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.

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

• The Eyes of the Serpent ^[1]: Immobilize someone with your gaze
• The Tongue of the Asp ^[2]: Grow a extended tongue that serves as a weapon
• ^[3]
  • Mummify: Go into a torpor-like state and be nearly indestructible
  • Skin of the Adder: Grow hardened monstrous skin that protects you
• The Form of the Cobra ^[4]: Transform into a large venomous snake
• ^[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

• ^[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

• ^[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

• ^[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

• ^[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

• ^[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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