•• Absolve the Man
This, the most essential spiritual power of the Tismanu, soothes the souls of other monsters and helps to restore a vampire’s ability to face the world with confidence and strength of will. A Tismanu who uses this power becomes a figure of faith and personal strength for another Kindred. With a calming or encouraging dialogue, the Tismanu can stir up the personal power a vampire needs to rise above madness or regain the will to go on. As a result of the time the subject spends talking with the Tismanu, she feels soothed, calmed and more in control of herself.
This power can be used on mortals, ghouls and other supernatural creatures, as well, but Tismanu customarily restrict its use to other Kindred. When used on mortals or ghouls, the dialogue required by this power often leads to feeding.
This power can be used on mortals, ghouls and other supernatural creatures, as well, but Tismanu customarily restrict its use to other Kindred. When used on mortals or ghouls, the dialogue required by this power often leads to feeding.
Effect
Dramatic Failure: A dramatic failure indicates that the Tismanu has accidentally stirred up dreadful or monstrous feelings in his subject. At the Storyteller’s discretion, an effect of the subject’s derangements may manifest itself in some way (by invoking the Social penalty of Suspicion, for example), or the subject may suffer a - 2 penalty to rolls to resist frenzy for the rest of the scene.
Failure: The Tismanu’s efforts simply aren’t enough to help the subject.
Success: The Tismanu provides some spiritual relief to the subject. The Tismanu can either temporarily diminish the weight of the subject’s derangements or restore a Willpower point, as described below.
Exceptional Success: The Tismanu’s inspiring efforts truly reinvigorate the subject, who may enjoy both of the beneficial effects described below, if applicable.
Failure: The Tismanu’s efforts simply aren’t enough to help the subject.
Success: The Tismanu provides some spiritual relief to the subject. The Tismanu can either temporarily diminish the weight of the subject’s derangements or restore a Willpower point, as described below.
Exceptional Success: The Tismanu’s inspiring efforts truly reinvigorate the subject, who may enjoy both of the beneficial effects described below, if applicable.
Side/Secondary Effects
When a Tismanu character activates this power, he attempts to grant his subject one of the following two benefits, affecting either Humanity or Willpower. A subject must be able to see or hear the Tismanu directly to be affected by this power. A single creature cannot be the subject of this power more than once per night. This power has no effect on a subject who’s been given over to the Beast, such as a vampire of Humanity 0 or in the midst of frenzy. The Tismanu can turn this power on himself, provided he meets all of the previously described conditions.
The Tismanu character can provide his subject with moral support, enabling her to overcome a derangement. If the subject has failed a roll and acquired a new derangement that same night, the Tismanu grants her a second chance at the derangement roll she failed — if she succeeds on this re-roll, her new derangement fades away by the time she wakes the next night. If the subject is struggling with a pre-existing mild derangement, the Tismanu allows her to ignore its effects for the rest of the scene. Subjects suffering from a severe derangement have its effects reduced to a mild state for the rest of the scene. Only one of the subject’s derangements can be muted at a time in this way, no matter how many derangements the subject may be suffering from overall.
Alternately, the Tismanu can restore a single Willpower point to the subject. This power does not allow the subject to possess Willpower points in excess of her Willpower dots.
The Tismanu character can provide his subject with moral support, enabling her to overcome a derangement. If the subject has failed a roll and acquired a new derangement that same night, the Tismanu grants her a second chance at the derangement roll she failed — if she succeeds on this re-roll, her new derangement fades away by the time she wakes the next night. If the subject is struggling with a pre-existing mild derangement, the Tismanu allows her to ignore its effects for the rest of the scene. Subjects suffering from a severe derangement have its effects reduced to a mild state for the rest of the scene. Only one of the subject’s derangements can be muted at a time in this way, no matter how many derangements the subject may be suffering from overall.
Alternately, the Tismanu can restore a single Willpower point to the subject. This power does not allow the subject to possess Willpower points in excess of her Willpower dots.
Material Components
Cost: —
Gestures & Ritual
Dice Pool: Presence + Empathy + Eupraxia
Related Discipline
Effect Casting Time
Extended (subject’s Blood Potency + 5 successes; each roll represents 20 minutes of conversation or confession)
Level
2
Applied Restriction
Modifier | Situation
+2 | Power is turned on a vampire with whom the user has a blood tie.
— | Subject is a vampire, ghoul or mortal of Humanity 6 or higher.
-2 | Subject can see or hear the user, but not both.
-2 | Subject is a non-vampiric supernatural creature.
-3 | Subject is currently resisting frenzy.
-1 | Subject is at Humanity 5.
-2 | Subject is at Humanity 4.
-3 | Subject is at Humanity 3.
-4 | Subject is at Humanity 2.
-5 | Subject is at Humanity 1.
+2 | Power is turned on a vampire with whom the user has a blood tie.
— | Subject is a vampire, ghoul or mortal of Humanity 6 or higher.
-2 | Subject can see or hear the user, but not both.
-2 | Subject is a non-vampiric supernatural creature.
-3 | Subject is currently resisting frenzy.
-1 | Subject is at Humanity 5.
-2 | Subject is at Humanity 4.
-3 | Subject is at Humanity 3.
-4 | Subject is at Humanity 2.
-5 | Subject is at Humanity 1.