Warp Corpse
A vampire’s seemingly human body is but a puppet composed of flesh, a sham the Beast uses to lure the living into its clutches. For most vampires, this ruse also becomes their trap, as they accept the physical limits of their mortal lives despite the dead flesh they now wear. With the simplest understanding of sarx, however, a Forsworn can take advantage of his body’s morbidity without giving in to false pain and discomfort. A vampire making use of Warp Corpse can contort his body to squeeze under doors, through building ducts or even between bars.
Effect
Dramatic Failure: The Vitae is wasted, and the vampire takes a lethal wound in the process.
Failure: The Vitae is wasted, and the vampire makes no progress moving through the opening.
Success: The vampire moves through an opening that is too small for his body to pass through. The vampire moves at half normal Speed while passing through the opening. If the contorted position has to be maintained for more than a single turn, an additional Vitae must be spent. (This is a reflexive action that does not require a new roll.) A vampire unable or unwilling to spend Vitae to maintain an unnatural contortion is shunted out of the space he’s squeezing into at a rate equal to half his Speed. If a vampire ejected in this fashion is still contorted at the end of the turn, he suffers a lethal wound.
Exceptional Success: The vampire moves through the small opening at full speed.
Failure: The Vitae is wasted, and the vampire makes no progress moving through the opening.
Success: The vampire moves through an opening that is too small for his body to pass through. The vampire moves at half normal Speed while passing through the opening. If the contorted position has to be maintained for more than a single turn, an additional Vitae must be spent. (This is a reflexive action that does not require a new roll.) A vampire unable or unwilling to spend Vitae to maintain an unnatural contortion is shunted out of the space he’s squeezing into at a rate equal to half his Speed. If a vampire ejected in this fashion is still contorted at the end of the turn, he suffers a lethal wound.
Exceptional Success: The vampire moves through the small opening at full speed.
Related Organizations
Material Components
Cost: 1 Vitae
Gestures & Ritual
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Athletics
Related Discipline
Effect Duration
One turn
Effect Casting Time
Instant
Applied Restriction
Modifier | Situation
+2 | The vampire uses Protean or another Discipline to assume a form of a slightly smaller size, such as a wolf.
+3 | The vampire uses Protean or another Discipline to assume a form of a significantly smaller size, such as a bat.
–1 | The vampire can only fit his head through the opening being squeezed through.
–2 | The vampire can only fit his hand through the opening being squeezed through.
+2 | The vampire uses Protean or another Discipline to assume a form of a slightly smaller size, such as a wolf.
+3 | The vampire uses Protean or another Discipline to assume a form of a significantly smaller size, such as a bat.
–1 | The vampire can only fit his head through the opening being squeezed through.
–2 | The vampire can only fit his hand through the opening being squeezed through.