Custom Combination Discipline / Technique

Testaments of the Cause
Fortitude 5 + Presence 3
12 xp

Drawing forth from the conviction of one's cause and ones self, the body, mind and spirit become testaments.  These manifestations are not visible, but none can deny that when the tough gets going, the tougher one becomes. Seen as being rough upon one's spirit, the bolstering effects of this discipline take their toll, and risk the very soul of those who rely upon it too often.

And, because Andyness is close to Godliness, he can't be the victim of something he made. Nor can any that are as Pious as him.

Mechanic :

This power can be activated reflexively, and at anytime before the initial challenge of an action is thrown.

Expend a Willpower to activate this power. For the next scene or hour, whichever ends first, you are up traits on all challenges that you are the defender. You are up traits equal to the level of your path/road of humanity/heaven.

At the end of the scene or hour, the final round that the power is still active, you engage in a path check challenge. The difficult of this challenge is a 4 regardless of what your path/road of humanity/heaven is at. If you fail the challenge you lose a level of your path regardless of that level. Also this challenge will occur if at anytime during the power being active, you path sin and require a check at your current level.

After this challenge and result, the power fades.

Any levels of your path that are lost to this power can not be gained back by role-play alone. You must achieve approval from your ST as well as spend the experience points to gain the level back.

This combo does not give you added bonuses in challenges against people who are at Path/Road of Humanity/Heaven 5.

Man's  fear  of  what  lies  in  the  dark  has  pushed  them  into  civilizations  and  made  them  huddle  around  campfires  at  night  for  protection.  This power  calls  upon  that  fear  and  awakens  the  primitive  flight  mechanism  that  has  helped  mankind  avoiding  danger.

Spend  one  willpower  and  do  a  static  social  challenge  difficultly  at  storyteller  discretion  (5  traits  if  it's  a  silent  night,  7  if  high  traffic  area,  9  if  a concert  is  happening,  etc.).  The  player  bids  a  number  of  social  traits  based  on  the  area  he  wants  to  effect,  1  for  a  small  group,  2  for  medium,  3  for large.  The  player's  character  let's  out  a  roar,  a  howl,  or  something  of  the  like  that  provokes  fear  to  any  mortal  who  hears  its  call.  Mortal  who  have 3  or  less  will  willpower  will  want  to  flee  the  area  immediately.  If  they  do  not,  they  gain  the  negative  mental  trait  cowardly  for  the  next  scene  or hour  and  will  not  go  near  where  the  sound  came  from.  Mortals  who  have  4  willpower  or  more  must  engage  in  a  static  willpower  challenge  vs  3  if they  want  investigate  where  the  notice  came  from.

System: This power only works on Vampires. The user must first grapple their intended target and successfully feed from them.  Once they have successfully taken one blood trait from their target vampire, the user may engage the victim in a contested Willpower challenge.  If the user succeeds may further spend 1 Willpower trait and temporary reduce his generation by 1.  This change lasts for a scene or an hour and may only be used once per night.  The user gains all the benefits of their new generation, accept the ability to use elder and above level disciplines.

Spend a blood and throw a simple test.  For the next hour or scene, vanilla mortals cannot resist the first three levels of your dominate or presence powers.  Those powers automatically succeed without a test.  This only affects vanilla mortals.  Kinfolk, ghouls, imbued hunters, and other such supernatural mortals are unaffected by this combo.