Blood Potency 4

Key facts

Level

4

Blood Surge Bonus

+3 dice

Mend Amount

3 Superficial damage per Rouse Check

Power Bonus

+2 dice to Discipline rolls

Rouse Re-roll

Rouse Checks for Discipline powers of level 2 or lower can be re-rolled once

Feeding Penalty

Animal and bagged blood slake no Hunger; human blood slakes 1 less Hunger

Bane Severity

3

Overview

Blood Potency 4 is elder territory. Discipline rolls gain +2 dice, a single Rouse Check closes 3 Superficial damage, and the Rouse re-roll still covers Discipline powers up to level 2. Characters at this rating influence cities rather than blocks. The feeding requirement is what defines the nights. Animal and bagged blood slake nothing, and even a human victim slakes 1 less Hunger than it would for a younger vampire, so every feeding is more expensive. Elders build herds, cultivate scenes, and pay other Kindred to deliver prey, because doing it personally every night is a full-time job.

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, and healing fast enough to walk out of most fights Disadvantages: A hunt that needs more victims every night, a Severity 3 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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