Choleric

Key facts

Emotion

Anger

Overview

Choleric resonance is the taste anger leaves in blood. A vessel who has been screaming at a referee, fighting outside a bar, or arguing until their hands shake carries it, and so does anyone burning with jealousy or ambition. The emotion is what marks the vitae, not the violence, so a furious accountant works as well as a brawler. In play this is the resonance combat characters chase. It sharpens Celerity and Potence, so a coterie that knows the night ends in a fight will spend the early hours hunting somewhere tempers run hot, then go do the dangerous thing while the blood is still working.

How it works

Emotion: Anger, aggression, and passion that has tipped over into heat Discipline Bonus: Celerity and Potence Intensity: Fleeting choleric colors the blood without doing anything mechanical. Intense choleric grants a bonus die on rolls using the linked Disciplines for the rest of the night Finding It: Bar fights, road rage, contact sports, picket lines, couples arguing in a stairwell Dyscrasias: Rare acute vessels go further than intense ones and can produce a temporary dyscrasia, a stranger and stronger effect the Storyteller defines for that vessel

Tips and playstyle

Best For: Brujah brawlers, anyone leaning on Potence for damage or Celerity for extra actions, characters who expect to be shot at before dawn Hunting Ground: Fight nights, closing time outside clubs, emergency rooms after a crash, gyms where someone is training out a grudge Risks: Angry vessels struggle, shout, and remember. Choleric hunting produces more Masquerade problems than any other resonance

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