CAMARILLA ADDENDUM: MIND’S EYE THEATRE: REQUIEM
(WW50001)
Effective Date: 15 December 2011
Last Updated: 9 December 2011
This addendum is organized
into the following sections:
I. ERRATA AND ADDITIONAL
BOOKS: A listing of errata and
books specifically sanctioned for this venue.
II. CHARACTERS: Basic rules for Requiem Characters.
III. CLANS: Rules pertaining to the various vampiric
Clans.
IV. COVENANTS: Rules pertaining to the various vampiric
organizations.
V. MERITS: Rules pertaining to Requiem-specific Merits.
VI. BLOODLINES: Rules pertaining to vampiric Bloodlines.
VII. DISCIPLINES, DEVOTIONS
AND RITUALS: Rules pertaining to
various vampiric powers.
VIII. STORYTELLER RULES AND
CLARIFICATIONS: Optional rules and other
settings information.
Text in red indicates new or changed
items in this addendum cycle.
Text in blue indicates new or changed
items from the last addendum cycle.
I.
ERRATA AND ADDITIONAL
BOOKS
A.
Ancient Bloodlines
(WW25312)
1. While the themes of this
book are sanctioned, the mechanics (bloodlines, powers, NPCs, etc.) are
reserved solely for the use of the office of the Master Storyteller, unless
stated otherwise in this addendum.
B.
Ancient Mysteries (WW25311)
1. Though sanctioned for play,
the history and settings in the book are not necessarily those of the Camarilla
chronicle
C.
Belial’s Brood (WW25111)
D.
The Blood (WW25002)
1. IC knowledge from the book may be known
by any character in the Requiem venue without a special approval.
2. The following rules are
specifically not in play:
a. Repeated Specialties (p 22)
b. The Sanctity of Merits (p
29)
c. The Stench of Foreigners (p
78)
d. Dreaming in Death (p 93): Mechanics are not sanctioned, but
descriptions of different torpors are valid.
e. Optional Virtue/Vice
Mechanic (p 103)
f. Death Wish (p 125)
E.
Bloodlines: The
F.
Bloodlines: The Hidden (WW25102)
1. Errata for Bloodlines: The Hidden, available on the
White Wolf website, is sanctioned.
G.
Bloodlines: The Legendary (WW25103)
H.
Carthians (WW25303)
I.
Circle of the Crone (WW25305)
J.
Coteries (WW25100)
K.
Daeva: Kiss of the Succubus
(WW25115)
1. The Merits and Devotions
are available to Daeva only unless stated otherwise in this addendum.
L.
M.
Danse Macabre (WW25314)
1. The societies and mechanics
presented in this book are not sanctioned unless specifically listed in this
addendum.
N.
Fall of the Camarilla (WW25307)
1. Mechanics from this book are not
sanctioned for play within the Camarilla Chronicle unless
otherwise stated in this addendum; however, historical incidents of note
may be worked out and made available through your ST chain.
O.
Gangrel: Savage and Macabre
(WW25116)
1. The Merits and Devotions
are available to Gangrel only unless stated otherwise in this addendum.
P.
Ghouls (WW25110)
Q.
Invictus (WW25121)
R.
Invite Only (WW25315)
1. Though sanctioned for play,
the history and settings in the book are not necessarily those of the Camarilla
chronicle.
2. The Appendix – Barbed Words
– is not sanctioned at this time, other than via national playtest as
authorized by an affiliate’s NST.
S.
Lancea Sanctum (WW25001)
T.
Mekhet: Shadows in the Dark
(WW25117)
1. The Merits and Devotions
are available to Mekhet only unless stated otherwise in this addendum.
2. The Brainwashing rules are
superseded by the rule in Antagonists
(WW55301).
U.
Mythologies (WW25304)
1. This book presents legends that may or
may not be true in the Camarilla’s chronicle. While the stories are known to
Kindred, the actual societies and new traits presented are reserved for use by
the Master Storyteller unless stated otherwise.
2. The mechanic for Sin-Eating
(p 55) is replaced with the Sin-Eater Merit (p 58).
V.
New Wave Requiem (WW25320)
1. Though sanctioned for play,
the history and settings in the book are not necessarily those of the Camarilla
chronicle.
W.
1. Though sanctioned for play, the history
and settings in the book are not necessarily those of the Camarilla chronicle.
X.
Night Horrors: Immortal
Sinners (WW25308)
1. Though sanctioned for play,
the history and settings in the book are not necessarily those of the Camarilla
chronicle.
Y.
Night Horrors: Wicked Dead
(WW25313)
1. Sanctioned for NPC use only
except as listed otherwise in this Addendum.
a. Exception: Strix.
Storytellers should refer instead to the relevant plotkit for the Strix.
Z.
Nomads (WW25101)
AA.
Nosferatu: The Beast That
Haunts the Blood (WW25114)
1. The Merits and Devotions
are available to Nosferatu only unless stated otherwise in this addendum.
BB. Ordo
Dracul (WW25120)
CC. Requiem
Chroniclers Guide (WW25302)
1. This book is intended to create major
settings variations for games from their inception and is thus not used to
affect the Camarilla’s sanctioned chronicle.
DD. Requiem
for
1. The following elements of this book are
not sanctioned at this time:
a. All skills in Chapter 2. Use the following
modern skills instead:
i.
Archery: Athletics or Firearms (see also the Errata for Armory (WW55102)).
ii.
Religion: Occult.
iii.
Ride: Athletics.
iv.
Warfare: Science.
b. All mechanics in Chapter 3
EE. Rites
of the Dragon (WW25300)
FF.
The Testament of Longinus
(WW22007)
1. This book will be released
via plot by the Master Storyteller’s Office.
GG.Ventrue: Lords Over the Damned (WW25112)
1. Malkavia and Dementation
are not sanctioned at this time.
2. The Merits and Devotions
are available to Ventrue only unless stated otherwise in this addendum.
HH. VII
(WW25301)
II.
Vampire: the Requiem (WW25000)
1. This book is used for flavor material
and the bloodlines not covered by Mind’s Eye Theatre: The Requiem.
JJ. World
of Darkness: Chicago (WW55200)
1. Though sanctioned for play, the history
and settings in the book are not necessarily those of the Camarilla chronicle.
KK. World
of Darkness: Shadows of the
1. Though sanctioned for play,
the history and settings in the book are not necessarily those of the Camarilla
chronicle.
LL. World
of Darkness: Shadows Over
1. Though sanctioned for play,
the history and settings in the book are not necessarily those of the Camarilla
chronicle..
II.
CHARACTERS
A.
Background
1. Longevity
a. Existed since 1650AD or earlier: High Approval.
b. Existed since 1000AD or earlier: Top Approval.
c. Existed since 600AD or
earlier: no further
applications for characters in this age range will be considered at this time.
2. Youth
a. Embraced or became a Ghoul
prior to age 3: Not sanctioned (Mid for
NPCs).
b. Embraced or became a Ghoul
prior to age 16: High Approval (Low for
NPCs).
c. Currently under the age of
16: High Approval (Low for NPCs).
3. Childer
a. Having sired children in background
(before the character enters play) does not require expenditure of a Willpower
dot.
4. Historic
Knowledge
a. IC Knowledge from the setting presented
in Requiem for
B.
Character Types
1. Ghouls
a. Approvals
i. Possessing vampire Merits: High Approval (Low Approval for NPCs).
ii. Possessing their regnant’s covenant
specific powers: Top Approval (Low Approval for NPCs).
iii. Coils of the Dragon: Not available.
iv. Possessing
bloodline-specific Disciplines: Not
available.
b. Ghouls characters (both PCs and NPCs) have the option to use the
character creation system from Ghouls (WW25110) instead
of Mind’s Eye Theatre: The Requiem (they have one less Morality dot, may start
with a second Discipline dot, may belong to a ghoul family, etc.). Ghouls that are later Embraced gain their third in-clan
Discipline dot; this dot may not increase any Discipline above level 3.
c. Ghoul Families
i.
Bulls
Family [Invictus]: High Approval.
2. Dampyr [Night Horrors: The Wicked Dead]
a. Not available for PCs (Mid
Approval for NPCs).
b. The curse of a dampyr may
be overcome by a vampire character by expending one Willpower dot per night until a number of dots is
spent equal to the dots of vitae consumed from the dampyr.
3. Draugr [Gangrel: Savage and Macabre]
a. Draugr: Not available as PCs (High Approval with Top
Notification for NPCs).
b. Non-draugr childe of a draugr: High Approval with Top Notification.
C.
Embrace
1. Willpower Cost for In-Game Embrace
a. Embracing a New Player’s
Character (4 months or less in venue): 1 temporary Willpower point.
b. Embracing an Experienced
Player’s Character (more than 4 months in venue): 1 permanent Willpower dot, which returns
without XP cost after six months.
c. Embracing an NPC: standard rules apply (i.e., 1 permanent
Willpower dot).
D.
Blood Potency
1. Physical augmentation with Vitae is
limited. When a character spends vitae to add to physical test pools the
applied bonus from those Vitae can be no higher than the natural unmodified
Attribute or +5, whichever is higher. Physical augmentation from Vitae to
increase physical test pools is an exception to the +/- 15 limit.
2. Player characters who must feed from
vampires must feed from other player characters (not storyteller characters or
other mechanisms).
3. Any character whose regnant
becomes inactive (though retirement, permanent staking, etc.) has any
previously established vinculum end a year after the last taste.
E.
Humanity
1. Golconda
a. Making steps toward Golconda: Top Approval.
b. Achieving
F.
Diablerie
1. Committing Diablerie: High Notification (Low Approval for
NPCs). This notification must include
information on all players and characters involved, as well as any gains from
the diablerie.
a. Background diablerie does not require
tracking.
2. Diablerizing NPCs provides no benefits
to the diablerist but does present the usual downsides.
G.
Torpor
In order to accommodate the real-time environment of the
global chronicle, torpor is modified as follows:
1. For every six months that a
character is in torpor, apply the following:
a. Decrease Blood Potency by 1
(to a minimum of 1). No XP is refunded.
b. Increase Humanity by 1 (to
a maximum of 7). No XP is charged.
c. Characters in torpor as of
2. As Blood Potency decreases
and Humanity increases, adjust the duration of torpor accordingly. (Example:
Bob is BP 8 and Humanity 3 when he enters an injury-induced torpor with a
chart-based duration of 80 years. After
six months, he is BP 7 and Humanity 4 (normally a seven-year torpor), and now
has only six years and six months of torpor left. After six more months, he is BP 6 and
Humanity 5 (normally a six-month torpor), and awakens.)
3. Age-Induced Torpor [The Blood]:
This rule is modified as follows:
a. The listed times between tests
for torpor are halved (i.e., BP 6 checks for torpor every five years, BP 7
every two years, BP 8 every year, BP 9 every six months, and BP 10 every three
months).
b. To determine whether or not
the character avoids torpor, a character performs an extended test with each
test representing 24 hours of resisting torpor. Each morning as the vampire
goes to sleep (or when they would, avoiding sleep does not avoid the test) they
make another challenge with a pool equal to their morality. 8s, 9s and 10s are
successes; 1s do not cancel successes, and 10s do not allow another draw. One
success is sufficient to stave off torpor until the next test, with ten total
successes needed to avoid torpor altogether for the duration listed in section a.,
above. The character will continue to test each morning until either ten total
successes have been gained, or a failure to gain any successes in a night has
occurred (in which case the character falls into torpor).
i.
A
character failing to achieve at least one success per test (or ten successes
over all permitted tests) to avoid age-induced torpor must enter torpor during
their normal sleep that day. Avoiding
sleeping does not avoid the torpor. If the character has means to avoid sleep,
they enter torpor by the end of the current scene (rather than necessarily
immediately).
ii.
Characters
that increase their BP naturally (i.e., by purchasing a new dot of BP) and are
immediately due for a new test based on their new BP gain one automatic success
per night (i.e., they will succeed in avoiding torpor this time, but testing
should still be done with appropriate roleplay). This bonus is not applied to immediate tests
incurred by non-natural increases in BP (e.g., from Stigmatica, Diablerie,
etc.).
c. Temporary increases in BP
(e.g., from Stigmatica, etc.) do count as an increase in BP for purposes of
this rule, and thus may trigger an immediate extended test if it has been
longer than the duration listed for the new BP since the last test.
d. Newly-created characters that are BP 6 through 10 are assumed to
have succeeded in tests to resist Age-Induced Torpor as per the schedule above
from the date of gaining their current BP until entering play (e.g., a
character that gained BP 7 on 15 May 2006 in background is assumed to have
successfully avoided Age-Induced Torpor on 15 May 2008, and will be due for his
next test on 15 May 2010).
III.
CLANS
A.
All
1. Clan Origins [various]
a. Occult Specializations in
Clan Origins (as per the plotkit “Thicker Than Water” (available Summer 2011)
must be learned in-game via the workings of globally approved plotlines or
learned in-game from a player character, at the following approval levels:
i.
In-clan: Low Approval.
ii.
Out-of-clan: Mid Approval.
B.
Daeva
1. Glass and Chrome [New Wave Requiem]
a. This optional rule is
sanctioned for use in the Global chronicle.
C.
Gangrel
1. The Red Surrender [Gangrel: Savage and Macabre]
a. All bonuses listed under
“Gifts from the Beast” remain at +1 until the fifth consecutive night,
whereupon they become +2 bonuses. These
bonuses do not exceed +2.
b. All penalties listed under
“The Beast Taketh Away” remain at -1 until the fifth consecutive night,
whereupon they become -2 penalties.
These penalties do not exceed -2.
2. A Rumor of
a.
This can only be learned through the workings of globally approved
plotlines or learned in-game from a player character. High Approval.
D.
Mekhet
1. The Hollow [Mekhet: Shadows in the Dark]
a.
High Approval.
2. The Mekhet’s Reflection [Mekhet: Shadows in the Dark]
a. VSTs and higher are allowed
to use the Mekhet's Reflection as a plot device: this plot device should only
be used as a disadvantage, and be about as inconvenient as receiving an extra
level of aggravated damage from fire or sunlight. Players may not direct a course of action for
their character's shadow.
3. The Post-Mortem Embrace [Mekhet: Shadows in the Dark]
a.
High Approval.
4. Shadow Cults [Mekhet: Shadows in the Dark]
a.
Custom Shadow Cults
i.
With no custom mechanics:
High Approval, with Top (or Global) notification if the Shadow Cult
expands beyond the originating Region into National (or Global) play.
ii.
With custom mechanics: not
sanctioned.
b. Cult of Augurs: A remnant of this former
Wing of the Camarilla survives into the modern nights, but as a Shadow
Cult. Can only be joined through the
workings of globally approved plotlines or recruited in-game by a player
character. For all intents and purposes,
the Cult of Augurs is a Shadow Cult, except as follows.
i.
Shadow Cult (Cult of Augurs)
Membership: High Approval, regardless of clan (i.e.,
not limited to Mekhet).
ii.
Shadow Cult Initiation
(Cult of Augurs): Shadow Cult Initiation
works differently than normal for the Cult of Augurs. It does not provide the usual tiered
benefits, except access to Veneficia as listed below. It does, however, act as though it were the
Status Merit within the Cult of Augurs.
(a) ●: Low Approval. The character gains the ability to purchase
the Veneficia discipline at a cost of (new dots x 7) experience points and new
Veneficia rituals at (ritual level x 2) experience points. The character does not gain access to Crúac rituals, but does gain access to Veneficia
rituals that are mechanically identical to Crúac rituals (within the plotkit
restrictions listed under Veneficia).
(b) ●●: Mid Approval.
(c) ●●●: High Approval.
(d) ●●●● to
●●●●●: Top Approval.
c.
The Followers of Seth: Mid Approval.
i.
While a Sethite with Shadow Cult Initiation ●●● can purchase dots of Crúac, the only rituals
available are those that are unique to the Followers of Seth. Other Crúac rituals are not available to
Sethites (unless they are also members of the Circle of the Crone).
ii.
Membership in the Followers of Seth (which follows the aspect of
Seth the Destroyer) is mutually exclusive of membership in the Shadows of Set
Regional Covenant (which follows the aspect of Set the Defender).
d.
The Love Company: Mid Approval.
e.
The Moirai: Top Approval.
f.
The Moulding Room: Mid Approval.
g.
Samhara: Reserved for the Office of the Master
Storyteller.
h.
Society of Cyprian: Mid Approval.
E.
Nosferatu
1. Flaws Blooming Like Grave Blossoms [Nosferatu: The Beast That
Haunts the Blood]
a. Characters do not need to
take a flaw via this system; it is optional for use at the agreement of the
player and VST.
b. The bonuses and penalties
imposed by the flaws in this system are changes as follows:
i.
At Blood Potency 2 through 5 the bonus is +1 and the penalty is
-1.
ii.
At Blood Potency 6 through 10 the bonus and penalty increase to
+2/-2.
c. Flaws not listed are not
sanctioned.
F.
Ventrue
1. The Malkavian Curse [Ventrue: Lords over the Damned]
a.
Malkavia may be contracted only through the workings of globally approved plotkits. Details of the effects of the disease will be
revealed via the plotkits.
IV.
COVENANTS
A.
Belial’s Brood
1. PCs: Top Approval
2. NPCs: Low Approval; refer to
the Belial’s Brood Settings Document for guidelines on use.
3. Occult Specialization
(Belial’s Brood) for non-Brood characters:
Top Approval. This is not
grandfathered.
B.
The Carthian Movement
1. Carthian Law [Carthians]
a. Carthian Law mirrors a domain’s normal
Kindred law but gains mystic power when the city becomes a Carthian domain. A
Carthian domain is one where the ruler is Carthian and has the highest City
Status in the domain, or a majority of court officers are Carthians and the
Carthians are Ascendant.
b. Carthian Law must be codified in the
game’s Venue Style Sheet. It has no effect when the above requirements are not
being met.
C.
The Circle of the Crone
1. Titles [Circle of the Crone]
a. Rex Nemorensis – High Approval
2. Factions
a. Second Descent [Ordo Dracul]
i.
Non-Acolytes
can join this faction at Low Approval.
D.
The Invictus
1. Dynastic Houses [Invictus]
a. The historic Houses presented are
examples only, not intended for player character membership.
b. Members of historic Houses are
considered unique characters, under the control of the Master Storyteller.
c. A character may be a member
of no more than one Dynastic House at a time.
2. Dynastic Treasures [Invictus]
a. Knowledge of methods of
creation: High Approval.
b. Creation and/or use with listed mechanics in sanctioned
material: High Approval.
E.
The Lancea Sanctum
1. Titles [Lancea Sanctum]
a. Archbishop – Mid Approval
b. Cardinal – High Approval
c. Saint – Top Approval.
F.
The Ordo Dracul
1. Titles [Ordo Dracul]
a. Master of the Dying Light – Mid
Approval; application must demonstrate that the character has undergone the
testing detailed in Ordo Dracul p64.
b. Oracle – High Approval
c. Provost – High Approval
d. Twilight Judge – High Approval
2. Rites
of the Dragon
a. All members of the Ordo Dracul are
aware of this book’s contents and internal rankings and orders; all other
characters require High Approval to be familiar with its contents, have access
to copies, or know of internal Ordo Dracul systems.
3. Factions
a. Sworn of the Ladder [Ordo Dracul] –
High Approval.
b. Sworn of the Locust [Ordo Dracul] –
High Approval.
G.
VII
1. The truth about VII has
been determined by the Office of the Master Storyteller, and is available to
STs through the released settings document.
2. Storyteller characters and
plotlines involving “true members” of VII:
Top Approval.
3. Storyteller character and
plotlines involving “fake members” of VII:
High Approval.
4. Player characters may not be current or
former members of the VII or possess any of their powers.
H.
Other Kindred Organizations
1. Wings of the Camarilla [Requiem for
a. Cult of Augurs: Treated as a Shadow Cult
(see above, III.C.4.).
b. Legio Mortuum (aka The
Legion): A remnant of this Wing
survives into the modern nights. Can
only be joined through the workings of globally approved plotlines or recruited
in-game by a player character. For all
intents and purposes, the Legio et Mortuum is a covenant, including
restrictions upon status, changing membership, and secondary status. See also the Legio Mortuum Settings Guide, available on the CRD and the Gameplay
Resources Wiki
http://wiki.white-wolf.com/camwiki/index.php?title=Category:Gameplay_Resources
2. Regional Covenants:
a. Creating a new Regional
Covenant: High Approval, with Top (or
Global) notification if the Covenant expands beyond the originating Region into
National (or Global) play.
b. Membership in an approved
Regional Covenant: Low Approval.
c. Custom mechanics for a
Regional Covenant (e.g., reduced costs for Merits, free Skill Specializations,
etc.): Global Approval, via the Global Rules Panel.
d. Status in a Regional
Covenant is as per the standard Covenant Status rules, including restrictions
on holding status in more than one Covenant.
e. Ascendancy: Regional Covenants that become Ascendant gain
the potential status benefit (if enough members of the Covenant are present to
gain a bonus), but no other benefit.
f.
Approved Regional Covenants
are listed on the Global Rules Panel Wiki: http://wiki.white-wolf.com/camwiki/index.php?title=Global_Rules_Panel
V.
MERITS
A.
Merits Affected by the Addendum
1. Armor of Scars [Immortal Sinners]
a. Not sanctioned in the
Global chronicle.
2. Bugman Network Membership [Immortal Sinners]
a. Reserved for the Office for
the MST for release via plot.
3. Carthian
Lawyer [Carthians]
a. For characters with Covenant Status:
Carthians: High Approval (Low Approval for NPCs).
b. For characters without Covenant Status:
Carthians: Not Available
4. Cacophony Listener [Daeva: Kiss of the Succubus]:
a. ●●●: Low
Approval.
b. ●●●●: High
Approval.
c. ●●●●●: Top Approval.
d. This Merit may only be used
in downtime, requiring a downtime action for each use.
e. In addition to Daeva, this
Merit is available to characters of the Lynx Bloodline.
5. Carthian
Slang [Carthians]
a. Treated as a Language Merit, specific
to a particular city.
b. For characters without Covenant Status:
Carthians: Top Approval.
6. Connections [
a. Not sanctioned at this time.
7. Crucible Ritual [Ordo Dracul]
a. This Merit can only be
learned through the workings of globally approved plotlines or learned in-game
from a player character. Any exceptions to player character teaching will be
noted in the respective plotkits. Low Notification.
8. Debate Styles [Requiem for
a. Not sanctioned at this
time.
9. Devoted [Ancient Mysteries]
a. Not sanctioned in the
Global chronicle.
10. Domain [
a. This Merit is not required for a character ICly to have either a feeding ground
or domain ICly, however mechanical benefits cannot be gained without the Merit.
11. Feeding
Grounds [
a. This Merit is not required for a character ICly to have either a feeding ground
or domain ICly, however mechanical benefits cannot be gained without the Merit.
12. Fighting Style: Formation Tactics [Requiem for
a. Prerequisite: Covenant Status (Legio Mortuum) ● or
greater.
b. ●●●●●
Contendite Vestra Sponte: the bonus
provided by this technique is limited to the character’s damage cap or 5,
whichever is lower.
13. Fighting Style: Gladiatorial [Requiem for
a. Not sanctioned at this
time.
14. Ghost Eater [Book of the Dead]
a. Not sanctioned in the
Global chronicle.
15. Haven
a. Sharing: the Haven Merit cannot be shared with NPCs;
dots of Haven possessed by NPCs cannot contribute to a shared PC haven.
b. Chapter Library [Immortal Sinners]: This factor cannot be stacked with the
Library factor below. Available to Ordo
Dracul characters only.
c. Library (additional factor): For
every dot purchased in the Library factor, PCs with dots in the Haven enjoy a
+1 equipment bonus to any Intelligence + Occult rolls made for research
purposes. This may not lead to a cumulative bonus larger than +5. The Library factor
does not necessarily represent books. Depending on the contributing vampire’s
Resources, a Haven’s Library may contain relics, vases, old scrolls or other
artifacts that don’t necessarily contain literal texts but rather inspiring or
enlightening artistic or historical details.
A Haven’s Library factor is
limited to a maximum of the Haven’s Size factor +1 (e.g., Haven (Size) ●● is limited
to a maximum of Haven (Library) ●●●). This factor cannot be stacked with the
Chapter Library factor.
16. House
Membership [Invictus]
a. This Merit cannot be used to receive
mechanical benefits from NPC parts of the House.
17. Goodwill (Clan/Covenant) ●● or
●●●●: See Secondary Status (Clan/Covenant).
18. Inherited
Ghoul [Ghouls]
a. Low Approval for ghouls, High Approval
for vampires, Top Approval for other creature types (Low Approval for
NPCs).
19. Kindred
Medium [New
Orleans: City of the Damned]
a. High Approval.
20. Lordly Palette [Lord Over the Damned]
a. Not available to
non-Ventrue characters.
21. Masquerade [Danse Macabre]
a. Sanctioned per the system
presented in the Hint of Humanity
Settings Document (http://wiki.white-wolf.com/camwiki/index.php?title=A_Hint_of_Humanity).
b. ●● Vouchsafe: the
Retainers provided by this level of the Merit are one-dot Retainers.
c. ●●●● Expertise: this applies only to non-supernatural
tests.
22. Mind of the Inscrutable Hydra [Ordo Dracul]
a. Can only be learned in-game
from a player character. Low Notification.
23. Murder Status [Invite Only]
a. This Merit must be
purchased with XP.
24. Necropolis [Nosferatu: The Beast That Haunts the Blood]
a. Clarification: Factors of this Merit are purchased in the
same fashion as are factors of the Haven merit.
b. A Necropolis must be
definitively mapped, including all factors and connecting tunnels of the
Necropolis, in relation to the above-ground city infrastructure. This map must be made available to the
Mid-approval ST for the VSS, and is subject to Mid Approval.
c. Bleak Annals: Clarification: tiered specializations are not sanctioned at
this time, and this factor does not bypass such.
d. Caldarium: this factor is actually, ●, ●●● or ●●●●●
dots, not ●●●● or
●●●●●.
e. Labyrinth Guardians: this
factor requires a Vitae expenditure represented by a one-point decrease in
available vitae at start of game for all characters with dots in the Necropolis. The expenditure does not increase with
additional Labyrinth Guardians in the same Necropolis.
f. Necropolis Specter: this factor may only be purchased up to ●●; higher ratings are
reserved for the Office of the Master Storyteller at this time.
25. Noble Heritage [Requiem for
a. Not sanctioned at this
time.
26. Pack-Blooded [Gangrel: Savage and Macabre]
a. All members of a coterie
using this Merit must be on the same VSS.
27. Regnant
[Ghouls]
a. Low Approval for ghouls, High Approval
for vampires, Top Approval for other creature types (Low Approval for
NPCs).
28. Remnant of Clarity [Ancient Mysteries]
a. Note that memories
requiring approval (e.g., particulars of Roman Kindred History) still require
approval, even if accessed via this Merit.
29. Repute ● to ●●●●●
a. Within Kindred society,
vampires might gain a measure of recognition apart from their clan and covenant
dedication. The legendary tales or infamous deeds of the Kindred may spread
through a region or through multiple regions, and the name of the vampire may
grow to become renowned to vampires all over. Players of characters active in
Kindred society (usually vampires, but sometimes ghouls may be socially active
enough to qualify) who encounter the reputed vampire can test with the character’s
Intelligence + the vampires’ Repute dots to see if the character has heard of
the vampire. Once someone recognizes the vampire, the Repute Merit gives a +1
bonus to its mundane Socialize tests against the character recognizing it, as
well as on mundane Persuasion (if the character is known in a positive light)
or Intimidation tests (if the character’s fame slides more toward infamy). This
adds to any bonuses from the character’s Status Merits if the target would be
impressed by the status as well.
b. This Merit is not applied
for by the player; rather, it is granted via e-mail by the requisite level
Storyteller when/if said Storyteller deems a given level of Repute appropriate.
c. ●: Granted by Low
Storyteller; the character is known by the vampires in its home city.
d. ●●: Granted by Mid
Storyteller; the character is known in the cities all around it.
e. ●●●: Granted
by High Storyteller; the character is known throughout its home Region.
f. ●●●●: Granted
by Top Storyteller; the character is known throughout its home Nation.
g. ●●●●●: Granted by Top Storyteller; the character is
known globally; it is a modern legend.
h. As with Status, Repute does
not cost XP if awarded. XP previously
spent on this Merit is refunded.
30. Requiem [Danse Macabre]
a. Sanctioned per the system
presented in the Hint of Humanity
Settings Document (http://wiki.white-wolf.com/camwiki/index.php?title=A_Hint_of_Humanity).
b. ●●●● Adept: this applies only to tests in which the
Discipline is included in the draw pool.
31. Secondary Status (Clan/Covenant) ●● or
●●●●
a. ●●: High Approval;
application must at least include a sponsorship letter from a member of the
clan/covenant. The character has strong
ties to a clan/covenant other than its own, with the following effects:
i.
+1 to all mundane social pools against members of the
clan/covenant.
ii.
Members of the clan/covenant may include their own status in
mundane social pools against the character.
iii.
The character may benefit from (but not learn) covenant-specific
powers.
b. ●●●●: Top
Approval; application must at least include sponsorship letters from at least
two Status 5 members of the clan/covenant.
Prerequisite: Secondary Status (Clan/Covenant) ●●. Cannot be purchased within six months of
purchasing Secondary Status (Clan/Covenant) ●●. The
character has the trust of the leaders of a clan/covenant other than its own,
with the following effects:
i.
+2 to all mundane social pools against members of the
clan/covenant.
ii.
Members of the clan/covenant may include their own status in
mundane social pools against the character.
iii.
The character may benefit from covenant specific powers, and may
learn up to the first dot of covenant specific powers (or non-dot powers –
oaths, devotions, etc – that cost 10 XP or less).
c. Secondary Status (Clan/Covenant)
is recognized in-character as a level of Status equivalent to the mundane
social bonus via a successful Intelligence + Politics test, and counts as such
for the purpose of in-character mailing list access.
d. Secondary Status
(Clan/Covenant) may be stripped in the same manner as Status (Clan/Covenant).
e. Secondary Status interacts
with Ascendancy/Eminence as follows:
i.
If the character is openly a member of its true Clan/Covenant,
then it counts toward and can benefit only from Eminence/Ascendancy of the true
Clan/Covenant.
ii.
If the character is secretly a member of its true Clan/Covenant
(i.e.: infiltrating the Secondary Clan/Covenant) then it counts toward and can
benefit only from the Eminence/Ascendancy of the Secondary Clan/Covenant.
f. Previously approvals/purchases
for Goodwill are grandfathered as approvals/purchases for the equivalent level
of Secondary Status.
32. Sexualized
[Ghouls]
a. Low Approval for ghouls, High Approval
for vampires, Top Approval for other creature types (Low Approval for
NPCs).
33. Shadow Cult Initiation [Mekhet: Shadows in the Dark]
a. Low Approval for approved
members of a Shadow Cult.
34. Sin-Eater [Mythologies]
a. High Approval for Lancea
Sanctum Confessors, Ordo Dracul Confessors, Circle of the Crone Maidens, and
characters with the Hamartiaphage Discipline; Top Approval for all others.
b. The Mortal requirement for
this Merit is removed.
c. A character may gain
Humanity via the assistance of a Sin-Eater no more than once per a number of
months equal to twice the character’s dots in Humanity; each instance requires
a Low Notification by the player of the benefiting PC.
35. Source
Sympathy [Ghouls]
a. Low Approval for ghouls, High Approval
for vampires, Top Approval for other creature types (Low Approval for
NPCs).
36. Speaker
for the Eclipsed [Invictus]
a. This Merit cannot be used to receive
mechanical benefits from NPC parts of the House.
37. Staff
[Ghouls]
a. Low Approval for all venues.
38. Status (City)
a. Clarification: The unmodified City Status dots of the Prince and Harpies count
for purposes of determining the Eminent Clan and Ascendant Covenant in the
city. The City Status points – which may potentially be
higher than the unmodified City Status dots – do not. See also:
http://jessilaurn.com/Cam-Global-Files/City_Status.pdf
39. Status
(Clan and Covenant)
a. Approval
Levels
i. ●
to ●●: Low Approval.
ii. ●●●:
Mid Approval.
iii. ●●●●:
High Approval.
iv. ●●●●●:
Top Approval.
v. Playtest Note: The Australian affiliate
operating under a playtest system for Clan and Covenant Status; the above
approval levels are replaced by that playtest system within the Australian
affiliate for the duration of the playtest.
b. Status (Camarilla) [Requiem for
i. Not sanctioned at this
time.
c. Status
(Clan)
i.
Holding
status in a different clan than the character’s real Clan: see Secondary Status.
d. Status
(Covenant)
i. Changing Covenant Status: Mid Approval. This applies if a character has ever
previously held Covenant status – i.e. if they are changing Covenant directly
or have spent time Unaligned.
ii. Access to Covenant-specific
powers:
(a) A character must have at least a single
dot of status to learn or benefit from Covenant specific powers.
(1) Exception: Secondary Status Merit (see above).
(b) Covenant specific powers
are derived, in part, from the mutually shared respect and belief in the tenets
of one’s covenant. If one leaves that covenant, through any means, the mutual
belief is no longer present and the character loses their faction-specific
powers. It is
a separate Top Approval for a character to keep Covenant specific benefits of
their previous Covenant if they change Covenant or become Unaligned. If the
benefits are lost no XP is refunded.
iii. Holding Covenant Status in more
than one Covenant: Not sanctioned.
iv. Covenant Positions: There is no status requirement to hold
Covenant positions. Some positions may require an approval to hold.
e. Status (Wing) [Requiem for
i. Not sanctioned at this
time; for currently sanctioned Wings of the Camarilla in modern play (such as
the Legio Mortuum), use Status (Covenant) instead.
f. Background:
a character cannot enter play with more than 2 dots of Clan or Covenant
status.
g. Characters must wait a number of months
equal to twice the dots of status they are gaining between increases in Clan or
Covenant status dots, including regaining dots stripped in game. (e.g., if a
character gained Crone Status 4 in January, ten months would have to pass
before they can apply for Crone status 5).
i. Note: the date of a character’s entry into play is
considered the gaining date for the entry level of status for purposes of this
rule. (e.g. if a character enters play
at Crone Status 2, six months need to pass before the character can apply for
Crone Status 3.)
h. Cost:
Clan and Covenant status is free.
i. Determining Another’s Status: the draw
pool used to determine another’s Status (Clan, Covenant or City) is
Intelligence + Politics.
j. Status
Stripping and Expulsion
i.
The
Storyteller must inform the affected player when the declaration to strip
status or expel from the covenant is made public.
ii.
Stripping
status requires 10 x the level of status of the character being stripped.
Expulsion from a covenant requires 20 x the level of status of the character
being expelled. There is no requirement to have support from characters of the
same status level (e.g. 50 status 1 characters may strip a status 5).
iii.
A
public in-character censure of the target character must be made. This must
have a clear out-of-character note explaining the attempt to strip status or
expel from the covenant, list all characters (and their status) supporting the
attempt, and the total status in support. The note must give contact details of
the supervising Storyteller.
iv.
Characters
may defend themselves by getting support from other characters opposed to the
strip/expulsion. They have 14 days to gather support, from when the supervising
Storyteller tells them of the attempted strip. The strip is cancelled if equal
or more status dots oppose the attempted strip than support it. If a character
who previously supported the strip changes their mind and opposes it, they must
do so publicly and in-character.
v.
50%
of the minimum support for a strip must come from within the nation of the
character being stripped. If there is not enough status in a nation to make 50%
achievable, that nation’s NST shall use their own judgment to decide if
national support warrants a successful strip.
vi.
All support and opposition to a strip must be made in a public,
in-character fashion, either by announcement at a game session and/or by post
on the appropriate IC mailing list.
vii.
If
a character fails to strip their target they may not attempt to strip the same
target for 90 days. Only the Invictus and Lancea Sanctum Covenants may expel
members per Mind’s Eye Theatre: Requiem. All Covenants may make use of the
status stripping mechanics.
k. Loaned
Status
i.
A
character can loan their status to another character. The character receiving
the loan is considered to have the same status as the character making the
loan, in specified situations. The conditions that the status can be used in
should be detailed, and the supervising Storyteller of the scene has final call
on whether loaned status can be used in that situation. Loaned status is not
cumulative with a character’s existing status. Loaning status is “all or
nothing”, a character cannot loan part of their status. You cannot loan status
outside Clan or Covenant (e.g. a member of the Lancea Sanctum cannot loan their
Covenant status to a member of the Invictus).
ii.
To
use loaned status a player must provide an item card or other proof from the
player whose character is loaning the status. This must provide; the name of
the character loaning the status, their domain and region, their supervising ST
contact details, verification of any approvals related to the status, and a
short description of the situation the status may be used in.
iii.
Loaned
status is subject to normal status restrictions, based on the approval
jurisdiction of the character loaning the status
40. Stunt Rider [Requiem for
a. This Merit may be used with
a motorcycle.
41. Swarm Mind [Gangrel: Savage and Macabre]
a. The character must already
possess the singular animal form prior to purchasing this Merit for that form.
b. The swarm created through
this Merit may not inflict damage, except the damage inflicted by feeding (one
lethal per dot of blood drained).
c. This Merit may not be used
in conjunction with the Husk Devotion.
42. Tap
the Torpid Mind [Invictus]
a. This Merit cannot be used to receive
mechanical benefits from NPC parts of the House.
43. Taste of the Strange [Ancient Mysteries]
a. Top Approval.
44. Tenant [
a. Not sanctioned at this time.
45. Tomb [Ancient Mysteries]
a. Sharing: the Haven Merit cannot be shared. While it may be included in a shared Haven –
and while more than one character may have a Tomb located in a shared Haven –
only the character owning the Tomb may benefit from it.
46. Torpor
Connection [Invictus]
a. This Merit cannot be used to receive
mechanical benefits from NPC parts of the House.
47. True Worm [Nosferatu: The Beast That Haunts the Blood]
a. Possession of this merit
permits the character one additional Resolve action per downtime period.
48. Unliving Anchor [Nosferatu: The Beast That Haunts the Blood]
a. May only be purchased up to
●●; higher ratings are
reserved for the Office of the Master Storyteller at this time.
49. Unobtrusive
[Ghouls]
a. Low Approval for ghouls, High Approval
for vampires, Top Approval for other creature types (Low Approval for
NPCs).
50. Unyielding Mask [Nosferatu: The Beast That Haunts the Blood]
a. This Merit can only be
learned through the workings of globally approved plotlines or learned in-game
from a player character. Any exceptions to player character teaching will be
noted in the respective plotkits.
51. Vassal [
a. Not sanctioned at this time.
52. Vice over Virtue [Ancient Mysteries]
a. Not sanctioned at this time.
53. Virtue’s
Twin [Invictus]
a. This Merit cannot be used to receive
mechanical benefits from NPC parts of the House.
54. Vitae Connoisseur [Ancient Mysteries]
a. Not sanctioned in the
Global chronicle.
55. Will
of the Dynasty [Invictus]
a. This Merit cannot be used to receive
mechanical benefits from NPC parts of the House.
VI.
BLOODLINES
A.
Overall
1. Bloodlines
from sanctioned material: High Approval (Low Approval for NPCs), unless
specifically listed otherwise. It is not particularly difficult from a mechanical perspective to
join a bloodline in game if recruited by another player character. This
should not be construed as a valid reason for an avusing to occur without good
roleplaying and a good IC rationale. Storytellers should hesitate to approve bloodlines specific
to a geographical area, it may be better to create a custom bloodline with a
similar theme rather than write a canon-bending story to justify the sanctioned
bloodline.
a. Out of Covenant: It is
one approval level higher to join a bloodline from a covenant sourcebook other
than the character’s covenant.
2. Blood
Potency requirement: Characters creating or joining bloodlines
before entering play must satisfy the Blood Potency requirements at the time
they enter play, despite any background description of torpor after achieving
the bloodline in the character’s history.
a. “Rediscovering” a custom bloodline has
the same Blood Potency requirement as founding a bloodline (i.e. BP6).
3. Activation of Sire’s Bloodline: A
character at BP2 can activate its sire’s bloodline if one of the following
conditions applies:
a. The character’s sire was
already a member of that bloodline at the time of the child’s embrace.
b. The character’s grandsire
was a member of that bloodline when he embraced the character’s sire, and the
character’s sire subsequently activated the bloodline.
All existing activated
bloodlines, even if they do not adhere to these conditions, are grandfathered.
B.
Custom Bloodlines
1. Approvals:
a. With a Common Discipline
(Animalism, Celerity, Obfuscate, Resilience or Vigor) as the fourth
Discipline: High Approval to create or
join.
b. With an Uncommon Discipline
(Auspex, Dominate, Majesty, Nightmare, Protean) as the fourth Discipline: Top Approval to create, High Approval to
join.
c. With two of the three
favored clan Disciplines swapped out:
Top Approval to create, High Approval to join.
d. Allows two or more clans to
join: Top Approval to create, High
Approval to join.
e. “Rediscovering” a custom
bloodline that currently has no active characters in play: Top Approval.
f. With a custom
Discipline: no further applications will
be accepted at this time.
g. Approved Custom Bloodlines
are listed on the Global Rules Panel Wiki:
http://wiki.white-wolf.com/camwiki/index.php?title=Global_Rules_Panel
2. Entering play as part of a custom
bloodline requires agreement from the player of the most senior character in
that bloodline (usually the bloodline founder). This is not required for
characters who find a way to join in game.
C.
Bloodlines Affected by the Addendum
1. Characters with bloodlines from Bloodlines: the Chosen and Mekhet: Shadows
in the Dark previously approved as members Camarilla contest
bloodlines are grandfathered into the White Wolf published bloodline from the
book without any changes on their character sheet (to Disciplines etc), and without
any possible XP debt. Players who feel their Camarilla contest bloodline
characters do not suit the book bloodline may revert to pure clan without going
into XP debt. The Camarilla contest bloodlines with Bloodlines: the Chosen or Mekhet: Shadows in the Dark
equivalents are now defunct. Camarilla contest bloodlines that are not
mentioned in Bloodlines: the Chosen or Mekhet: Shadows
in the Dark are unchanged, with the exception of the Licinii
bloodline which is replaced by the version in Requiem for Rome.
2. Adrestoi [Lords Over the Damned]
a. The Adrestoi bloodline has
their weakness changed to the following “Any Discipline which requires
Willpower also requires the same amount of Vitae. Adrestoi may spend Willpower
normally to affect rolls”.
3. Bohagande [Bloodlines: The Hidden]
a. Unless a character has the Occult
specialization ‘Bohagande’ they do not know that a Bohagande aura is not a sign
of diablerie. They should strongly suspect serial diablerie when they see such
an aura.
b. A Bohagande that has “lost”
his secret name by some means (e.g., Dominate to remove the memory, an extreme
effect of the Fog of Ages, etc.) cannot use the Sunnikuse discipline. Dots in the discipline are not lost; they
simply cannot be used until such time as the character recovers knowledge of
his secret name by some means (e.g., Dominate, extracting the name from his
sire or avus, a quest to recover it from the spirit Crow, etc.).
4. Corajoso [Ancient Bloodlines]
a. This bloodline is available
only by workings of globally approved plotlines or avusing in-game by a player
character.
5. Csalad [Immortal Sinners]
a. Reserved for the Office of
the Master Storyteller.
6. Dead
Wolves
[World of Darkness: Shadows Over
a. Vampires approved for the Dead Wolves
bloodline will not be automatically approved to make full use of Sublunario
(see Sublunario in Section VI).
7. Eupraxus [Immortal Sinners]
a. Top Approval.
8. Empusae [Immortal Sinners]
a. Reserved for the Office of
the Master Storyteller.
9. Ezsébet [Daeva: Kiss of the Succubus]
a. The Ezsébet bloodline does
retain the weakness of their parent clan.
10. Khaibit [Bloodlines the Hidden]
a. If the character does not
hold Covenant Status in the Circle of the Crone: Top Approval.
This is not grandfathered.
11. Larvae [Requiem for
a. Their scarcity and very low numbers in
modern nights should be considered in any application for this bloodline. Top Approval.
12. Les Gens Libre [Ancient Bloodlines]
a. This bloodline is available
only by workings of globally approved plotlines or avusing in-game by a player
character.
13. Licinii [Requiem for
a. Their scarcity and very low numbers in
modern nights should be considered in any application for this bloodline. Top Approval.
14. Lynx [Invictus]
a. The bloodline discipline
for the Lynx is Majesty, not Web.
15. Malocusian [Invictus]
a. The Malocusian bloodline’s Disciplines
include Majesty, not “Presence.”
16. Morbus [Vampire: The Requiem]
a. The Morbus bloodline does retain the
weakness of their parent clan.
b. The rules for this bloodline in Requiem for Rome (WW25140) are not
used.
17. The
Players
[Bloodlines: The Legendary]
a. The Disciplines of the Players
bloodline are Auspex, Celerity, Majesty, and Obfuscate.
18. San
Giovanni
[Bloodlines: the
a. San Giovanni zombies follow the same
base rules as a retainer and are Low Approval. If a San Giovanni’s mortal/
ghoul retainer dies they may resurrect it under zombie creation rules at no
extra cost.
19. Shepherds [Ancient Bloodlines]
a. This bloodline is available
only by workings of globally approved plotlines or avusing in-game by a player
character.
20. Sons of Cade [Immortal Sinners]
a. Reserved for the Office of
the Master Storyteller.
21. Therion [Belial’s Brood]
a. Available to Brood characters only.
VII.
DISCIPLINES, DEVOTIONS AND
RITUALS
A.
Overall
1. Disciplines at level 6 and above are
not available (and cannot artificially be made available by any power).
2. Only player characters can teach
Disciplines that require teachers as per MET Requiem. The basic Disciplines
(those described in Mind’s Eye Theatre: Requiem) are Low Approval to learn,
regardless of clan. Unique Disciplines cannot be taught to any character not of
that bloodline, including ghouls.
3. Rituals (Crúac, Theban
Sorcery, Veneficia, etc.) are not subtle, and require appropriate roleplay to
make clear that the character is performing a ritual. The ritual must be roleplayed in an obvious
manner, or at least by loudly announcing, “I am performing a blood magic
ritual.”
B.
Custom Devotions
1. Approvals: At this time, custom
devotions beyond those already approved will not be considered for approval.
a. Approved Custom Devotions
are listed on the Global Rules Panel Wiki:
http://wiki.white-wolf.com/camwiki/index.php?title=Global_Rules_Panel
b. Learning an approved Custom
Devotion from a PC teacher: Low
Approval.
c. Learning an approved Custom
Devotion from an NPC teacher: High
Approval.
d. Spontaneously
learning/developing/rediscovering: Top
Approval.
e. Learning an approved Custom
Devotion in background: High Approval,
except as part of a custom bloodline application (maximum of two Devotions).
f. A number of
mechanically-similar or identical devotions are being condensed into a single
devotion by the Global Rules Panel. A PC
with a desanctioned devotion may switch to a mechanically- similar or identical
devotion with Low Approval (or the minimum approval for the sanctioned devotion
if higher than Low).
2. Development
Time:
a. A character must spend a number of
months studying and developing, equal to whichever Discipline has the highest
number of dots in the Devotion. This waiting period starts when the application is submitted. In addition, a character should
spend a number of downtime actions equal to the total number of Discipline dots
in the devotion in study and development.
b. A character can only have one pending
custom power application at any time, and can only be approved for one custom
power which they developed themselves every 6 months of in-game time. E.g. as
of August 2007 a chronicle length character should have no more than 5 custom
powers they developed themselves.
C.
Disciplines and Rituals Affected by the
Addendum
1. Auspex
a. Clash
of Wills: There is an editing error in MET Requiem p159. Use this system
instead;
i.
A
character with Auspex that encounters a use of Obfuscate can draw Wits +
Investigation + Auspex to establish a number of Clash of Wills successes. These
successes last for an hour and are compared to activation successes for
Obfuscate to see if the Auspex user can pierce them. The Auspex user needs more
successes than the Obfuscate user, unless the Obfuscate power was activated
under their direct observation, in which case they need equal successes to
pierce the Obfuscate.
ii.
Obfuscate
users must record the number of successes gained on activation of Obfuscate
powers.
iii.
Players
cannot redraw Clash of Wills or reactivate Obfuscate to achieve more successes.
It is the players, not the characters, who know the number of successes.
iv.
Clash
of Wills can pierce the effects of Obfuscate based Devotions or, at Storyteller
discretion, other illusory effects.
b. ●● Aura Perception
i.
The system for this power is replaced with that presented in Vampire the Requiem (WW25000).
c. ●●●
Feathers’ Flight, The
[World of Darkness: Shadows Over
i.
High
Approval; should be reserved for characters of Mexican history or descent.
ii.
This power cannot be purchased in conjunction with The Spirit’s
Touch or Playback; a character may have one of these three powers.
d. ●●● Playback [New Wave Requiem]
i.
High Approval.
ii.
This power cannot be purchased in conjunction with The Feathers’
Flight or The Spirit’s Touch; a character may have one of these three powers.
e. ●●●●●
Twilight Projection
i.
A
character in Twilight Projection can use the Auspex powers Heightened Senses,
Aura Perception and Spirit’s Touch. No other powers will function, including
Auspex based Devotions unless specified in their description.
ii.
A
character whose body is destroyed while in Twilight Projection needs Top
Approval to continue its existence.
2. Blood
Oaths [Invictus]
a. Definitions: For purposes of this
Addendum, use the following definitions:
i. Notary: the character performing a
Blood Oath, whether or not taking part in the Oath himself.
ii. Vassal: a character swearing a
Blood Oath to someone else; this need not be a vassal in a formal vassal/liege
relationship.
iii. Lord: a character having a Blood
Oath sworn to her; this need not be a liege in a formal vassal/liege
relationship.
b. Status Requirement: Certain
Oaths require more investment in and/or trust by the Invictus than others. Status requirements are as follows:
i. Oaths of Avoidance (Blood-Tell, Blood Knives, Oath Unsworn,
Burning Blood) require no status in the Invictus to swear.
ii. Mutual Oaths (Blood Alliance, Blood Service, Blood Loyalty) require the
swearing character to be Acknowledged by the Invictus (Status 1 or Secondary
Status 2), and must always be sworn by one of lower status to one of higher
status.
iii. Oaths of Performance (Running Blood, Bloody Hand, Blood Focus)
require the swearing character to be Recognized by the Invictus (Status 2 or
Secondary Status 4).
c. Creation of Oaths
i. To create a Blood Oath, the
player of a Notary submits the wording of the Oath - with specific names and dates
omitted (i.e., a Generic Oath) - to the approvals database at the appropriate
level for the chosen duration.
ii. Once a Generic Oath is
approved, the Notary can swear one or more characters to that Oath. Players of characters swearing to such an Oath
are required to send notification by e-mail, within two weeks of swearing, to
his Storytellers up to the approval level for the Oath, and must include the
Notary’s approval number for that Oath.
Example: The player of Notary Smith
enters his text for a Generic Oath of the Bloody Hand for bodyguards to be used
at large gatherings. The Oath has a
duration of one week, and is thus Mid Approval.
Once this is approved, other characters may swear to this Oath; their
players much notify his Low and Mid Storytellers within two weeks of swearing.
iii. Approvals: Blood Oaths require
approvals based on the duration of the oath:
(a) Up to 1 month: Mid Approval.
(b) Over 1 month, or
indefinite/permanent: High Approval.
(c) The following oaths do not
require approval above Low and may be sworn without prior notification: Blood Alliance, Blood-Tell, Running Blood.
d. Oaths Affected by the Addendum:
i. Oath of Blood Loyalty:
(a) A character can be sworn to
no more than one Oath of Blood Loyalty at a time, either as vassal or lord (not
both).
(b) The duration for this Oath
is always Permanent. It ends only upon
the destruction of one of the two parties to the Oath.
(c) This Oath is mutually
exclusive with the Oath of Blood Service, except that a lord may have one
vassal sworn via Blood Loyalty in addition to other vassals sworn via Blood
Service.
ii. Oath of Blood Service:
(a) A character can be sworn to
no more than one Oath of Blood Service at a time as a vassal. A character may however have more than one
such oath sworn to him as a lord.
(b) This Oath is mutually
exclusive with the Oath of Blood Loyalty, except that a lord may have one
vassal sworn via Blood Loyalty in addition to other vassals sworn via Blood
Service.
iii. Oath of Blood-Tell:
(a) This Oath can be learned by non-Invictus without special approval.
(b) When sworn between two
characters, only one needs to know this Oath.
Alternatively, two characters without this Oath may swear to it via a
third-party Notary.
iv. Oath of the Bloody Hand:
(a) A character may spend vitae
from the Bloody Hand in addition to vitae from his own vitae pool. The character’s Blood Potency limits how much
vitae may be spent from the Bloody Hand in a single round. This is explicitly in addition to the vitae
per round that the character can spend from their personal vitae pool.
(1) Vitae spent from the Bloody
Hand may only be used for Healing Wounds or Physical Augmentation. The bonus for Physical Augmentation cannot
exceed the normal limits imposed by the character’s Blood Potency.
(2) Vitae spent from Bloody
Hand may not be combined with the vitae spent from the character’s personal
vitae pool. (E.g., if vitae from Bloody
Hand is spent for Healing Wounds, then vitae spent from the character’s
personal vitae pool for Healing Wounds has no effect).
(b) Vitae in a Bloody Hand does
not replenish.
(c) Damage incurred by
abandoning an Oath of the Bloody Hand is an exception to the prohibition
against one-shot kills.
v. Oath of Burning Blood:
(a) If the character swearing
this Oath is willing, he can spend the Willpower Dot on behalf of the Notary.
(b) The bonus provided by the Oath
to resist powers and effects which would cause the Oath to break can only be
used if failing to resist the power, or effect, would result in the Oath
breaking.
vi. Oath of Monomacy:
(a) The character begins
Monomacy at a “baseline state”: all
powers, oaths, vitae augmentations and other activated supernatural benefits
from any source to the character cease.
3. Blood Tenebrous [Book of Spirits]
a. This Devotion can only be
learned through the workings of globally approved plotlines or learned in-game
from a player character. Any exceptions to player character teaching will be
noted in the respective plotkits.
b. ● Pulse of the Invisible
i. This power does not allow
the user to perceive Strix.
c. ●●●●●
Drawing in the Devil
i. Reserved for the office of
the MST.
4. Bloodworking [Mekhet: Shadows in the Dark]
a. This Discipline cannot be combined with other Disciplines or
Devotions, with the exception of Celerity, Resilience and Vigor. E.g., one cannot combine Fingertongue with
the Husk Devotion.
5. Coils
of the Dragon
a. Anoushka’s Ladder [Ordo Dracul]
i.
The prerequisite number of dots in other coils prior to learning
the first rung of Anoushka’s Ladder is reduced from nine to six in the global
chronicle.
ii.
Available only to the Sworn of the Ladder.
b. Coils of Banes
i.
●● [Ordo Dracul]:
Possession of this tier permits the character one additional Resolve
action per downtime period.
c. Coils of Blood
i.
●●●● [Ordo Dracul]:
can only be learned through the workings of globally approved plotlines
or learned in-game from a player character. Any exceptions to player character
teaching will be noted in the respective plotkits. Low Notification.
d. Coils
of the Soul [Ordo
Dracul]
i.
● through
●●●: Mid Approval to learn from player
characters, High Approval otherwise (Low Approval for NPCs).
ii.
●●●●: can only be learned through the workings of
globally approved plotlines or learned in-game from a player character. Any
exceptions to player character teaching will be noted in the respective
plotkits. Low Notification.
e. Coils of Slumber [Ancient Mysteries]
i.
This is a different Coil than the one of the same name in Immortal
Sinners.
ii.
Can only be learned through the workings of globally approved
plotlines or learned in-game from a player character. Any exceptions to player
character teaching will be noted in the respective plotkits. Mid Approval.
f. Coils of Slumber [Immortal Sinners]
i.
This is a different Coil than the one of the same name in Ancient
Mysteries.
ii.
Can only be learned through the workings of globally approved
plotlines or learned in-game from a player character. Any exceptions to player
character teaching will be noted in the respective plotkits. High Approval.
6. Crúac
a. Ignore the Extended Actions and Sorcery
sidebar, MET Requiem p97. All costs and expenditures for a ritual are paid on
the first turn of casting (unless the ritual description says costs are paid
over multiple turns). The ritual is completed on the turn when as many
successes as the ritual’s level are accrued. Only the final draw is used when
opposing a resistance draw or determining the effectiveness of a ritual based
on its description.
i.
E.g.
A character casts Cheval, a level 1 ritual. On the first turn they pay the
Vitae point inherent to Crúac. The player draws 3 successes. The target number
of 1 success is met, the ritual is completed that turn. That was also the final
draw of an extended test, so 3 successes are used to determine the ritual’s
particulars.
b. Spirit Crúac: See also the Spirit Cruac Settings Guide, available
on the CRD and the Gameplay Resources Wiki:
http://wiki.white-wolf.com/camwiki/index.php?title=Category:Gameplay_Resources
i. Prerequisite: Occult Specialization: Spirit Crúac: Low
Approval.
ii. Spirit Crúac rituals: High Approval.
iii. Using Spirit Crúac rituals to
mechanically affect player characters other than the caster: High Approval.
c. The following rituals can
only be learned through the workings of globally approved plotkits or learned
in-game from a player character. Any exceptions to player character teaching
will be noted in the respective plotkits. Low Notification must be filed when
learned.
i.
● Pythian Renewal (a
variation of Visage of the Crone) [Circle of the Crone]
ii.
●● Cernunnos’s
Horn [Night Horrors: The Wicked Dead]:
Top Approval.
iii.
●● Path of
Thorns [Circle of the Crone]
iv.
●● Rex Sanguis
Sacrorum [Ancient Mysteries]
v.
●● Soul’s Work [Circle
of the Crone]
vi.