Updated: 8 October 1998


Appendice 2: Furie

                    The few who have studied the Black Widow Bloodline believe that they are akin to the Kindred of the East, as they seem to be afflicted by an evil and intelligent Frenzy called Furie. The truth is that the Black Widow ''discovered'' a Discipline akin to Bardo, enabling them to alter the nature of her Beast, increasing its power and intelligence, and manipulate it to tap in this apparently limitless source of power. But this come to a price, as stirring the Beast, also called the ''Dark Widow'', can fully awaken it...

Each use of Furie can start a chain reaction, called Outrage and the greatest the level of power, the greastest chance to awaken the Dark Widow's fury (see Chapter 3: The Dark Widow).

The last (but not least) part, is that the Dark Widow can awaken on its own, for no real reason (explained before) but the interest of the intrigue. The better rule is to let the Storyteller choose at what moment the Dark Widow awaken (i.e.: choose or roll Furie at variable difficulty to know her successes). If she does, the Black Widow who wants to resist will have to do as it was explained after in Chapter 3: The Dark Widow (The Storyteller can even decide to deny any resistance roll, for storyline purposes).

* : Dark Whispers

                    Using the resources of her Dark Side, the Black Widow can succeed more easily in her actions. But at the risk of awakening fully her Dark Side. This power is called Dark Whipers because the Dark Widow tries to take the control by whispering evil tentations to the Black Widow, and sometimes, the Black Widow takes the easier way...

                    System: 1 Blood Point, for one Dice Roll.
The Black Widow only needs to use one Blood Point, which will be converted as an extra success for any Dice Pool or can replace the use of a Willpower Point.
Dark Widow: She doesn't need the Outrage Roll, as she is already active.

** : Pain Ecstasy

                    Sometimes, the Black Widow must awaken her Dark Side to help her resist pain. This power enable her to ignore the debilitating effects of pain by using the Dark Widow's source of hatred and rage.

                    System: Automatic, for the Scene.
The Black Widow ignore any Health Level penalty to dice pools. Note that this doesn't remove any painful feeling, but make this pain highly pleasurable and twist the Black Widow thought process to use it to compensate actual physical damage by pure hatred only a Dark Widow could feel.
Dark Widow: The Dark Widow automatically use this power when in control.

*** : Aura of Darkness

                    While the Dark Widow is quite independant minded, her similarities with Wyrm creatures, Banes, Fomori, Dark Spiral Dancers, Nephandi, Demons, Specters and other spawns of the Abyss can, if not attract their sympathy, at least win their neutrality. The Black Widow can, by using the Dark Aura, let enough of her Dark Side appear to appear one of them, and thus avoiding conflict. Those reading her Aura (Via Auspex, etc.) will seem pure, eerie darkness, thus removing any chance to study her mental state. In the the other hand, the Lupines seem to be able to detect her more easily...

                    System: Automatic, or Manipulation+Occult/appropriate Lore, Diff:Variable.
This power doesn't actually call the Wyrm creatures, only attract their attentions to the fact that the Black Widow is one of them. They are automatically remain neutral, accepting to talk, or even accepting the Black Widow's help. But by using this power fully, the Black Widow can actually charm them, convincing them to serve her. The Difficulty is the Target Willpower, or Target Willpower minus 2 if the Black Widow knows the appropriate Lore.

Note that a obviously betrayed creature will be automatically free from further control. In any other way, this power works like Presence ***. Removing the Aura of Darkness cancel temporarily its effects, which are restored when the Black Widow revert it once more. Of course, while this power is active, the Garou Gift ''Sense Wyrm'' will detect her as corrupted, no matter her Humanity Rating. Kindred will, perhaps at first, mistake the eerie feeling of the Dark Aura for one of post-Diablerie effects, but Auspex won't reveal any typical sign of Diablerie taint (but for the Aura unusual form and color). Consider the Black Widow to have the Flaw ''Eerie Presence'' (Found in Vampire: The Masquerade, Revised Edition, p302) when she uses this power.
Dark Widow: As the Dark Widow is ''sincere'', ignore one '1' in the Dice Roll!

**** : Weapon of the Murderer

                    This power enable the Black Widow to create an object of solid matter from the darkness of her own soul. This object is always a weapon of wicked appearance (Red veined black metal, thorns on the blade and hilt, etc.). This weapon is under her control, and cause terrible damage to anyone hurt by it. Note that anyone else taking the weapon without the Black Widow's (or Dark Widow's) aggreement will only hurt themselves as thorns will tear the flesh and pierce the bone.

                    System: 1 Willpower Point and 1+ Blood Point(s) for 1 Night
The weapon(s) must be chosen once for all. They won't change (The Black Widow can create a Level 6 power mimicking this one, with another weapon).

Note that if you're using the Vampire: The Masquerade, Revised Rules, the Bonus to strengh in the Damage Roll for one weapon is equal to the Blood Points used to make it appear. In the case of twin weapons, the whole Blood must be used to make the two appear. One won't appear after the other.
The weapon is considered magickal, and makes Aggravated Damage. A weapon defending itself (using its thorns, etc.) makes as much as automatic Aggravated Damage as it has bonus to strengh for normal Melee damage. The weapon disappear when the Black Widow wills it. There is no known way to destroy the weapon (but destroying the Dark Widow).
Dark Widow: Can use this weapon at will, at normal cost, without any Outrage Roll.

***** : Dark Will

                    Controlling a raging beast is difficult, even to masters of Dominate or Presence. The Black Widow can now protect her own Psychee against supernatural mental alteration, influence and control by using the rage and hatred of her own Dark Side. But using this power is opening the great way to the Dark Widow...

                    System: Willpower, Diff: 3+ Level of the countered Discipline (max 9)
Each success in the Willpower Roll will remove one success from the roll used to affect mentally the Black Widow. Note that every supernatural effects is concerned, including True Faith attempt at making the Kindred flee (but not against the associated Aggravated Damage), but also some ''hard'' natural effects, like resisting torture, hypnosis, as well as most agressive effects (like the ones created by pentotal, drugs, etc.) that help decreasing mental defenses against manipulation. This can even be used to counter control by soul fragments born from Diableries.
A true Blood Bond, as well as a true Vinculum (and the powers duplicating the effects) can be but only temporarily countered by this power.
This power can be used retroactively (thus a Black Widow could try to remember an event a Tremere made her forget via Dominate, or free herself from the Entrancement of a Toreador via Presence.
This power can be used only once per opponent roll.
Exception: Effects of Majesty (Presence *****) will be cancelled for the scene by using this power as an extended roll to reach a number of successes equal to the Kindred's Charisma+Intimidation rating. Similar powers are cancelled in similar ways.
Dark Widow: The Dark Widow can use this power without risking any Outrage Roll...

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***** ***** : Join the Light and the Darkness

                   

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Similar to Golconda.
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