Potence

Potence is the Discipline of supernatural strength. It makes Kindred strike with the force of monsters, shatter stone, leap impossible distances, and crush mortals like paper. Where Celerity makes the Damned fast, Potence makes them overwhelming.

Favored by Brujah, Nosferatu, and Lasombra, Potence is as much about intimidation as it is brute force. To mortals, it is terrifying — a reminder that the vampire is not just a predator but a juggernaut.

Narrative Uses

• Snap chains or kick through locked steel doors.

• Throw a mortal across a room with one hand.

• Crush a rival’s weapon mid-duel.

• Leap rooftops in a single bound.

• Break bones in a frenzy until nothing remains but ruin.

Potence is rarely subtle. Its use is almost always a breach of the Masquerade unless carefully hidden.

Powers by Dot Rating

• ● (Lethal Body):

  Unarmed attacks strike like weapons — bones break under bare hands.

• ●● (Soaring Leap):

  Jump impossible distances — rooftops, walls, across alleys.

• ●●● (Earthshock):

  Strike the ground to crack stone, topple walls, or hurl enemies back.

• ●●●● (Brutal Grip):

  Crush weapons, doors, or even Kindred limbs with a single hand.

• ●●●●● (Fist of Caine):

  A single strike that shatters stone, steel, or even other vampires — enough force to kill outright.

Themes

• Potence is strength unchained. It is the Beast expressed through muscle and fury.

• Brujah use it in battle, their rages fueled by it.

• Nosferatu rely on it to compensate for deformity, lashing out from the shadows.

• Lasombra wield it to break rivals as proof of dominance.

• Elders wielding Potence are nightmares — their casual touch can kill.

Potence reminds every Kindred that the Damned are predators not by fang alone, but by sheer monstrous force.