Lemurae

By C. Spence Roberts (candc@wolfenet.com) and the Queasy Donkey Game Studio for the Spectre bloodline

Description

Lemurae is the discipline created to mimic Shade powers (Wraith: The Oblivion.

* Bind

In order to use this power, the shade must first successfully grapple her target. In the next turn, the Spectre's form twists to envelop her victim completely, and unless the the Spectre is destroyed the victim imprisoned; she cannot be freed unless the Spectre wills it. The encapsulated victim is usually carried off to who knows where to an uncertain doom. Use of this power costs three Blood points. Some Spectres use this power to conceal other Spectres within themselves, bursting open to release their fellowers at an appropriate moment.

** Chameleon Parasite

This power allows a Spectre to attach itself inconspicuously to a victim by making a Dexterity + Stealth (difficulty of the target's Perception + Alertness) roll. A light-source held up to the target would effectively release the Spectre from the target. To even notice the Spectre, a Perception + Awareness roll (difficulty 8) is required. The Spectre usually uses this power to feed inconspicously, for the victim does not feel it, and when the Spectre detatches itself, it inflicts Strength + 1 aggravated health levels. The only mark left is a darkened patch where the Spectre was.

*** Miasmal Breath

This power allows the Spectre to exhale a noxious vapor, akin in nature to the black winds of Oblivion that whirl through the Labyrinth. Victims caught in the noxious exhalation suffer a health level of aggravated damage per blood point spent by the Spectre. Such damage cannot be soaked or resisted.

**** Spectral Scream

With this power, the Spectre can scream into the Tempest, thereby summoning one to five more Shades. Use of this power costs 4 blood points regardless of the number of Shades summoned.

***** Fist of Oblivion

The Spectre can attack the target's lifeforce directly, infecting it with the cold of Oblivion. After a successful attack, a Spectre wishing to use this Power makes a contested roll of its Willpower against the target's Willpower. If the Spectre succeeds, the victim will slowly rot and die (within a month for Mortals, 3 months for Lupines and the Kindred's ethic rating minus 1 for the number of months.)