Quietus | |
Name: | Quietus |
Pronunciation: | kwi-EET-us |
Clans: | Assamite |
Quietus is the signature Discipline of the Assamites that grants them influence over the blood of others.
Overview
Though each of the Assamite castes possesses Quietus as an in-clan Discipline, it is primarily known for being an assassin's tool in the hands of the Warrior caste, and the lower level powers are largely geared towards that end. Developed by the Assamite Antediluvian, Haqim, in ages past, its use by his descendants is associated with passing judgment on Cainites and protecting mortals from their depredations.
One strange side effect of such power over blood, however, is that it seems to leave bloodlines with an affinity for Quietus vulnerable to blood curses. Also, blood disease spread quicker among users of Quietus[1]. Advanced users are known to develop blood fetishisms thanks to the focus of the Discipline on blood[2].
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.
Standard Powers
- Silence of Death [1]: Make the area around you completely silent
- Scorpion's Touch [2]: Create a contact poison that greatly debilitates a victim physically
- Dagon's Call [3]: Cause harm from afar to a person who you have touched within the last hour
- Baal's Caress [4]: Create a poison that can be coated on weapons to make them more dangerous
- [5]
Advanced Powers
- [6]
- Blood Sweat: Force a target to profusely sweat blood and dwell on horrible things they've done
- Purification: Cleanse an individual of mental and emotional influences over them, even curses and other magical effects
- Quicken the Mortal's Blood: Receive two blood points for each point drained
- Rapturous Touch: Drink blood through the skin
- Ripples of the Heart: Leave emotions in the blood of a mortal that will be transmitted to any vampire that feeds from them
- Selective Silence: As Silence of Death, except you can designate certain people to be able to make sound
- Thin Blood: Make a vampire unable to heal their wounds with vitae
- [7]
- Baal's Bloody Talons: As Baal's Caress, and it deals even more damage
- Blood of the Cobra: Use any Quietus power by spitting on the target
- Dam the Heart's River: Take control of a target's blood point expenditure
- Hinder the Cainite Vitae: Make a target unable to spend blood points
- Leech: Drain blood from a target through skin contact
- Poison the Well of Life: Make a mortal's blood dangerous to drink by anyone except you
- [8]
- Blood Awakening: Communicate with blood in one's system, either receiving insight from a mortal's memories or causing a Cainite to become confused and disoriented
- Blood Clot: Cause a victim's blood to clot, becoming unusable
- Blood Curse: Make it harder for a vampire to heal wounds, unable to spend blood points in other ways
- Blood of Destruction: Make the blood in one's body incredibly acidic
- Songs of Distant Vitae: Force difficult flashbacks on a target of their victims' experiences
- [9]
- Condemn the Sins of the Father: Apply a lower level Quietus power to an entire lineage of vampires
- Erosion: Reduce all of a target's physical attributes to zero
- Weaken the Blood of the Ancients: Temporarily increase a target's generation
- [10]
- Immaculate Vitae: Blood bond someone who only drinks one blood point of your blood
- Plot Device
References
^ Level 1
Silence of Death | VTM: The Players Guide | Pg. 120 |
Silence of Death | The Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 139 |
Silence of Death | Vampire: The Dark Ages | Pg. 161 |
Silence of Death | Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition | Pg. 175 |
Silence of Fiery Blood | Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook | Pg. 208 |
^ Level 2
Weakness | VTM: The Players Guide | Pg. 120 |
Weakness | The Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 139 |
Weakness | Vampire: The Dark Ages | Pg. 161 |
Scorpion's Touch | Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition | Pg. 175 |
Scorpion's Touch | Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook | Pg. 208 |
^ Level 3
Diseased | VTM: The Players Guide | Pg. 120 |
Disease | The Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 140 |
Disease | Vampire: The Dark Ages | Pg. 161 |
Dagon's Call | Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition | Pg. 176 |
Dagon's Call | Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook | Pg. 208 |
^ Level 4
Blood Agony | VTM: The Players Guide | Pg. 120 |
Blood Agony | The Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 140 |
Blood Agony | Vampire: The Dark Ages | Pg. 162 |
Baal's Caress | Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition | Pg. 176 |
Baal's Caress | Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook | Pg. 209 |
^ Level 5
Taste of Death | VTM: The Players Guide | Pg. 121 |
Taste of Death | The Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 140 |
Blood Essence | Vampire: The Dark Ages | Pg. 162 |
Taste of Death | Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition | Pg. 176 |
Blood Essence | Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook | Pg. 209 |
^ Level 6
Blood Empathy | VTM: The Players Guide | Pg. 121 |
Blood Sweat | VTM: The Players Guide | Pg. 121 |
Blood Sweat | The Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 140 |
Cleansing of Influence | Clanbook: Assamite | Pg. 27 |
Thin Blood | Clanbook: Assamite | Pg. 27 |
Blood Sweat | Vampire: The Dark Ages | Pg. 162 |
Quicken the Mortal's Blood | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 90 |
Cleansed in Blood | Libellus Sanguinis 3: Wolves at the Door | Pg. 67 |
Blood Sweat | Clanbook: Assamite Revised | Pg. 66 |
Purification | Clanbook: Assamite Revised | Pg. 67 |
Ripples of the Heart | Clanbook: Assamite Revised | Pg. 67 |
Selective Silence | Clanbook: Assamite Revised | Pg. 66 |
Ripples of the Heart | Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook | Pg. 209 |
Rapturous Touch | Players Guide to Low Clans | Pg. 154 |
^ Level 7
Foul Blood | VTM: The Players Guide | Pg. 121 |
Leech | VTM: The Players Guide | Pg. 121 |
Leech | The Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 140 |
Blood of the Cobra | Clanbook: Assamite | Pg. 27 |
Hinder the Cainite Vitae | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 90 |
Baal's Bloody Talons | Clanbook: Assamite Revised | Pg. 68 |
Poison the Well of Life | Clanbook: Assamite Revised | Pg. 69 |
Dam the Heart's River | Players Guide to Low Clans | Pg. 155 |
^ Level 8
Blood Clot | VTM: The Players Guide | Pg. 121 |
Blood Clot | The Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 140 |
Blood Curse | Clanbook: Assamite | Pg. 27 |
Blood Awakening | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 90 |
Songs of Distant Vitae | Clanbook: Assamite Revised | Pg. 69 |
Blood of Destruction | Players Guide to Low Clans | Pg. 155 |
^ Level 9
Erosion | VTM: The Players Guide | Pg. 121 |
Erosion | The Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 140 |
Condemn the Sins of the Father | Clanbook: Assamite Revised | Pg. 71 |
Weaken the Blood of the Ancients | Players Guide to Low Clans | Pg. 156 |
^ Level 10
Plot Device | Gehenna | Pg. 182 |
Immaculate Vitae | VTM: The Players Guide | Pg. 121 |
Immaculate Vitae | The Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 140 |
- ↑ DAV: Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook , p. 208
- ↑ DAV: Players Guide to Low Clans , p. 154
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