•• Sanguine Secrets

Vampire the Requiem - Ancient Bloodlines

Normally, a vampire is able to discern the presence of close relations by tasting the blood of another Kindred (or mortal, in the case of his own mortal lineage). With an amount of skill, he may even be able to identify the blood of another clan. However, this power expands the sensitivity of his palate and allows him to reach for the secrets bound in the Vitae. Corajoso using this power might be able to discover the identities of Kindred connected to the donor, as well as complete Vinculums the donor is involved with (as regnant or thrall). The vampire using this power must still taste the blood (as per the rules for the taste of family), but he cannot derive information of the traditional sort at the same time he uses this power.

Effect

Dramatic Failure: The vampire is overwhelmed by the taste of the Vitae. He may not use this power for the rest of the scene.
Failure: The vampire gains no information from the tasted Vitae.
Success: The vampire learns part of the identity of others who are connected to the blood’s donor. The Telepath receives a brief mental image of a face and learns how that person is related to the donor (sire, grandsire, childe, grandchilde, thrall or regnant). The vampire discovers one such person or vampire per dot of Linagem.
Exceptional Success: In addition to the information above, the vampire also learns the primary name, nickname or title of a given connected vampire or mortal. If the donor does not personally know enough about the connected individual to know a name or identity, no additional information is provided.

Material Components

Cost: 1 Willpower

Gestures & Ritual

Dice Pool: Intelligence + Occult + Linagem – subject’s Blood Potency

Related Discipline

Linagem

Effect Casting Time

Instant

Level

2