Renew the Earthly Pleasures

Presence 6

Vampires can no longer experience the simple pleasures of mortal life. With this ability, a Cainite can overwhelm another vampire with a flood of kine emotions and sensations that have long been only fragile memories. The subject of this power finds herself reeling under an onslaught of long-dead passions and pleasures. Unable to cope with or control these feelings, she may be incapacitated with ecstasy.

Some vampires actually crave the effects of this power and seek out vampires who possess it. These creatures become addicted to the flood of raw emotion they are incapable of feeling on their own. Powerful but cold-blooded Ventrue have fallen to wily Setites who employ this power.

System: The player must roll Charisma + Empathy (difficulty equals the target's Self-Control/Instincts + 3). The difficulty also varies according to the target's Via score: for each point below 5 that the target's Via rating is, the difficulty increases by one (maximum 10). This power normally has no effect on mortals. At the Storyteller’s discretion, however, it might affect a particularly passionate one.

Successes	Effect
1 Success	Nostalgic human feelings
2	Mild pleasure (-1 to Dice Pools)
3	Increased sensations (-2 to Dice Pools)
4	Ecstasy (-5 to Dice Pools)
5	Target loses consciousness for a number of turns equal to 10 minus Self-Control/Instincts