Mortuari

By James Holman (haystack@gvi.net)

Description

This discipline was developed by a Malkavian who was a mortician before his embrace. It is written for Mind's Eye Theater, but can be easily converted to tabletop.

Basic

Molding the Flesh: This power is similar to the Vicissitude level Flesh Craft, except it only works on dead or undead flesh. The vampire spends a blood point and touches the flesh of the target. While the bone structure cannot be changed, flesh color, eye color, and cartilage can be altered. In order to imitate a particular person, the vampire must win 2 out of 3 simple tests, and have disguise ability.

Resurrection of Vitae: The vampire's knowledge of anatomy and biology is so advanced that she may actually stimulate or revive bone marrow and blood production. If the target is not alive, the body can not be over 6 hours dead for this power to work, and it will not work on Kindred. The vampire needs to spend a mental trait and touch the target. For the next three hours, the target will generate an extra blood point per hour. For living kine the power will heal one wound level.

Intermediate

Meld with the Dead: The vampire may join her spirit with a dead body, and animate it for a short time. Only one body at a time can be controlled and for no more than two hours. The vampire must place one point of her blood into the corpse's mouth and spend a willpower point. The spirit then leaves the vampire's body and joins with her blood in the corpse. The vampire loses all physical powers or powers that use blood, however mental and social powers still work. The body is also immune to sunlight, unless it was a vampire's body. At the end of the two hours the blood has been consumed by the corpse, and the vampire's spirit returns to its body. The body is completely defenseless during the time the spirit is gone, and if the Vampire is more than a mile away from its body, he must win a mental challenge for every mile to find his way back.

Advanced

Preservation of the Flesh: This power allows the vampire to transform normal blood into a preservative fluid. The vampire spends a blood point with a willpower and engages in a mental challenge ( if the target was alive) If she wins then one Point worth of blood will be transformed. Kindred lose one point of blood, and suffer one point of normal damage, while kine fall into a coma and will die if medical attention is not forthcoming.