••••• Know Pain
When the Mortifier masters Scourge, he achieves an increased understanding of the pains that straddle the gulf from the body to the soul. With just a look, the Mortifier is able to tear open the invisible scars of the mind and flood the body and the soul with immense pain. The victim must be able to see the Mortifier directly (not on television, for example) for this power to have any effect.
To activate this power, the Mortifier must cause himself damage sufficient to draw his own blood. Some Mortifiers swallow a Razor Blade. Some drive a nail through their hand.
To activate this power, the Mortifier must cause himself damage sufficient to draw his own blood. Some Mortifiers swallow a Razor Blade. Some drive a nail through their hand.
Effect
Dramatic Failure: The Mortifier is incapable of using Know Pain for the remainder of the scene.
Failure: The victim successfully resists the power, possibly experiencing a fluttering memory of pain, but nothing more.
Success: The victim, whether mortal or supernatural in nature, is wracked with physical and emotional anguish. She feels as though she has been lashed with a Whip. She feels as though her heart has been broken. She suffers a –5 penalty to all non-reflexive actions for the rest of the scene. The victim can break through the pain with an extended Stamina + Resolve action; when she has achieved a number of successes equal to the Mortifier’s dots in Presence + Scourge, she is free of this power’s effects. Note that this action is not reflexive and is therefore impeded by the power’s –5 penalty.
Exceptional Success: As a success, except the victim must accrue successes equal to the Mortifier’s Presence + Scourge + 5 to overcome her pain.
Failure: The victim successfully resists the power, possibly experiencing a fluttering memory of pain, but nothing more.
Success: The victim, whether mortal or supernatural in nature, is wracked with physical and emotional anguish. She feels as though she has been lashed with a Whip. She feels as though her heart has been broken. She suffers a –5 penalty to all non-reflexive actions for the rest of the scene. The victim can break through the pain with an extended Stamina + Resolve action; when she has achieved a number of successes equal to the Mortifier’s dots in Presence + Scourge, she is free of this power’s effects. Note that this action is not reflexive and is therefore impeded by the power’s –5 penalty.
Exceptional Success: As a success, except the victim must accrue successes equal to the Mortifier’s Presence + Scourge + 5 to overcome her pain.
Material Components
Cost: 1 Vitae
Gestures & Ritual
Dice Pool: Presence + Intimidation + Scourge versus subject’s Stamina + Blood Potency
Related Discipline
Effect Casting Time
Action: Contested; resistance is reflexive
Level
5
Applied Restriction
This power can be used on only one target at a time. Any number of potential victims may see the Mortifier, but only one can be afflicted with this power. Once a victim has been subjected to this power, it cannot be used against her again in that scene by any vampire.
Modifier | Situation
+2 | The power is applied to a target with whom the user has a blood tie.
+1 | The Mortifier has caused the victim physical harm in the past.
Modifier | Situation
+2 | The power is applied to a target with whom the user has a blood tie.
+1 | The Mortifier has caused the victim physical harm in the past.