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MET LARP SRD

(2013 BNS MET System)

Ashes to Ashes

Level 3
1 Blood

Thanatosis • Level 3

Under extreme circumstances, it is often best to allow an opponent a psychological victory in order to gain the element of surprise. The Samedi are masters of such deceit. With this power, you can collapse into a thick, sticky white powder that resembles a desiccated heap of ash.

Cost

1 Blood

Focus

Wits

While in the form of Ashes to Ashes, you can spend 1 point of Blood to draw in nearby ash that has been scattered, gaining 1 point of Cohesion per turn. Additionally, you can spend 1 point of Blood per turn and move up to one step. This is an exception to the rule preventing you from spending Blood or moving while in ash form.

System

By spending 1 point of Blood and using your standard action, you transform into a pile of ash. While in this form, you cannot spend Blood, move from your location, take actions, or use supernatural powers, but you are immune to Physical damage, fire, and sunlight. You also retain a limited awareness of everything within five steps.

The form granted by Ashes to Ashes does not confer complete invulnerability. The ashes have a certain resistance to being dispersed, but if you are scattered too widely, you can be killed. While using Ashes to Ashes, you have 10 points of Cohesion. If other individuals or factors of the environment, such as high winds or a blaze of fire, conspire to scatter your ashes, you may lose 1 to 3 points of Cohesion per turn, determined at the Storyteller’s discretion. If you reform after losing Cohesion, you lose 1 point of Blood per point of Cohesion you suffered. If you run out of Blood in this manner, you take 1 point of aggravated damage per point of Cohesion lost. This damage cannot be reduced or negated. If your Cohesion reaches zero, you suffer Final Death.

This power makes you appear as though you are a normal pile of ash, but does not alter your aura. Someone looking at a character in Ashes to Ashes with Aura Perception will be able to tell that the pile of ash has a vampiric aura.

Ashes to Ashes is a transformative power and cannot be combined with other transformative powers.

Source: MET - VTM - Core Book