Coils of the Dragon – Ascendant

A member of the Ordo Dracul may choose one Coil of the Dragon to study, if they wish. They may not study more than one coil.

The students of the The Dragon Ascendant seek ways to master the frailties of flesh. They begin by learning to consume meat and drink, but progress to mastering their fear of fire, and eventually to temporarily rendering themselves temporarily immune to a stake through the heart.

1) A Taste of Life

The character’s mastery of their undead flesh may enables them to eat and drink as a human might, for short periods. The food tastes like ashes and provides no sustenance, but they can nonetheless eat it without throwing it up again a short while later.

Failure

Your character is unable to summon their ability to keep food down.

Success

Your character may eat food and drink things that are not blood for the next 5 minutes.

Exceptional Success

Your character may eat food and drink things that are not blood for the next 15 minutes.

2) Conquer the Red Fear

Your character has trained themselves to control their beast in the face of the flame.  They may hold off Frenzy in the face of fire for short periods.

Failure

Your character is unable to summon their willpower on this occasion.

Success

Your character may act confidently and calmly in the presence of fire for the next 5 minutes.

Exceptional Success

Your character may act confidently and calmly in the presence of fire for the next 15 minutes.

3) Deflection of the Wooden Doom

 While this power is active all any attempt to put a stake through the caster’s heart result in the stake slipping away from their heart, which has temporarily become hard as stone.  This power may be activated reflexively by the caster prior to being staked, as long as they have not first been rendered Critically Injured. It may be activated at the start of combat, if desired.

Failure

Your character’s attempt to harden their heart has failed.

Success

For the next 5 minutes, any attempt to stake your character fails as described.

Exceptional Success

For the next 15 minutes, any attempt to stake your character fails as described.