••• Alitum
Building on the mystic connection of Internuntio, the Kindred is now able to preserve all of Vitae’s mystic qualities and offer them even to a distant, torpid subject. Vitae effected by this power has all of its mystic qualities preserved for years. Creatures who drink it gain all the benefits and face all the risks of drinking Vitae directly from the subject.
To the subject’s advantage, this Vitae can be mystically consumed at a distance, no matter how far the subject is from her preserved Vitae, whether she is awake or torpid. Vitae consumed through this supernatural connection appears to rapidly dry out, evaporate or turn to dust.
This effect can be coupled with the power of Internuntio. Each power must be activated separately. Only Kindred Vitae can be preserved using Alitum.
To the subject’s advantage, this Vitae can be mystically consumed at a distance, no matter how far the subject is from her preserved Vitae, whether she is awake or torpid. Vitae consumed through this supernatural connection appears to rapidly dry out, evaporate or turn to dust.
This effect can be coupled with the power of Internuntio. Each power must be activated separately. Only Kindred Vitae can be preserved using Alitum.
Effect
Dramatic Failure: The attempt to preserve and empower the Vitae somehow goes wrong. All of the available Vitae is destroyed, and the Willpower point spent to activate this power is wasted.
Failure: The character fails to preserve and empower the Vitae. The Willpower spent to activate this power is wasted.
Success: One Vitae per success is preserved for a number of years determined by the penalty the character took on the activation roll. The subject from whom the Vitae was taken can consume this Vitae at a distance, even in torpor.
Exceptional Success: Additional successes are their own reward, as the character preserves a greater number of Vitae.
Failure: The character fails to preserve and empower the Vitae. The Willpower spent to activate this power is wasted.
Success: One Vitae per success is preserved for a number of years determined by the penalty the character took on the activation roll. The subject from whom the Vitae was taken can consume this Vitae at a distance, even in torpor.
Exceptional Success: Additional successes are their own reward, as the character preserves a greater number of Vitae.
Side/Secondary Effects
Libitinarii construct elaborate rituals surrounding the use of this power. First, the subject is washed and dressed. Then she is bled slowly over several hours while colleagues, childer and retainers look on or, sometimes, deliver symbolic eulogies. As the subject’s blood is sealed in canopic jars, clay urns or glass receptacles, this power is finally activated.
Material Components
Cost: 1 Willpower plus the subject’s Vitae
Gestures & Ritual
Dice Pool: Intelligence + Occult + Mortualia
Related Discipline
Effect Casting Time
Instant.
Level
3
Applied Restriction
Each preserved Vitae must be contained in a separate receptacle. Once a receptacle is opened, the Vitae within must be consumed within one minute or it is automatically transferred to the subject from which it was drawn. No character can hold more Vitae within her body than her Blood Potency allows, however. Vitae that therefore cannot be consumed or transferred turns to dust and is wasted. The subject of this power can consume her own Vitae at a distance even if it is still enclosed in its receptacle.
An instant action is required to consume each Vitae preserved through this power.
The greater the penalty the user accepts on her activation roll, the longer the Vitae to be effected will stay preserved.
Modifier | Situation
-1 | 10 years
-2 | 25 years
-3 | 50 years
-4 | 100 years
-5 | Indefinitely
An instant action is required to consume each Vitae preserved through this power.
The greater the penalty the user accepts on her activation roll, the longer the Vitae to be effected will stay preserved.
Modifier | Situation
-1 | 10 years
-2 | 25 years
-3 | 50 years
-4 | 100 years
-5 | Indefinitely