Sometimes vampires connect with one another in a way that is imperceptible—the Blood calls up a strange sympathy, and the two exist on the same wavelength, sometimes without even meaning to.
Cost: 1 Willpower dot and 1 point of Vitae to “bond,” but no cost to use
Dice Pool: None; this Devotion is considered “always on”
Action: None
Both vampires must possess this Devotion (though one can always teach it to the other). Each must spend 1 Willpower dot to forge a sympathetic connection, with each consuming a point of the other’s Vitae.
Once this is done, the connection is formed. This connection exists outside a normal Blood bond, though if the Vinculum is present, the two vampires can avoid the cost of 1 Vitae to forge the sympathy.
When the two work in tandem with this Devotion (and it’s always on), the following elements are in play:
- The two may always read one another’s surface thoughts. This necessitates no roll, normally, though one can attempt to “hide” his thoughts with a Resolve + Composure roll. The other in the pair may try to expose hidden thoughts with a contested Wits + Empathy roll. The distance between the simpatico vampires doesn’t matter.
- Each always knows where the other is. This is a rough approximation (she’s that way, about a hundred miles), but doesn’t tell the vampire any details about the surroundings.
- Each always knows if the other suffers harm or is in danger. This has a downside: if one suffers wound penalties, the other suffers those same penalties even if she’s free of physical damage.
- Each can always see the other’s aura with no roll. As above, one can hide her aura or “fake” a different one with a Resolve + Composure roll, contested by the other vampire’s Wits + Empathy.
- If the two are within sight of one another, they may add both their Blood Potency scores to Resistance rolls.
- Each gains a bonus to Majesty rolls equal to the other vampire’s Manipulation score.
- Each can spend Vitae for the other (i.e., Charles spends a point of Vitae to heal a point of Charlene’s damage). This has one limitation and one downside, though. The limitation is that, regardless of Blood Potency, spending Vitae for another is limited always to 1 point of Vitae per turn. The downside is that having the Blood so intimately fettered to the other vampire can be damning; if one vampire enters a hunger frenzy, the other automatically enters as well, even if her belly is full of blood. This is not limited by distance: if Charles enters a hunger frenzy in Topeka, Charlene will enter one even if she’s in Milwaukee with a full Vitae track.