15 XP
The vampire combines the power over the Beast that Animalism grants with the force of personality from Majesty. This allows the Kindred to tap into the hivemind shared by the Larvae, and become its master. This Devotion requires time and repeated use to work, but once the vampire cements himself as the pack’s leader, his dominance is unshakeable and the Larvae will sacrifice themselves to the sun to protect him.
Cost: 1 Vitae per night
Action: Extended (each roll requires one night; target number of successes is equal to the number of Larvae in the pack + 10)
Dice Pool: Presence + Intimidation + Animalism
The character must be within sight of at least one of the Larvae in the pack in order to use this power. The player spends the Vitae and makes the indicated roll.
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure:
The Larvae instantly attack the character. All previous successes are lost, and any further attempts to dominate this group of Larvae suffer a –2 penalty. (This fades after a successful use of the Devotion.)
Failure:
No successes are added to the total. If this was not the first roll, the vampire can sacrifice 1 previously gained success in order to maintain control of the pack for the remainder of the night.
Success:
Successes are added to the total. If this roll does not take the character to his target number of successes, the vampire still controls the pack for the remainder of the night. The pack will obey commands (issued verbally) from the character, and will attack enemies and perform tasks within its ability (see below). The Larvae will not, however, approach fire or sunlight for the character.
If this roll results in the target number of successes being accumulated, the vampire is now in full control of the pack. He can issue commands mentally instead of verbally, and the Larvae obey him unquestioningly, no matter how suicidal the command. Any attempt to wrest control of the pack results in the Larvae attacking the would-be master without mercy.
Exceptional Success:
Considerable successes are added to the total. No special effect for exceptional success.