Martyr's Resilience
Reputedly pioneered by the Salubri bloodline, this power has been demonstrated by members of several other clans as well. Martyr's Resilience allows the vampire to choose to absorb injuries inflicted upon anyone whose blood he has tasted. This power is not necessarily used for selfless means - several Ventrue in London commanded small criminal armies of ghouls who seem to possess a disturbing degree of immunity to bullets.
System: The vampire must have ingested at least one blood point of the subject's blood within the past year to employ this power, and must be within eyesight of the subject when the injury is inflicted. The player spends a blood point to activate this power, and the action must be declared before the initial victim rolls to soak the damage. AS a result, a number of health levels of damage equal to the character's Stamina are transferred from the initial target of the attack to the character. This damage is considered to have been inflicted directly on the character and is soaked normally. Any damage in excess of the character's Stamina is inflicted on the initial recipient of the damage, who soaks it normally as well.
The use of this power is completely voluntary - a character cannot be forced to use it, even through Dominate or other powers of that sort.
