Gap of Ages

Level Six Animalism Power

This gift is an advanced kin to Feral Speech and exerts such great conditioning upon natural beasts that the effects are passed down through the generations. Affected animals and their descendents roam the wilds of Europe with a singular intent or thought burned into their minds and their very being. Often times these creatures are simple guides with instructions to lead travelers of a certain “smell” (Nosferatu, in this case) along a specific path. Not all commands are altruistic, however. Some animals readily fight clearly superior foes because a vampire commanded their great-grandmother to protect a domain.

System: Like Feral Speech, Gap of Ages allows characters to command animals. Talking to them requires no roll, but to condition the creature and its descendants, the player must succeed in a Manipulation + Animal Ken roll (difficulty 7). Thereafter, depending on the number of success (see below), the beast and its offspring obey. Again because the animal is simple, the commands must be as well. “Bring others who smell like me through this path” or “attack anyone who smells dead but continues walking” are viable orders. Conditioning can be broken if another vampire uses this Discipline to issue new instructions. In either case, Gap of Ages does not affect already-born offspring of newly commanded animals.

Successes	Result
1 Success	Two generations (the conditioned animal and its immediate progeny)
2 Successes	Three generations
3 Successes	Four generations
4 Successes	Five generations
5 Successes	This family-line is eternally bound.

Libellus Sanguinis 4: Thieves in the Night, Page 76