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

An attack might have a fi xed effect on the target, regardless of successes drawn — for instance,
a power to strike a foe blind. You can’t make someone more blind, so successes on an effect
draw indicate a duration instead of a degree of damage.
Powers that affect the target in particularly subtle or non-damaging ways may last much
longer.
No handicap is ever permanent — at least not for vampires. If nothing else, a victim can restore
lost traits with experience points. A vampire can remove many other indirectly damaging effects
if she is willing to suffer lethal damage. A Kindred could cure his blindness by putting
out his eyes and re-growing them, for example.
If a character wants to try for an extra-long duration for a power, the player subtracts
one from the effect draw for every step up the duration table that he wants. If a character
wants to try to blind a foe for a full minute (two steps up the duration table), the player
subtracts two from the activation test pool. If he succeeds at all, he’s sure the blindness
lasts at least one minute.
MULTIPLE-TARGET EFFECTS
Some powers affect a number of people or other targets — potentially as many as are within
range. The power’s effect is otherwise fi xed. See the Majesty power of Awe for an example.
The player can draw for the power’s effect and hope that many targets succumb, or the player
can subtract points and hope for an all-or-nothing effect on the desired number of people.
Additionally, affecting more than three vampires or six mortals ought to incur additional
penalties: subtract one from your test pool for every additional subject to be affected.
Successes Targets Affected
1 success one person/other target
2 successes two targets, or a quarter of targets
3 successes six targets, or half the targets
4 successes 20 targets, or almost all targets
DOUBLY VARIABLE EFFECTS
In certain rare cases in which a power’s effect can vary in two ways — number of targets
and degree of effect — Storytellers may choose to use an invocation draw and an effect
draw. Doing so breaks with custom, so it shouldn’t be used frequently, but it can make for
some interesting and dramatic powers, and is especially suitable to those at high levels. One
factor modifi es the invocation draw, and the effect draw describes the second factor. For
instance, a power could blind multiple people for a varying length of time. The Storyteller
could apply a penalty to the invocation draw based on the number of targets the character
wants to affect. Say, -1 for two targets, -2 for six targets, and so on. If the attack succeeds,
the effect draw could use the duration table to determine how long the targets remain
blind. In other cases, the Storyteller might prefer to modify the invocation draw based on
the severity of the desired effect, and let the effect draw determine how many people succumb
to the power.
DESIGNING DEVOTIONS
Devotions are combinations of Disciplines that yield unique effects based on the interactions
of those powers. Unlike regular Disciplines, Devotions do not progress — they’re
single-purpose capabilities that stand by themselves. For more on Devotions, see p. 210.
Designing a Devotion works much like designing a Discipline and is subject to Storyteller
approval. The guidelines for designing other Disciplines in this section can help you with
Devotions, at least as far as power and function are concerned. The fi rst step is to decide
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