Strength From Pain

Resilience •••, Vigor •••

Vampire the Requiem - Covenant - Ordo Dracul

This may be the most celebrated of the powers invented by the Impaled, at least among their own membership. It builds directly on the more common Devotion, Body of Will, which has long been an inspiration to the self-mutilators of the Impaled. By drawing on the anguish of the flesh and a memory of adrenaline, a vampire with this power is able to turn a wave of pain into a surge of strength.

Effect

Each success achieved on the activation roll allows the character to translate any current wound penalties into a bonus on Physical actions. Therefore, if three successes are scored on the activation roll, and the character is suffering from a –2 wound penalty, her penalty is translated into a bonus on all Physical actions for duration of the existing turn and for two turns thereafter. A new Vitae expenditure and a new activation roll is required if the character wishes to reactivate the Devotion when those three turns are up.
Note that a character with both this Devotion and Body of Will (see Vampire: The Requiem, p. 151) may be able to translate her wound penalties into a bonus on Physical actions while ignoring wound penalties on all other actions, if she has the Vitae to devote to both powers.

Related Organizations

• The Impaled

Material Components

Cost: 1 Vitae

Gestures & Ritual

Dice Pool: Composure + Athletics + Vigor

Related Discipline

Resilience •••, Vigor •••

Effect Casting Time

Reflexive

This power costs 18 experience points to learn.