Dance of Kali
Celerity •••, Sakti Pata •••••
This Devotion is one of the most fearsome martial secrets of the Amara Havana bloodline. Its successful invocation transforms the vampire using it into a literal storm of bloody knives capable of tearing through multiple opponents in the blink of an eye. This produces a mass of whirling blood weapons that are virtually impossible to deflect or resist by ordinary means. The swiftly moving cutting surfaces simply flow through the cracks of mundane defenses and slice opponents to bits inside their own armor; the bloody attack is similarly difficult to retaliate against, as the liquid form may also flow to evade impact or Disarm an attacker.
Effect
In order to activate this Devotion, the vampire must be capable of using Yama’s Benefice to abandon her physical body in the form of independently mobile blood (minimum Vitae pool of five). The player then spends one Willpower and one Vitae, at which point the character explodes into a mass of blood projectiles hurtling toward her opponent. The player rolls Dexterity + Athletics + Celerity to attack, and the attack ignores mundane armor (though not supernatural armor-producing effects, such as the Gift of Indra). The victim’s Defense only applies if it would be effective against firearms (such as a vampire using Celerity).
The Amara Havana can choose to attack multiple opponents with this Devotion, just as if she were using a firearm with the autofire capability (see p. 160 of the World of Darkness Rulebook).
The Amara Havana can choose to attack multiple opponents with this Devotion, just as if she were using a firearm with the autofire capability (see p. 160 of the World of Darkness Rulebook).
Material Components
Cost: 1 Willpower + 1 Vitae
Gestures & Ritual
Dice Pool: This Devotion requires no roll to activate.
Related Discipline
Celerity •••, Sakti Pata •••••
Effect Casting Time
Reflexive