DISCIPLINES

REVISED ON 2/23/19.

STARTING OUT

ALL KINDRED BEGIN WITH THE USE OF THREE DISCIPLINE powers, AT LEAST TWO OF WHICH MUST BE OF THE CHARACTER'S OWN CLAN. CHARACTER'S MAY ALSO CHOOSE ADDITIONAL DISCIPLINES PURCHASED WITH KARMA. (SEE DISCIPLINE COSTS BELOW)

GARGOYLES AND LYCANS MAY NOT SUBSTITUTE ANY OF THEIR INITIAL DISCIPLINES. GARGOYLES MAY HOWEVER, PURCHASE CELERITY ADDITIONALLY WITH KARMA. ALL OTHER DISCIPLINES ARE UNAVAILABLE TO THESE CHARACTER'S EXCEPT IN VERY RARE INSTANCES.

ENHANCED STRENGTH (POTENCE)
MIST FORM (PROTEAN)

CONCEALMENT (VISCERATIKA)
ENHANCED STRENGTH (POTENCE)

POWER LEVELS

THERE ARE 10 power LEVELS OF each DISCIPLINE (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THAUMATURGY - SEE SEPARATE RULES). DISCIPLINE LEVELS ARE BASED ON A CHARACTER'S TOTAL KARMA POINTS AT A RATE OF ONE LEVEL PER 100 KARMA POINTS (rounded down). THIS APPLIES ONLY TO EACH OF THE THREE CLAN DISCIPLINES SELECTED AT CREATION. HENCE A RAVNOS WITH 425 TOTAL KARMA POINTS WOULD HAVE USE OF UP TO LEVEL 4 IN EACH OF THEIR CLAN DISCIPLINES (ANIMALISM, CHIMERSTRY, and FORTITUDE). once the RAVNOS earned a total of 500 karma points, they would now gain the ability of level 5 in each of their clan disciplines.

IN CASES WHERE A SPECIFIC DISCIPLINE LEVEL HAS MORE THAN ONE POWER LISTED, THE PLAYER MAY SELECT ONLY ONE POWER FROM EACH LEVEL. ADDITIONAL POWERS MAY BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY WITH KARMA or earned when a character reaches higher levels (SEE BELOW). CHARACTERS MAY NOT LEARN ANY DISCIPLINE AT A HIGHER LEVEL THAN THEIR POWER LEVEL RATING.

NEW DICE POOL - DISCIPLINE - A CHARACTER'S DISCIPLINE POOL IS EQUAL TO THE CHARACTER'S TOTAL POWER LEVEL RATING TIMES 2. CHARACTERS MAY ADD A NUMBER OF DICE FROM THIS POOL TO ANY DISCIPLINE TEST, EQUAL TO THE RATING OF THE APPROPRIATE ATTRIBUTE OR SKILL BEING USED.

RESTRICTIONS -  ANY CHARACTER THAT POSSESS LIMITED DISCIPLINE POWERS, SUCH AS HAVING ONLY ONE OR A FEW SPECIFIC LEVEL POWERS, BUT NOT AN ENTIRE DISCIPLINE, CALCULATE THEIR DISCIPLINE POOL AT HALF THE NORMAL RATING. ALSO, CHARACTERS WHO POSSESS ONLY PHYSICAL DISCIPLINES SUCH AS CELERITY, FORTITUDE, AND POTENCE, DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A DISCIPLINE POOL.

LYCANS - UNLIKE KINDRED, LYCANS DO NOT RECEIVE A DISCIPLINE POOL. THIS IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE NATURALLY RESISTANT TO THEIR SUPERNATURAL COUSINS' INFLUENCES, AND HENCE HAVE NO NEED FOR IT. LYCANS ARE, HOWEVER, VULNERABLE TO DISCIPLINE POWERS USED BY other supernatural beings, i.e. angels and demons.

"MAXXING OUT"

EVEN THOUGH there are no DISCIPLINE POWERS HIGHER THAN LEVEL 10, THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT CHARACTERS CAN NO LONGER GAIN NEW POWERS AS THEY INCREASE IN LEVEL. HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN GAME BALANCE, THE FOLLOWING MAXIMUM BONUSES FOR PHYSICAL DISCIPLINES APPLY:

FOR NON-PHYSICAL BASED DISCIPLINES SUCH AS DOMINATE AND AUSPEX, EACH TIME THE CHARACTER ACHIEVES A NEW POWER LEVEL BEYOND 10TH, THEY MAY CHOOSE ONE ADDITIONAL LOWER LEVEL POWER FOR EACH OF THEIR 3 BASE CLAN DISCIPLINES ONLY, FREE OF CHARGE.

USAGE AND DICE ROLLS

EXAMPLE: USING CHIMERSTRY, SHARWYN ATTEMPTS TO PASS OFF A DEPARTMENT STORE DRESS AS A VERSACE ORIGINAL TO KHANADA. SINCE THIS IS AN OPPOSED ATTRIBUTE TEST, SHARWYN'S BASE TARGET NUMBER WOULD BE A FOUR. SHE THEN ROLLS HER OWN INTELLIGENCE RATING OF 12, PLUS 12 DICE FROM HER KARMA POOL and 12 from her discipline pool FOR A TOTAL OF 36 DICE. SHARWYN ROLLS AND GENERATES 26 SUCCESSES AGAINST KHANADA. CONFIDENT IN HER ABILITIES, SHARWYN SITS BACK AND SMILES.

FOR UNOPPOSED TESTS, TARGET NUMBERS WILL VARY DEPENDING ON THE SPECIFIC DISCIPLINE. THE USE OF MOST DISCIPLINES, EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, REQUIRES A COMPLEX ACTION. PHYSICAL DISCIPLINES SUCH AS CELERITY AND POTENCE, WHICH ADD TO A CHARACTERS ATTRIBUTE RATINGS, ARE AUTOMATIC AND DO NOT REQUIRE ANY DICE TESTS. SOME DISCIPLINES SUCH AS AUSPEX AND OTHER DETECTION BASED POWERS MAY STILL REQUIRE A DICE TEST BUT ARE GENERALLY UNOPPOSED UNLESS THE TARGETED SUBJECT HAS MAGICAL OR OTHER DEFENSES SUCH AS AURA MASKING, ETC. CHARACTERS WHO UNDERTAKE OTHER ACTIONS, WHILE USING A SUSTAINED DISCIPLINE, DO SO AT A +2 MODIFIER TO THE TARGET NUMBER AS PER SPELLCASTING.

SOME DISCIPLINES REQUIRE THE CHARACTER TO TOUCH THEIR TARGET. FOR UNWILLING SUBJECTS (WHICH IS OFTEN THE CASE), THE CHARACTER MUST SUCCEED IN AN UNARMED COMBAT TEST WITH A BASE TARGET NUMBER OF THREE. CHARACTERS USE COMBAT POOL TO ATTACK AND DEFEND IN PLACE OF DISCIPLINE POOL FOR THESE TESTS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. CHARACTERS MAY USE DISCIPLINE POOL TO RESIST DAMAGE. ALL RESISTANCE TESTS ARE MADE USING A CHARACTER'S ATTRIBUTE RATING, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, PLUS APPROPRIATE AVAILABLE DICE POOLS.