Mind's Eye Theatre - Vampire The Requiem.pdf - RoseRed

Test Pool: Resilience is unlike many other Disciplines in that it is not actively drawn.
Rather, it provides an augmentation of physical potential that lasts for the scene in which it
is activated, and which affects other draws.
Each dot of Resilience permanently increases the character’s Stamina by one . This bonus also
increases the character’s Health (a character with Resilience can thus surpass his normal Attribute
maximum for Stamina). Additionally, once invoked Resilience also “downgrades” a number of
aggravated damage points per scene equal to a Kindred’s Resilience dots. This damage becomes
lethal instead. Aggravated wounds suffered in excess of the character’s Resilience dots remain
aggravated, however. This downgrade doesn’t apply to any aggravated wounds that the vampire
already possesses, just to newly acquired ones suffered while Resilience is active.
Example: Michael is engaged in combat with a witch-hunter, who clubs him with a fl aming torch.
The torch infl icts fi ve points of aggravated damage — but Michael’s Resilience of 4 downgrades that to
four points of lethal damage, with one point of aggravated damage remaining.
Also, if a character suffers damage that upgrades her Health chart, Resilience does not
downgrade it. For example, if a character with seven Health dots and a single dot of Resilience
suffers nine points of lethal damage, that ninth point stays aggravated. The other eight points
are recorded normally as lethal (seven for the Health dots plus one for the Resilience), but the
ninth stays aggravated as it upgrades the leftmost box on the character’s Health chart.
Action: Instant
VIGOR
Nearly every vampire legend across the globe expresses the preternatural strength possessed
by the undead. In truth, not all Kindred possess such inhuman might, but the Discipline of
Vigor makes those who do far more powerful than any mortal could ever hope to be. Vigor
allows Kindred to strike opponents with the force of a falling boulder or speeding car; to lift
enormous weights as though they were paper; to shatter concrete like glass; to leap distances
so great that those elders with obscenely high levels of Vigor may, in fact, be responsible for
legends of vampiric fl ight.
Cost: 1 Vitae per scene
Test Pool: Vigor is unlike many other Disciplines in that it is not actively drawn. Rather,
it provides an increase of physical strength that lasts the duration of the scene in which it is
activated, affecting other draws.
Each dot of Vigor increases the character’s Strength by one while the Discipline is active.
Vigor cannot be invoked more than once per scene. That is, you may not spend a second Vitae
and double the benefi ts of the power. Note also that certain derived traits (such as Running
Speed) might also be affected by the use of Vigor.
Note: When used in combat, such as to modify Strength + Brawl or Strength + Weaponry
test pools, Strength dots gained from Vigor are applied only once a successful hit is determined.
In other words, this Discipline does not make it any more likely that the vampire will hit her
target, but it makes any hits she lands much more devastating than normal. Likewise, Vigor
does not increase the maximum amount of damage that can be infl icted with a successful
attack, it only makes it more likely the vampire will hit her existing maximum (see “Damage
Limit ” in Mind’s Eye Theatre, p. 210).
Example: Rachel has Vigor 3, Brawl 3 and Strength 4. She is surprised to fi nd a mortal creeping
about her haven after she returns from a meeting with the Prince. Rachel decides to teach this ghoul a
lesson and activates her Vigor — her Strength increases to 7 for the duration of the scene. Her test pool
for a Strength + Brawl attack is still 7, however, not 10. She doesn’t hit any more often than normal, but
when she does, it hurts a whole lot more. She adds the extra +3 gained from Vigor only if she hits.
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