•••• The Smoking Mirror
Regardless of the covenant to which a Nahualli belongs, the focus of her philosophy is being an “aspected” creature. One facet is civilized and even benevolent. Balancing that state is the Beast. This power allows a Nahualli to harness her dark aspect, intentionally hurling her into an anger frenzy for a limited time.
Effect
Dramatic Failure: The power fails and the vampire cannot attempt to frenzy voluntarily — whether by this power or by “riding the wave” (Vampire, p. 181) — until the next sunset.
Failure: The power fails. A successive attempt might be possible at the expense of another Vitae.
Success: The character immediately enters an anger frenzy, with effects listed on p. 179 of Vampire.
Exceptional Success: No additional effects beyond extended duration.
Failure: The power fails. A successive attempt might be possible at the expense of another Vitae.
Success: The character immediately enters an anger frenzy, with effects listed on p. 179 of Vampire.
Exceptional Success: No additional effects beyond extended duration.
Side/Secondary Effects
The duration of the effect depends on the number of successes obtained on the power’s activation roll.
Successes | Duration
1 success | Two turns
2 successes | Five turns
3 successes | 20 turns (one minute)
4 successes | 10 minutes
5+ successes | One hour or the remainder of the scene
A controlled frenzy can be ended sooner than indicated if the Nahualli wills it.
Repeated use of this power in the same night does not impose a penalty to subsequent uses, as riding the wave does. Nor does it impose penalties on or is it penalized by actual attempts to ride the wave.
This power cannot be activated to control a frenzy that occurs spontaneously, say by being confronted with fire. After the Smoking Mirror is active, phenomena that would normally provoke a frenzy, Wassail or Rötschreck have no effect; the vampire is already in the throes of the Beast and (in this case) his own identity. A vampire can be subject to only one use of this power at a time. The effect cannot be applied to other Kindred.
Successes | Duration
1 success | Two turns
2 successes | Five turns
3 successes | 20 turns (one minute)
4 successes | 10 minutes
5+ successes | One hour or the remainder of the scene
A controlled frenzy can be ended sooner than indicated if the Nahualli wills it.
Repeated use of this power in the same night does not impose a penalty to subsequent uses, as riding the wave does. Nor does it impose penalties on or is it penalized by actual attempts to ride the wave.
This power cannot be activated to control a frenzy that occurs spontaneously, say by being confronted with fire. After the Smoking Mirror is active, phenomena that would normally provoke a frenzy, Wassail or Rötschreck have no effect; the vampire is already in the throes of the Beast and (in this case) his own identity. A vampire can be subject to only one use of this power at a time. The effect cannot be applied to other Kindred.