Serpentis

Description

Serpentis has a near religious significance to the Clan, although Cainite scholars presume a relation to the shape-shifting powers of Protean. The Setites consider it a gift from their dark god and almost never share it with other vampires, although on occasion it is heard the use of a blood boon has allowed others to achieve this dark gift.

Mastery of Serpentis brings a Setite closer to Set and some advanced users come to disregard their human form, preferring the forms Serpentis can bestow and reacting aggressive to suggestions that they abandon it.

Certain powers allow the Setite to remove either their own hearts or another Cainite, and other organs as well. A Cainite without a heart is immune to staking and diablerie. A Cainite with all of their organs removed grows a scaly shroud that is nearly indestructible, that can only be removed by feeding the vampire their organs. However if someone else gains access to the vampire's organs, they can eat the organ to gain one blood point and anyone who stakes the heart has the same effect as staking the vampire. Any vampire who drinks from the heart needs to only drink through two blood points before they can diablerize the vampire, testing at a lower difficulty.

Use Subterfuge for retests of Serpentis.

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Abilities

Basic

• The Eyes of the Serpent: Immobilize someone with your gaze. (See Faith & Fire p.197)
• Tongue of the Asp: Grow a extended tongue that serves as a weapon. (See Faith & Fire p.197)

Intermediate

• Skin of the Adder: Grow hardened monstrous skin that protects you. (See Faith & Fire p.198)
• Form of the Cobra: Transform into a large venomous snake. (See Faith & Fire p.198)

Advanced

• Cheat the Scale of Anubis: Remove your heart, making you immune to staking, or remove all your organs and become nearly indestructible. (See Faith & Fire p.198)

Elder

• Breathe the Sandstorm: Exhale a scorching blast of sand. (See Faith & Fire p.199)
• Cobra Fangs: Grow the venomous fangs of the cobra without having to transform. (See Clanbook: Followers of Set (Revised) p.66)
• Obsession: Fill someone with lust for an object or condition. (See Laws of Elysium p.71)
• Temptation: Tempt someone into committing evil actions. (See Laws of Elysium p.71)

Master

• Divine Image: Take on the physical and mental strengths of a deity. (See Clanbook: Followers of Set (Revised) p.66)

Ascendant

• Heart Thief: Rip another vampire's heart from their body. (See Clanbook: Followers of Set (Revised) p.67)

Methuselah

• Shadow of Apep: Become a nearly indestructible giant snake of pure darkness. (See Clanbook: Followers of Set (Revised) p.67)

Progenitor Flaw

Cainites with this Progenitor Discipline have sign parts of their soul to a dark god.

Curse

Followers of Set clan disadvantage

(See: Faith and Fire p.56)

Benefit

Free Trait in Subterfuge