Dévotion de Nelapsi
13 XP
Given their need for excessive amounts of blood, Nelapsi have mastered a trick of storing Vitae and reawakening its dormant potential at a later date. While perhaps similar to the magic of Theban Sorcery, this Devotion has the advantage of being less well known. Thus, a Nelapsi can easily hide caches of blood in or around his haven or in likely traveling spots for quick use in times of need. A few Nelapsi keep odd bits of statuary in their havens that are actually objects of stored Vitae.
Cost: 1 Vitae
Dice Pool: Stamina + Survival + Celerity
Action: Instant
To store blood, a Nelapsi tears open one of his veins with his fangs (causing a point of lethal damage automatically), and the player spends a Vitae to activate the power. Hardened by the Glutton’s unnatural Vigor, the blood released oozes out as a thick, black substance not unlike pitch. The emulsion can be stored in jars, buried, or even be shaped into sculptures. One point of Vitae is drawn forth and saved per success achieved on the power’s activation roll, although the user can summon less if he likes.
To revert the blood, the Nelapsi must cut himself and bleed again. (No measurable damage need be done this time; existing, open wounds don’t count. Nor is there a Vitae cost for reactivating stored blood.) Spread over the hardened emulsion, the newly drawn blood is absorbed and returns to a liquid state for consumption. Blood calls to blood. Only the Nelapsi’s own fresh blood can reawaken stored Vitae. Of course, the stored substance had best be in a container of some sort or it’s spilled. Such spilled blood is spoiled and turns inert.
Saved and restored Vitae can be consumed by the creator or by another vampire or ghoul. The Vitae is “neutral”; another drinker is not subject to a Vinculum with the creator, although blood addiction is still a risk.
Emulsions from separate uses of this Devotion can be combined to form a larger store of Vitae, all of which can be re-awakened at one time. If all Vitae is not consumed, however, any left over is wasted. Stores can also be broken off to be saved for another time. Preserved blood from separate Nelapsi cannot be combined; it is all corrupted and wasted in the attempt.
Exposed directly to fire or sunlight, preserved blood is burned to ash instantaneously.
Failure on the Devotion’s activation roll simply means that no Vitae is drawn forth for preservation. Successive attempts can be made, but at the expense of another Vitae each time.
When stored blood is consumed, as many Vitae can be gained by the drinker in one turn as he has Blood Potency dots. The one-Vitae-a-turn limit of normal feeding does not apply to blood taken by means of this power. Reawakened blood goes inert after five turns, no matter what container it’s in.