Discerning Palate

No matter how much of the subject’s flesh the character consumes, he only rolls for this power once. Obviously, an expired subject gets no roll to contest, but invoking this power on dead flesh carries its own disadvantages (see modifiers). Success allows the vampire to learn a piece of information about the subject, the type and specificity of which is dictated by the number of successes he scored in excess of his subject’s. With one extra success, the vampire can only learn something about the creature’s body — common examples include age, state of health, the rating of a Physical Attribute, Skill or Discipline or Blood Potency rating. With two excess successes, the vampire can learn a piece of personal data about the subject (e.g., likes, dislikes, fears and ratings of Mental or Social Attributes, Skills or Disciplines). And with three or more extra successes, the Forsworn can unearth specific memories, even those buried in the subconscious, assuming he knows what to “look” for. Regardless of successes, the only piece of information a corpse reveals is the cause of its death, a byproduct of which also confers a sense of the subject’s identity if not the actual name (though not the killer’s identity). A vampire may only turn this power on a given subject once per night, regardless of how much of the creature’s flesh he consumes at a sitting.