Blood Bonds

Blood Bonds, otherwise known as Vinculum, are a tactic often employed by Kindred to ghoul or bind someone to their will.

Creating a Blood Bond

 * 1) Drinking vitae results in a blood bond for any average mortal, as its potency cannot be resisted save by supernatural means.
 * 2) Kindred or other supernatural beings who drink vitae can attempt to resist it by rolling their power trait (Blood Potency for Kindred) with difficulty increased in conjunction with the amount of blood ingested at a rate of 1 per blood point consumed.
 * 3) Each night a person drinks from the same Kindred within a year will escalate the bond to the next stage.
 * 4) Blood-bonded individuals will find it difficult to resist those to whom they are bound, which can prompt Composure-Resolve rolls and Willpower expenditure.

Stages of a Blood Bond

 * 1) First Drink - The drinker feels something like butterflies or a basic desire to please those to whom they are bonded. They want to be noticed and seek the approval of the Kindred whose blood they have consumed.
 * 2) * The drinker may still share other lower-level bonds with multiple Kindred.
 * 3) * The bond expires after 1 year.
 * 4) Second Drink - The emotion tied to the source of the blood deepens to infatuation and a stronger need to be in their presence or service.
 * 5) * The drinker may still share other lower-level bonds with multiple Kindred.
 * 6) * Bond expires a year from the last dose.
 * 7) Third Drink - The bond reaches peak influence on the new thrall, and the Kindred from whom they have feed, now their Regnant, is not only an object of desire but the most important person in the thrall's life - their god. The feeling can morph into a perverse love, or remain single mounded loyalty.
 * 8) * Thralls cannot be bonded to any other Kindred; all lower bonds are broken.
 * 9) * Regnants can use Dominate without eye contact with the Thrall.
 * 10) * The bond is now permanent, barring extreme supernatural interference, though if neglected, it may eventually cool or lead to the thrall resenting their regnant.

Source: Requiem & Masquerade