Belial’s Feast

Vampire the Requiem - Covenant - Belial's Brood

While all vampires of Belial’s Brood understand the hunger intimately, some of the Forsworn even take pains to deepen their hunger for life. Blood is but the simplest substance the Beast craves, but flesh can also satisfy the Beast’s desire. Forsworn well versed in the sarx may make a meal of meat, both living and dead. It’s a dinner of souls as much as meat, and only the flesh of the sentient satisfies.

Effect

For the duration of the scene, the Forsworn may derive a meager sustenance from the flesh of the living or the dead. Eating flesh garners but a single Vitae per three turns of consumption, and only the flesh of humankind (of either gender) can be transmuted via this power. Every Vitae gained inflicts an automatic lethal wound on the body from which its taken (even if the vampire feasts on his own flesh). Feasting on others, such as vampires or living mortals capable of resisting, requires that they be restrained or be willing victims. In either case, Vitae gained in this manner cannot exceed an active victim’s Stamina. When consuming the flesh of the truly dead (including expired vampires), the target body’s effective Stamina is reduced by 1 for every six hours that it’s been deceased, to a minimum of 1. Even the beefiest mortal body has only a single Vitae worth of “edible” flesh after being dead for 24 hours. Bones and the ashen remains of Kindred can be consumed by means of this power, but such meals provide no true sustenance to the Forsworn.

Related Organizations

• Belial's Brood

Material Components

Cost: 1 Willpower

Gestures & Ritual

Dice Pool: This power requires no roll to activate.

Related Discipline

Investments

Effect Duration

One scene

Effect Casting Time

Instant