••••• Blessed Drowning
Even the Anvari recognize that there are limits to the beneficial effects of a narcotic. A mortal vessel can take only so much exposure before he suffers damage and could die. The more resilient bodies of vampires aren’t as susceptible to harm, but even they can feel the effects of an overdose. A Pusher need simply look at an intended victim directly to apply this power.
Effect
Dramatic Failure: Use of the power against the intended victim fails and she is immune to further uses of the character’s Nepenthe until the next sunset. If a dramatic failure is rolled for the subject, the Anvari is considered to get an exceptional success.
Failure: The contested roll ties or the most successes are rolled for the subject. The vampire may make a successive attempt if another Vitae is spent.
Success: The most successes are rolled for the Anvari and the victim is affected as if he had suffered a potentially lethal overdose of a narcotic. Stamina + Resolve is rolled once for the victim to resist the effects of a poison with a toxicity of 5 (see World of Darkness Rulebook, p. 180). The power inflicts damage a single time, but the victim’s dice pools and Resistance traits are reduced by three and he does not suffer wound penalties for the remainder of the power’s duration.
Exceptional Success: The Anvari wins with five or more successes and the victim is affected as per a success, but the toxicity of the poison is 7.
Successes | Duration
1 success | Two turns
2 successes | Five turns
3 successes | 20 turns (1 minute)
4 successes | 10 minutes
5+ successes | One hour or the remainder of the scene
Failure: The contested roll ties or the most successes are rolled for the subject. The vampire may make a successive attempt if another Vitae is spent.
Success: The most successes are rolled for the Anvari and the victim is affected as if he had suffered a potentially lethal overdose of a narcotic. Stamina + Resolve is rolled once for the victim to resist the effects of a poison with a toxicity of 5 (see World of Darkness Rulebook, p. 180). The power inflicts damage a single time, but the victim’s dice pools and Resistance traits are reduced by three and he does not suffer wound penalties for the remainder of the power’s duration.
Exceptional Success: The Anvari wins with five or more successes and the victim is affected as per a success, but the toxicity of the poison is 7.
Successes | Duration
1 success | Two turns
2 successes | Five turns
3 successes | 20 turns (1 minute)
4 successes | 10 minutes
5+ successes | One hour or the remainder of the scene
Material Components
Cost: 1 Vitae
Gestures & Ritual
Dice Pool: Strength + Medicine + Nepenthe versus subject’s Stamina + Blood Potency
Related Discipline
Effect Casting Time
Contested; resistance is reflexive
Level
5
Applied Restriction
Since the primary effects of a narcotic overdose restrict breathing and heart functions, other Kindred are immune to damage from this power. The lingering narcotic effects have normal consequences (the vampiric victim’s dice pools and Resistance traits are reduced by three and he does not suffer wound penalties for the remainder of the power’s duration).
While the victim resists the toxicity of this power only once, the duration of the lingering narcotic effect depends on the number of successes rolled when the power is invoked.
Modifier | Situation
+2 | Power is turned on a subject who is already under the effects of a narcotic
+2 | Power is turned on a subject who is or was at one time addicted to narcotics
+2 | Power is turned on a vampire with whom the user has a blood tie
While the victim resists the toxicity of this power only once, the duration of the lingering narcotic effect depends on the number of successes rolled when the power is invoked.
Modifier | Situation
+2 | Power is turned on a subject who is already under the effects of a narcotic
+2 | Power is turned on a subject who is or was at one time addicted to narcotics
+2 | Power is turned on a vampire with whom the user has a blood tie