Serpentis
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| Name: | Serpentis |
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| Clans: | Followers of Set |
Serpentis is the trademark Discipline of the Followers of Set clan. It primarily provides shapechanging abilities, though it also encompasses corruption and other characteristics associated with snakes. The Setites consider it a gift from their dark god and almost never share it with other vampires.
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[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
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The Eyes of the Serpent [1]: Immobilize someone with your gaze
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The Tongue of the Asp [2]: Grow a extended tongue that serves as a weapon
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[3]
- Mummify: Go into a torpor-like state and be nearly indestructible
- Skin of the Adder: Grow hardened monstrous skin that protects you
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The Form of the Cobra [4]: Transform into a large venomous snake
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[5]
- Cheat the Scale of Anubis : Remove your heart, making you immune to staking, or remove all your organs and become nearly indestructible
- The Heart of Darkness : Remove your heart from your body, making you immune to staking
[edit] Advanced Powers
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[6]
- Aspect of the God: Assume one of Set's visages
- Breathe the Sandstorm: Exhale a scorching blast of sand
- Breath of the Basilisk Exhale a poisoning and corrosive mist
- Cobra Fangs: Grow the venomous fangs of the cobra without having to transform
- Obsession: Fill someone with lust for an object or condition
- Ophidian Infestation: Consume someone from the inside by snakes
- Temptation: Tempt someone into committing evil actions
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[7]
- Divine Image: Take on the physical and mental strengths of a deity
- Phobia: Make someone irrationally afraid of something
- Seed of Corruption: Slow erode someone's morals and raise suppressed desires to the surface
- Set's Curse: Transform someone's body and mind into a snake that acts as your servant
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[8]
- Apep's Semblance: Transform into a large snake-human hybrid
- Body of the Great Lord Set: Take on a form and powers comparable to Set's
- Corruption: Make someone addicted to sadistic acts
- Heart Thief: Rip another vampire's heart from their body
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[9]
- Form of Corruption: Create an object that makes people addicted to sadistic acts
- Pact with Ra: Walk in the sun without harm for one day
- Shadow of Apep: Become a nearly indestructible giant snake of pure darkness
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[10]
- Mark of Damnation: Make someone so hideous they will be attacked by anyone who sees them
- Plot Device
[edit] References
^ Level 1
| The Eyes of the Serpent | Vampire Players Guide | Pg. 123 |
| The Eyes of the Serpent | Vampire Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 141 |
| The Eyes of the Serpent | Vampire: The Dark Ages | Pg. 163 |
| The Eyes of the Serpent | Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition | Pg. 176 |
| The Eyes of the Serpent | Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook | Pg. 210 |
^ Level 2
| The Tongue of the Serpent | Vampire Players Guide | Pg. 124 |
| The Tongue of the Serpent | Vampire Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 141 |
| The Tongue of the Asp | Vampire: The Dark Ages | Pg. 163 |
| The Tongue of the Asp | Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition | Pg. 177 |
| The Tongue of the Asp | Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook | Pg. 210 |
^ Level 3
| Mummify | Vampire Players Guide | Pg. 124 |
| Mummify | Vampire Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 141 |
| Bitumenous Flesh | Vampire: The Dark Ages | Pg. 163 |
| Skin of the Adder | Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition | Pg. 177 |
| Skin of the Adder | Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook | Pg. 210 |
^ Level 4
| Form of the Serpent | Vampire Players Guide | Pg. 124 |
| Form of the Serpent | Vampire Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 141 |
| The Form of the Cobra | Vampire: The Dark Ages | Pg. 163 |
| The Form of the Cobra | Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition | Pg. 177 |
| Form of the Cobra | Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook | Pg. 211 |
^ Level 5
| The Heart of Darkness | Vampire Players Guide | Pg. 124 |
| The Heart of Darkness | Vampire Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 141 |
| Cheat Thoth's Scales | Vampire: The Dark Ages | Pg. 163 |
| The Heart of Darkness | Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition | Pg. 178 |
| Cheat the Scale of Anubis | Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook | Pg. 211 |
^ Level 6
| Obsession | Vampire Players Guide | Pg. 124 |
| Temptation | Vampire Players Guide | Pg. 124 |
| Obsession | Vampire Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 142 |
| Temptation | Vampire Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 142 |
| Breath of the Basilisk | Vampire: The Dark Ages | Pg. 163 |
| Ophidian Infestation | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 91 |
| Cobra Fangs | Clanbook: Followers of Set Revised | Pg. 66 |
| Breathe the Sandstorm | Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook | Pg. 212 |
| Aspect of the God | Players Guide to Low Clans | Pg. 156 |
^ Level 7
| Phobia | Vampire Players Guide | Pg. 124 |
| Phobia | Vampire Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 142 |
| Set's Curse | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 91 |
| Divine Image | Clanbook: Followers of Set Revised | Pg. 66 |
| Seed of Corruption | Players Guide to Low Clans | Pg. 157 |
^ Level 8
| Corruption | Vampire Players Guide | Pg. 125 |
| Corruption | Vampire Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 143 |
| Apep's Semblance | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 92 |
| Heart Thief | Clanbook: Followers of Set Revised | Pg. 67 |
| Body of the Great Lord Set | Players Guide to Low Clans | Pg. 158 |
^ Level 9
| Form of Corruption | Vampire Players Guide | Pg. 125 |
| Form of Corruption | Vampire Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 143 |
| Shadow of Apep | Clanbook: Followers of Set Revised | Pg. 67 |
| Pact with Ra | Players Guide to Low Clans | Pg. 158 |
^ Level 10
| Mark of Damnation | Vampire Players Guide | Pg. 125 |
| Mark of Damnation | Vampire Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 143 |
| Plot Device | Gehenna | Pg. 182 |
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