Editing Potence

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''â€œIâ€™m not some thug.â€ Theo stood on a broken stage in Berlin, alongside Hesha Ruhadze of the Ministry and Rudi of Clan Gangrel. Three corners of the Anarch Movement, even though the 30-or-so strong audience was mainly comprised of Caitiff and thin-bloods. â€œAnd neither are you good guys and girls. None of you are the simple-minded fools the Camarilla claim you are! You were mortal, and now youâ€™re not, but youâ€™re just as valid as those motherfuckers over in the Ivory Tower!â€ 

''A small cry of support resounded throughout the old theatre, as Hesha slowly clapped his hands. Theo continued, walking over to a pillar running from the side of the stage to the ceiling. â€œWe wonâ€™t take their belittling shit any more! We will not be second class! We will not be trash to be kicked into the path of the Inquisition!â€ Theo Bell threw a punch into the concrete pillar, his fist smashing through the stone and out the other side. With a roar, he pulled his arm free and held it up. 

''The supportive cry was now a cheer. Hesha raised an eyebrow. It was a theatrical gesture, but it confirmed his view: better to be on this side of Theo Bellâ€™s fists than the other.

There is a popular saying among the members of Clan Brujah: â€œYou only underestimate our strength once.â€ Potence is vitae-fueled strength above and beyond other vampiresâ€™ capabilities. More powerful than any performance-enhancing drug, more unnatural than the physique of any bulging bodybuilder, Potence is the Beast let loose through the fists, feet, limbs, and raw bodily power of a vampire. The Discipline is used for more than just hitting things, though it is certainly good for this task. It is the vampireâ€™s ability to force their body into actions impossible for mortals to replicate. 

Potence trumps the other Disciplines in sheer incongruity â€“ an elderly-looking Nosferatu strikes harder than a mortal heavyweight boxer or a Brujah Embraced as a child can decapitate a target with one blow.

===Characteristics===
'''Type: 
Physical<br>
'''Masquerade threat: 
Medium to high. Lesser exercises of the Discipline might be passed off as â€œhysterical strength,â€ but once pavement cracks and buildings start to crumble that explanation loses what little credibility it had.<br>
'''Blood Resonance: 
Choleric. The strong and healthy; athletes and young men and women in their prime, gym rats, wrestlers, construction workers and lumberjacks, longshoremen

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==Level 1==
{{Disc_Template|Lethal Body|Using this power, the user is capable of causing horrendous damage to mortals, tearing skin and breaking bones with bare fingers.||Free|Passive|The userâ€™s unarmed attacks can now do Aggravated Health damage to mortals, if desired. They also ignore one level of armor per Potence level of the user.|1}}

{{Disc_Template|Soaring Leap|Possessing unholy strength in more than arms and fsts, the user can leap far higher and further than any mortal.||Free|Passive|The user can jump a number of meters equal to three times their Potence level vertically, and five times their Potence level horizontally. The user needs no run-up to make these leaps.|1}}


==Level 2==
{{Disc_Template|Prowess|Vampires with Potence gain far greater strength from their Blood than those who lack it.||One Rouse Check|One scene|When activated, add the Potence rating of the user to their unarmed damage value as well as to feats of Strength, and add half their
Potence rating (round up) to their Melee damage.|2}}


==Level 3==
{{Disc_Template|Brutal Feed|Known as the â€œSavage Kissâ€, this power allows the user to employ an unholy inner strength when draining a victim. In mere seconds, the attacker swallows torrents of blood while mauling the victim. The result is an efficient, if messy, feeding often employed in the heat of battle where the mangled remains of the victim can be disguised.||Free|One feeding|The vampire can drain a human completely in seconds, usually within a single turn. Every point of Hunger slaked causes one point of Aggravated Health damage to the victim, as their blood vessels burst and organs bruise and rupture internally. Using Brutal Feed on a vampire does only Superficial Health damage to their dead and inert organs. In combat, Brutal Feed comes immediately after a successful Brawl attack using fangs. The victim first takes bite damage, then damage from this power. Armor does not protect against Brutal Feed, as the wounds are, or at least begin as, mainly internal. Storytellers may decide such mutilation-killing warrants Stains (p. 239).|3}}

{{Disc_Template|Spark of Rage (Amalgam: Presence 3)|Combining Potence and Presence, the vampire can incite anger and even frenzy in onlookers, as easily as awe or dread. The user must take care not to rile up an angry mob to turn on them rather than the target or each other.| Manipulation + Potence|One Rouse Check|One scene|When active, the user can add their Potence rating to any attempt to rile or incite a person or a crowd to violence. In addition, the user can activate this power and roll a contest of Manipulation + Potence vs Composure + Intelligence of another vampire. If they win, the opposing vampire must make a fury frenzy test at Difficulty 3.|3}}

{{Disc_Template|Uncanny Grip|Focusing their unnatural strength into their toes and fingers, the vampire grips and burrows their extremities into almost any surface, enabling them to climb and even hang otherwise unsupported from walls and ceilings. Close observation reveals telltale scarring or deformation on these surfaces afterward, however, as this is an application of brute force, not superhero-style adhesion.|Manipulation + Potence|One Rouse Check|One Scene|When active, the user can add their Potence rating to any attempt to rile or incite a person or a crowd to violence. In addition, the user can activate this power and roll a contest of Manipulation + Potence vs Composure + Intelligence of another vampire. If they win, the opposing vampire must make a fury frenzy test at Difficulty 3.|3}}\


==Level 4==
{{Disc_Template|Draught of Might|The Blood of the vampire becomes saturated with the power of Potence, conveying a part of that power to anyone who drinks of it. This is the Potence equivalent of Draught of Elegance (p. 254).||One Rouse Check|One night; for vampires, until the next feeding or the vampire reaches Hunger 5|Drinking a Rouse Checks worth of Blood directly from the user gifts the drinker with temporary Potence equal to half the Potence dots (rounded down) of the donor. The drinker gains the same powers as the donorâ€™s, up to that level.|4}}


==Level 5==
{{Disc_Template|Earthshock|Their strength an elemental force, the vampire can slam their fst or foot into the ground, creating a shockwave that throws their opponents prone. One of the more dramatic applications of Potence, this power needs to be carefully employed, lest the user literally bring the house down upon themselves.|Roll|Two Rouse Checks|One use|No additional test is needed to create the shockwave. (The ground is hard to miss.) Anyone within a five meter radius of the user must make a Dexterity + Athletics roll (Difficulty 3), with the results below. Anyone prepared for the Earthshock (such as the userâ€™s companions) can shift their results up by one step. This power causes significant collateral damage. If used on the ground, the earth cracks. If used indoors, furniture breaks and mirrors shatter. On anything but the ground floor the floor might shatter, causing everyone within the radius to plummet to the floor below. This power can only be used once per scene.<br><br>'''Critical Win:''' No Effect<br>'''Win:''' Knocked off balance. Lose current action.<br>'''Failure:''' Fall prone. Lose current action; must spend a turn getting up.|5}}

{{Disc_Template|Fist of Caine|The vampireâ€™s bare hands can inflict grievous injuries, lethal to both mortals and other vampires. They can dismember, pierce, impale, decapitate, and even rip a heart out of the chest.||One Rouse Check|One scene|For one scene the user can inflict Aggravated Health damage to mortals and supernaturals alike while Brawling, as they literally rend flesh and tear their opponents limb from limb with their bare hands.|5}}


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