• Sweeten Sin
This most basic application of Perfidy is key to making subjects vulnerable to its more advanced powers. A Kallisti with this power can draw a mortal, ghoul or Kindred out of her normal mores into the unclean thrill of life on the edge. Those who hear the Kallisti’s voice find themselves craving the illicit rush of a forbidden act, even if it might hurt their loved ones.
Effect
Dramatic Failure: The Kallisti stirs his own Vice before he can bring his subject’s to the surface. The Kallisti must either earn a Willpower point from his Vice during the scene or lose one, instead.
Failure: The Kallisti simply fails to stir the subject to action.
Success: The Kallisti compels the subject to act in accordance with her Vice for the rest of the scene. The actions the character takes are always more base, more immoral, than the actions she would normally consider. For the rest of the scene, the subject’s Morality (or Humanity) is lowered by one. When the scene ends, the subject’s Morality returns to its original level, but the subject must still make a degeneration check to come to terms with her actions in the previous scene.
A lustful mortal might begin an affair, while a greedy vampire might drain a vessel dry. The specific actions taken are up to the player of the affected character, though the Kallisti almost certainly has something in mind already. If a player is unwilling or unable to make the appropriately irresponsible choices for a character under the influence of Sweeten Sin, the Storyteller should guide the characters actions for the scene.
A subject who indulges her Vice for the scene regains a Willpower point as normal, despite the compulsion.
Exceptional Success: Per an ordinary success, but the sinful impulses last for the rest of the night.
Failure: The Kallisti simply fails to stir the subject to action.
Success: The Kallisti compels the subject to act in accordance with her Vice for the rest of the scene. The actions the character takes are always more base, more immoral, than the actions she would normally consider. For the rest of the scene, the subject’s Morality (or Humanity) is lowered by one. When the scene ends, the subject’s Morality returns to its original level, but the subject must still make a degeneration check to come to terms with her actions in the previous scene.
A lustful mortal might begin an affair, while a greedy vampire might drain a vessel dry. The specific actions taken are up to the player of the affected character, though the Kallisti almost certainly has something in mind already. If a player is unwilling or unable to make the appropriately irresponsible choices for a character under the influence of Sweeten Sin, the Storyteller should guide the characters actions for the scene.
A subject who indulges her Vice for the scene regains a Willpower point as normal, despite the compulsion.
Exceptional Success: Per an ordinary success, but the sinful impulses last for the rest of the night.
Material Components
Cost: 1 Vitae
Gestures & Ritual
Dice Pool: Manipulation + Empathy + Perfidy versus subject’s Composure + Blood Potency
Related Discipline
Effect Casting Time
Instant. The Kallisti must only invite or encourage the subject to “let loose,” “be bad,” “enjoy yourself,” or something similar.
Level
1
Applied Restriction
Modifier | Situation
+2 | The power is turned on a vampire with whom the user has a blood tie (see Vampire: The Requiem, p. 162).
–2 | The subject’s Morality is 8 or higher.
–3 to –5 | Subject is interacting with someone she has a strong emotional connection to (e.g., spouse, sibling) when this power is invoked.
+2 | The power is turned on a vampire with whom the user has a blood tie (see Vampire: The Requiem, p. 162).
–2 | The subject’s Morality is 8 or higher.
–3 to –5 | Subject is interacting with someone she has a strong emotional connection to (e.g., spouse, sibling) when this power is invoked.