The Dionysian walked many Roads in his long unlife before coming to rest in Sin. He developed this power millennia ago to facilitate changes in himself, but elder Malkavians are easily capable of replicating his feat. This power rends at the deep-seated aspects of a vampire’s morality, altering personality on the deepest level — a victim’s memories remain intact, but her outlook on life fundamentally changes in response to a crisis of faith.
System
The Malkavian must lock eyes with the target. The player rolls Manipulation + Subterfuge, difficulty equal to the target’s Wits + Subterfuge. If the user can achieve success equal to or greater than the target’s Instincts/Self-Control, he may alter one of the target’s Virtues to whatever he desires, potentially prompting an incompatibility with the victim’s current Road. The victim cannot raise her Road rating and faces a degeneration check every night; the degeneration stops at a Road rating of 3, allowing the victim to change her Virtue back by studying with a tutor and questing to reaffirm their commitment to their Road. In this case, she rapidly restores her lost Road rating. Otherwise, this effect is permanent and can only be reversed with another application of Change the Soul, Brother’s Gift, or with the Healer Valeren power Unburden the Bestial Soul. A botch alters one of the vampire’s Virtues, though he may use this power on himself willingly.
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