Assamite Alchemical Weapons

The clan's alchemists have produced a number of useful substances. According to the circumstances, a character may be issued one or more alchemical weapons for a mission, or may have to buy them with blood, or may have to use clan influence or get a signed requistion from the amr.

Plague Dust
This dust looks very much like dried blood, which it fact it is. It may be reconstituted with the blood of a vessel, or introduced into a vessel's bloodstream directly or orally. Any Kindred who drinks blood which has been tainted with Plague Dust suffers the effects of the Quietus power Diseased.

Bitter Dust
Another dried blood product, Bitter Dust may be reconstituted with one blood point of the character's own blood, and the resulting paste used to coat a weapon. This weapon causes aggravated wounds as if by the use of Quietus:Blood Agony, but this effect only lasts for about about an hour.

Bloodwater Dust
This brownish dust renders any blood unusable to a vampire of any kind; the blood's nutritious qualities are completely destroyed. A ghoul who ingests Bloodwater Dust gets no benefit from it.

Accursed Dust
This is the most powerful of the Assamites' alchemical weapons and the most difficult and expensive to manufacture. When ingested by a non-Assamite, it transforms the drinker's vitae into Assamite blood. This cause aggravated wounds and can lessen the blood point pool.

Kali's Fang
A relic of the Thuggee cult, this is an Indian katar or punch-dagger with a grip and blade of inlaid silver. When used against Kindred, this dagger always causes aggravated wounds; if it strikes the heart, the vampire is destroyed.

The Ancestor's Talisman
This item is a gold pendant, cast into the form of Haqim's name written in Arabic script. There are four such talismans: One is owned by the master of Alamut and the others by the three du'at. A du'at may lend a Talisman to a rafiq for a specific mission. An Assamite wearing this becomes buoyed up by zeal and the desire to live up to Haqim's teachings. The wearer is immune to most effects of Dominate and Presence used by non-Assamites. If the Talisman is worn by a mortal, the mortal's blood becomes as poisonous to Kindred as the blood of an Assamite, although Assamites may still drink it normally.

The Arrows of Vengeance
Five of these arrows have survived to the present day and are kept in the armory of Alamut. They are made of hawthorne wood, with fire-hardened points instead of metal or stone arrowheads. Their enchantment makes them actually seek out the heart of a vampire, reducing the required successes from five to three. If the target has Misplaced Heart, five successes are still required to hit her.
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