Fiery Agony

Warrior Valeren 6

With this ability, the Salubri may inflict continuing pain on a target, much as with Burning Touch (level 3). However, the Warrior need not maintain direct contact with the target; he needs only to brush up against the target once, and then he may apply agonizing pain for as long as the target remains in sight.

With Fiery Agony, the Salubri has more control over the level of pain than he does with Burning Touch; for instance, he may create a minor irritant, or just enough pain to test the target's tolerances. This ability can drive Cainites and other supernatural beings into frenzy, and can actually kill mortals.

System: The player spends one blood point, and rolls Willpower (difficulty 8). The character must also touch the target. If the target resists being touched, the player rolls Dexterity + Brawl. If the Willpower roll succeeds, the Salubri may inflict pain upon the target. The player may levy any penalty she wishes, up to -5, to all dice pools for two turns. A second success on the Willpower roll grants this ability two additional turns of duration; three successes allows the Salubri to keep the power active for the remainder of the scene. Each additional success beyond three allows the character to continue using fiery Agony over multiple scenes.

Inflicting physical damage in such an agonizing fashion provokes frenzy, provided the target can enter such a state. Once the Salubri has done more health levels of damage with Fiery Agony than the victim has Willpower, the victim must immediately roll to resist frenzy (difficulty 6).