Updated: 16 December 1998


Appendice 3: Nymphea

                    As the vampires of legend were known to possess great physical prowess, so were they known for their incredible beauty. Nymphea is similar to Potence and Fortitude in that it adds to a vampire's attributes, in this case enhancing the Appearance rating.

Note: This Discipline is older than the Bloodline, finding its roots in Ancient Egypt. Its old name was Neferys.

Note 2: It is rumoured that some Black Widows have learnt to control Nymphea's effects, temporarily cancelling its effects for more discretion.

                    Nymphea has multiple effects. The first, and most obvious: It effectively perfect the beauty of the Vampire, softening her flaws and enhancing her beautiful features. Each level mastered have a particular effect as a bonus, similar to the ''animal feature'' effect of the Gangrel Flaw. The hair can grow longer and/or reach perfect length and cut, the eyes take a new exquisite color, etc..
The second effect is what Mages would call coincidental, and is somewhat similar in its workings to the Mage ''Arcane'' Background: Reality seems to slightly alter itself around the Black Widow. Wind makes her hair flow in graceful waves, cameras always seem to take photos from her best profile, giving them this ''je ne sais quoi'', this apparent natural sensuality that charms others so easily.
The third is less known: As Nymphea supernaturaly enhance physical appearance, it can counter the effects of deforming effects, including supernatural ones. Most magical effects decreasing Appearance will disappear at the end of the scene.


                    System: Each Nymphea Level adds one dice to any Appearance Roll.
Of course, the visible Appearance is effectively ''increased''. So any difficulty involving Appearance would in facts involve Appearance+Fortitude, etc..
All Vicissitude damage (or anything with similar deforming effects) can be healed as Aggravated Damage, regardless of victim or assaillant's Generations.
Last but not least, Nymphea can only be increased to the actual rating of permanent Appearance (not including Vicissitude deformations). So a Black Widow with 3 in Appearance could only increase Nymphea to 3, and so have a visible Appearance of 6. So a Nosferatu or Samedi can't learn Nymphea.

Return to Index

© 2000 White Wolf, Inc. All rights reserved. © 2000 Black Widow Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.