Venalis

By Lee Scolin (scolin@globalnet.co.uk) for the Xolotl bloodline.

Description

A master of corruption and temptation, Yaotzin was gifted with this powerful Discipline as a reward for his service to The Pandemonium. He has since created his own bloodline who themselves use it to further their Sire's ends.

* Sense Desire

This allows the user to peer inside the target's heart and learn what it is they desire the most.

System: The user must make a Man. + Sub roll with the difficulty being the target's Self Control +4. All Manipulation rolls made by the user against the target (and even rolls for other ranks of this Discipline) are made at a -2 difficulty if this knowledge is used.

** Inspire Desire

This power allows the user to create a specific desire in the heart of the target.

System: The user must make a Man. + Intim roll with the difficulty being the targets Willpower.

*** Heart's Desire

With this power, the user is able to whisper in the ear of the target and cause him to focus his desire on one particular thing, be it some object, thought, or place, etc. Successes on the roll determine how far the target will go to complete the temptation set.

Successes	Effect
1	Would be nice to have; minor distraction.
2	Would try to get it, but not of immediate import.
3	Would focus attention on it, ignoring unimportant things.
4	Would do anything to get it, including serving the tempter.
5	Would even act against one's own Nature to get it.

**** Yaotzin's Form

Said to be Yaotzin's true form, this is a powerful transformation. The user grows a ten foot long serpentine tail, replacing the users legs. His skin is replaced with a tough hide, adding a point of Fortitude to his soak pool. His Strength is increased by 1 point, as is his Stamina, and due to the dextrous nature of the form, his Dexterity is increased by 2. The user also grows a foot long forked tongue, capable of inflicting damage equal to the user's Strength.

***** The Dark Gift

This extremely potent power gives the tempter the ability to give any of his abilities to those willing to perform a service for him. The target is bestowed with whatever power the user has (i.e. if the user has Protean 2 he could give the target the power of Wolf Claws), but is then bound to serve some task set by the user. This service need not be expressed immediately, but could be a Ôfavour', to be called up on at a later date. The target may make a Willpower roll (difficulty = users permanent Willpower) every day to avoid the task, but every day the task goes uncompleted the target loses 1 point of Willpower.