•••• Berith
“The Covenant”
The Qedeshah use this power to create a different sort of bond between Kindred, something altogether separate from the traditional Vinculum. By simply touching a subject, a Hierodule may pass her blood to the individual. The blood literally flows from the pores of the Qedeshah’s flesh and into the flesh of the target. It doesn’t need to come from her hands, either — any part of exposed flesh does (some Hierodules seal this so-called covenant with a kiss). The power works only one-way; a Qedeshah may not take blood, only give it. The power does not require the target’s consent.
The forcing of blood into another is actually not the primary reason for using this power. Many Hierodules seek the connection that results. Recipients of blood gain a sense of the Hierodule’s location at any given time. The Hierodule is also granted a vague sense of where the target is. The power is not precise; no true vision is granted as to exactly what the other does. Berith does provide a Direction Sense, however, regardless of how far apart vampire and subject are, and confers a general sense of how distant they are from each other. This sense doesn’t take into account obstacles, streets or other obstructions, it only causes the two to have an intuitive feel for where the other is.
The forcing of blood into another is actually not the primary reason for using this power. Many Hierodules seek the connection that results. Recipients of blood gain a sense of the Hierodule’s location at any given time. The Hierodule is also granted a vague sense of where the target is. The power is not precise; no true vision is granted as to exactly what the other does. Berith does provide a Direction Sense, however, regardless of how far apart vampire and subject are, and confers a general sense of how distant they are from each other. This sense doesn’t take into account obstacles, streets or other obstructions, it only causes the two to have an intuitive feel for where the other is.
Effect
The Hierodule must make skin-to-skin contact with the target. (If the subject resists, the touching rules apply — World of Darkness Rulebook, p. 157.) In addition to the Willpower spent, the Qedeshah sacrifices a number of Vitae up to her Blood Potency, which is automatically conferred to the subject. If a recipient vampire can contain no more Vitae based on his Blood Potency, extra Vitae are wasted.
A recipient is one step closer to a Vinculum with the user and may be subject to Blood Addiction. If the recipient is a ghoul, he can make use of the Vitae as normal, to the usual limits that he can contain.
Blood donor and recipient both gain the Direction Sense Merit in regard to one another. They have no idea of the other’s relative health or mentality, but generally know in what direction and how far away the other is.
A Qedeshah can maintain the bond of distance and direction with as many subjects at one time as she has Blood Potency dots. Once that limit has been reached, no more can be added unless a previous one is disconnected. (An abandoned subject literally loses the DirectionSense Merit in regard to his benefactor.) Breaking an old relationship does not undermine the power of the Vitae shared. A subject doesn’t suddenly lose Vitae or cease to be blood bound or ghouled. Even if a Hierodule can maintain no more bonds of distance and direction with a new subject, she can still share blood with him.
If another Discipline is used on a subject with whom a Qedeshah currently shares a directional bond, a +2 bonus is gained on that power’s activation roll.
If the Qedeshah is ever sent into Torpor or meets Final Death, connections to her are severed seemingly inexplicably.
A recipient is one step closer to a Vinculum with the user and may be subject to Blood Addiction. If the recipient is a ghoul, he can make use of the Vitae as normal, to the usual limits that he can contain.
Blood donor and recipient both gain the Direction Sense Merit in regard to one another. They have no idea of the other’s relative health or mentality, but generally know in what direction and how far away the other is.
A Qedeshah can maintain the bond of distance and direction with as many subjects at one time as she has Blood Potency dots. Once that limit has been reached, no more can be added unless a previous one is disconnected. (An abandoned subject literally loses the DirectionSense Merit in regard to his benefactor.) Breaking an old relationship does not undermine the power of the Vitae shared. A subject doesn’t suddenly lose Vitae or cease to be blood bound or ghouled. Even if a Hierodule can maintain no more bonds of distance and direction with a new subject, she can still share blood with him.
If another Discipline is used on a subject with whom a Qedeshah currently shares a directional bond, a +2 bonus is gained on that power’s activation roll.
If the Qedeshah is ever sent into Torpor or meets Final Death, connections to her are severed seemingly inexplicably.
Material Components
Cost: 1 Willpower
Gestures & Ritual
Dice Pool: No roll is necessary to activate this power
Related Discipline
Effect Casting Time
Instant
Level
4