••••• Reminiscor
The pinnacle power of a Mortualia practitioner, Reminiscor transforms a Kindred’s experiences with a particular trade, art form or skill into an intrinsic part of the character’s soul. Some Dragons speculate that this power embeds some essential intuition in the subject’s psyche. The more occult-minded suppose that this power actually affects the subject’s soul. The Egyptian spells that this power mimics suggest the subject’s “true name” is changed.
Whatever the truth, this power’s effects are clear: it enables Kindred to retain a small part of their personal experience through even the longest and most harrowing torpor. Indeed, something about the experience of torpor is necessary for this power to take affect, as though torpor is the crucible in which the soul is altered.
The character must be in physical contact with the subject of this power. Immediately after this power is activated, the subject slips into voluntary torpor.
Whatever the truth, this power’s effects are clear: it enables Kindred to retain a small part of their personal experience through even the longest and most harrowing torpor. Indeed, something about the experience of torpor is necessary for this power to take affect, as though torpor is the crucible in which the soul is altered.
The character must be in physical contact with the subject of this power. Immediately after this power is activated, the subject slips into voluntary torpor.
Effect
Dramatic Failure: The character’s attempt to activate this power ends in disaster. The Willpower point meant for use in the ritual is lost and the subject may never again be the target of a Reminiscor effect.
Failure: The character fails to bind the subject’s soul to his experiences. The Willpower point spent to activate the power is wasted but the Libitinarius can try to use this power on the subject again in the future.
Success: The character successfully binds the subject’s experiences with one Skill to his soul. The subject then enters Torpor. That “soul” Skill is, thereafter, never lowered when the character’s Blood Potency is diminished. No matter how low the subject’s Blood Potency drops, his dots in that Skill remain the same. This power does not enable the subject to raise a Skill beyond the limit allowed by his current Blood Potency, however. Exceptional Success: The same as a success, with no additional effects.
Example: Vicrum, a well-respected Ventrue and member of the city’s Primogen, has had his experiences with Kindred society and city dynamics mystically transformed into an intuitive insight that will pierce even the fog of eternity. When he slipped into Torpor at the hands of the Libitinarii he had a Blood Potency of 7 and six dots in Politics. Now, many decades later, his Blood Potency has dropped to 4 and he’s lost a dot of Willpower to the Reminiscor ritual, but he still has six dots in Politics. He may not know who’s Prince or what covenant is in vogue, but he’s sure to catch on very quickly. When his Blood Potency rises to 7 again, Vicrum buys a seventh dot in Politics. Should he go into Torpor again, he will keep both his sixth and seventh dots in Politics.
Failure: The character fails to bind the subject’s soul to his experiences. The Willpower point spent to activate the power is wasted but the Libitinarius can try to use this power on the subject again in the future.
Success: The character successfully binds the subject’s experiences with one Skill to his soul. The subject then enters Torpor. That “soul” Skill is, thereafter, never lowered when the character’s Blood Potency is diminished. No matter how low the subject’s Blood Potency drops, his dots in that Skill remain the same. This power does not enable the subject to raise a Skill beyond the limit allowed by his current Blood Potency, however. Exceptional Success: The same as a success, with no additional effects.
Example: Vicrum, a well-respected Ventrue and member of the city’s Primogen, has had his experiences with Kindred society and city dynamics mystically transformed into an intuitive insight that will pierce even the fog of eternity. When he slipped into Torpor at the hands of the Libitinarii he had a Blood Potency of 7 and six dots in Politics. Now, many decades later, his Blood Potency has dropped to 4 and he’s lost a dot of Willpower to the Reminiscor ritual, but he still has six dots in Politics. He may not know who’s Prince or what covenant is in vogue, but he’s sure to catch on very quickly. When his Blood Potency rises to 7 again, Vicrum buys a seventh dot in Politics. Should he go into Torpor again, he will keep both his sixth and seventh dots in Politics.
Side/Secondary Effects
This is the most celebrated power of Mortualia among the Libinitarii. This power is typically enacted in the midst of an all-night ceremony honoring the subject. Demonstrations of the subject’s “soul” Skill are common. In some cases, these celebrations involve ritual combat or occult ceremonies. In others, artistic Kindred are invited to perform.
The subject of this power finds his capabilities with his “soul” Skill are not diminished, but his factual knowledge of the Skill is still clouded, faded or fractured by the Fog of Eternity. The Storyteller may, as always, deem information to be outside the subject’s current capacity to know, whether that information was forgotten or first discovered while the character was in torpor.
This power does not protect the subject against other possible supernatural attacks that might lower the dots of his “soul” Skill.
The subject of this power finds his capabilities with his “soul” Skill are not diminished, but his factual knowledge of the Skill is still clouded, faded or fractured by the Fog of Eternity. The Storyteller may, as always, deem information to be outside the subject’s current capacity to know, whether that information was forgotten or first discovered while the character was in torpor.
This power does not protect the subject against other possible supernatural attacks that might lower the dots of his “soul” Skill.