•••• Wave of Apathy
When the Xiao advances her understanding of Kingjan to this level, she gains access to one of the most potent weapons of the line. With a simple wave of the hand or curl of the lip, she can demolish a victim’s sense of self-confidence and determination, crippling him and viciously weakening his defenses.
A Xiao activates this power with a simple, dismissive gesture that the victim must see. By doing so, the vampire suddenly siphons away her target’s passionate strength of mind, drowning it in a wave of apathy. A sense of indifferent sloth strikes the target, leaving him without access to his inner will for the remainder of the current scene.
A Xiao activates this power with a simple, dismissive gesture that the victim must see. By doing so, the vampire suddenly siphons away her target’s passionate strength of mind, drowning it in a wave of apathy. A sense of indifferent sloth strikes the target, leaving him without access to his inner will for the remainder of the current scene.
Effect
Dramatic Failure: The use of Wave of Apathy fails, and the subject is immune to the Xiao’s Kingjan powers for the rest of the night.
Failure: The character loses or ties the contested roll. The subject is unaffected.
Success: The character wins the contested roll by getting the most successes. The subject finds himself unable to summon his innermost strength. While he may continue to act normally, his inability to tap into his inner reserves prevents the subject from using any Willpower for the remainder of the current scene.
Under the influence of this power, Kindred are unable to use any Discipline power that costs Willpower, and they may not attempt to Ride the Wave in frenzy. Daeva under the influence of Wave of Apathy are incapable of resisting their Vice for the remainder of the scene.
Exceptional Success: The character wins a contested roll with five or more successes. As success above, except that the effect extends until the end of the night.
Failure: The character loses or ties the contested roll. The subject is unaffected.
Success: The character wins the contested roll by getting the most successes. The subject finds himself unable to summon his innermost strength. While he may continue to act normally, his inability to tap into his inner reserves prevents the subject from using any Willpower for the remainder of the current scene.
Under the influence of this power, Kindred are unable to use any Discipline power that costs Willpower, and they may not attempt to Ride the Wave in frenzy. Daeva under the influence of Wave of Apathy are incapable of resisting their Vice for the remainder of the scene.
Exceptional Success: The character wins a contested roll with five or more successes. As success above, except that the effect extends until the end of the night.
Material Components
Cost: 1 Willpower
Gestures & Ritual
Dice Pool: Manipulation + Persuasion + Kingjan versus subject’s Composure + Blood Potency
Related Discipline
Effect Casting Time
Contested; resistance is reflexive.
Level
4
Applied Restriction
A victim can only be affected by Wave of Apathy once per night, no matter how many vampires target him.