••• Grace of Eupraxia
As the Tismanu’s mystic power progresses, he becomes able to help others fight off the supernatural powers of other monsters. With the strength of his pious devotion, the Tismanu fortifies the soul of a subject, warding off occult forces and evil magic. Should the Tismanu’s subject already be the victim of a persistent spell or supernatural power, he might be freed of that power’s evil hold, as the Tismanu pits this Discipline against the hostile power in a new contest for dominance. The Tismanu must be able to touch his subject to use this power.
Effect
When applied to subjects under the effects of another supernatural power (such as a vampire possessed by a Numen-using spirit), Grace of Eupraxia allows the Tismanu to cancel the power’s effects. To do so, the Tismanu must succeed at a contested action, pitting his Intelligence + Occult + Eupraxia against the dice pool of the hostile power being opposed. The user of the original supernatural power (for example, the Ventrue who Mesmerized the subject nights earlier) does not actually participate in this roll unless she is present in the scene (as in the case of a possessing spirit the Storyteller simply uses that character’s traits to define the power’s dice pool for the contested action. If the Storyteller knows how many successes were scored on the original action to activate the power in question, she may choose to use those as the total for the Tismanu to overcome. Note that the Tismanu is the challenging character in this contested action, so if the roll results in a tie, the power being opposed continues to affect the subject.
Example: Adelphos believes his ally, Alana, has been cursed by a sorcerer. He intends to free Alana with Eupraxia. He sits her in a chair and, following Orthodox custom, dabs olive oil on her face and into a nearby bowl of water. While doing so, he activates Grace of Eupraxia, and his player rolls Intelligence + Occult + Eupraxia to oppose an unknown dice pool from an unknown sorcerer. The Storyteller, knowing Alana is the subject of the Theban Sorcery ritual Malediction of Despair, checks her notes and finds that the Sanctified sorcerer achieved four successes on his Intelligence + Academics + Theban Sorcery roll to activate the curse. If Adelphos’ roll generates five or more successes, the curse will be broken…
Example: Adelphos believes his ally, Alana, has been cursed by a sorcerer. He intends to free Alana with Eupraxia. He sits her in a chair and, following Orthodox custom, dabs olive oil on her face and into a nearby bowl of water. While doing so, he activates Grace of Eupraxia, and his player rolls Intelligence + Occult + Eupraxia to oppose an unknown dice pool from an unknown sorcerer. The Storyteller, knowing Alana is the subject of the Theban Sorcery ritual Malediction of Despair, checks her notes and finds that the Sanctified sorcerer achieved four successes on his Intelligence + Academics + Theban Sorcery roll to activate the curse. If Adelphos’ roll generates five or more successes, the curse will be broken…