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 |
|---|---|
| Dominate | 3 |
| Auspex | 3 |
Certain Tremere know the truth that words have power within them. The Tremere often believe the very fabric of reality is written in language. With this potent knowledge and key phrases the Tremere vampire locks them deep within their mom. With focus and time the Tremere can tap into this knowledge gain an expertise in their mental acuity for a time.
System: The Tremere spends 1 blood trait to activate this power for the next scene or an hour. During that time the Tremere player gains 3 retests to use on any Thaumaturgy challenge. Once called upon these retests are lost and this power may not be stacked or activated again in the same scene. A retest used on this challenge may only be called upon once per challenge. This combination Discipline may only be learned by members of the Tremere Clan.
| Discipline Name | Discipline Level |
|---|---|
| Dementation | 2 |
| Auspex | 5 |
Many Malkavians consider their derangements a boon rather then a burden, claiming that it offers them benefits that others just do not understand. This techinique is one bit of proof that perhaps the madmen are not wrong. By opening their conciousness to the Astral Realm, the bearer of this power is able to create astral manifestations of his own derangements. These manifestations take on visual avatars that are representative of their origin derangement (i.e. the derangement of Crimson Rage may show as an angry ball of fire whereas depression may show as a dark, murky cloud).
System: When the bearer of this power enters the Astral Realm, he may opt to activate this power. When activated, the character may choose up to 5 derangements afflicting them. These derangements manifest around his astral form as astral spirits. These spirits have 3 willpower of their own (which, being astral creatures, this serves as their health as well) and 5 mental traits. The creatures may perform minor errands for their master, ferrying messages back and forth, relaying the most basic of information back to their owner or carrying simple messages to others. As they have 3 willpower, they may manifest into the physical world ever so briefly to convey/receive short messages. They may also be sent to investigate other areas and report back the most basic of details to their master (for instance, they might be able to count a number of people present at a location, but they wouldn't be able to recognize specific features of the individuals). Commanding the spirits requires but a thought from the controller, as they are extentions of his own psyche and will.
Should a character's minion be destroyed, the derangement flares to existence within the character. The derangement becomes immediately active for the remaind of the scene or an hour (whichever comes first) and the character cannot expend willpower to surpress it. Additionally, the character's minions may not remain active once the character leaves Astral Projection.
| Discipline Name | Discipline Level |
|---|---|
| Dementation | 3 |
| Auspex | 5 |
| Animalism | 2 |
At this point, the controller has learned to greatly increase the efficacy of his minions and has learned to grant them a greater depth of talent.
System: Mininos made from XX.3: Madness Minions are now upgraded and receive 5 willpower instead of 3 and they also have the Ability: Investigation x2. In addition to the tasks listed in XX.3: Madness Minions, these creations may now aid their master in astral combat. Should they be so insturcted, they may attack a target that is in the Astral Plane/High Umbra (they may not attack targets in any other realm). They attack using their own traits and, upon a successful hit, they do not cause damage, but instead cause the target to gain the Negative Mental trait Oblivious. Multiple attacks from these mininos do stack up to 5 times.
Alternately, if the storytellers prefer a simpler system, each minion will provide the master with +2 traits in astral combat and one bonus "armor" level of health.
| Discipline Name | Discipline Level |
|---|---|
| Auspex | 5 |
Discipline XX.5: Beyond the Horizon and Sensory Overload
(Custom Content only allowed for one Combo prereq to be added).
Sensory Overload allows a Malkavian to forcibly project their Auspex powers upon another unwilling victim. However, it only makes the target believe they have projected their consciousness into the Astral Realm. This power enhances that talent and actually forces the target into the Astral Realm.
System: The Malkavian spends one willpower and one blood trait to enact this power. He then engages his target in a Social Challenge (retest with Empathy). If successful, the victim's spirit is forced out of their body as though they had activated the power of Psychic Projection (whether they have the power or not). If the victim does not possess Psychic Projection, they are extremely limited in what they can do while in this state. The victim must remain within line of sight of their body, they cannot use other disciplines (even those that are normally allowed while using Psychic Projection), they cannot spend a Willpower to manifest, and they cannot return to their body. If the victim already possesses Psychic Projection, then all of the normal rules of Psychic Projection now apply to the victim of this power, save they are unable to return to their body of their own volition. They remain forced out of their body for the remainder of the scene or an hour, whichever comes first. They may move about the astral realm, use levels of Auspex or do whatever else they would be normally permitted to do while using Psychic Projection. Should their body be attacked and damaged to the point where it would enter torpor or expend Aegis, the victim may choose to immediately return to their body. If they choose not to, and their body is destroyed, they will remain in Astral until the next Sunrise (as per Psychic Projection).
Note: As this power is similar in mechanics to Necromancy: Soul Steal, any house rules typically applied to Soul Steal should similarly be considered to be applied to this power.
| Discipline Name | Discipline Level |
|---|---|
| Presence | 3 |
| Obfuscate | 3 |
The Emissaries of the Black Hand are expected and trained to social and political masters of the Sabbat. Their jobs require them to negotiate all black hand deals and any other matters related to the rest of the Sabbat and the chosen. As a result Emissaries of the Black Hand developed this combination discipline to accent their own training and skills making them potent and forceful to others. By calling upon the grace of presence masked with the slyness of Obfuscate the Emissary appears far more charming, clever and charismatic; while at the same time protecting themselves from the manipulations of others.
System: The user spends 1 willpower to activate this combination discipline for the next scene or an hour. During that time the user gains a number of bonus traits to all social challenges equal to their permanent Leadership Ability rating. Additionally they win all ties defending in social challenges to manipulate their emotions.
| Discipline Name | Discipline Level |
|---|---|
| Auspex | 2 |
| Thaumaturgy | 4 |
Requires Path of Technomancy
It is a commonly accepted trope in media that individuals are capable of enhancing photographs to an absurd degree. Anyone understanding concepts like resolution would scoff at the tricks television wants people to believe are possible with a simple request like "enhance that image and zoom in". Fortunately, technomancy provides a potential work around for technology's limitations.
System: By paying an additional 1 WP and 1 Blood when accessing a device with a camera or microphone via remote access, the user can apply Heightened Senses to enhance the capabilities of any camera or microphone on that device while they are accessing it. For an additional 1 WP, they may utilize Aura Perception through that device's camera while using Remote access, subject to any requirements for focus from Aura Perception.