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APPENDIX: DREAD POWERS & RULES UPDATE

You gain a four dot Mentor Merit in the form of Castigation
the Lucifuge herself. You can buy the Merit to
five dots at a later time. These revisions update the Castigation Endowment of the
Malleus Maleficarum Lucifuge. All references to Morality use Integrity instead.
Hellfire
You can purchase the Benediction Endowment.
As per Hunter: The Vigil with a slight change. Hellfire is con-
You gain two additional dots of Status in the sidered a thrown weapon with a damage rating equal to the Luci-
Catholic Church. This is the Status Merit from fuge’s Castigation dots minus one. It’s thrown with Dexterity + Ath-
The God-Machine Chronicle, p. 170. If this letics or Intelligence + Occult, chosen when purchasing the ritual.
would take the Merit above five dots, apply the The Endowment causes lethal damage, however, the Lucifuge can
excess dots to another relevant Social Merit.
suffer a point of aggravated damage to make the attack aggravated.
Once per game session, you gain three dots, Sense of the Unrighteous
divided however you’d like, between the
Resources and Retainers Merits. This reflects Instead of getting senses related to Morality ratings, the
Malleus Maleficarum assets at your disposal. Storyteller should describe how unclean the act makes the Lu-
Task Force: VALKYRIE cifuge feel. Use increasingly evocative descriptions the more ter-
rible the act becomes.
You can purchase the Advanced Armory Shackles of Pandemonium
Endowment.
As part of successful activation, the Lucifuge creates a tem-
You gain two dots of Allies in Task Force: porary ban on the demon. Breaching the circle is the effective
VALKYRIE. This reflects backup you can call ban. If the demon crosses the circle, they’ve broken the ban.
upon. If this takes you above five dots, allocate
the dots to other relevant Social Merits. Elixir
You gain three high-level Contacts, each in a These revisions update the Elixir Endowment of the As-
different secure field dealing with conspiracies cending Ones. Ignore the text about single-use Elixirs. Elixirs
and the supernatural. replenish between game sessions, per the Sanctity of Merits.
A character may possess more Elixirs than her combined
Endowments Elixir + Ascending Ones Status, by purchasing an “Additional
Elixirs” Merit. This Merit has no upward limit, and simply al-
lows access to further Elixirs.
These updated Endowments rules supplement the Endow-
ments found in Hunter: The Vigil. Most importantly, keep Additionally, on a Dramatic Failure, the Ascending One
in mind the Sanctity of Merits rule from p. 158 of The God- suffers a poison with a Toxicity equal to the Elixir’s dot rating,
Machine Chronicle. Any expended or lost Endowments will instead of a Toxicity 2 poison.
return points to the player, which can be spent again. This re- Breath of Ma’at
places the need for “renewable” Endowments. This Elixir offers a bonus to breaking point rolls, not de-
Advanced Armory generation.

These revisions update the Advanced Armory Endowment Relic
of Task Force: VALKYRIE. These revisions update the Relic Endowment of the Aegis
Mjolnir Cannon ( or ) Kai Doru.
As described in Hunter: The Vigil. However, an excep- Eye of Hubris
tional success applies the Stunned Tilt from The God-Machine This Relic gives the user the One-Eyed Persistent Condi-
Chronicle, p. 212. tion, instead of a Flaw. They work identically, but when the
Benediction penalty causes a major inconvenience in the character’s life, she
grants the cell a Practical Beat.
These revisions update the Benediction Endowment of Watchful Keris
the Malleus Maleficarum. All references to Morality use Integ-
The dagger is a weapon that causes 1 lethal, and adds +3
rity instead. to the user’s Initiative when wielded. The additional surprise
The Boon of Lazarus attack benefit remains.

The dot of Willpower lost from this Benediction is replaced Doru Talisman
by a dot of Integrity. Instead of a derangement, the recipient re-
ceives a Persistent Condition reflecting their shift in behavior. The Doru Talisman acts as a 2 lethal weapon, not a 3.

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