•• Outcast Haunt
The Nosferatu’s inborn weakness marks them as monsters, and their Nightmare Discipline cements this. Spanos, however, didn’t see their monstrous nature as anything to be proud of. Monsters in the modern world, he felt, needed to be subtle, swift and hidden, rather than advertising their Status to anyone in their presence. By activating this frailty in the blood of other Kindred, Spanos found he could turn any vampire into a pariah for a night.
This power has no effect on Nosferatu Kindred or any bloodline descended from the Nosferatu.
This power has no effect on Nosferatu Kindred or any bloodline descended from the Nosferatu.
Effect
Dramatic Failure: The Deucalion flees in terror from the target and cannot approach her for the remainder of the night. If she approaches him, he must immediately check for Rötschreck. Even if the vampire does not fall into a fear frenzy, he must flee the subject’s presence as quickly as possible.
Failure: The power has no effect. The vampire can try again next turn, provided he can keep the subject’s gaze. The subject feels a subtle revulsion to the Deucalion, but isn’t necessarily aware that he attempted to use a Discipline.
Success: The target exudes an aura of dread, fear and menace for the remainder of the night. In game terms, the Kindred automatically fails any Social rolls made with or against mortals. Intimidation rolls are exempt, and the Majesty Discipline can still be used on mortals but suffers a negative modifier equal to the Deucalion’s Impurity rating. Kindred can sense this aura, but don’t necessarily feel afraid of the target. (The Storyteller can choose to impose negative penalties on interactions with other vampires if he wishes.)
Exceptional Success: The aura is persistent. The first night, the target suffers as described above. For a number of nights afterward equal to the number of successes the player rolls, the target suffers a negative modifier equal to the Deucalion’s Impurity rating to all non-Intimidation or Discipline-based Social rolls. The target can rid herself of this aura by spending a Willpower point each night.
Failure: The power has no effect. The vampire can try again next turn, provided he can keep the subject’s gaze. The subject feels a subtle revulsion to the Deucalion, but isn’t necessarily aware that he attempted to use a Discipline.
Success: The target exudes an aura of dread, fear and menace for the remainder of the night. In game terms, the Kindred automatically fails any Social rolls made with or against mortals. Intimidation rolls are exempt, and the Majesty Discipline can still be used on mortals but suffers a negative modifier equal to the Deucalion’s Impurity rating. Kindred can sense this aura, but don’t necessarily feel afraid of the target. (The Storyteller can choose to impose negative penalties on interactions with other vampires if he wishes.)
Exceptional Success: The aura is persistent. The first night, the target suffers as described above. For a number of nights afterward equal to the number of successes the player rolls, the target suffers a negative modifier equal to the Deucalion’s Impurity rating to all non-Intimidation or Discipline-based Social rolls. The target can rid herself of this aura by spending a Willpower point each night.
Material Components
Cost: 1 Vitae
Gestures & Ritual
Dice Pool: Intelligence + Subterfuge + Impurity versus subject’s Resolve + Blood Potency
Related Discipline
Effect Casting Time
Contested; resistance is reflexive.
Level
2
Applied Restriction
The Deucalion must make eye contact with the target to enact this power.