Item:Weekapaug Thistle

The Weekapaug Thistle is an occult item found in VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines . It can be acquired from the Ocean House Hotel: when exiting the elevator shaft at the top floor, turn right, and you'll find the Thistle in a nightstand in one of the rooms there.

This petrified reed was not meant to fall into the hands of the damned, but vampires can benefit from its shamanistic magick all the same. Increases Defense by 1 point.

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Weekapaug Thistle

Plus Patch

In the Plus version of the Unofficial Patch, the Weekapaug Thistle’s former location is now occupied by the skill book Scarlet Torkelson: Circus Performer. The Thistle can now be found in the book's former location, in the library of Grout's Mansion.

When picked up, the item is initially Unknown:

You cannot identify this item, perhaps you should finish eating the soul doughnut?

You need a Research skill of at least 2 to use this item.

Once the Research requirement has been met, the item is replaced with the Weekapaug Thistle.

Background Information

• Several occult items in the game are two objects: one dummy "unknown" item with a skill requirement, and then a full version of the item once the dummy item's requirements have been met.
• item_w_manbat_claw, originally an unused "weapon" for the Sheriff, has been repurposed for the Unknown version of the Thistle.
• The Thistle and skill book locations were switched in the Plus patch because they both affect Defense (in the case of the skill book, via Dodge), but the requirements of the skill book are low. With the book found later in the game in Grout's Mansion, odds are that characters would be too skilled for the book to be usable. With the book found earlier in the Ocean House, the book would be more likely to be useful, while the Thistle would still be a useful item regardless of where it's found.
• Weekapaug is a real place, Weekapaug, Rhode Island. A few minutes further west of Weekapaug is the real-world Ocean House hotel.
• The description says the item was not mean to fall into vampiric hands, and mentions "shamanistic magick" with a K, suggesting that the Dreamspeakers faction of mages was involved in its creation.
• It's not clear what "soul doughnut" is referencing.