Sissytude

By Tyree Quincan Kimber (caius@ksu.ksu.edu) with additions by Gareth Vaughan and David Stowe

Description

A strange discipline that verifies the much-speculated topic as to whether or not the Tzimice have a sense of humor. One night, Fritz and Max, a Tzimice and a Malkavian antitribu respectively, were casually discussing events from their breathing days and somehow got on the topic of what it felt like not having any friends in school. Max was suddenly struck with the inspiration to create a vampiric power that could make everyone feel the same way. Soon, the two friends set about modifying the Vicissitude discipline into "Sissytude" -- the power to turn oneself and others into school-age nerds.

* Dorkling

At this level the character may subtly alter his appearance to change himself into a nerdy, wimpy person. Each success allows the character to change any one feature about himself as long as the result is extremely nerdy, such as increasing or decreasing body weight, severe acne, body odor, etc.

System: The character rolls Intelligence+Body Alteration at Difficulty 7. Attempts to pass oneself off as a dork are made using Wits+Acting, Difficulty varies. This can be great power for goading Brujah into a fight.

** Nerdcraft

A hideous power which allows the character to manipulate others' nerdiness as well as her own. By successfully grappling a person the character can use Nerdcraft to give a bad haircut, hooked nose, etc. Effects are permanent until removed via Sissytude or Vicissitude.

System: As for Fleshcraft. Afflicted characters will suffer the relevant decreases in their Social Attributes.

*** Smegmacraft

As above, but allowing the character to make somwone's clothing the nerdiest imaginable! Effects include glasses held together with tape, ugly sweaters, pocket protectors, etc.

System: Simply grab hold of someones's clothing and then use the system for Bonecraft. Note that Smegmacraft can only affect existing clothing. (e.g. An opponent would have to already be wearing glasses in order to mess them up.)

**** Henry Bowers' Form

This power enables its activator to assume the form of a grade school or high school bully. The form varies from character to character, but will always look bigger than the biggest opponent they are facing, regardless of whether the character actually is or not, and will have always have unwashed hair and clothing (which doesn't fit too well,) bad teeth and unusual eye color ("He had yellow eyes! I'm not kidding. Yellow eyes!)

System: The vampire must spend one Willpower and one Blood point to activate this power. Once activated, the character receives +2 to Strength and Stamina -1 to all social attributes. By demanding an opponent's lunch money and rolling Wits+Intimidation (Difficulty is target's Courage rating) the character may force an opponent to save against a Rotshcreck.

***** Fruity Form

For each Willpower point expended the Kindred may transform part of or his entire body into orange marmalade. The character can't do anything in this form and is in danger of being eaten, but it's fun and imagine the look on some little boy's face when his peanut butter and jelly sandwich turns into a hand.

System: The character's head and arms become two marmalade points, the legs three apiece and the torso has five. The character can change any or all of his parts back at any time but must all be together in order for her to do so. Characters who partake of the marmalade more than three times become Marmalade Bound, which is exactly like a Blood Bond except that anything that the Regent asks must be phrased in a completely silly manner in order to get the Thrall to carry it out. Likewise, the Thrall will always address her Master in the sweetest, silliest most sugary form possible.

Another plus to this power is that the vampire is not affected by sunlight until reassembled, (how else would they survive in all those lunch boxes?) Parts eaten must be regenerated normally and if all the marmalade is consumed the vampire ceases to exist, although friends and acquaintances who partook of the character will reminisce about what a sweet guy he was.

Levels 6 to 10

Other Sissytude powers may yet appear. Fritz and Max plan to resume work as soon as Fritz recuperates from a recent accident. Apparently a recent Ignobilis Rite got out of hand and Fritz's entire pack made marmalade sandwiches out of him and ate him. Max currently has Fritz's head and chest stored at his Haven and boosts his buddy's morale daily by telling how much of a sissy he is.

****** Awaken the Dibbley Form

By Gareth Vaughan and David Stowe

Basically, you can make a target assume the form and personality of Duane Dibbley from Red Dwarf (episodes: Back To Reality, and Emohawk: Polymorph 2). This means that the victim loses all sense of style, and vanity, and becomes a complete klutz (e.g. If given a gun, he will accidently pull the trigger, and shoot someone's foot, hand, etc. (Often his own, but he'll shoot whatever gets the funniest result). His clothes will change automatically into anorak, flares, etc as soon as he has 5 minutes to himself. He'll also acquire a lunchbox and Thermos from somewhere... (See Red Dwarf: Emohawk).

System: Roll Manipulation + Body Alteration (Dufficulty of target's Willpower). Success means that the victim's Social attributes are reduced to 1 and he will automatically fail any tests relating to style (except with other Dibbley-formed people) and being cool. Also, the victim's Wits, Dexterity and Willpower are reduced by 2. The victim will continually trip, bang iinto things, ang generally be incredibly clumsy while this power is in effect.

The victim must make a Willpower roll (Difficulty 8) in order to do anything cool, like wear decent clothes, and use any vampiric discipline other than ones that would make him look silly (Dementation 3, for example) The number of successes determines duration.

Successes	Duration
1	One night
2	Three nights
3	One week
4	Two weeks
5	One month

If a botch is rolled, the power affects the user, and lasts for a number of nights equal to his Sissytude score. This can be reduced by a Sissytude + Body Alteration roll (Difficulty 9), each success reducing the duration by one night.

The user can use this power on himself normally, and can then drop it at any time by making a Sissytude + Body Alteration roll (Difficulty 6).

Dibbley, Dibbley, Dibbley

By Gareth Vaughan and David Stowe

This has the effect of using Awaken the Dibbley Form on multiple targets. The user can affect as many targets as he has Body Alteration, and rolls once for all targets. If this roll botches, the user becomes Duane Dibbley for a number of weeks equal to his Sissytude score. This duration can be reduced by a Body Alteration + Sissytude roll (difficulty 9) with each success reducing the duration by one week.