Stalwart Servant
(Dominate ••••, Resilience •)
The unlife of the Damned is dangerous, far more so when venturing into unknown or enemy territory. The best defense against the attacks of rivals and enemies is not being tougher or faster or better armed, but evading attack altogether.
Many nomads are masters of such evasion, preferring to avoid a fight than being forced into a defensive posture. In a foreign city or in the wilderness, however, a roaming vampire probably doesn’t have access to all her usual Resources. It’s therefore important to get everything possible from those on hand. This Devotion was developed for just such eventualities; it allows a vampire to lend some of her own physical prowess to followers. A bolstered defender can hold back an attacker for precious moments, allowing the vampire to escape before having to summon her own Resilience.
Many nomads are masters of such evasion, preferring to avoid a fight than being forced into a defensive posture. In a foreign city or in the wilderness, however, a roaming vampire probably doesn’t have access to all her usual Resources. It’s therefore important to get everything possible from those on hand. This Devotion was developed for just such eventualities; it allows a vampire to lend some of her own physical prowess to followers. A bolstered defender can hold back an attacker for precious moments, allowing the vampire to escape before having to summon her own Resilience.
Effect
This Devotion can be used only on a subject whom the vampire has made loyal with the Conditioning power. The resulting bond allows the master to lend her Resilience. The vampire must touch the subject in order to use Stalwart Servant.
The subject gains a number of Health dots as if he had the same number of dots in Resilience as the vampire for the duration of the scene. If a character with 4 Resilience uses Stalwart Servant on her bodyguard, he gains four Health dots for the duration of the scene. The subject does not gain extra dots in Stamina, nor the ability to downgrade some aggravated damage to lethal damage that Resilience normally grants. All he gains is additional Health dots, and they last for the scene unless wounds are incurred for them.
If the servant already has dots in Resilience and activates that Discipline, he gains the benefit of the higher rating rather than combining the two. If he has 2 Resilience and has gained four Health from Stalwart Servant, he gains no more than four additional Health. He does gain his own two-dot increase in Stamina, and the ability to downgrade aggravated damage, however. The character using Stalwart Servant can invoke her own Resilience as normal, but it calls for a separate use of the power and requires its own Vitae expenditure.
The subject gains a number of Health dots as if he had the same number of dots in Resilience as the vampire for the duration of the scene. If a character with 4 Resilience uses Stalwart Servant on her bodyguard, he gains four Health dots for the duration of the scene. The subject does not gain extra dots in Stamina, nor the ability to downgrade some aggravated damage to lethal damage that Resilience normally grants. All he gains is additional Health dots, and they last for the scene unless wounds are incurred for them.
If the servant already has dots in Resilience and activates that Discipline, he gains the benefit of the higher rating rather than combining the two. If he has 2 Resilience and has gained four Health from Stalwart Servant, he gains no more than four additional Health. He does gain his own two-dot increase in Stamina, and the ability to downgrade aggravated damage, however. The character using Stalwart Servant can invoke her own Resilience as normal, but it calls for a separate use of the power and requires its own Vitae expenditure.
Material Components
Cost: 1 Vitae
Gestures & Ritual
Dice Pool: This power involves no roll to invoke
Related Discipline
Dominate ••••, Resilience •
Effect Casting Time
Instant