Vice Over Virtue
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Effect: The character regains Willpower through her Vice the way other characters regain it through Virtue — by fulfilling her Vice truly and profoundly, the character may once per session regain all spent Willpower points. It goes the other way, though — now, she can regain a single point of Willpower at a time by briefly fulfilling her Virtue. Elder or historical vampire characters sometimes find that the Beast’s whims have overwhelmed the needs and values of their human side, and this Merit ultimately represents that time in a vampire’s Requiem when her more callous, selfish urges are truly paramount. Giving into one’s Virtue is now little more than paying lip service to it, performing virtuous actions more because they suit one’s needs rather than because they are the “right” thing to do.
Prerequisite: Blood Potency 3, Humanity no greater than 5, Undead at least 100 years
Drawback: This isn’t a mechanical drawback so much as a caution to players taking this Merit for their characters: a character who favors Vice over Virtue is more likely to give into the eventual blood-slick slippery slope of Humanity loss.
Drawback: This isn’t a mechanical drawback so much as a caution to players taking this Merit for their characters: a character who favors Vice over Virtue is more likely to give into the eventual blood-slick slippery slope of Humanity loss.