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Necrotic Plague

Inflict a supernatural illness on a touched mortal.

Ceremonies requiring this power

Level 4

Cost:
  • One Rouse Check
Duration:
See effect
Roll:
See effect
Requirement:
See effect
Amalgam:
None listed

Effect

Roll Intelligence + Oblivion while touching the victim. A vulnerable or already weakened mortal, including one with at most three empty Health boxes, is infected automatically. A healthy subject resists; the Players Guide System says Stamina, while its pool heading says Stamina + Stamina, so the Chronicle must resolve that discrepancy. Fortitude can provide Stamina + Fortitude resistance. Infection inflicts one Aggravated Health damage at the start of each following scene for a number of scenes equal to your Oblivion. Ordinary medicine cannot treat it, but vitae can heal it. A critical win may make it contagious by touch. The book inconsistently measures secondary infections in turns despite the main duration using scenes; resolve that before applying transmission. Use can warrant Stains, and an Oblivion Rouse result of 1 or 10 also causes one.

References

Vampire Players Guide · p. 89–90 (PDF p. 91–92)
Necrotic Plague · Verified: name, level, Discipline, effect, cost, roll, duration, limits