Custom Combination Discipline / Technique

It crawls beneath the skin

Fortitude 3, Potence 3, and Vicissitude 3

8 exp

While most flesh crafters have to know a bit about biology to use Vicissitude well, those that understand the kindred condition and their own autonomy are frightening indeed. This combo allows the vampire using it to hide modifications they have made on their own beings and shape them to appear to be 'normal' conditions, while maintaining the benefit they provide. Enhanced strength through flesh crafting just looks like bulky muscles or an exoskeleton is covered with a false layer of skin to look like huge sized person. The limit to this is the vampire's knowledge of the human body and their imagination.

System: To activate this power for the night the character spends both a blood trait and a willpower trait. For each level of medicine possessed by the character, they can physically mask one of his Vicissituded modifications and make it appear to be a merit, flaw, mixed blessing, negative traits, or some other less monstrous, more explainable option. The modifications continue to provide the same benefit while masked with this power. Obviously some powers, such as extra limbs, are beyond the scope of this power. For each modification hidden, the character will pick up a negative trait for the duration of the power as he has to move differently or has too much flesh pressed to one location. What can and cannot be affected by this power is at ST discretion.
The character may end this power instantly, at any time.
This power is not considered a form power and does not prohibit the use of any other powers.
Some examples of changes might be: Size (either variant) for the merit Huge Size, Exoskeleton for the mixed blessed Exoskeleton, Foot Pads as a bestial effect, Bulky as someone who is merely muscularly bulky.

A tongue-in-cheek reference to Ventrue and Setites who have found common grounds, this discipline draws upon the particular legacies of resilience of both clans to make it's possessor nearly impervious to the Serpent's birthright; toxins.

Any time a kindred possessing this discipline is affected by the deleterious effects of a toxic substance such as poisons, venoms, or toxins, those effects are negated at the end of the scene as the kindred's body adapts and produces anti-bodies.  In addition, the kindred may reflexively spend a blood trait when such a substance enters their system to adapt immediately, ignoring the effect of that substance for the rest of the scene.  In the case of supernatural substances, their unique nature means that this expenditure will protect the bearer from a single source of the toxin, such as all the extract gathered from one crop of a supernatural plant, or the repeated poisonous bites of a single Naga.  In the case of disciplines that have multiple levels which would fall under this immunity, each power of the discipline (I.e. level 1, level 2, etc.) Is considered a different source for the use of this power.

The followers of Caine are known as Noddists for they are scholars as well as diablerists.  They seek the hidden knowledge and secrets of Caine in hopes of strengthen their own personal power.  This combination discipline was developed by the Noddists to help them in those efforts.  By tapping into their own memories, heightening them and focusing them, they gain an edge over others.

System: A Character with this combination discipline can activate it by spend 1 willpower trait for the next scene or an hour.  During this time the character gains a number of bonus mental traits in all challenges related to Lore or the Occult equal to their level of Lore: Noddist ability.

This combination discipline only works if the character is on Path of Caine.