{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/the-skin-of-the-adder","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"The Skin of the Adder","sources":[{"source":"V20","page":218,"folio":210}],"entries":["By calling upon her Blood, the vampire may transform her skin into a mottled, scaly hide. A vampire in this form becomes more supple and flexible.","System: The vampire spends one blood point and one Willpower point. Her skin becomes scaly and mottled; this, combined with the character’s increased flexibility, reduces soak difficulties to 5. The vampire may use her {@attribute Stamina|V20} to soak aggravated damage from claws and fangs, but not from fire, sunlight, or other supernatural energies. The vampire’s mouth widens and fangs lengthen, enabling her bite to inflict an extra die of damage. Finally, the vampire may slip through any opening wide enough to fit her head through.","The vampire’s {@attribute Appearance|V20} drops to 1, and she is obviously inhuman if observed with any degree of care, though casual passersby might not notice, if the vampire is in darkness or wearing heavy clothing."],"parent":"vampire/power/discipline/serpentis","level":3,"_qa":{"flags":[],"parser":"section_entries","confidence":0.9,"extracted":"2026-10-15","job":"v20-disciplines"},"_links":{"self":"/api/v1/records/vampire/power/discipline_power/the-skin-of-the-adder","html":"/records/vampire/power/discipline_power/the-skin-of-the-adder","parent":"/api/v1/records/vampire/power/discipline/serpentis","children":"/api/v1/records/vampire/power/discipline_power/the-skin-of-the-adder/children","sources":[{"abbr":"V20","page":218,"folio":218,"title":"Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition"}]},"_db":{"title":"The Skin of the Adder","props":[["Discipline","Serpentis"],["Cost","1 Blood"]],"parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/serpentis","level":3,"category":null,"summary":"By calling upon her Blood, the vampire may transform her skin into a mottled, scaly hide. A vampire in this form becomes more supple and flexible. System: The vampire spends one blood point and one Willpower point. Her","tags":[],"children":[]}}