18 XP
Kindred certainly share accounts of what they perceive and remember regarding torpor, but few have any educated position about the nature of a vampire’s soul. Those who have learned this power claim that they have mastered the art of coaxing a slumbering vampire’s soul out of the murky depths of the Underworld and into their ritual area. There, the user of this power is able to converse with the torpor-bound Kindred for a short while before its essence is drawn back to the depths. Some Kindred claim this power merely summons a sort of psychic reflection of the target vampire, but results of this power speak for themselves.
The user of this power must either touch the target Kindred or be within close proximity to the torpid vampire… such as within the tomb or resting area.
Cost: 1 Willpower + 1 Vitae
Dice Pool: Manipulation + Occult + Auspex versus subject’s Composure + Blood Potency
Action: Extended and contested; resistance is reflexive
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: Psychic feedback strips the ability for this vampire to use Auspex or any Devotion derived from it for the rest of the scene.
Failure: No successes are added to the total. If the Devotion’s user fails to accumulate the target number of successes before the victim does, the Devotion fails, and the target Kindred may not be contacted for one month.
Success: The character wins the contested roll by achieving a number of successes equal to the target’s Willpower before the target can achieve a number of successes equal to the summoner’s Willpower. The vampire has summoned the spiritual presence of the Kindred in torpor. Once this has been accomplished, the summoner is free to converse with the ghostly reflection of the torpid vampire. The presence may only manifest for a number of minutes equal to the summoner’s Occult skill. The power’s user can employ whatever verbal tactics he feels are necessary in order to convince the summoned presence to answer questions or convey any information it might know. No Disciplines may be used to harm the presence or force it to respond, but effects of a Vinculum still apply.
Exceptional Success: As a success, plus the summoner acquires a +2 bonus on all social rolls versus the presence to gain its confidence or cooperation.
Suggested Modifiers
Modifier — Situation
+2 — Power is used on a vampire with whom the user has a blood tie (Vampire: The Requiem, p. 162).
-1 — Cumulative penalty per use of this power on the same target.
-3 — User of the power does not know the name or identity of the target vampire.
-5 — The target vampire’s body is nearby, but the power’s user may not touch it.