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By making a Perception + Empathy roll against a difficulty of the target's
Self-Control + 4, the Baali can sense the subject's greatest character flaw-
be it a low Virtue, a weak Will, a Derangement, or whatever.
The Baali must first use Sense the Sin (above) to discern the tragic flaw
of the target. She must then speak to the target, telling him of his inevitable
damnation and lack of any hope for redemption. If the Baali makes a Wits
+ Intimidation resisted roll against the target's Courage + 4, the victim
will fly into a Terror frenzy; if the Baali scores three or more successes,
the target will collapse in a useless panic.
The Baali may hurl blasts of flame which do one die of damage per blood point
spent; the Baali must roll Dexterity + Occult, with a difficulty dependent
on range, to hit.
The Baali is able to summon the Beast in an individual. After using Sense
the Sin (above) to discern weakness, the Baali can actually coax the Beast
to the surface. The victim must roll against his greatest weakness (i.e.
lowest Virtue) with a difficulty of 8 or fly into a frenzy; any Derangements
possessed by the victim will be in evidence.
By making an Intelligence + Occult roll against the target's Willpower, the
Baali may cast a curse on the target. One of the target's Traits, chosen
by the Baali, will drop to zero for a duration depending on the number of
successes:
1 Success One night
2 Successes One week
3 Successes One month
4 Successes One year
5 Successes Permanent
Fire no longer affects the character.
This power requires a one hour ritual, three blood points' expenditure and
a human sacrifice. The Baali may then summon a lesser demon from Hell to
do her bidding. Demons vary greatly in abilities and form, but will usually
be built on something approximating the following statistics:
Demons
Attributes: 10/7/3
Abilities: 15 points worth
Willpower: 8
Disciplines: 10 points worth, as well as a Fortitude of at least 3 and the
ability to heal like a Lupine.
Form can vary wildly-some demons are beautiful seductresses, others reptilian
horrors. The demon may be summoned without the hour-long ritual or the sacrifice,
but the Baali must spend six blood points and the demon will be uncontrolled-it
may well decide to drag the Baali down to Hell with it for her temerity.
This curse is more subtle than the Level Three power, and affects a much
wider area. With this curse, the Baali afflicts an entire city or province
with a feeling of gloom, despair and malaise. The more successes rolled on
the Baali's Intelligence + Occult against a difficulty of 9, the greater
the effect. Crime and violence soar, petty angers become seething hatreds,
the economy takes a downward spiral, marriages break up over trivial causes,
and the world just becomes a nastier place in general. Even Kindred organizations
become more fractious and less efficient- thus, this power is ideal for
undermining Camarilla power structures in a city. A successful use of Auspex
9 or above will enable the user to determine that there is a malevolent outside
aura on the region affected; otherwise, the populace will simply assume that
the times, they are a-changin'- for the worse.
This ritual takes four hours to cast and requires the sacrifice of 50 victims
(Kindred or kine) with at least 4 Humanity each. One of the Great Demon Lords
of the Netherworld will thereupon erupt from Hades; the details of this are
up to the Storyteller, but it is safe to say that such entities are more
powerful than any Vampire, and that the world is in serious trouble. This
is presented more as a plot device than a way for sadistic Storytellers to
waste the Troupe.
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