Name: | Valeren |
Pronunciation: | |
Clans: | Salubri |
Valeren is the mystical Discipline of the Salubri. At its most basic, Valeren provides control over pain and increased martial ability, seemingly allowing warriors to draw on the power of heaven to vanquish their foes.
Overview
Valeren was originally split between two distinct paths of powers: the Path of the Healer, the first line developed by the Salubri Antediluvian, and the Path of the Warrior, an offshoot Discipline developed by Samiel to fight the Baali and other infernalists. In the Modern Nights the Path of the Healer has come to be known as Obeah, and Valeren refers only to the Path of the Warrior.
Like Obeah, the use of Valeren relies upon a third eye which is formed when a vampire gains a second level in either Discipline. The third eye is said to bestow "sight beyond sight" and enable the Salubri to see the threads of life and death around them. Use of any power but the first causes the third eye to open and glow brightly, making surreptitious use very difficult.
Version Differences
In Vampire: The Dark Ages and Dark Ages: Vampire, Valeren is a single Discipline that represents both the Healer and Warrior Paths. Upon taking the first level of Valeren a Cainite must choose which line of powers to pursue. An individual can attempt to learn both Paths, but the secondary Path is harder to master as its focus contradicts the first. In Vampire: The Dark Ages, each level beyond the first of the secondary Path costs an additional experience point.[1] In Dark Ages: Vampire, each level beyond the first of the secondary Path costs experience points as if it were one level higher.[2]
In Vampire: The Masquerade, the Healer and Warrior Paths are completely separate Disciplines, Obeah and Valeren, and there are no special rules for learning both beyond having an available teacher.
In Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition, Obeah and Valeren are combined into one Discipline, Valeren, with three different paths for the three castes: Healer Valeren, Warrior Valeren and Watcher Valeren. Healer and Warrior Valeren are what are recognized to be modern Obeah and Valeren respectively, although Watcher Valeren is a tool unique to the Wu Zao, or the Watcher Caste.
Official Abilities
Included below are the official powers described in supplements for Vampire: The Masquerade, Clanbook: Salubri, Dark Ages: Vampire and Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition. Sources are described below in the order they were printed.
Standard Powers
- [3]
- Sense Vitality/Sense Death: Detect how healthy an individual is or other blood information
- Sense Cycle: Sense the cycle of life entire, instinctively knowing when an individual or an event is important to your future
- [4]
- Anesthetic Touch/Gift of Sleep: Remove feelings of pain from a target or put a living creature to sleep
- Auguring the Sickness: Discover the severity and nature of a sickness plaguing a target
- Peaceful Touch: Calm a hostile target with a touch, making it harder for him to strike you
- [5]
- Burning Touch: Cause a victim to feel debilitating agony and may cause Rotschreck in vampire victims
- Peacemaker: Spread an aura of calm and peace
- Healer's Touch: Heal wounds of a mortal or a vampire with a touch, including bloodborne diseases
- Pariah's Caress: Mark a target with a bloody touch, making all his social interactions harder
- [6]
- Armor of Caine's Fury: Create mystical armor that protects you from harm and makes it easier to avoid fear frenzy
- Ending the Watch: Painlessly kill a mortal who wants to die
- King David's Blessing: Through song or playing an instrument, help someone forget their physical pain, draw them out of depression, or assist another healer in their craft
- Shepherd's Watch: Create a shield around the vampire that enemies cannot cross
- Peacemaker: Spread an aura of calm and peace, like the level 3 power above
- [7]
- Ending the Watch: Painlessly kill a mortal who wants to die
- Vengeance of Samiel: Make a single devastating blow that cannot be avoided
- Unburden the Bestial Soul: Draw someone's soul out and improve the subjects Path rating, raise the subjects Virtues (Conscience, Courage and Self-Control), lower them (Conviction and Instinct) and cure derangements
- Soul's Breath: Subsist on mortals' breaths instead of blood, or steal blood and power from other supernatural creatures through their breath
Advanced Powers
- [8]
- Blissful Agony: Cause a victim to feel continuous pain that can cause damage or drive them to frenzy
- Watching the Passage: Draw knowledge and energy from using Ending the Watch
- Dream Combat: Draw the target's mind to a dreamscape
- Father's Judgement: Render a portion of a vampire's vitae inert
- Samiel's Vengeance: Make a single devastating blow that cannot be avoided against anyone who has struck the vampire
- Safe Passage: Receive hospitality and help regardless of local culture, and make it harder for hunters to find you.
- [9]
- Aversion: Cause a crowd to greatly dislike an individual, to harass or avoid him
- Sword of the Righteous: Cause a blade blooded with your vitae to blaze with heavenly fire and deal aggravated damage
- Blissful Gaze: Gift of Sleep and Healer's Touch no longer need touch to work, and wound penalties are reversed when Healer's Touch is used
- Fiery Agony: Enhances Burning Touch, meaning that touch is only needed to activate Fiery Agony, continues as long as the vampire watches the target and makes it harder for vampire targets to resist Rotschreck
- Aversion(Dark Ages 20th): Enhances Pariah's Caress, causing others to greatly dislike and ostracize an individual, or turn hostile against him
- [10]
- Shadow of Taint: Purge an individual of infernal possession and force such demons into nearby objects
- Rayzeel's Song: Make it easier to heal others
- Song of the Blooded: The vampire enters a battle trance, increasing her physical prowess, surrounding her with a glowing halo that blinds onlookers and rendering her immune to any mind influencing Disciplines (except for Rayzeel's song)
- Purification: Expel or exorcise a spirit or a demon, and bind it to your service
- [11]
- Heaven's Gate: Resurrect a recently killed mortal as a Revenant
- Soul Exchange: Exchange the souls of two individuals, exchanging their Roads, Virtues and Natures
- [12]
References
- ^ VDA: Dark Ages Companion, pp 101
- ^ VDA: Clanbook: Salubri, pgs 44-47
- ^ DAV: Dark Ages Storytellers Companion, pg 46
- ^ V20DA : Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition, pg 260-267
^ Level 1
Sense Life/Death | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 101 |
Sense Vitality | Guide to the Sabbat | Pg. 121 |
Sense Death | Dark Ages Storytellers Companion | Pg. 47 |
Sense Vitality | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 260 |
Sense Death | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 262 |
Sense Cycle | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 265 |
^ Level 2
Gift of Sleep | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 101 |
Anesthetic Touch | Guide to the Sabbat | Pg. 122 |
Morphean Blow | Dark Ages Storytellers Companion | Pg. 48 |
Auguring the Senses | Clanbook: Salubri | Pg. 44 |
Gift of Sleep | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 260 |
Morphean Blow | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 262 |
Peaceful Touch | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 265 |
^ Level 3
Burning Touch | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 102 |
Burning Touch | Guide to the Sabbat | Pg. 122 |
Burning Touch | Dark Ages Storytellers Companion | Pg. 48 |
Peacemaker | Clanbook: Salubri | Pg. 44 |
Healer's Touch | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 260 |
Burning Touch | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 262 |
Pariah's Caress | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 265 |
^ Level 4
Ending the Watch | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 102 |
Ending the Watch | Guide to the Sabbat | Pg. 122 |
Armor of Caine's Fury | Dark Ages Storytellers Companion | Pg. 48 |
Shepherd's Watch | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 260 |
Armor of Caine's Fury | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 262 |
Peacemaker | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 266 |
^ Level 5
Vengeance of Samiel | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 102 |
Vengeance of Samiel | Guide to the Sabbat | Pg. 123 |
Vengeance of Samiel | Dark Ages Storytellers Companion | Pg. 48 |
Unburden the Bestial Soul | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 261 |
Ending the Watch | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 263 |
Soul's Breath | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 266 |
^ Level 6
Loving Agony | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 103 |
Watching the Passage | Clanbook: Salubri | Pg. 46 |
Blissful Agony | Guide to the Sabbat | Pg. 123 |
Fiery Agony |
Pg. 49 | |
Dream Combat | Lair of the Hidden | Pg. 139 |
Father's Judgement | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 261 |
Samuel's Vengeance | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 264 |
Dream Combat | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 264 |
Safe Passage | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 266 |
^ Level 7
Aversion | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 104 |
Sword of the Righteous | Clanbook: Salubri | Pg. 46 |
Blissful Gaze | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition |
Pg. 261 |
Fiery Agony | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 265 |
Aversion | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 266 |
^ Level 8
Shadow of Taint | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 104 |
Rayzeel's Song | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition |
Pg. 261 |
Song of the Blooded | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 265 |
Purification | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 267 |
^ Level 8
Shadow of Taint | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 104 |
Soul Exchange | Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 267 |
^ Level 10
Heaven's Gate | Clanbook: Salubri | Pg. 47 |
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