Scent of Socius

Vampire the Requiem - Covenant - Belial's Brood

All Forsworn share some measure of connectivity with their covey-mates due to the nature of The Crux, but those with this Investment are even more sensitive to the bonds of blood. The Forsworn call creatures with whom they share a blood connection socius, a term translating roughly as “Companion,” and they use it in reference to covey-mates and Ghouls bound to the covey (anyone who has tasted the vampire’s blood on three separate occasions). This Investment grants the Forsworn the ability to track down those with whom he shares such bonds.

Effect

Dramatic Failure: The vampire gleans no information and cannot try to use this Investment again for the rest of the scene.
Failure: The vampire gleans no useful information.
Success: The vampire gets a strong feeling of the general direction and distance to his blood companion. While sharing a blood sympathy (see Vampire: The Requiem, p. 163) with a vampire already allows such augury, the vampire can’t usually choose when the sensations will come. With this Investment, he can, and can even “feel out” ghouls, too, which ordinary blood sympathy doesn’t allow.
Exceptional Success: For a moment, the character perceives himself to be the subject. He knows exactly what’s transpiring and the exact location of his socius.

Related Organizations

• Belial's Brood

Material Components

Cost: None

Gestures & Ritual

Dice Pool: Wits + Occult

Related Discipline

Investments

Effect Duration

N/A

Effect Casting Time

Instant