Potence

Potence

Nicknames: Might, The Iron Fist, The Devil's Arm

Essence: The dark miracle of supernatural strength, flooding the vampire's dead limbs with the raw, physical power of their vitae.

Description (In-World)

"The kine build machines to lift what they cannot. They invent explosives to break what they cannot. It is a pathetic imitation of what is our birthright. Potence is the simple, undeniable truth of the blood. It is the feeling of vitae surging through dead muscle, turning it harder than steel. It is the quiet knowledge that the locked door in your way is merely paper, the speeding car a toy to be swatted aside, the mortal champion a fragile doll to be broken. It is not the strength of a living thing. It is the cold, unyielding, and terrifying might of the grave, given form."

Levels of Mastery

Initiate: Your strength is a shocking, brutal force. You can shatter a concrete wall with a single punch, rip a steel door from its hinges, or leap across a wide alleyway with ease. Your grip can crush bone, and your blow can send a mortal flying across a room.

Adept: Your might becomes truly inhuman. You can throw a car with significant effort or punch through the engine block of a truck. You can strike the very ground with such force that it creates a shockwave, staggering all those around you. Your strength is so focused you can shatter an opponent's weapon with a single, well-placed strike.

Master: A master of Potence is a force of physical destruction. You can stop a speeding train with your bare hands, leap to the roof of a skyscraper in a single bound, or bring down the ceiling of a room with a stomp of your foot. Your every blow lands with the force of a battering ram, and you are a walking, breathing engine of physical supremacy.

Traditional Practitioners

Potence is the signature Discipline for clans who value physical supremacy and brutal efficiency. It is an in-clan Discipline for the rebellious @Brujah, the subterranean @Nosferatu, and the commanding @Lasombra.