Deimos is a Discipline created by the Lamia in their research of the dead and of Lilith. It provides vampires with some control over their own lifeless forms as well as dark spirits and the auspices of the Dark Mother.
Deimos was replaced with a Mortis path, the Path of the Four Humours, in the Dark Ages: Storytellers Companion.
Official Abilities
Included below are the official powers described in supplements for Vampire: The Masquerade, Dark Ages: Vampire and Dark Ages: Storyteller Companion. Sources are described below in the order they were printed.
Standard Powers
- Whispers to the Soul [1]: A Lamia may wisper one of the secret name's of Lilith into a victim's ear this causes them to be plagued with nightmares and thoughts of doom in there waking hours.
- Kiss of the Dark Mother [2]: A Lamia through her studies of death, can create an entropic life draining force, once her lips have been coated with the substance it can be transmitted through her bite.
- Ichor [3]: A Lamia can use the four humours of the body to create a vile substance which can cause immence harm to targets. Phlegmatic: Induces Lethargy in a Victim. Melancholy: Induces visions of death. Sanguine: Induces excessive bleeding in a Victim. Bilious: Becomes a deadly Toxin.
- Clutching the Shroud [4]: A Lamia can infuse herself with the blood of a dead corpse to become closer in form to an animated corpse and peer into the shadowlands, this enables the Lamia to sense the health levels of other beings.
- Black Breath [5]: A Lamia May Breathe the Lethean fetor of the grave on her victim. The victim is plagued with a death wish to end there life, or if they are a Vampire they will fall into torpor.
Advanced Powers
- Lilith's Summons [6]: Using the most powerful aspect of Deimos, The Lamia's Lilith cursed blood can be sensed in the realm of the dead. The Lamia spits on her target and causes spectres (evil wraith's) to haunt and attack the victim.
References
^ Level 1
Whispers to the Soul | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 100 |
^ Level 2
Kiss of the Dark Mother | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 100 |
^ Level 3
Ichor | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 100 |
^ Level 4
Clutching the Shroud | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 100 |
^ Level 5
Black Breath | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 101 |
^ Level 6
Lilith's Summons | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 101 |
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