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that particular monster needn’t carry past the scene (unless For hunters with the Sexual Deviancies Tell, the blurred line
the player so demands). between aggressive and sexual reactions is wiped away by the hunt.
Once the Tell becomes major, the Tell mutates to the A minor Sexual Deviancies Tell might develop as an acute state
point where the torment of her victims, rather than the Vigil of arousal during or immediately after a hunt (which might lead
itself, becomes her focus. She may violate orders to kill or turn to some interesting reactions from the Tell-struck hunter’s cell-

her quarry over to her agency, choosing instead to keep them mates). A successful hunt might take on figurative (or literal) or-
for her own “experiments,” or may endanger her own life or gasmic manifestations. The hunter suffers a -1 to all rolls until she
the lives of her fellow cell members in order to get the oppor- can manage some kind of sexual release (potentially an orgasm,
tunity to deliver a few extra moments of pain to her victims. though other modes of satisfaction can be determined).
When failing the Resolve + Composure roll, the character A hunter with a major Sexual Deviancies Tell finds that the

makes it her mission to bring cruelty to a creature or a crea- hunt’s sexual overtones begin to overshadow any other aspect of
ture’s ally, and this takes her well beyond the scene at hand. the Vigil. Hunters with this Tell must make a successful Resolve +
Sexual Deviancies: In the human body, sex and violence Composure roll not to engage in sexual contact with the target of
trigger similar chemical releases. Both are adrenaline based their quarry (or fellow members of their cell) while actively pursu-
and increase with testosterone in the system. Some studies ing or having completed a hunt, regardless of the inappropriate-
have suggested that a link exists between a heightened reac- ness of the situation. Many members of the Ashwood Abbey are
tion to sexual stimuli and a similarly heightened aggressive re- victim to this Tell, although whether they join the organization
action (such as is developed when the Vigil takes precedence because of its influence or gain the Tell because of the activities

in one’s life.) their membership exposes them to is a matter of conjecture.

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