Vestment (CofD)

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Vestments are the powers of the Possessed, brought forth by their connection with their Vice and with the demon to which they play host.[1]

Overview

Vestments are generally divided into the categories of Innate, Lesser, and Greater; mechanically, this translates to one-dot, two-dot, and three-dot powers.[2] Innate Vestments are always active and provide some minor benefit related to its associated Vice; Lesser Vestments are activated through Willpower expenditure and provide scene-long, specific bonuses; Greater Vestments are the truest of a demon's powers and tend to be shorter-length and more dramatic.[3]

Despite the name, a sin's Innate Vestments are not all available once a Possessed possesses a dot in a Vice. Rather, the individual possesses one of them, and can only switch that Innate Vestment for another by way of sacrificing a creature (i.e. inflicting points of lethal damage to it).[4] A second such Vestment can be acquired by way of gaining another dot in the Vice.[3]

Overuse of these infernal powers can trigger Burnout; specifically, when one of the Possessed cannot pay the Willpower expenditure to use a power and taps into the demon's power instead, or when a Greater Vestment is pushed past its normal duration, the mortal shell is damaged, cracking apart as the infernal power lashes at body and mind[2]. Should the host die at this point, the demon itself is forced out into the open, at which point it will likely either lash out or attempt to possess a nearby victim. [5]

List of Vestments

Envy (Invidia)

Standing opposite to the Virtue of Charity, Envy is linked with dogs, the color green, and the Moon; it is ruled by the beast Leviathan. [4]

Epicaricacy: [4]
Green Eyes: [4]
Hellhound: [4]
Liar's Tongue: [4]
Never Last: [4]
Your Pain, My Pleasure: [4]
Anything You Can Do: [6]
Envy's Grasp: [7]
Mortal Shell: [7]
The Quiet Curse: [7]
Tainted Countenance: [7]
Without Merit: [7]
Denunciation: [7]
Envious Mouths: [8]
False Pretenses: [9]
Repudiate Faith: [9]
Sour Grapes: [9]
Steal Vitality: [9]

Gluttony (Gula)

A sin associate with overconsumption (not necessarily only of food), Gluttony is linked with pigs, the color orange, and Jupiter; it is ruled by the demon Baalzebul (also known as Beelzebub).[10]

Aura of Gross Indulgence: [10]
Camel's Hump: [10]
In Excess: [10]
Sinful Girth: [10]
Strange Regurgitation: [10]
Unnatural Consumption: [10]
Gourmand Grotesquerie: [10]
Hungry Kiss: [10]
Iron Jaw: [10]
Sheen of Grease: [11]
Swallow: [12]
Voracious Bite: [12]
Beelzebub's Breath: [12]
Discriminating Palette: [13]
Feed on Pain: [13]
Regurgitate: [13]
Taste of Ashes: [13]
Toad Bloat: [13]

Greed (Avaritia)

The Vice of material gain, Greed is linked with frogs and toads, the color yellow, and Mercury; it is ruled by the demon Mammon.[14]

The Acquisition of Wealth: [15]
Bribing the Soul: [15]
Greedy Insulation: [15]
The Haggler's Pact: [15]
Temporal Strength: [15]
Toad's Boon: [15]
Blinded: [15]
Miser: [15]
Moneyed Tongue: [15]
These Golden Hands: [15]
Capital Gains: [16]
Hired Hands: [16]
Midas Touch: [16]
Mammon's Grasp: [16]
Middleman: [16]
Petty Theft: [16]

Lust (Luxuria)

An overindulgence of pleasures of the body, Lust is associated with the bovine, the color blue, and Venus; it is ruled by the demon Asmodeus.[17]

Dark Side: [18]
The Embrace: [18]
Incubus Theft: [18]
Intimate Knowledge: [18]
Mother May I: [18]
Prurient Perfume: [18]
Cruel Ambrosia: [18]
Excite: [18]
Honeyed Tongue: [18]
Purgatory's Failure: [18]
Sleep Paralysis: [19]
Succubus Kiss: [20]
Bloody Caress: [20]
Flight of the Seducer: [20]
Hard to Catch: [20]
Heartbreaker: [20]
Masochist: [20]
Pain is Pleasure: [21]

Pride (Superbia)

The sin of Pride, thought to be the gravest of all the sins, is associated with the horse, the color purple, and the Sun; it is ruled by the king of demons, Lucifer, whose own fall was precipitated by his excess pride.[21]

Authority of Man: [21]
The Deadliest of Sins: [21]
Dominant Sphere: [21]
Jack of All Trades: [21]
Speed of the Steed: [21]
Supremacy: [21]
Armor of Contempt: [21]
Arrogance: [22]
Eyes of Above: [23]
Goeth Before Destruction: [23]
Lord of the Beasts: [23]
Voice of Thunder: [23]
Chain of Command: [23]
Denial: [23]
Gloating Flesh: [23]
Icarus' Folly: [24]
Infernal Grandeur: [24]
Lightbringer: [24]

Sloth (Acedia)

A Vice born of desire for ease, Sloth is associated with the goat, pale blue, and Saturn; it is ruled by the demon Baalphegor.[24] One of the most difficult sins to define, it has commonly been identified with self-pity, apathy, and despair.[25]

Bedsores: [24]
Cut Price Effort: [24]
Ease of Thought: [24]
Gray World: [26]
Instant Gratification: [27]
Something for Nothing: [27]
Enervation: [27]
Fester: [28]
Griefstruck: [29]
Maladroit Victims: [29]
Radius of Languor: [29]
Swarmskin: [29]
Creep: [29]
Idle Hands: [29]
Laze: [30]
Miasma: [31]
The Immovable Object: [31]
Twisting Horns: [31]

Wrath (Ira)

The rising anger of vengefulness and its brutal satisfaction, Wrath is associated with the raging bear, the color red, and Mars; it is ruled by the demon Amon. [31]

Anger Burns Hot: [31]
Fleet Feet of Purpose: [31]
Skillful Demands: [31]
Slayer of Men: [31]
Swift Intercession: [31]
Wrath of the Wrench: [32]
Bonded Weapon: [33]
Fueled by Rage: [33]
Ira Furor Brevis Est: [33]
Might Makes Right: [33]
Surprise, You're Dead: [33]
Tooth for Tooth: [33]
Blood Frenzy: [34]
Boiling Blood: [35]
Burning Wrath: [36]
Inferno: [2]
Juggernaut: [2]
Spite: [2]

  • Fester (2-dot Acedia)
    Fester (2-dot Acedia)
  • Boiling Blood (3-dot Ira)
    Boiling Blood (3-dot Ira)

References

  1. ↑ CofD: Inferno, p. 114 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 CofD: Inferno, p. 147 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  3. 1 2 CofD: Inferno, p. 128 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CofD: Inferno, p. 129 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  5. ↑ CofD: Inferno, p. 148 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  6. ↑ CofD: Inferno, p. 129-130 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 CofD: Inferno, p. 130 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  8. ↑ CofD: Inferno, p. 130-131 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  9. 1 2 3 4 CofD: Inferno, p. 131 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 CofD: Inferno, p. 132 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  11. ↑ CofD: Inferno, p. 132-133 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  12. 1 2 3 CofD: Inferno, p. 133 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 CofD: Inferno, p. 134 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  14. ↑ CofD: Inferno, p. 134-135 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 CofD: Inferno, p. 135 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 CofD: Inferno, p. 136 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  17. ↑ CofD: Inferno, p. 136-137 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 CofD: Inferno, p. 137 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  19. ↑ CofD: Inferno, p. 137-138 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 CofD: Inferno, p. 138 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 CofD: Inferno, p. 139 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  22. ↑ CofD: Inferno, p. 139-140 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 CofD: Inferno, p. 140 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  24. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 CofD: Inferno, p. 141 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  25. ↑ Sloth (deadly sin)
  26. ↑ CofD: Inferno, p. 141-142 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  27. 1 2 3 CofD: Inferno, p. 142 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  28. ↑ CofD: Inferno, p. 142-143 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  29. 1 2 3 4 5 6 CofD: Inferno, p. 143 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  30. ↑ CofD: Inferno, p. 143-144 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  31. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 CofD: Inferno, p. 144 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  32. ↑ CofD: Inferno, p. 144-145 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  33. 1 2 3 4 5 6 CofD: Inferno, p. 145 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  34. ↑ CofD: Inferno, p. 145-146 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  35. ↑ CofD: Inferno, p. 146 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  36. ↑ CofD: Inferno, p. 146-147 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
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