Lend the Supernatural Vigor

Potence 8

When a Cainite reaches this level of Potence, she can master it to the point of granting some of her immense strength to others. Rumors abound of Lasombra warrior-ghouls capable of cutting their enemies in half with single swipes.

System: The character concentrates for an hour, focusing her strength. The player spends a number of blood points equal to how much of the character’s Potence is to be distributed and then rolls Willpower (difficulty 6). If successful, these blood points pour from the hands of the character, usually into some vessel or the mouth of a waiting servant. Each blood point is “charged” with one point of the character’s Potence. Anyone drinking it gains, in addition to the normal effects of consuming the vitae, one dot of Potence per point of blood consumed (which adds to any Potence the target may have already), subject to normal generational maximum. This power lasts for a number of nights equal to the successes on the Willpower roll.

Lend the Supernatural Vigor has two limitations. First, the user cannot grant more Potence than her own rating in “standard” Potence (that is, if the character has seven dots of Potence used for automatic successes and her eighth level is Lend the Supernatural Vigor, she cannot grant more than 7 levels of Potence). Second, the character loses the Potence granted to others until the power expires. This has no effect on special Potence powers, but it does limit the number of automatic successes.

Mortals, including animals, empowered by Lend the Supernatural Vigor frequently overexert themselves. If they botch any Strength roll before adding Potence, they suffer a number of bashing health levels equal to their augmented Potence.