Presence (VTM)

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Name:	Presence
Symbol:
Pronunciation:
Clans:	Brujah, Followers of Set, Toreador, Ventrue
Bloodlines:	Baali, Daughters of Cacophony, Guruhi, Ishtarri, Tlacique, True Brujah

Presence is a Discipline of supernatural allure and emotional manipulation. It is a fairly common among vampires, especially within the Camarilla, both because of its versatility and because of its subtlety. Many Presence powers can be used upon large groups of people at once and transcend virtually all boundaries of gender, race, religion, class, and supernatural status. Though Presence can be resisted through force of will and by ignoring the user, most do not realize when it is being used upon them.

The following clans and bloodlines have possessed Presence as an in-clan Discipline: Baali, Brujah, Daughters of Cacophony, Followers of Set, Guruhi, Ishtarri, Tlacique, Toreador, True Brujah, Ventrue.

Contents 1 Official Abilities 1.1 Standard Powers 1.2 Advanced Powers 2 References

[edit] Official Abilities

Included below are the official powers described in supplements for Vampire: The Masquerade and Dark Ages: Vampire. Sources are described below in the order they were printed.

[edit] Standard Powers

• Awe ^[1]: Make your words seem interesting and reasonable to those who hear you
• ^[2]
  • Dread Gaze: Frighten someone with a look
  • Entrancement: Make someone obsessively want to please you
• ^[3]
  • Compulsion by Attraction:
  • Entrancement: Make someone obsessively want to please you
• Summon ^[4]: Compel someone to come to you immediately
• Majesty ^[5]: Appear as a figure of absolute power and authority

[edit] Advanced Powers

• ^[6]
  • Aire of Elation: Make everything you do seem so hilarious it incapacitates people
  • Capture Reality: Project the essence of a scene through photographs or film
  • Force of Personality: People are forced away from you by your aura
  • Intensification : Create an object that instills a particular emotion in those who view it
  • Love : Make someone enamored with you as if in a blood bond
  • Melusine's Song: Command someone through song
  • Paralyzing Glance: Send someone into a seizure of terror
  • Passion: Fill a person or group with lust, greed, anger, or fear
  • Renew the Earthly Pleasures: Overwhelm a vampire with mortal feelings
  • Siren's Song: Instill particular emotions in a group through music
  • Spark of Rage: Provoke a group of people to frenzy
  • Star Magnetism: Make those who see you in pictures or films in awe of you
  • Two-Tiered Communication: Subliminally say different things to someone than what is heard publically

• ^[7]
  • Cooperation: Lessen hostilities and promote cooperation in a group
  • Fires of Conviction: Embolden a crowd to riot in the name of some cause
  • Mask Empathy: Cut emotional bonds between people
  • Mind Numb: Drain the people around you of motivation or incentive to act
  • Phobia: Make someone irrationally afraid of something
  • Scourging the Instinct: Whip a crowd into a controlled frenzy
  • Unholy Penance: Fill someone with guilt and the desire to beg forgiveness

• ^[8]
  • Bloodlust: Rouse your troops into an enraged horde capable of ignoring their wounds
  • Corruption: Make someone addicted to sadistic acts or go into a frenzy when presented with pleasurable things
  • Invoke Frenzy: Send someone into one of three types of frenzy
  • Ironclad Command: It becomes very difficult to resist your Presence powers
  • Perfect Paragon: Appear as the ideal person of whoever sees you

• ^[9]
  • A Perfect World: Make everyone in a city work towards making it your ideal city
  • Pulse of the City: Project an emotion into the residents of a city

• ^[10]
  • Dream World: Project dreams and nightmares to everyone in the world
  • Plot Device

[edit] References

^  Level 1

Awe	Vampire: The Masquerade Rulebook	Pg. 100
Awe	Vampire: The Masquerade Second Edition	Pg. 165
Awe	Vampire: The Dark Ages Rulebook	Pg. 157
Awe	Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition	Pg. 171
Awe	Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook	Pg. 202

^  Level 2

Entrancement	Vampire: The Masquerade Rulebook	Pg. 100
Dread Gaze	Vampire: The Masquerade Second Edition	Pg. 141
Dread Gaze	Vampire: The Dark Ages Rulebook	Pg. 158
Dread Gaze	Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition	Pg. 171
Dread Gaze	Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook	Pg. 202

^  Level 3

Compulsion by Attraction	Vampire: The Masquerade Rulebook	Pg. 100
Entracement	Vampire: The Masquerade Second Edition	Pg. 166
Entracement	Vampire: The Dark Ages Rulebook	Pg. 158
Entracement	Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition	Pg. 171
Entracement	Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook	Pg. 203

^  Level 4

Summon	Vampire: The Masquerade Rulebook	Pg. 101
Summon	Vampire: The Masquerade Second Edition	Pg. 166
Summon	Vampire: The Dark Ages Rulebook	Pg. 158
Summon	Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition	Pg. 171
Summon	Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook	Pg. 203

^  Level 5

Majesty	Vampire: The Masquerade Rulebook	Pg. 101
Majesty	Vampire: The Masquerade Second Edition	Pg. 166
Majesty	Vampire: The Dark Ages Rulebook	Pg. 158
Majesty	Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition	Pg. 172
Majesty	Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook	Pg. 204

^  Level 6

Enrage	Vampire Players Guide	Pg. 82
Love	Vampire Players Guide	Pg. 82
Love	Vampire Players Guide Second Edition	Pg. 78
Rage	Vampire Players Guide Second Edition	Pg. 78
Aire of Elation	Clanbook: Toreador	Pg. 38
Capture Reality	Clanbook: Toreador	Pg. 38
Intensification	Clanbook: Toreador	Pg. 38
Siren's Song	Clanbook: Toreador	Pg. 38
Star Magnetism	Clanbook: Toreador	Pg. 39
Two-Tiered Communication	Clanbook: Toreador	Pg. 39
Passion	Vampire: The Dark Ages Rulebook	Pg. 159
Renew the Earthly Pleasures	Dark Ages Companion	Pg. 89
Melusine's Song	Libellus Sanguinis 2: Keepers of the Word	Pg. 37
Love	Guide to the Camarilla	Pg. 94
Paralyzing Glance	Guide to the Camarilla	Pg. 95
Spark of Rage	Guide to the Camarilla	Pg. 95
Passion	Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook	Pg. 204
Force of Personality	Players Guide to High Clans	Pg. 160

^  Level 7

Mask Empathy	Vampire Players Guide	Pg. 83
Mind Numb	Vampire Players Guide	Pg. 82
Mask Empathy	Vampire Players Guide Second Edition	Pg. 78
Mind Numb	Vampire Players Guide Second Edition	Pg. 78
Unholy Penance	Dark Ages Companion	Pg. 89
Cooperation	Guide to the Camarilla	Pg. 96
Phobia	Clanbook: Followers of Set Revised	Pg. 69
Scourging the Instinct	Guide to the Anarchs	Pg. 163
Fires of Conviction	Players Guide to High Clans	Pg. 160

^  Level 8

Invoke Frenzy	Vampire Players Guide	Pg. 83
Invoke Frenzy	Vampire Players Guide Second Edition	Pg. 78
Bloodlust	Dark Ages Companion	Pg. 89
Ironclad Command	Guide to the Camarilla	Pg. 96
Corruption	Clanbook: Followers of Set Revised	Pg. 69
Perfect Paragon	Players Guide to High Clans	Pg. 161

^  Level 9

Heart of the City	Vampire Players Guide	Pg. 83
Heart of the City	Vampire Players Guide Second Edition	Pg. 79
Pulse of the City	Guide to the Camarilla	Pg. 96
A Perfect World	Players Guide to High Clans	Pg. 162

^  Level 10

Dream World	Vampire Players Guide	Pg. 83
Dream World	Vampire Players Guide Second Edition	Pg. 79
Plot Device	Gehenna	Pg. 182

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