Eye of Shiva

This ability allows the Canda Bhanu employing it to penetrate the mind of his victim in order to perceive that being’s most deeply held guilt, grief or sin — all the better to turn it against them. Twisting that knowledge like a knife, the brahmin manipulator inflicts the uncontrollable compulsion to relive that experience continuously, trapping the victim’s mind in the worst of all nightmares.

Cost: None
Dice Pool: Manipulation + Subterfuge + Auspex – Composure
Action: Instant

Using this power requires that the vampire make eye contact with the intended victim. If the player’s roll succeeds, the target is awash with guilt, regret and grief, forced to relive his greatest moral failing. The Devotion “freezes” the character’s mind in a kind of loop, with the victim unable to think of anything but the moment in question. In game terms, the victim is incapable of taking any actions for a number of turns equal to the vampire’s successes. If the Purifier’s player rolls an exceptional success, the victim also develops a mild derangement that lasts for the remainder of the night.