Custom Combination Discipline / Technique

Can only be done in conjunction with someone else who has purchased this combo.

This combo puts the users in perfect synchronization for a single attack that is a lariat. After spending a blood, the users must go on the lowest initiative, and each character must win a brawling physical challenge if successful. The damage of both attacks is dealt to the target as a single source. This combo may be used a number of times a night equal to the user's brawl ability.

“It had been a decade since the Conclave incident…almost a decade since my Justicar became obsessed with hunting down the Jester…almost a decade that we’ve been tasked with tirelessly searching the world, and every plane of reality, for him. Nothing. Over the years I watch as the hunt consumes my Justicar, overtaking their thoughts and subtly directing every action in the hopes of finding the one responsible for that night. I stand in silence alongside my fellow Archons before our Justicar, seated at his table filled with maps and lines. I watch his face, so very tired, as he goes over the papers in front of him. “Here…” he points to one of the maps and places a red thumbtack into it, but then quickly picks it up, “No…Here” he places it down again. He pulls it up a third time and places it down authoritatively onto another part of the map as a deranged smile forms on his face. “How very clever of you, very cleaver…Here.” He grabs the thumbtack and throws it behind us. We turn to look, and the Jester is there, in the shadows, in our estate, holding it under his foot. We move to attack, but our Justicar holds up a hand “HALT. The Jester is mine, and mine alone.” He rises from the table, the sheer power emanating from him sending a shiver up my spine of pure, cold fear; the Jester has come to his doom. As the Justicar approaches, the Jester pulls a wooden sword out from his grey coat and points it at him, and it becomes ensorcelled with golden light. The two move so fast that I cannot see what is happening. The terror of the situation hits me fully and at once; Who is this Jester to move as fast as a methuselah? After barely a minute, they are standing there once again; my Justicar lifted in the air by his throat, beaten and bloody without a scratch on the Jester. “You…will…never…defeat me” chokes out my Justicar, and as he does steaming blood pours from his orifices as he melts into a pile of ash and heat. The Jester leans down into the pile, and takes a favorite ring my Justicar wore and adds it to his hand…the seventh such ring. He does a small curtsey, waves, and vanishes. Finally, our hunt is over.”

Mechanics: This power can be activated reflexively either during a scene, or at the beginning of combat, by spending a Permanent Willpower. For the duration of the Scene/Combat, every time the user engages in a contested challenge against any other character who has more total Traits than them, they may bid the free Trait “Dragon Slayer” in place of spending another. This ability may be used once per challenge, every challenge, for the duration of this power. “Dragon Slayer” may also be used in place of any other Trait to counter the use of another. (ex. A player shoots a pistol at me and attempts to Retest with Firearms. With this power active, I may spend the free “Dragon Slayer” trait I get per challenge as if it were “Dodge” to cancel the Retest)

Expend a Blood and a Willpower your outer layer of skin morphs into a scaly hard covering that grants you the equivalent of three health levels of expendable armor. Activation takes a full round for full transformation, and consumes your action for that round, you can do nothing else while effecting this transformation. The effect lasts until sunrise, or until shifted out of. This power stacks with Gangrel Mixed Blessings, and can be used with or without Shape of the Beast being active.

Using this combination of disciplines, the vampire uses his telepathic abilities to enter the target's mind and immediately project an image of fear and anguish, causing the target to cowardly in front of the user of power.

Whether it be in physical combat, in a social debate, or even a quiz, the target of power will feel threatened, intimidated, and pinned down in ways you have never felt in life (and post-life), rationalizing, in the powers of Presence, a logical reason for this (a lack of momentary self-confidence, either because the opponent is with several allies around, or because he does not know the limits of the opponent's powers, for example).

TM System: The character must initially spend 1 point of Temporary Willpower and rip 1 Mental Trait to "force" entry into the victim's mind (if it is a vampire, or other supernatural creature. Mental). Then, by invading the mind of the target, and by already "being close to his fears," a Social Dispute against the Mental Characteristics of the target is needed. If defeated, the target will begin to feel uncomfortable and fearful in the presence of the vampire who used the power and the effect will last a scene or an hour. During this time, the target gains 3 Negative Traits, according to the situation: if you are involved in a physical contest, the target will receive Coward x2, if you are in a Social dispute, you will receive Shy x2, and if you are in a mental contest, you will receive Submission x2.

In the case of retesting for Social Dispute, Intimidation Ability is required, and it is also possible to retest by Presence and by Willpower, according to the rules.

** NOTES: The target will only gain 1 type of Negative Trait. If, after using the power, the first strike is a physical contest, for example, the target will receive Coward x2, and if he enters a social contest after this, the power user vampire will need to win a new test so that the target receives Shy x2 .

Instead of Constricting for Damage after a successful Grapple an Arm of the Abyss may Drink one Blood from the person they have Grappled. They my also reflexively spend this blood to increase it's Size or Traits as normal.