• The Scourging
With a touch, the Gethsemani causes a mortal to experience an almost unbearable surge of pain as the flesh of the kine’s back opens spontaneously as if in response to a score of cruel lashes. The bleeding can be enough to render the victim unconscious and possibly even result in death. The blood that seeps from the horrid wounds is not ordinary. Not only can it provide the usual sustenance that a Gethsemani craves, but it’s imbued with a mystical power that supernaturally fortifies the Stamina of the Kindred or ghoul who consumes it, providing the kind of endurance that Christ required to bear his cross while suffering the sting of Roman whips.
Effect
Dramatic Failure: Wounds appear on the victim and they bleed, but they’re poison to drinkers. After all possible Vitae has been consumed from a victim, the blood turns to ash inside the drinker, inflicting a point of lethal damage per Vitae consumed. No Vitae or other benefits are gained, either.
Failure: No wounds are inflicted on the intended victim, although a successive attempt may be made with the expenditure of another Willpower point.
Success: The mortal bleeds, losing a number of Health to lethal damage equal to the successes achieved on the activation roll. For each Vitae consumed by a Kindred or ghoul, the individual receives an additional dot of Stamina that lasts until sunrise. That also means a temporary increase in the character’s Health dots. Rules for dealing with this increase and what happens to injuries sustained when the benefit vanishes are detailed in the “Temporary Health Dots” sidebar on p. 173 of the World of Darkness Rulebook.
Exceptional Success: Numerous successes rolled are their own reward.
Failure: No wounds are inflicted on the intended victim, although a successive attempt may be made with the expenditure of another Willpower point.
Success: The mortal bleeds, losing a number of Health to lethal damage equal to the successes achieved on the activation roll. For each Vitae consumed by a Kindred or ghoul, the individual receives an additional dot of Stamina that lasts until sunrise. That also means a temporary increase in the character’s Health dots. Rules for dealing with this increase and what happens to injuries sustained when the benefit vanishes are detailed in the “Temporary Health Dots” sidebar on p. 173 of the World of Darkness Rulebook.
Exceptional Success: Numerous successes rolled are their own reward.
Material Components
Cost: 1 Willpower
Gestures & Ritual
Dice Pool: Stamina + Intimidation + Stigmatica
Related Discipline
Effect Casting Time
Instant for activation of the power, though the full effect of the blood is conferred only after each turn of drinking. Devouring the blessed blood requires an action each turn.
Level
1
Applied Restriction
The Scourging cannot be used on Kindred or ghouls.