Custom Combination Discipline / Technique
Some chronicles allow for their players to develop customized powers for their characters. The following is a compilation of player created custom content in OWBN. At this time, custom content that is created and/or used by vampire PC's is required to be listed.
| Discipline Name | Discipline Level |
|---|---|
| Fortitude | 5 |
| Temporis | 5 |
Reinforce
Fortitude 5, Temporis 4
10xp
Temporis can already freeze objects in time, rendering them nigh indestructible but immobile and useless. Reinforce manages to only freeze an object in time relative to itself, in effect making it indestructible.
System: The Kairos spends 1 Willpower Trait and engages in a Static Physical Challenge against 8 traits. If successful, time is halted for the object. It can suffer no damage, and neither the passage of time nor outside stimuli can affect it for the duration. The number of additional Stamina-related Physical Traits bid on the challenge determines the maximum duration of the power, as noted on the chart below.
One round
One scene
One night
One week
One month
+ One month per additional Trait bid over 5
If used on armor, Reinforce renders it effectively useless. While the armor itself is immutable, the shock of most attacks is transferred with near perfect efficiency through the armor and to the target as blunt force damage (the damage is suffered by the wearer of Reinforced armor as normal, and the armor remains undamaged).
A Kairos using this power may spend a permanent Willpower Trait to make the effect permanent.
| Discipline Name | Discipline Level |
|---|---|
| Auspex | 2 |
| Fortitude | 2 |
This power is always active.
You are immune to mundane overstimulated.
When a power that would force a challenge against you to overload your senses is used,the character defending against it is wins on ties.
| Discipline Name | Discipline Level |
|---|---|
| Auspex | 2 |
| Fortitude | 2 |
This power is always active.
You are immune to mundane overstimulated.
When a power that would force a challenge against you to overload your senses is used,the character defending against it is wins on ties.
| Discipline Name | Discipline Level |
|---|---|
| Auspex | 2 |
| Dementation | 4 |
| Obfuscate | 3 |
“Attention Elysium, I have a decree to make. For those of you who have not heard by now, on my way here I was ambushed by no less than three Black Spiral Dancers and a cadre of Fomori. If it had not been for the courageous efforts of this mysterious Jester, who just happened to be passing by, I would not be standing here today. I was quickly overpowered by one of the Dancers, and right before I was about to meet my final death, the Jester swooped in on a nearby scaffolding rope, drop kicking the creature off me. I watched, both paralyzed by fear and weakness and captivated by the Jesters abilities. The Fomori dogpiled him, and I thought his end was near, when he rose up, sending dozens of them flying with such force that they disintegrated when they hit the nearby walls. One of the remaining dancers pounced, swiping with his claws, but the Jester caught his hand without so much as moving an inch. I watched as he grabbed the Garou and folded him into an origami crane without breaking a sweat. The last Dancer reached for a fetish and pointed it at the Jester, releasing a wave of green fire at him. When the flames subsided, the Jester was left unharmed, not even his clothes were singed. The Dancer shouted “Curses! He must have some sort of anti-dark fetish shield!” as he retreated to the shadows. The Jester pulled me up and escorted me the rest of the way here. As Sovereign Prince of this city, I declare payment to the Jester in the form of a Life Boon as well as award them the status of Loyal, Guardian, and Cherished.”
Mechanics: The Malkavian tells a story, and then makes a contested Social challenge, Retest Subterfuge, against anyone listening who he has included in the story. Anyone who fails their challenge believes the story to be true, with a memory of the event forming in their minds. The newly formed memory is treated as real, with all those affected at the same time having the same memory, just from their points of view. Any effects that allow for the altering/finding of memories can affect the memory formed as a result of this power.
| Discipline Name | Discipline Level |
|---|---|
| Auspex | 4 |
| {Combo w/in single Discipline} | 4 |
Requirements: Hindsight, Auspex 4
Cost: 7
Description: Developed by a Kairos to guard against changes to her memory via dominate or other powers, and to see the truth of events experienced by others even if their memory has been altered or they refuse to reveal it. By using this refinement of Hindsight and additional strength in Auspex to send their mind back along the timeline they can view the temporal memories of themselves or others as they truly happened.
Mechanics: Make physical contact and a contested mental challenge vs the target mental traits of the target. (If Dominate or power like Dominate was used this is against the traits of the Dominator) , retested with Occult. The Cainite can question the temporal memory of the target. As with Hindsight, no emotional impact of the event is felt. This power can be used to know if someone's memories/ mind has been altered. If the user has the appropriate Lore, they may have a follow-up challenge (retest: appropriate Lore) for an idea of the type of mind-altering power that was used. (i.e vampiric, magical, chimerical, etc)
| Discipline Name | Discipline Level |
|---|---|
| Auspex | 1 |
| Celerity | 2 |
Aiming a gun on the move is hard. Aiming a gun on motorcycle is impossible. But for one gun-happy Brute thought the two great tastes of bikes and guns coming together was a personal challenge. After years of development he came up with the cowboy shot. By harnessing the speed of Celerity and the quick eye of Auspex, he learned how to steady his shooting hand by anticipating the bumps in the road before they happened.
System: This power costs 1 Blood Trait to activate and lasts a scene. For the remainder of the scene the Brujah gains a free retest on all Firearms challenges when firing a gun.
This power may only be learned by Brujah Antitribu
| Discipline Name | Discipline Level |
|---|---|
| Animalism | 5 |
| Chimerstry | 5 |
During the week of nightmares, a dark power was awoken within the members of clan Ravnos. By drawing on the memories of that week, the Ravnos pulls forth their beast and gives it chimerical form, bringing with it a piece of that power.
The Ravnos assumes a form that echoes the manner in which Zapathasura appeared in their nightmares. This form is as unique as each individual's experience, though it is common to include the appearance of a much older vampire as well as animalistic traits reflecting the beast. Any features of this change in appearance are chimerical in nature and do not confer additional bonuses (wings cannot be used to fly, claws cannot be used as feral claws, etc.)
SYSTEM: The Ravnos spends 1 blood, 1 Willpower, and 1 mental trait.
Transformation takes 1 full turn as the beast is brought forth and wrestled into obedience, or pacified and returned to it's cage.
Upon completing the transformation, the Ravnos takes on the new appearance, and gains 3 social traits for the duration of the power.
While using this power, the Ravnos gains the flaw Methuselah's Thirst. The flaw disappears when the Ravnos reverts to their original form.
Anyone interacting with the Ravnos may make a static social challenge vs. a difficulty equal to the Ravnos' social traits at the time the power was activated. Success means the individual may disregard the bonus traits granted by this power.
The effects of this power are subject to disbelief, as outlined in section V of the Ravnos packet.
The transformation lasts until the Ravnos chooses to return to their original form, becomes incapacitated, or sunrise.
| Discipline Name | Discipline Level |
|---|---|
| Auspex | 3 |
| Celerity | 3 |
Having mastered the defensive basics of the Persistent Guard, a vampire with this combination discipline may learn the next step of evolution along it’s tree and philosophy. By heightening their senses to the world around them and focusing on the quick firing of their muscles a vampire with this power can knock away an arrow or other projectile with their bare hand. Further they may attempt to catch the missile and send it back at their attacker with its full force. Though useful against arrows, knives, or spears this combination discipline will offer no aid against bullets or other similar modern types of weaponry.
System: Spend 1 Willpower. For the next scene or an hour you may call upon a “Persistent Guard” retest on all defending range attack challenges from all ranged attacks that use a bow, spear, throwing dagger etc (but not firearms). This retest is not used up once called upon, however it is the last retest you may call in a challenge when defending against a ranged attack when used. If you succeed in your defensive range attack challenge and have used this retest you may spend 1 blood trait and attempt to return the attack back on the attacker make the same challenge against them they have made with you. If you succeed they suffer the effects and damage that was intended for you.
| Discipline Name | Discipline Level |
|---|---|
| Fortitude | 4 |
| Presence | 5 |
Description: As your mastery of bending those to your will is added to fortitude, so too is the defensive side of your personality. Having mastered the ability to sway the emotional will of those around you you have tempered your own will. Now you are able to deflect those who would try to socially beat you down.
Mechanics: When entering a defensive social challenge, you may use "Majestic" as your bid Trait. This Trait does not count toward totals when resolving ties or overbids, but it can never be lost; thus you may continuously use "Majestic" in successive social tests. Only if you are forced to risk multiple Traits---such as due to wounds or Negative Traits---do you risk losing any of your other Social Traits. If you run out of Social Traits, you cannot use this Discipline. Once you have been completely exhausted, you can no longer enter challenges.
| Discipline Name | Discipline Level |
|---|---|
| Dominate | 5 |
| Fortitude | 5 |
Like Resisting the command gaze but the Ventrue decreases its generation in 3 (three) for comparison purposes only. Only one “Resisting Gaze” can be active at a time.
| Discipline Name | Discipline Level |
|---|---|
| Dominate | 4 |
| Fortitude | 4 |
Like Resisting The Severe Gaze but the Ventrue decreases its generation in 2 (two) for comparison purposes only. Only one “Resisting Gaze” can be active at a time.
Duration: One scene or one hour.
| Discipline Name | Discipline Level |
|---|---|
| Dominate | 3 |
| Fortitude | 3 |
Description: For countless years Clan Ventrue was known as Masters of Dominate. Recently the spread of Blood Magic have made this title hard to prove. In this search, Lucas Bonfim, a young Ventrue from Brazil, researched this powers to stand over the magicians of blood, and bring the Ventrue back to their place as Kings. He based his research on the lineage inheritance and this power cannot be taught to those whose blood does not come from a Ventrue Lineage.
System: Spending a willpower trait, the Ventrue can modify his generation for the purpose of resisting uses of the domination or combos using dominate that are subject to restricted
use by generation, as is the discipline Dominate. Willpower spent for this does NOT count against the 1 willpower per round limit. The Ventrue decreases its generation in 1 (one) for comparison purposes only. Only one “Resisting Gaze” can be active at a time.
Duration: One scene or one hour.