Vitreous Path v20 - Revision history

Bruce at 00:05, 10 April 2018

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	inflicts the usual injury and may subject the necromancer to the possibly dangerous attention of provoked		inflicts the usual injury and may subject the necromancer to the possibly dangerous attention of provoked
	Spectres and other creatures from beyond the grave.		Spectres and other creatures from beyond the grave.

			== ••••• Night Cry ==
			The breath of entropic energy becomes a scream of
			pure chaos. The necromancer can issue an unearthly cry
			(heard both in the living world and in the Shadowlands).
			The howl pours icy oblivion into a target or group of
			targets — either sweeping away the inherent entropy or
			collecting that destruction and unleashing it.

			System: The vampire chooses a number of targets
			within one yard or meter per dot of Necromancy and
			invokes Night Cry with a terrible scream. The player
			spends a Willpower point and a blood point for each
			target beyond the first. (In other words, she spends
			no blood if only going after one target, or one blood
			for two targets. Generational blood limits apply, and
			the vampire may not “pre-spend” blood prior to using
			Night Cry.)

			The player then chooses whether the vampire will aid
			or harm the targets, and rolls Manipulation + Occult
			(difficulty 6). If she chooses to aid the target or targets,
			each success gives each affected target a -2 difficulty
			modifier to all of his actions for one turn per success. If
			she instead chooses harm, each success causes an aggravated wound to each target. Targets may be any kind of
			living creature, including supernatural ones.

			No matter the result, the Night Cry is heard on both
			sides of the Shroud, attracting the attention of anyone
			nearby. On a botch, the necromancy may summon unruly ghosts or Spectres, similar to Breath of Thanatos
			(although the ghosts are under no compulsion to ignore the necromancer...).

Bruce: /* •• Aura of Decay */

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•• Aura of Decay

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	down depends on how many blood points are spent.		down depends on how many blood points are spent.

	;Blood Spent Time to Breakdown		<u>Blood Spent Time to Breakdown</u><br>
	:One -- One week		:One -- One week
	:Two -- One day		:Two -- One day

Bruce: /* •••• Breath of Thanatos */

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•••• Breath of Thanatos

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	'''System:''' The player spends one blood point and rolls		'''System:''' The player spends one blood point and rolls
	Willpower (difficulty 8). Only one success is needed to		Willpower (difficulty 8). Only one success is needed to
	draw out the Breath of Thanatos. If dispersed to summon [[Spectres]], the energies cover roughly one-quarter		draw out the Breath of Thanatos. If dispersed to summon Spectres, the energies cover roughly one-quarter
	of a mile (400 meters) in radius, centered around the		of a mile (400 meters) in radius, centered around the
	necromancer. The range increases by an additional		necromancer. The range increases by an additional

Bruce at 23:57, 9 April 2018

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	could have been drawn from the area, or one turn if attacking a ghost) as she hovers between worlds, unable		could have been drawn from the area, or one turn if attacking a ghost) as she hovers between worlds, unable
	to function effectively in either.		to function effectively in either.

			== •••• Breath of Thanatos ==
			The Breath of Thanatos allows the necromancer to
			draw out entropic energy and focus it upon an area
			or person by taking a deep breath and then forcefully
			exhaling a fog of necromantic energy. This cloud of
			virulence is completely invisible to anyone without the
			ability to see the passing of entropy. The energy of this
			cloud is like a beacon for Spectres, and they are drawn
			to the entropic force like moths to a flame.

			Once the energy is pulled from the necromancer’s
			body, she can either disperse it over a large area as a
			lure for Spectres, or use the mist for more sinister purposes. Channeled into an object or person, the death-mist inflicts the subject with a debilitating, wasting illness. Furthermore, the focused energies are tainted and
			eerie, and though generally invisible (except to powers
			such as Aura Perception), they tend to cause people
			and animals to feel uncomfortable around the victim.

			'''System:''' The player spends one blood point and rolls
			Willpower (difficulty 8). Only one success is needed to
			draw out the Breath of Thanatos. If dispersed to summon [[Spectres]], the energies cover roughly one-quarter
			of a mile (400 meters) in radius, centered around the
			necromancer. The range increases by an additional
			one-quarter mile or 400 meters for every additional
			blood point expended.

			Spectres summoned with this power will ignore the
			summoning necromancer for the duration of the power unless provoked, but may well go out of their way
			to wreak havoc on anyone else in the vicinity. The
			necromancer can then use other Necromancy powers
			(such as those in the Sepulchre Path) to manipulate
			and affect these Spectres. Ghosts so targeted may then
			interact with the necromancer as normal, although the
			other Spectres in the area will continue to ignore both
			the vampire and the targeted ghost. This energy disperses after a scene, after which the Spectres leave to
			find new prey.

			If the cloud is directed toward a particular target, the
			necromancer must either touch the target or direct the
			stream of entropy using Dexterity + Occult (difficulty
			7). A target laden with entropy suffers one (and only
			one) level of aggravated damage; this generally manifests as sudden illness or decay. The target’s social difficulties while interacting with those unfamiliar with
			the touch of death — most normal humans, as well as
			some supernatural creatures — increase by 2. Furthermore, supernatural perceptions indicate the target is
			tainted with decay, which can be dangerous. This form
			of taint lasts until sunrise; a victim already plagued by
			this power cannot be affected again until the previous
			fog of entropy has dispersed.

			A botch on the roll to control this power indicates
			that the vampire has turned the energy upon himself,
			and suffers all the effects of the vitriolic breath. This
			inflicts the usual injury and may subject the necromancer to the possibly dangerous attention of provoked
			Spectres and other creatures from beyond the grave.

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 ;[[Necromancy]]
-= Introduction =
+= '''Introduction''' =
 The Vitreous Path allows a necromancer to control
 and influence the energies pertaining to death. This
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 Path is usually their second focus of study.
-=== • Eyes of the Dead ===
+== • Eyes of the Dead ==
 The necromancer employing the Eyes of the Dead
 can see with the perceptions of the Restless Dead
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 has no way of knowing whether her insight is correct.
-=== •• Aura of Decay ===
+== •• Aura of Decay ==
 The necromancer can strengthen the feeling of entropy around her to the point where it breaks down
 nonliving objects and machines. It can gnarl wood,
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 of blood points, a character cannot cause an Aura of
 Decay while staked.

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	== Introduction ==		= Introduction =
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	and influence the energies pertaining to death. This		and influence the energies pertaining to death. This

Bruce at 23:37, 9 April 2018

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	:One -- One week		:One -- One week
	Two -- One day		:Two -- One day
	Three -- End of scene		:Three -- End of scene
	Four -- Five turns		:Four -- Five turns
	Five -- One turn		:Five -- One turn

	'''Note:''' that since this power requires the expenditure		'''Note:''' that since this power requires the expenditure
	of blood points, a character cannot cause an Aura of		of blood points, a character cannot cause an Aura of
	Decay while staked.		Decay while staked.

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	The Vitreous Path allows a necromancer to control		The Vitreous Path allows a necromancer to control
	and influence the energies pertaining to death. This		and influence the energies pertaining to death. This

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;[[Necromancy]]
=== Introduction ===
The Vitreous Path allows a necromancer to control
and influence the energies pertaining to death. This
extremely rare path manipulates entropy, a force that
even most necromancers are uncomfortable harnessing. A development of the Nagaraja bloodline (p. 406,
although they sometimes call the path “Nihilistics”),
the Vitreous Path makes a formidable complement to
the necromantic craft, and those obsessed with mastery over death and souls — such as the Harbingers of
Skulls — would certainly risk much to uncover this
path’s secrets.

Like most necromancers, Nagaraja generally learn
the Sepulchre Path before any others. The Vitreous
Path is usually their second focus of study.

=== • Eyes of the Dead ===
The necromancer employing the Eyes of the Dead
can see with the perceptions of the Restless Dead
(called Deathsight). To such a manipulator of ghostly
energies, the auras of surrounding beings give off telltale hints as to their health and even their ultimate
fate; the necromancer can see the energies of death
flowing through everyone, just as ghosts can. By looking at the entropic markings on a person’s body, the
necromancer can gain rough knowledge of how far that
person is from death, how soon that person is likely to
die, and even what the cause of her death is likely to
be. The information thus gained is not exact by any
means, but it gives the necromancer an edge over those
she scrutinizes.

'''System:''' The player rolls Perception + Occult, difficulty 6. One success lets a necromancer determine
whether someone is injured, diseased, or dying, as well
as whether the individual labors under any sort of curse
or baleful magic.

Further, the vampire can divine the target’s eventual
demise, depending on the successes scored. One success means the character can guess how long the tar-
get has to live to within a few weeks. Three successes
means the character can estimate how long the target
has to live and what the probable source of death will
be, as the entropic markings show the wounds that will
someday exist on that person. Five successes means the
character can actually see where and when the event
will occur by interpreting the black marks on the target’s soul.

This ability lasts for one scene, though the necromancer may choose to end the power early. It can be
used to read the fate of only one target at a time. Storytellers should exercise judgment with this power, since
the markings of death are typically unavoidable. He
may decide to roll the dice himself, so that the player
has no way of knowing whether her insight is correct.

=== •• Aura of Decay ===
The necromancer can strengthen the feeling of entropy around her to the point where it breaks down
nonliving objects and machines. It can gnarl wood,
rust metal, crack silicon chips, and erode plastic, glass,
and dead organic material. This power has a range of
one yard or meter from the necromancer’s body, but all
those in the presence of the vampire can feel her corruption as an icy wind.

'''System:''' No roll is required, but this power does cost
at least one blood point. Objects subjected to this Aura
of Decay break down and become useless after being
targeted. How the object gives out, as well as the exact
mechanism of failure, is up to the Storyteller. Corrosion, metal fatigue, or sheer brittleness are all suitably
likely for any given item’s demise, but the in-game effect of using a doomed item is as if the owning character rolled a botch. The speed at which an item breaks
down depends on how many blood points are spent.

;Blood Spent Time to Breakdown
:One -- One week
Two -- One day
Three -- End of scene
Four -- Five turns
Five -- One turn

'''Note:''' that since this power requires the expenditure
of blood points, a character cannot cause an Aura of
Decay while staked.