Devotions (2nd Edition)

From Codex of Darkness
Devotion Prerequisites XP Cost Dice Pool Description Book
Aerial Cocoon Protean • 1 None Use Unmarked Grave between walls of concrete or metal, turning it into a protective cocoon. GttN 133
Annals of Death Auspex •••• 1 Intelligence + Occult + Auspex Answer questions about death in a location. Can foresee deaths. TY 72
Body of Will Resilience •••, Vigor • 2 Stamina + Survival + Resilience Ignore wound penalties, free Vigor effects. VTR 2e 142
Bones of the Mountain Protean ••••, Resilience •••, Vigor ••• 5 ●●● Stamina + Survival + Protean Become living stone for a turn, adding Protean to Resilience, dealing lethal unarmed, and activating Resilience and Vigor for free. TY 73
Celebrity Majesty •• 2 ●●● Presence + Empathy + Majesty
vs Resolve + Tolerance
Have a fan talk about you, giving you a temporary dot of Allies, Fame, Herd, Retainer, Staff or Status. TY 73
Chain of Command Dominate •••, Vigor • 2 ●● Intelligence + Persuasion + Dominate
vs Resolve + Tolerance
Dominate effects activate later. VTR 2e 142
Cloak the Gathering Obfuscate ••••• 2 None Make a group disappear. VTR 2e 142
Conditioning Dominate •••• 2 Wits + Subterfuge + Dominate
vs Resolve + Tolerance
Suppress the target's will, commanding them even without Dominate active. VTR 2e 143
Consumption Dominate ••••• 4 ●○ Intelligence + Intimidation + Dominate
vs Resolve
Possess victim over any distance with just your voice. TY 74
Cross-Contamination Majesty •, Nightmare • 1 Presence + Empathy + lower Discipline Spread an unsettling fascination that commands attention and lowers social defenses. VTR 2e 143
Crush of Years Nightmare ••••, Majesty ••• 3 ●●●●○ Presence + Expression + Nightmare
vs Composure + Tolerance
Press the weight of existing for centuries upon the target.. TY 127
Cult of Personality Majesty ••••, Vigor ••• 4 ●●●●● ●●●●● Presence + Socialize + Majesty Enthrall a crowd in a mass display of Majesty. VTR 2e 143
Dead Man's Reprieve Obfuscate • 1 Unspecified Brews a precious reagent into a ritual bath which cloaks the presence of bathers. TY 128
Enchantment Majesty ••••, Obfuscate •• 2 Manipulation + Empathy + Majesty
vs Composure + Tolerance
Enthrall the target with another subject instead of yourself. VTR 2e 143
Enfeebling Aura Majesty •, Resilience • 3 Presence + Intimidation + Majesty
vs Composure + Tolerance
Temporarily sacrifice Majesty dots to suppress a target's dots of Celerity, Resilience or Vigor. VTR 2e 143
Foul Grave Protean •, Nightmare • 1 None Exert the Predatory Aura while in your Unmarked Grave. VTR 2e 144
Force of Nature Protean ••••, Resilience ••••, Vigor •• 5 ●●●●● ●●● None Make use of Beast's Skin and Protean Aspects freely. Shift Physical Attributes. VTR 2e 144
Gargoyle's Vigilance Resilience ••, Auspex • 1 ●(○) None Remain static within your Haven to monitor it with Auspex, taking bonuses to defend from intruders. With Willpower, monitor while asleep. VTR 2e 144
Gargoyle's Vigilance Protean •••••, Resilience ••, Auspex • 4 ●(○) None As above, but you may become a stone statue, immune to fire and sunlight. VTR 2e 144
Ghost Skin Auspex ••••• 2 None Perceive and interact with ghosts while using Twilight Projection NH-SB 85
Hint of Fear Celerity ••, Nightmare •• 2 None Use Face of the Beast reflexively. VTR 2e 145
Juggernaut's Gait Resilience •••••, Vigor •• 4 ●●●●● None Negate all damage for a turn. VTR 2e 145
Kin Maker Dominate •••••, Protean ••• 4 ●●●●● ●●●●● ○ None Used by the Pijavica to infect vampires with a gestating childe. TY 120
Legion Animalism •••••, Auspex ••• 4 ●(●) Composure + Animal Ken + Animalism Use the senses of all animals of a certain type within (Blood Potency) miles, can spend extra vitae to focus on the senses of individual animals of this. TY 74
Malignant Smog Protean ••••• 3 ●● None Enhance the effect of Primeval Miasma, transforming the vampire from a cloud of hungry smoke to a cloud of toxic gas that inflicts tilts. TY 75
Nightmare Journey Auspex ••••• 3 ●○ None Astrally project into the Primordial Dream, and feed from dream forms there. DE2 143
Not So Special Obfuscate ••, Vigor ••• 2 ●+ Resolve + Occult + Vigor vs. Blood Potency + Stamina Suppress another vampires Clan-specific Disciplines. NH-SB 105
Null Space Animalism ••••• or Obfuscate •••••, Vitiate ••• 4 See Description None Pay half again the Vitae(rounded up) spent on Lord Of The Land or Oubliette, gain the ability to use Vitiate without touch. NH-SB 89
Pass Into Yesteryear Obfuscate •••, Nightmare • 2 ●●○ None Cause those under Vinculum towards you to be forgotten by others. TY 76
Pierce The Veil Auspex • 1 - to ○ None Use Auspex to perceive ghosts, and with Willpower affect them with other Disciplines. NH-SB 85
Preternatural Instinct Auspex ••••, Celerity • 2 None Be alerted to danger before it happens and pick up traces of intent from your opponents mind. TY 76
Quicken Sight Auspex •, Celerity • 1 None See the world in bullet time. VTR 2e 145
Reason's Salon Animalism ••••, Resilience •• 3 ●●●●● None Dampen the Predatory Aura and frenzy rolls in an area. VTR 2e 146
Riot Majesty •••••, Animalism •••• 5 ●●●●● ●●●●● Presence + Animal Ken + Majesty Spread the aspects of the Beast everywhere for half a mile. VTR 2e 146
Seance Auspex •••, Vigor •• 2 Resolve + Occult + Auspex vs. Resistance + Rank Force a ghost to Materialize by there Anchor. NH-SB 85
Shared Sight Auspex ••••, Dominate • 2 ●● Intelligence + Empathy + Auspex Lend your Auspex to another. VTR 2e 146
Shatter the Shroud Auspex ••, Vigor • 2 ●● None Shut down Obfuscate with a Clash of Wills. VTR 2e 146
Spontaneous Ignition Celerity •••••, Resilience • 4 ●●●●● ● Dexterity + Athletics + Celerity - Stamina Set fire to a touched target TY 76
Stalwart Servant Dominate •••, Resilience • 2 None Lend your Resilience through your Vitae. VTR 2e 146
Subsume the Lesser Beast Animalism ••••, Dominate •• 3 Manipulation + Animal Ken + Animalism
- Resolve
Take control of an animal's body VTR 2e 147
Summoning Dominate or Majesty •••• 2 Manipulation + Persuasion + Discipline
vs Composure + Tolerance
Force subject to come to you. VTR 2e 147
Sun's Brutal Dreamscape Nightmare •••••, Resilience •• 4 Manipulation + Empathy + Nightmare
vs Composure + Tolerance
Victim takes sunlight damage for you. VTR 2e 148
Touch of Deprivation Obfuscate ••••, Dominate •• 3 Intelligence + Medicine + Auspex
vs Resolve + Tolerance
Removes a sense with a touch VTR 2e 148
Unbridled Force Vigor •••••, Dominate •• 4 ●●●●● None Perform feats of raw strength at a distance. TY 76
Undying Familiar Animalism ••, Resilience •• 1 ●● None Animal ghoul rises from death as an undead familiar. VTR 2e 148
Vermin Flood Animalism •••, Celerity ••, Vigor •• 4 ●●●●● ●●●●● Presence + Animal Ken + Animalism Massive swarms of vermin deal lethal damage en masse. VTR 2e 149
Wet Dream Majesty ••, Nightmare •• 2 Manipulation + Empathy + Majesty
vs Composure + Tolerance
Inflict ambiguous dreams that eerily fascinate and entice. VTR 2e 148
The Wish Majesty ••••, Celerity ••, Vigor •• 2 ●●●●● Manipulation + Persuasion + Majesty Gift vampiric strength and power to a subject for three days, then enthrall them to serve you. VTR 2e 148
Wraith's Presence Obfuscate •••, Nightmare • 2 Wits + Subterfuge + Obfuscate Conceal a subject's presence and conjure an illusion of them elsewhere. VTR 2e 149
Carthian Devotions
.22 Solid Protean ••, Resilience • 1 None Increase the downgrading power of Resilience. Post/Pastebin
Aegis of Defiance Dominate •••, Resilience •• 2 Resolve + Intimidation + Dominate Shrug off mind-altering effects by forcing yourself to act contrary. Post/Pastebin
Aura of Cursive Seduction Majesty •••, Vigor •• 2 Presence + Subterfuge + Majesty Inflict Enthralled and Quelled Conditions when someone lashes out at you. Post/Pastebin
BFFs Majesty ••, Dominate •• 2 Manipulation + Empathy + Majesty
vs Composure + Tolerance
Offer a facade of a long-term friendship and meaningful acquaintance. Post/Pastebin
Call Me Maybe Majesty ••, Resilience • 1 Manipulation + Socialize + Majesty Make temporary Herd that lasts for some time. Post/Pastebin
Hekireki Celerity •, Vigor • 2 None Lets you spend blood on multiple turns before unleashing the benefiting attack. Post/Pastebin
Holdout Protean •, Resilience • 1 ●/Size None Meld objects within yourself. Post/Pastebin
If You Can't Duck It •••• divided among Celerity, Resilience and Vigor 2 ●○ None Bless an object with some of your own physical power. Post/Pastebin
Manic Depression Majesty ••, Nightmare •• 2 Manipulation + Empathy + Nightmare
vs Composure + Tolerance
Force a victim into a rapidly shifting state of mental extremes. Post/Pastebin
Natural Born Killer Celerity •••, Auspex •• 3 None Let you intuitively senses opponents and answers with powerful gunfire. Post/Pastebin
Preserved Blood Resilience •••, Protean • 2 ●● to ●●●●● ● Stamina + Occult + Protean Store your Vitae for latter use. Post/Pastebin
Psycho Mantle Nightmare ••, Resilience • 2 None Retaliate with a terrifying Predatory Aura. Post/Pastebin
Punching and Fucking Majesty ••, Vigor • 2 ○(●●) None Exert Majesty through an unarmed attack. Post/Pastebin
Sudden Strength Celerity ••, Vigor •• 2 None If Celerity is activated, let you add your Celerity to your Strength. Post/Pastebin
Rapidity Celerity • to ••••• 1-3 None Modify another Devotion, letting you activate it reflexively. Post/Pastebin
Rock Is Dead Vigor ••, Majesty • 1 None Improve your Awe, dulling other powerful presences. Post/Pastebin
Slow and Steady Resilience • to ••••• 1-3 None Modify a Devotion or Discipline power, slowing its activation to convert the dice pool's Attribute from dice to successes. Post/Pastebin
Straight Up Fucking Murderer Celerity ••, Resilience •• 2 None Use a maneuver that would normally sacrifice your Defense without doing so. Post/Pastebin
Talking Circles Celerity •••, Majesty • 2 None Speed up a conversation and shut down an opponent before he speaks. Post/Pastebin
The Gun Show Vigor •••, Majesty • 2 ●○ None Improve your next use of Majesty after performing a feat of strength. Post/Pastebin
Tune In, Tune Out Auspex ••, Obfuscate •• 2 None Turn off all senses but one to hyperextend the remaining sense. Post/Pastebin
Under My Skin Protean •••, Majesty •• 2 Manipulation + Empathy + Protean Take the appearance of someone who is under your Majesty. Post/Pastebin
Under My Skin Protean ••••, Majesty ••• 3 Manipulation + Empathy + Protean As above, but your subject may instead take your appearance. Post/Pastebin
Violent Coercion Majesty ••, Vigor • 1 Presence + Intimidation + Majesty
vs Composure + Tolerance
Hang the threat of violence over a subject to coerce them into a task. Post/Pastebin
Invictus Devotions
Colossus Vigor •••••, Resilience •••• 5 ●●●●● ● Stamina + Athletics + Resilience Massively increase the power of your strikes. Post/Pastebin
In Vitae Veritas Majesty •••••, Dominate or Nightmare •••• 5 ●●●●● ●●●●● None Send ripples of your Disciplines through Kindred lineages. Post/Pastebin
Kissing Cousins Majesty ••, Vigor •• 2 Manipulation + Occult + Majesty
vs Composure + Tolerance
Makes two vampires become like relatives. Post/Pastebin
Knight Commander Majesty ••, Vigor •• 2 Presence + Brawl or Weaponry + Majesty Inspire the charmed to utter greatness. Post/Pastebin
Strength of Empire Dominate ••••, Majesty •••, Vigor or Resilience •• 4 Intelligence + Occult + Dominate
- Resolve
Temporarily steal dots of Celerity, Resilience or Vigor from a thrall to your Vinculum. Post/Pastebin


Notation Legend
Dot of a Trait Rating (Skills, Merits)
Power Trait Point (Vitae, Mana)
Willpower Point
Activation Damage B/L/A
Special/Other Activation Cost
Alternate Costs ●/●●●
Costs per Item ●/item
Optional Costs (●)
Cost Ranges ● to ●●●
●●+
Combined Notation Example ●(○)
●/item, 1L