The legendary hypnotic gaze of the serpent is yours. When you meet the gaze of a victim (who need only be able to see your eyes), your eyes become gold with large black irises, capturing the attention of your subject. As long as you hold the gaze of the target, he/she remains completely immobilized. Of course, if the target is attacked or injured, the hypnotic spell breaks.
The Tongue of the Asp
At will, you can cause your tongue to shift in shape to that of a snake. The supernatural razor-edge on the forked tongue inflicts terrible wounds, striking up to a foot and a half away, and, if not removed or dealt with soon, can even let you drink blood from your victims.
The Skin of The Adder
The power of your reptilian blood allows you to erupt into a serpentine form of protective scales and snakelike flexibility. You can thus transform into a monstrous hybrid of humanoid and snake, an effective engine of war or a terrible slithering beast of intimidation.
The Form of the Cobra
No longer limited to steps between man and snake, you can literally turn into a giant cobra. This reptile form grants a venomous bite and the ability to slip through small passages, while still allowing you to use any Disciplines that do not require hands or speech. In this form, you retain your normal weight, so you area tremendous, black and gold nightmare serpent.
You remain in serpent form until the next sunrise, unless you decide to change back earlier. Additionally, the venom of your bite is poisonous to mortals.
Mummify
The vampire may enter a form of torpor, in which she is only vulnerable to sunlight and fire, but completely inert. No other
damage will affect the vampire in this state. This change takes one turn, and she must taste the blood of another to awaken.
The Heart of Darkness
On the new moon, you can pull your very heart from your unloving body; with several hours of surgery, you can even do the same to another Vampire. Anyone who heart is removed in this fashion is therefore immune to staking. Most often, the Vampire carefully places the heart in a guarded clay urn, perhaps surrounded by other false hearts to avoid discovery.
If the separated heart is staked, then its Vampiric owner (the Vampire that the heart originally came from is immediately paralyzed. Should the heart be exposed to fire or sunlight, it is destroyed and its owner erupts into flame, reduced to ash (and Final Death).
Use of The Heart of Darkness can also return a stolen heart to its former body. Obviously, trying to use this discipline on a mortal, even a ghoul, is messily fatal.
Obsession
By describing her victim’s lusts to her, the vampire may cause a victim to be obsessed with something. The victim will try to fulfill her lusts nightly, and may frenzy if unsatisfied. This should be treated as a derangement, and may be overcome as such
Temptation
By describing her victim’s weaknesses to her, the vampire may encourage a victim to behave in a corrupt and decadent fashion, even if she may lose Humanity as a result. This should be treated as a derangement, and may be overcome as such.
Phobia
By describing her victim’s fears to her, the vampire may give a victim a phobia, which may be of anything. This should be treated as a more serious derangement, and may be overcome as such. The victim will undoubtedly find it rather difficult to remain in the vicinity of the object of her phobia, and she must muster up every ounce of will to touch it.
