Vampire: The Masquerade 3rd Edition Koldunic Sorcery Reference Thread

[ahenobarbi]

Attribute: Charisma
Source: DA Rev Player_s Guide to High Clans 189.

This way has a harder roll than others: DC is 4 + effect level (instead of the usual 3 + effect level).
Also you have to spend a willpower point to activate this so it’s much more costly to use (and this prevents using willpower to get an auto-success).
And you must have “Koldunism” specialty in occult to learn this path at all.

But it has two effects which are very much worth the higher price tag. For 1 h per success on the activation roll:
1. You get “sensory omniscience” in the area of effect. You can see, hear, smell, and even tastes everything at once. This lets you detect spirits and intruders, to get their details you must roll Wits + Alertness (DC by storyteller).
2. You can use other koldunic powers in the area of effect.

Area of effect is 15m (⏺) / 100m (⏺⏺) / 400m (⏺⏺⏺) / 1.6km (⏺⏺⏺⏺) / 8 km (⏺⏺⏺⏺⏺), + 16 km for each ⏺ above 5.

Both effects are very powerful. Sensory omniscience lets you check things out without getting to them directly / line of sight. Even at ⏺ (15m) it allows for things like listening on conversations in another room.

Using other koldunic powers with extended range is great. It lets you attack from behind a wall, which makes counterattack much harder. At higher levels it lets you attack from a range at which the enemy is likely to have problems responding. It also allows you to communicate over distance (Way of Air ⏺) and use illusions (Way of Water ⏺) over distance. Communication is not that useful (in a modern setting). I think illusion might be nice. Or you can ruin someone's night with Way of Sorrow from a safe distance.

Note that going with this above level 5 adds to difficulty of social rolls (+1 DC for every 2 dots above ⏺⏺⏺⏺, caps at DC 9) so you might not want to take more dots. So if you’re playing a character who might be taking 6th dot in Koldunic Sorcery you might not want this as your primary path.