Blood Potency 6

Key facts

Level

6

Overview

Blood Potency 6 is the first step past what a chronicle normally puts in a player's hands. A vampire here is a methuselah: awake for a thousand years or more, or a younger Kindred who took that age from someone else's throat through diablerie. Methuselahs are not local powers, they are regional ones. Princes are told when such a creature enters the city, and the smart ones arrange to be elsewhere. At this level the Beast and the person are hard to tell apart, and centuries of habit matter more than anything that happened last week.

How it works

Blood Surge Bonus: Larger than the +3 dice available at Blood Potency 5 Mend Amount: Several Superficial damage closed with a single Rouse Check Power Bonus: More added dice to Discipline rolls than any elder can manage Feeding Penalty: Mortal blood barely registers unless the vessel is drained; Kindred vitae is the dependable meal Bane Severity: Worse than an elder's, so the clan curse shapes every scene Discipline Max: Above the elder ceiling, at ratings no fledgling will ever see

Tips and playstyle

Who Has This: Methuselahs, ancient sect founders, diablerists who climbed too fast Advantages: Overwhelming Disciplines, near-unstoppable healing, authority nobody argues with twice Disadvantages: Feeding is a logistical operation, torpor pulls harder, and the Beckoning calls you toward the Gehenna War

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