Soulous

By Stefan Kastenmacher

Description

This new discipline comes from a Caitiff who recently passed through Chicago in my WoD. If you have any comments or suggestions I would appreciate it, but remember this is my creation and if you don't like it, don't use it or change it around.

* Spiritual Protector

The Vampire gains a spiritual protector. This can be any living creature, however in most cases vampires tend to choose a bird of some kind. This power allows you to see what your spiritual protector sees. The protector is also atuned to you concious and will aid you if possible.

** Feeling

The Vampire can gain a memory or feeling (usually the most intense) from an object she is touching. The vampire may be swept up in these emotions and could lose control. Additionally the vampire can gain the sense or emotion of other vampires through their Spiritual Protector, but only if the Spiritual Protector can see the intended target.

System: It is automatic for inanimate objects, but the vampire must spend one will point to tune out the emotions of the object for the entire time physical contact is being made. To read the emotions of another being, you must spend 1 will point + 1 blood point. If the subject resists (only able to with a discipline that allows for it) then the vampire must make a willpower roll with (Difficulty=Targets Willpower).

*** Walking Against The Wind

The Vampire may simply vanish when she is not being looked upon by others. The vampire will make no sound, nor can any movement be detected. If the vampire is being looked upon she may move "into the night" quickly and without noise.

System: The Vampire must roll Dexterity+Stealth Difficuly 7 (Difficulty 8 if seen by 1 person, 9 by 2...). If the vampire fails the seen roll she may spend 2 blood points to force it, but only if there is only one person gazing upon her.

**** Evoke Emotions In Others

The Vampire can either use a musical instrument, a paintbrush, words, something artistic to evoke emotions within others. The victims must either witness or hear the vampires "artistic expression" in order to be affected. Once affected the vampire can then appeal to them for/with whatever reason.

System: The Vampire Rolls Manipulation/Charisma + Empathy/Leadership/Music (Depending on the artistic expression, left up to the ST to decide). Difficulty is 9, unless a specialty is used in which case the difficulty is decreased by 1. Vampires (except Toreador), Wraiths, and Changelings may avoid the effects of this power by spending willpower equal to the amount of successes the vampire scored (Mages, Werewolves, and Humans may not avoid the effects).

***** Transfer Emotions

The Vampire may transfer any known emotions and all their intensity to someone else. The vampire must make physical contact with the intended victim.

System: The Vampire rolls Manipulation+Empathy Difficulty relative to the intensity of the emotion (ST's discression). The emotion and its intensity is then lost from the caster, but the memory of the event is kept. The victim cannot resist this, and will take damage (potence cannot be used in combination with), the Storyteller shall decide if the damage is aggravated or not. If 5 levels of aggravated damage are inflicted then the victim will enter a vegetable like state for a long time, once again storytellers decision. The victim will eventually either fall into Torpor or be emotionally scarred and gain a severe derangement (this choice is left up to the player).