••• Crave the Caress

Vampire the Requiem - Bloodlines the Hidden
This power stimulates a powerful desire in the subject for a hit of a specific drug — usually a narcotic, but not necessarily — as chosen by the Anvari. Nothing more than a gaze in person is necessary to inflict this desire. Members of the bloodline make frequent use of Crave the Caress, whether to quickly produce a vessel suitable for feeding, to provide themselves with an edge in a negotiation, or to start someone down the path to Addiction.

Effect

Dramatic Failure: The Anvari’s attempt to stimulate a desire for a drug is so clumsy that the subject finds the substance repulsive. The subject is immune to further uses of Nepenthe by the vampire for the remainder of the night. If a dramatic failure is rolled for the subject, the Anvari is considered to get an exceptional success.
Failure: A tie is rolled or most successes go to the subject. The vampire may try again in a successive attempt if more Vitae is spent.
Success: The most successes are rolled for the Anvari and the subject is overcome with a powerful desire for the drug in question, which persists for the remainder of the scene. The subject readily accepts and immediately takes the drug if anyone provides it. Alternatively, the vampire may use the subject’s desire as leverage, gaining a +2 modifier to any Social rolls involving her.
Exceptional Success: The vampire wins the contested roll with five or more successes and the subject reacts as per a success. In this case, however, the desire for the drug lingers in the subject for the remainder of the night.
To take full advantage of this power, an Anvari should have ready access to whatever drug for which he inflicts a hunger. Once the drug is taken, the subject suffers all its normal effects. A wise Anvari therefore withholds the drug until the subject is of little further use.
Material Components
Cost: 1 Vitae
Gestures & Ritual
Dice Pool: Manipulation + Persuasion + Nepenthe versus subject’s Composure + Blood Potency
Related Discipline
Effect Casting Time
Contested; resistance is reflexive
Level
3
Applied Restriction
Modifier | Situation
+4 | Power is turned on a subject who has both the Gluttony Vice and Addiction (narcotics) Flaw
+2 | Power is turned on a subject who has the Gluttony Vice or Addiction (narcotics) Flaw
+2 | Power is turned on a vampire with whom the user has a blood tie
+2 | Power is turned on a subject who already is or used to be addicted to narcotics