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Stasker: /* Enchanting Voice */

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Enchanting Voice

Gaelmuji: /* Eat Food */

2023-01-18T20:13:45Z

Eat Food

Gaelmuji: /* Blind Fighting */

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Blind Fighting

Gaelmuji: /* Blind Fighting */

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Blind Fighting

Stasker at 05:31, 3 July 2021

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Stasker at 18:08, 3 September 2020

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==Flaws==

=== Vulnerability to Silver ===

To you, silver is as painful and as deadly as the rays of the sun. You suffer aggravated wounds from any silver weapons (bullets, knives, etc) and the mere touch of silver objects pains you. You gain 1 extra freebie point

== One Trait Merits ==

=== Disfigured/ Deformity ===
Costumed

A hideous disfigurement afflicts you, twisting your countenance in a memorable fashion. you suffer a two-Trait penalty on all Social Challenges except intimidation. On intimidation checks, you gain 1 extra trait and can go above your generational maximum by one.

=== Infectious Bite ===

Due to enzymes, a disease or just some unknown mystical factor, you cannot heal your bite simply by licking the wound. In fact, mortals can be infected with a serious disease if you feed on them - if you fail a Simple Test after leaving a mortal alive but bitten, the mortal contracts a serious disease. kindred you bite become carriers of this disease until they heal the wound. As a benefit, anytime you bite a person they continue to take a bashing each round for the duration of the combat. non stackable

=== Fourteenth Gen ===

Embraced in the modem age, your blood is thin, beyond even that of most Caitiff. You are no more than five years as a vampire, created by one of the 13th generation. You have 10 Blood Traits, but you can only use eight of them; the other two are inert, treated like mortal blood. You must take the Flaw: Thin Blood (although you do get Free Traits for it), and you are most likely Caitif, for your blood is too weak to pass the distinguishing characteristics of clan. You may not take the Backgrounds of Generation with this Flaw. The Vampire gets a free dot of the Insight background.

=== Addiction ===

Some chemical or biological substance hooked you, and now you crave it in the blood. You try to feed from people whose blood will satiate your cravings. This substance generally has negative effects on you. You can only draw nourishment from blood with your “fix” in it; you vomit up any other blood. The character is two traits up whenever dealing with drugs of any kind. Finding them, using them, making them, etc..

=== Bruiser ===

The icy stare, the cobra eyes - you’ve got the stone cold thug look down, and it works. You are one Trait up when comparing ties on any attempts to intimidate someone.

=== Lame ===

You can only take two steps per action base instead of three. Any time the character is affected by a power that slows their speed, they may spend a willpower to ignore it

=== Dulled Bite ===

Your fangs never fully developed, or they never came in at all. When feeding, you need to find some other way of making the blood flow. Your bite does lethal instead of ag. This however also causes the vampire to be better at dealing with humans. They are two traits up on socials in challenges against mortals

=== Friendly Face ===

Don’t I know you from somewhere?You have an open, honest look about you that always seems to remind everyone of an old friend they haven’t seen in years. You are one Trait up on all attempts to persuade, seduce or beguile a person whom you have not met more than 1 hour ago.

=== Acute Sense ===

You have a particularly sharp sense (specify which one). In all tests with that sense, you are One Trait up on challenge-resolution for hearing or sight. You are two traits up on any other sense purchased. You may have multiple Acute Senses, but you may only take this Merit once for each sense. Any overwhelming sensory information that occurs while this power is active (i.e. bright flashes with heightened sight, loud noises with heightened hearing, angry skunk with heightened smell) cause the user to be Stunned for a full round unless they spend a Willpower. This effect can be mitigated by the appropriate equipment, sunglasses, earmuffs, nose plugs etc., however in the event that you are using this equipment you also do not get the benefit of the merit.

=== Catlike Balance ===

You almost never slip, stumble, fall or even get dizzy. Your sense of balance is so well-developed that you can walk with ease even on a narrow ledge or wire. You are two Traits up on resolution of challenges to avoid being knocked prone and take one less level of damage from falling.

=== Eat Food ===

Perhaps you developed this capacity after your Embrace, or maybe you never lost the ability to eat food. Whatever the case, your atrophied organs can still stomach solids. You do digest such food, however, you gain no sustenance from it. Having this Merit can be invaluable in maintaining the Masquerade.

=== Blush of Health ===

Unlike other vampires who become pallid and gaunt, you retain a flush of life to your skin. Your appearance is still healthy, and you only feel slightly cool. This Merit is a great boon in blending in with mortals.

== Two Trait Merits ==

=== Enchanting Voice ===

Your voice is naturally resonant and commanding. All uses of your voice grant you two Bonus Social Traits on leadership and expression challenges; you can seduce, and cajole with just a few well, chosen words.

=== Puissant Healing ===

Your blood is not very efficient in healing your wounds, or maybe you just never really learned to direct your vitae for regeneration. Repairing one level of damage costs you three Blood Traits but it restores both Lethal and Aggravated at the same rate

=== Permanent Fangs ===
Costumed,

Your fangs do not retract, making the preservation of the Masquerade difficult at best. Down 2 social traits on dealing with all non-kindred. All bite attack from the character deal 1 extra lethal damage.

=== Blind ===
Costumed

The world of sight is lost to you. You fail any challenge requiring sight automatically, reading, using a computer, almost all uses of the investigate skill. You cannot be affected by Dominate and other gaze effects because you cannot see the opponent’s gaze, other powers that require locking eyes also fail. Interestingly, you can still use the Auspex Discipline power of Aura Perception, though you perceive the aura through other senses (smell, sound, etc.) You gain the Blind fighting Merit for free. The vampire can still defend themselves thanks to the blind fighting which they have because any vampire who can not defend themselves .. dies

== Three Trait Merits ==

=== Blind Fighting ===

Blindness has three penalties associated with it. -1 trait, Blindness retest, -1 trait.

Blind Fighting negates all of these penalties

=== Ambidextrous ===

You have a high degree of coordination, and you can use both of your hands equally well. Normally, a character can only call one trait from their off hand weapon. this merit allows the character to call 2 of the traits of their off hand weapon, assuming their off hand weapon has 2 traits.

=== Early Riser ===

No one can explain it, but you seem to have the ability to exist on less rest than other Kindred do, tending to rise at least one hour before everyone else. You always seem to be the first to rise and the last to go to bed, even if you’ve been out until dawn. While other Kindred may still be groggy, you’re awake and aware. You may awaken early, or remain awake late, with no need to expend Willpower during the first or last hour of light to stay awake.

=== Efficient Digestion ===

You manage to draw extra nourishment out of blood while feeding. You gain three Blood Traits for every two that you drain from a mortal (rounding fractions down). This efficiency applies only to mortal blood, and you cannot take more than your normal Blood Trait maximum.

=== Huge Size ===
Costumed, Shape

Nearly seven feet tall and hundreds of pounds in weight, you tower over most adversaries (and allies). You have one extra Bruised Health Level. The cut off for huge size is 6'3" 275 lbs.

=== Deaf ===

You are completely deaf. You must use sign language or some other form of communication. You cannot hear Dominate commands, and so you are usually immune to them (unless they are implanted telepathically or otherwise without voice), but you suffer a three-Trait penalty on tests of perception and alertness. You cannot have Acute Sense: Hearing, and you are surprised automatically by anyone who approaches you from outside your line of sight. You are immune to the powers of Melpomene and any other power that requires speech. (Majesty not included) You are up 2 traits on all sight and smell-based mental challenges.

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 Blindness has three penalties associated with it. -1 trait, Blindness retest, -1 trait.
-Blind Fighting negates one of these penalties
+Blind Fighting negates one of these penalties.
 === Early Riser ===

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	Due to enzymes, a disease or just some unknown mystical factor, you cannot heal your bite simply by licking the wound. In fact, mortals can be infected with a serious disease if you feed on them - if you fail a Simple Test after leaving a mortal alive but bitten, the mortal contracts a serious disease. kindred you bite become carriers of this disease until they heal the wound. As a benefit, anytime you bite a person they continue to take a bashing each round for the duration of the combat. non stackable		Due to enzymes, a disease or just some unknown mystical factor, you cannot heal your bite simply by licking the wound. In fact, mortals can be infected with a serious disease if you feed on them - if you fail a Simple Test after leaving a mortal alive but bitten, the mortal contracts a serious disease. kindred you bite become carriers of this disease until they heal the wound. As a benefit, anytime you bite a person they continue to take a bashing each round for the duration of the combat. non stackable
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−	~~=== Fourteenth Gen ===~~
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−	Embraced in the modem age, your blood is thin, beyond even that of most Caitiff. You are no more than five years as a vampire, created by one of the 13th generation. You have 10 Blood Traits, but you can only use eight of them; the other two are inert, treated like mortal blood. You must take the Flaw: Thin Blood (although you do get Free Traits for it), and you are most likely Caitif, for your blood is too weak to pass the distinguishing characteristics of clan. You may not take the Backgrounds of Generation with this Flaw. The Vampire gets a free dot of the Insight background.

	=== Addiction ===		=== Addiction ===

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 == Two Trait Merits ==
-=== Enchanting Voice ===
+=== Predator's Allure ===
-Your voice is naturally resonant and commanding. All uses of your voice grant you two Bonus Social Traits on leadership and expression challenges; you can seduce, and cajole with just a few well, chosen words.
+Your voice, your walk, the way you hold yourself, everything about you just screams sex appeal. Perhaps it is mortals' fascination with the end that makes them so attracted to your undead perfection. You gain Two traits on all Leadership and Intimidation challenges.
 === Puissant Healing ===

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 === Eat Food ===
-Perhaps you developed this capacity after your Embrace, or maybe you never lost the ability to eat food. Whatever the case, your atrophied organs can still stomach solids. You do digest such food, however, you gain no sustenance from it. Having this Merit can be invaluable in maintaining the Masquerade.
+Perhaps you developed this capacity after your Embrace, or maybe you never lost the ability to eat food. Whatever the case, your atrophied organs can still stomach solids. You can gain the benefit from Drugs and Alcohol without needing to drink the blood of someone under the influence.
 === Blush of Health ===

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 The world of sight is lost to you. You fail any challenge requiring sight automatically, reading, using a computer, almost all uses of the investigate skill. You cannot be affected by Dominate and other gaze effects because you cannot see the opponent’s gaze, other powers that require locking eyes also fail. Interestingly, you can still use the Auspex Discipline power of Aura Perception, though you perceive the aura through other senses (smell, sound, etc.) You gain the Blind fighting Merit for free. The vampire can still defend themselves thanks to the blind fighting which they have because any vampire who can not defend themselves .. dies
 == Three Trait Merits ==
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 Blind Fighting negates all of these penalties
 === Early Riser ===