Sanguine

Key facts

Emotion

Joy

Overview

Sanguine resonance is joy, lust, enthusiasm, and the restless energy of someone having a very good night. Party guests, new couples, gamblers on a winning streak, and people high on their own success all carry it, which makes it the easiest resonance to find on a weekend and the hardest on a Tuesday. It feeds Presence and Blood Sorcery, so social predators and Tremere want the same vessels. That overlap causes friction: a club full of sanguine prey is worth arguing over, and Kindred who own such places rarely share the door code for free.

How it works

Emotion: Joy, lust, excitement, and enthusiasm Discipline Bonus: Presence and Blood Sorcery Intensity: Fleeting sanguine is flavor only. Intense sanguine grants a bonus die on rolls using the linked Disciplines for the rest of the night Finding It: Clubs, weddings, concerts, casinos on a good night, anyone who just got the job or the phone number Dyscrasias: Acute sanguine vessels can produce a temporary dyscrasia the Storyteller defines

Tips and playstyle

Best For: Toreador and Ventrue leaning on Presence, Tremere and Banu Haqim casting Blood Sorcery, Siren predators who feed on adoration anyway Hunting Ground: Nightclubs, festival crowds, hotel bars during a conference, anywhere a celebration is running past its planned end Risks: Sanguine crowds are dense with phones and witnesses, so the easy hunting comes with the worst Masquerade odds in the city

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