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Sometimes the most useful invitations, however, are to the sorts of soirees where emotions
run high, intoxicants fl ow freely and no one is likely to notice a bit of indiscretion in a
dark corner. If the Daeva are eminent, Succubi are never considered without a ready source
of blood in their home city and require no tests to hunt to full capacity during downtime.
Unless a Daeva character is under particular pressure, she begins a session of play with her
full capacity of Vitae.
One game session per month, a player of a Daeva character may also send her character
out of play for a full hour and return with her maximum capacity of Vitae. The character
must not be followed or otherwise molested for this effect to function and the player must
stay out of the game for a full hour.
• Clan Gangrel: When the clan is eminent, the Gangrel effectively turn their combination
of human wariness and animal cunning toward the games of politics. This makes it very diffi
cult to trap, surprise or isolate them in Kindred society. The Prince, the Master of Elysium,
nor anyone else can strip a Gangrel of her fi nal dot of City Status. The Prince can still call a
blood hunt, however. What’s more, any attempt to gain all but the most obvious and public
information about a Gangrel through use of the Animalism Discipline fails automatically.
Once per month, a Gangrel’s player may ask the Storyteller if a situation his character is about
to enter appears to be a trap. Only direct attacks or uses of supernatural powers targeted at the
Gangrel are detected as “traps” for the purpose of this benefi t. Attempts to lure the Gangrel
into a socially scandalous situation are not detected, for example, nor are meetings that are
designed to weaken the Gangrel politically.
• Clan Mekhet: When the Mekhet are eminent, the Shadows’ knowledge of secrets and
sharing of useful information achieves a high. Each resident Mekhet receives a number of
free information snippets about other members of the domain equal to her City Status. The
player should ask for this information from a Storyteller. This information is restricted to a
subject’s dots in certain social Merits: Resources, Status (each type counts as a separate snippet),
Herd and Retainer. A Mekhet can learn a character’s dots in Clan Status or Covenant
Status, even if the Mekhet isn’t part of the clan or covenant in question.
Example: Elijah is a Mekhet with City Status 3 and his clan is eminent this month. He learns the
Lancea Sanctum Status of a zealot who has made his existence hell, the wealth (Resources dots) of his
Ventrue ally Javier, and the Nosferatu Status of Javier’s enforcer Cross. All this could be very useful
information, indeed.
• Clan Nosferatu: When his clan is eminent, the Nosferatu Priscus may use his clout to
force a single other Priscus to abstain from voting in any matter to be settled by the assembled
Prisci (such as naming a Harpy). A Nosferatu recognized as a Primogen may do the same in a
meeting of the Primogen council. Refusal to abstain is a sin against the city (see p. 289) and
usually results in punishment from the Harpy or Prince. This ability can be used only once
per targeted Kindred per meeting.
In addition, the city’s Nosferatu gain effective regency over the sewer system, so any clan
member may travel unseen to most urban locations, as well as safely go to ground from most
city locations. The Nosferatu Priscus may extend this free passage to any number of Kindred
from other clans in the domain, but must do so explicitly and in such a way as the rest of
the clan is aware of it. Nosferatu (but not other allowed Kindred) automatically succeed in
feeding attempts in the sewers during downtime (so long as they feed on animals or mortals),
but not during a game.
• Clan Ventrue: When his clan is eminent, the Ventrue Priscus may demand to change
the vote of another Priscus in any Prisci votes. A Ventrue Primogen may do the same on
the Primogen council. Refusal to change one’s vote is a sin against the city (see p. 289) and