••• Taste of the Dragon
A Kindred with this power has a formidable ability to draw insight from the mere scent and taste of another Kindred’s blood. By drinking the Vitae of another vampire — and risking all the associated effects — the character gains a kind of mystical connection to the subject. As long as this connection persists, the Dragonslayer can mystically discern the location and condition of the subject, and even anticipate his actions.
Effect
Some of the following effects made possible with this power do require a roll, however, to employ effectively.
The character adds his Suikast dots as a bonus to dice pools to track, pursue or otherwise locate any nearby vampire or ghoul with unhealed lethal or aggravated wounds, by smelling the scent of blood in the air or licking a blood trail. The Storyteller determines whether or not a subject is close enough to be detected by the Dragonslayer in this way, based on the successes achieved on the tracking roll. This power does not grant any ability to penetrate supernatural effects, such as with Obfuscate (for that, the Dragonslayer needs Auspex). The character gains a mystical connection to the last vampire from whom he has fed. This connection shares all the qualities of blood sympathy (see Vampire: The Requiem, p. 163), except that the character may add his Suikast dots to dice pools involving the subject’s blood. The character can spend one of the subject’s Vitae in his system to make a Wits + Occult + Suikast roll as an instant action; each success on this roll reveals one of the subject’s Disciplines or Coils of the Dragon — beginning with the most advanced or powerful — followed by the subject’s Blood Potency and clan. More specific details on the powers (the exact dots in each power, the specific Crúac rituals the character knows) cannot be determined in this way.
The character may also spend one of the subject’s Vitae in his system to gain a +2 bonus to Defense against attacks from the subject for one turn. The mystic connection of the Blood gives the Dragonslayer an intuitive sense of the subject’s movements.
The character adds his Suikast dots as a bonus to dice pools to track, pursue or otherwise locate any nearby vampire or ghoul with unhealed lethal or aggravated wounds, by smelling the scent of blood in the air or licking a blood trail. The Storyteller determines whether or not a subject is close enough to be detected by the Dragonslayer in this way, based on the successes achieved on the tracking roll. This power does not grant any ability to penetrate supernatural effects, such as with Obfuscate (for that, the Dragonslayer needs Auspex). The character gains a mystical connection to the last vampire from whom he has fed. This connection shares all the qualities of blood sympathy (see Vampire: The Requiem, p. 163), except that the character may add his Suikast dots to dice pools involving the subject’s blood. The character can spend one of the subject’s Vitae in his system to make a Wits + Occult + Suikast roll as an instant action; each success on this roll reveals one of the subject’s Disciplines or Coils of the Dragon — beginning with the most advanced or powerful — followed by the subject’s Blood Potency and clan. More specific details on the powers (the exact dots in each power, the specific Crúac rituals the character knows) cannot be determined in this way.
The character may also spend one of the subject’s Vitae in his system to gain a +2 bonus to Defense against attacks from the subject for one turn. The mystic connection of the Blood gives the Dragonslayer an intuitive sense of the subject’s movements.
Material Components
Cost: 1 Vitae (for some effects)
Gestures & Ritual
Dice Pool: No roll is necessary to activate this power, and it is considered “always on.”
Related Discipline
Effect Duration
This power’s mystic connection persists until the character feeds from another vampire or uses the last of the Vitae he drank from the subject.
Effect Casting Time
N/A
Level
3
Applied Restriction
This power does not enable the character to store more Vitae or spend more Vitae per turn than is normally allowed by his Blood Potency.
For the purposes of this power, it’s important to record how much Vitae the character has left from the current subject.
For the purposes of this power, it’s important to record how much Vitae the character has left from the current subject.