Transgression of Attis
Majesty ••, Obfuscate ••••, Taurobolium •••••
The Pretties are known for their blessings. They can grant beauty, youth and success. However, few Pretties know of this Devotion, which literally allows the vampire to take a subject and change his gender. Men become women, and women become men, whether the individual is mortal or immortal. The power is temporary unless the subject is willing to sacrifice enough of himself to make the change permanent.
Effect
Success on this roll indicates that the subject transforms to the opposite gender. He has all the requisite physical parts to appear as a woman (or a man, if the subject is female). A doctor or other medical professional examining the subject with a Wits + Medicine roll must subtract the successes made on this Devotion from the dice pool to determine the difference. An exceptional success grants the subject +1 to all rolls involving Subterfuge when attempting to “act” like the other gender. (At the Storyteller’s request, the subject may be required to occasionally roll a Manipulation + Subterfuge roll to fake the mannerisms of the new gender.)
Failure means all costs are paid but the Devotion is unsuccessful. A dramatic failure causes the subject three points of lethal damage and causes the subject to affect an unsettling aspect for a 12-hour period. During this period, the subject suffers a –1 penalty to all Social rolls.
This gender shift lasts for a number of nights equal to the Galloi’s Blood Potency. However, the subject can choose to make this gender change permanent by spending a Willpower dot in addition to the Willpower point. This dot must be spent within the first three hours after the Devotion was invoked, otherwise the change cannot become permanent (though the subject may make another attempt if he can convince the vampire to perform the Devotion again after the effects of this one expire).
The gender shift grants the subject a reasonable facsimile of the physiology of the new gender. For all intents and purposes, the individual is of the changed gender. The only limitation is reproductive capability. The subject has zero reproductive capability — men may not impregnate women, and women may not become pregnant. Legend suggests that some Galloi of particularly potent blood have fi gured a way around this, but few, if any, are aware of precisely how.
Failure means all costs are paid but the Devotion is unsuccessful. A dramatic failure causes the subject three points of lethal damage and causes the subject to affect an unsettling aspect for a 12-hour period. During this period, the subject suffers a –1 penalty to all Social rolls.
This gender shift lasts for a number of nights equal to the Galloi’s Blood Potency. However, the subject can choose to make this gender change permanent by spending a Willpower dot in addition to the Willpower point. This dot must be spent within the first three hours after the Devotion was invoked, otherwise the change cannot become permanent (though the subject may make another attempt if he can convince the vampire to perform the Devotion again after the effects of this one expire).
The gender shift grants the subject a reasonable facsimile of the physiology of the new gender. For all intents and purposes, the individual is of the changed gender. The only limitation is reproductive capability. The subject has zero reproductive capability — men may not impregnate women, and women may not become pregnant. Legend suggests that some Galloi of particularly potent blood have fi gured a way around this, but few, if any, are aware of precisely how.
Material Components
Cost: 3 Vitae (must be mixed with water and sacred oils, in which the subject must bathe for one full hour). This power also requires the subject to spend a Willpower point. The Galloi may not spend this point on the subject’s behalf. If the subject doesn’t spend the point, the Devotion fails automatically.
Gestures & Ritual
Dice Pool: Wits + Occult + Taurobolium versus subject’s Resolve + Blood Potency (if unwilling)
Related Discipline
Effect Duration
This gender shift lasts for a number of nights equal to the Galloi’s Blood Potency.
Effect Casting Time
Contested; instant if subject is willing.