Custom Combination Discipline / Technique

A character with this Combination Discipline elevates their capacity for violence to an awe inspiring rampage. The character instinctively weaves through the worst of a firefight to deliver brutal, pinpoint accurate blows with guns or knives. Their footwork becomes like a dance, coupled with the quick staccato gun shots, most gruesome of fast paced knife tricks and the cacophony of lamentations made by their eviscerated enemies becomes a show stopping sensation that can leave even the most jaded Toreador hypnotized... If they can keep from shying away from all that gore.

System - By spending a Blood trait and a point of Willpower, the character enters a trance. While in this state, the character deals an extra level of damage when making attacks using any gun or knife. Furthermore, attacks with guns may utilize a "Range Retest" by spending a mental trait regardless of how close their target is and whether or not they are able to return fire. Finally, once each turn, the character may spend a Willpower trait to make an additional attack at the end of the turn. This attack must use a gun or knife. A character may not make more additional attacks this way than they have levels of the Performance Ability in a single night.

Requirements: Path of Blood 2, Lure of Flames 3

Activation: 1 Blood

Duration: Scene or Hour

XP Cost:  9

The ancient enemies of Clan Tremere are the Tzimisce, well known for their use of blood, and turning into pools of blood, sometimes to acid.  The Tremere have taken this advantage and turned it into a disadvantage for their enemies by expanding on their mastery of blood by causing their own vitae to become the bane of Kindred existence the moment it leaves their own body.  Expanding on this, Bloodfire can also be used to prevent their own vitae from falling into the hands of their enemies, the Thaumaturge may cause discarded, or stored Kindred blood to catch fire. 

This power only works on Kindred Blood.

While activated, the eyes of the thaumaturge will appear to have dancing flames for irises, and their skin will take on a ruddy hue, and with the slightest touch or a focused glance cause Kindred blood to become flammable and ignite as if it was gasoline gaining the incendiary trait.

Should any of the Thaumaturge’s own vitae leave their body, such as from wounds, theft of vitae, or someone drinks their blood, the blood will immediately ignite and turn to ash.  Anyone within melee distance of the Thaumaturge must make a static physical challenge (difficulty 7 traits) to dodge (Dodge retest) or take 1 aggravated damage per blood trait from the fire as it burns to ash.  The Thaumaturge is magically immune to damage from their own Bloodfire, but is not immune to any subsequent fire the Bloodfire may cause. 

If the blood is outside of a body or vessel, such as on the ground, discarded, a pool of blood, splattered on the walls, no challenge is necessary. 

If within an inanimate vessel, such as a bottle, a clay pot, a vessel of transference, or principle focus of vitae infusion  a static mental challenge (difficulty 7 traits) is necessary for it to ignite as many visible vessels as the thaumaturge’s Occult skill.   If the object is in use by another, a mental challenge against the physical traits of the wielder is necessary.

This power cannot be used on a target unless they are a body of blood, such as in Vicissitude: Bloodform, and if so, a physical challenge if touched, or a mental challenge against their physical traits if gazed upon is necessary. If successful the blood will catch fire immediately causing 2 aggravated damage per turn to the bloodformed individual, requiring a rotschreck check at a -2 penalty.   This lasts until the bloodformed individual resumes physical shape again.

When Celerity is active, and the full move (Dark Epics) option is taken, rather than multiplying his movement by 2, The Vampire is able to increase his movement by an incredible factor of 10.

This power allows the Gangrel to temporarily change their animalistic features into their original human form. This power works against all forms of observation or recording.

After spending a Willpower trait, and 1 Blood trait, the user burns a number of Mental Traits equal to the number of Beast Traits/features they wish to disguise. Body Control lasts for one (1) hour, but can be continued for a another hour by spending another trait of blood to fuel the Protean side of the combo. The Gangrel morphs into their original human looking form until this power is 'renewed,' they let it run out or turn it off. Willingly ending this power requires only a thought, but costs nothing.

Anyone using Auspex on the Gangrel will, if they win the challenge, notice that some kind of Obfuscate is being used, but since the change is physical, they will only see a blurry shimmering effect, like heat shimmer over asphalt, surrounding the Gangrel's features.