Level 5:
Cauldron of blood
This gruesome power lets the user boil the blood of a victim in their own veins, causing massive damage and excruciating pain. While there are more efficient ways to kill, few methods approach this level of cruelty.
■ Cost: One Rouse Check and gain one (or more) Stains
■ Dice Pools: Resolve + Blood Sorcery vs Composure + Occult or Fortitude
■ System: The user pays the cost and touches the victim (Dexterity + Athletics in combat or similar situations), rolling
a contest of Resolve + Blood Sorcery vs Composure + Occult. (Vampires with Fortitude may resist with Composure + Fortitude.) On a win, each point of margin causes one point of Aggravated damage in the victim. Mortals taking at least one point of damage die screaming. Vampire victims add 1 Hunger per point of damage inflicted, until Hunger isat5.
■ Duration: One turn