Samedi (Nation of Blood)
Enemies of the Night
The descendants of Baron Samedi are known for being mysterious and prefer it that way. Before the Family Reunion, they had frightening appearances that made them look like Nosferatu, and their talent for necromancy linked them to the Cappadocians. They had mixed views about The Baron, sometimes describing him as a loa and other times as a vampire. Now, with the Hecata as a united family, the Samedi have somehow regained their looks, though their skin exhibits signs of decay which appear when they feed. These Kindred are deeply involved in vodou and hoodoo, which many Samedi practiced during their mortal lives. They believe that nothing is free, and they enjoy life until they must pay the price.
●Whispers from Beyond
You enjoy a unique spiritual connection to Loa, powerful Vodoun spirits that can offer you aid. Once per game session, you can ask for their assistance. As you call upon the Loa, they seize control of your body, and they guide your actions. For one turn, you may choose one skill and increase its value to five dots. This ability may be used at any time, even before your turn in the initiative order, but not once a challenge that you are participating in has been declared.
●●Exquisite Corpse
At one time, the Samedi looked like walking corpses, but the Family Reunion gave them new faces. You can return to looking like a corpse (even without the use of Obfuscate), a pile of ash, or you may take on the appearance of a corpse you've touched in the last month. Noticing this ruse requires the use of a supernatural power such as Sense the Unseen. You gain a +2 bonus to your Wits + Stealth pool versus such powers. While a corpse or a pile of ash, you cannot move voluntarily, or the power ends; however, you remain aware of your surroundings and still take damage from fire and sunlight.
●●●Hollow Inside
Sure, you and the Baron's children don't look dead anymore, but some of you still have benefits from being dead. Like the fact that dead people can't feel much anymore. You suffer no ill effects from drugs, alcohol, or mundane poisons when consuming blood tainted with these substances. When you suffer the Impaired condition, your test pools are only reduced by 1. Finally, twice a night, if you suffer the Weakened Condition, you may spend a Willpower to end it immediately.