Sangiovanni

Sangiovanni Bloodline


"Observe how the advanced state of decomposition--slowed, in this case, but not wholly halted by the reanimating plasm--causes the corpse substantial difficulty in its efforts to dress itself. Of course, I don't mind taking a moment to assist her. I may miss the opening ceremonies at tonight's Elysium, but I love her so... She's so beautiful... And there is such a thing as being fashionably late."

Perverse, incestuous, and necrophiliac, this tight-knit line of Mekhet derives from a deranged former mage and his mortal family. Once restricted to a few domains in Italy, they have recently begun expansion, bringing their disturbing influence to new lands.

The practice of their unique Discipline, Cattiveria, lends the Necromancers fantastic power, at a truly terrible price.

Additional Weakness: The Sangiovanni carry a deep spiritual taint that comes from their close contact with the energies of death. While they may still appear pristine, even beautiful, there is an undeniable touch of the grave in everything they say and do. While they do not diverge physically from other kindred, the Sangiovanni all appear somewhat unnatural in sone intangible sense.

As a result, test pools for social interactions with mortals are capped at two lower than the vampire's Humanity rating.

Additionally, Sangiovanni who degenerate are especially vulnerable to gaining a peculiar type of Obsessive Compulsive behavior in regards to corpses. They begin to feel the dead are more attractive than the living and may even develop necrophiliac urges--or at the least, dressing corpses, talking to them, and giving them more attention and care than their living retainers.

Disciplines: Auspex, Cattiveria, Celerity, Obfuscate

Cattiveria
Level One: Mortician's Appraisal- Allows the Sangiovanni to devulge information about a corpse.

Level Two: Shuffling Porter- Imparts weak animation to a corpse.

Level Three: Ectoplasmic Manifestation- Allows the Sangiovanni to summon and manipulate death energies to heal.

Level Four: The Predator's Bequest- Empowers a corpse with some of the vampire's own strength.

Level Five: Ultimo Repiro- Allows the Sangiovanni to manipulate the energies of death in walking corpses and even vampires, causing hideous injuries.