more times the Kindred uses this power on a particular Kine, the harder it is for the Kindred to stop before the vessel is drained. Every time the Kindred feeds after the first time, the difficulty of the Self-Control roll increases by one, for that particular vessel.

** He Looks In Her Eyes

This power allows a Kindred to look into the mind of a vessel. But, the vessel can look into the mind of the Kindred at the same time. They essentially open themselves to each other. Many subjects have equated this experience to making love, but on a higher scale.

System: When the Kindred has successfully taken at least one blood point from a vessel he may choose to use this power. He uses a Willpower point and rolls Manipulation + Subterfuge (difficulty is the subject's Willpower). The difficulty is reduces by one if the vessel is under the effect of the first level power, The Lovers Meet. At one success the Kindred can read surface thoughts. At higher levels the Kindred can probe one level deeper into the subjects mind. The one drawback is that the subject also looks into the Kindred's mind at the same level that the Kindred is probing hers.

*** They Finally Kiss (The Final Kiss)

At this level the power and intensity of the Kindred's kiss becomes so intense that the vessel is utterly immobilized by it.

System: After the Kindred drinks one point of blood from his subject he must spend a Willpower point and roll Manipulation + Seduction. For every success that the Kindred gets the vessel one less die to commit any action. Also, if more than three successes are scored on the roll, the subject cannot use any form of magical powers; this includes gifts for garou and sphere magick.

Also, for every success that is scored the difficulty or the Kindred's self control roll to stop feeding is increased by one.

**** They Fall In Love

At this level the kiss becomes so powerful that any being can be enraptured. System: The system is the same as the system for the level one power, The Lovers Meet. However, at this level any awakened beings can be affected.

***** He Calls His Love

With this power the connection between the giver and receiver of the kiss can be used to summon the receiver over a distance. This can be a very powerful effect as the Kindred can call to all the people he has fed on recently, and they will invariably come to the Kindred's aid.

System: This power calls all to his aid those who the Kindred enraptured with the level one or level four powers of The Kiss, as well as any the Kindred has Blood Bonded to himself. They will come together to the place that that the call originated from. If the Kindred is not there. They will act as any motivated mob would; Storytellers should get creative at this point.

To activate the effect, the Kindred must use a Blood Point and a Willpower Point. He then rolls Manipulation + Leadership (difficulty 8). The stronger the call, the faster his thralls will appear.

1 success:	One every hour
2 successes:	One every half hour
3 successes:	One every ten minutes
4 successes:	One every minute
5 successes:	One every turn
6+ successes:	For every success above five another will appear every turn.

Once gathered they will follow the commands of their Kindred master. If there is more than one Kindred around, they will know who is "theirs," by the connection he shares with them. If their master is not there they will be aware of why they were summoned to this place, not the exact reason but that they were all summoned by their "lover." This knowledge will have many of them vying for their lover's affections. They will fight amongst themselves and some, those who are already insane, might even resort to the murder of their "rivals."