Obeah is the unique Discipline of the Salubri, formerly known as the Valeren Path of the Healer.
Overview[]
Obeah originated with Saulot in his travels in the East learning from the Kuei-jin the use of the Dragon Pearl. Learning Obeah causes a third eye to develop in the middle of one's forehead.
The third eye is said to bestow "sight beyond sight" and enable the Salubri to see the threads of life and death around them. Once their abilities to restore lost vitality and cleanse individuals of taints of both the body and the soul earned the Salubri awe and respect, but after years of Tremere propaganda the use of Obeah became more associated with soul-stealing and infernalism.
It has long remained a closely guarded secret of the once-proud clan, and is all but forgotten in the Modern Nights by vampiric society.
Official Abilities[]
Included below are the official powers described in supplements for Vampire: The Masquerade and Dark Ages: Vampire. Sources are described below in the order they were printed.
Standard Powers[]
- [2]
- Anesthetic Touch: Remove feelings of pain from a target or put a living creature to sleep
- [3]
- Neutral Guard: (1st/2nd) Create a barrier 10 feet from you that prevents others from approaching
- Corpore Sano: (VTDA/Revised/DAV/V20/V20DA) Heal any sort of wound on yourself or others by expending vitae
- [4]
- Mens Sana: (1st/2nd/Revised) Cure the derangements of others
- Shepherd's Watch: (VTDA/DAV/V20) Create a barrier 10 feet from you that prevents others from approaching. As the level 3 power Neutral Guard, above
- [5]
- Unburdening the Bestial Soul: (1st/2nd/Revised) Draw out someone's soul and hold it in your mind while cleansing it, improving the subject's Path rating
- Mens Sana: (VTDA/DAV/V20) Cure the derangements of others. As the level 4 power, above
Alternate Powers[]
- [6]
- Auguring the Sickness: Discover the symptoms and severity of an illness in someone
- [7]
- Peacemaker: Soothe those around you and make them inclined to discuss any disputes peacefully
- [8]
- King David's Blessing: Use music to help heal someone mentally or physically
- Ending the Watch: Painlessly kill a mortal who wants to die
Advanced Powers[]
- [9]
- Pain for Pleasure: (1st) Make a subject feel intense pleasure instead of pain
- Renewed Vigor: (2nd/Revised) Focus for a moment and heal all the wounds of a subject
- Unburdening the Bestial Soul: (VTDA/DAV/V20) Draw out someone's soul and hold it in your mind while cleansing it, improving the subject's Path rating. As the level 5 power, above
- [10]
- Blissful Gaze: Gift of Sleep and Healer's Touch no longer need touch to work, and wound penalties are reversed when Healer's Touch is used
- Repulsion: (1st/2nd) Cause people to instinctively move away from you, as if remembering something unpleasant and having no interest to pursue it
- Safe Passage: (VTDA/Revised) Make the people around inclined to let you pass and give help if you need it
- Renewed Vigor: (V20) Focus for a moment and heal all the wounds of a subject. As the level 6 power, above
- [11]
- Vitae Block: (1st/2nd) Make a portion of the target's blood pool unusable
- Purification: (VTDA/Revised) Purge an individual of infernal possession and force such demons into nearby objects
- Rayzeel's Song: Make it easier to heal others
- Safe Passage: (V20) Make the people around inclined to let you pass and give help if you need it. As the level 7 power, above
- [12]
- Heaven's Gate: (V20 DA) Resurrect a recently killed mortal as a Revenant
- Spirit Marionette: (1st/2nd) Take control of a target's soul and pantomime their actions
- Unburden the Flesh-Clad Soul: (Revised/V20) Release a mortal's soul from their body to exist in the Astral Realms.
- [13]
- Heaven's Gate: (1st/2nd/VTDA) Bring a recently dead mortal back to life
- Plot Device
Version Differences[]
In Vampire: The Dark Ages and Dark Ages: Vampire, Obeah is the Path of the Healer variant of Valeren.
The Dark Ages version of this discipline is similar to the Revised version, except that the third through fifth levels are increased by one level and a new third level power is added.
The V20 version is based on the Dark Ages version, but also increases the levels of the revised edition advanced powers by one level each to match the trend previously set.
Upon taking the first level of Valeren a Cainite must choose which line of powers to pursue. An individual can attempt to learn both Paths, but the secondary Path is harder to master as its focus contradicts the first. In Vampire: The Dark Ages, each level beyond the first of the secondary Path costs an additional experience point.[1] In Dark Ages: Vampire, each level beyond the first of the secondary Path costs experience points as if it were one level higher.[2]
In Vampire: The Masquerade, the Path of the Healer is called Obeah and the Warrior Paths is called Valeren, and there are no special rules for learning both beyond having an available teacher.
Fifth Edition[]
In Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition, Obeah was the name given to an Amalgam Power of Auspex 2 and Fortitude 1. This was changed in the Players Guide to Panacea.
Gallery[]
VTES Cards[]
References[]
- ↑ VTDA: Dark Ages Companion, p. 101
- ↑ DAV: Dark Ages Storytellers Companion, p. 46
^ Level 1
Panacea | The Players Guide | Pg. 133 |
Panacea | The Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 137 |
Sense Life/Death | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 101 |
Sense Vitality | Vampire Storytellers Companion | Pg. 36 |
Sense Life | Dark Ages Storytellers Companion | Pg. 46 |
Sense Vitality | Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 457 |
Sense Vitality | Vampire Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages | Pg. 260 |
^ Level 2
Anesthetic Touch | The Players Guide | Pg. 133 |
Anesthetic Touch | The Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 138 |
Anesthetic Touch | Laws of Elysium | Pg. 67 |
Gift of Sleep | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 101 |
Auguring the Sickness | Clanbook: Salubri | Pg. 44 |
Auguring the Sickness | Lore of the Bloodlines | Pg. 81 |
Anesthetic Touch | Vampire Storytellers Companion | Pg. 36 |
Gift of Sleep | Dark Ages Storytellers Companion | Pg. 46 |
Anesthetic Touch | Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 458 |
Gift of Sleep | Vampire Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages | Pg. 260 |
^ Level 3
Neutral Guard | The Players Guide | Pg. 133 |
Neutral Guard | The Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 138 |
Healing Touch | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 101 |
Peacemaker | Clanbook: Salubri | Pg. 44 |
Corpore Sano | Vampire Storytellers Companion | Pg. 36 |
Healing Touch | Dark Ages Storytellers Companion | Pg. 46 |
Corpore Sano | Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 459 |
Healer's Touch | Vampire Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages | Pg. 260 |
^ Level 4
Treat the Sick Mind | The Players Guide | Pg. 133 |
Treat the Sick Mind | The Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 138 |
Shepherd's Watch | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 102 |
King David's Blessing | Clanbook: Salubri | Pg. 45 |
Mens Sana | Vampire Storytellers Companion | Pg. 36 |
Shepherd's Watch | Dark Ages Storytellers Companion | Pg. 47 |
Shepherd's Watch | Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 459 |
Shepherd's Watch | Vampire Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages | Pg. 260 |
Ending the Watch | Lore of the Bloodlines | Pg. 81 |
^ Level 5
Unburdening the Bestial Soul | The Players Guide | Pg. 134 |
Unburdening of the Bestial Soul | The Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 138 |
The Ailing Spirit | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 102 |
Unburdening the Bestial Soul | Vampire Storytellers Companion | Pg. 37 |
The Ailing Spirit | Dark Ages Storytellers Companion | Pg. 47 |
Mens Sana | Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 459 |
Unburden the Bestial Soul | Vampire Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages | Pg. 261 |
^ Level 6
Pain for Pleasure | The Players Guide | Pg. 134 |
Pain for Pleasure | Laws of Elysium | Pg. 67 |
Renewed Vigor | The Players Guide | Pg. 134 |
Renewed Vigor | The Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 138 |
Warding the Beast | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 102 |
Renewed Vigor | Vampire Storytellers Companion | Pg. 38 |
Warding the Beast | Dark Ages Storytellers Companion | Pg. 47 |
Unburdening the Bestial Soul | Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 459 |
Father's Judgement | Vampire Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages | Pg. 261 |
^ Level 7
Repulsion | The Players Guide | Pg. 134 |
Repulsion | The Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 139 |
Safe Passage | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 103 |
Safe Passage | Vampire Storytellers Companion | Pg. 38 |
Renewed Vigor | Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 460 |
Blissful Gaze | Vampire Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages | Pg. 261 |
^ Level 8
Vitae Block | The Players Guide | Pg. 134 |
Vitae Block | The Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 139 |
Vitae Block | Laws of Elysium | Pg. 67 |
Purification | Dark Ages Companion | Pg. 104 |
Purification | Vampire Storytellers Companion | Pg. 39 |
Safe Passage | Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 460 |
Rayzeel's Song | Vampire Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages | Pg. 261 |
^ Level 9
Spirit Marionette | The Players Guide | Pg. 134 |
Spirit Marionette | The Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 139 |
Unbind the Flesh-Clad Soul | Vampire Storytellers Companion | Pg. 39 |
Unburden the Flesh-Clad Soul | Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition | Pg. 460 |
Heaven's Gate | Vampire Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages | Pg. 262 |
^ Level 10
Resurrection | The Players Guide | Pg. 135 |
Resurrection | The Players Guide Second Edition | Pg. 139 |
Heaven's Gate | Clanbook: Salubri | Pg. 47 |
Plot Device | Gehenna | Pg. 182 |
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