Blood Potency 4

Key facts

Level

4

Overview

Blood Potency 4 is elder territory. Discipline rolls gain +2 dice, a single Rouse Check closes 3 Superficial damage, and Disciplines can reach 7 dots, which is past anything a younger Kindred can answer. Characters at this rating influence cities rather than blocks. The feeding requirement is what defines the nights. Plain human blood no longer satisfies: the vessel must carry emotional resonance, which turns hunting into a search for a particular mood rather than a particular person. Elders build herds, cultivate scenes, and pay other Kindred to deliver the right kind of prey, because doing it personally every night is a full-time job.

How it works

Blood Surge Bonus: +2 dice Mend Amount: 3 Superficial damage per Rouse Check Power Bonus: +2 dice to Discipline rolls Feeding Penalty: Requires emotionally resonant blood Bane Severity: 4 Discipline Max: 7 Consequence: Empty resonance vessels no longer sustain you at all

Tips and playstyle

Who Has This: Elders, Primogen, established barons, and antagonists a coterie is not supposed to fight head-on Advantages: Two bonus dice on every Discipline roll, Disciplines above the ancilla ceiling of 6, and healing fast enough to walk out of most fights Disadvantages: A hunt that requires the right emotion every night, a Severity 4 bane, and a reputation that makes you a target for anyone ambitious Watch For: The Blood Surge bonus does not improve from Blood Potency 3, so what you are buying here is Discipline power and healing

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