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|description=The mysterious art of clan Błędnica, gelidus grants the vampire the ability to control the thermal energy of people and objects, chilling or freezing the world around them. At its most basic, gelidus enables a vampire to make a victim uncomfortably or dangerously cold. At its most terrifying, it allows Kindred to summon deadly, subzero temperatures, freezing humans and supernaturals alike. This Discipline is the Beast at one with the grim realities of the arctic wastes.

Vampires of Clan Błędnica ''are'' gelidus, as much as they are practitioners of the discipline. They use these powers to protect themselves, to trap their prey, steal their victim’s heat, and drop the world into a localized ice age. When using this Discipline, kindred feel connected to the primordial winter, but the wise know such connections only serve a larger pattern, and do not make the vampire its master.

|type=Physical

Depending on the environment or weather conditions, some gelidus powers can be less overt. Obviously, a blast of subzero air is harder to explain away in the middle of a tropical summer, but in the dead of winter, it might not even be noticed. Many powers, however, are notably inhuman and will likely break the masquerade if not utilized carefully.

|resonance=Phlegmatic. Explorers, adventurers, and stolid survivalists, tenured history professors, librarians, or medical researchers; men and women with calm heads and wills of iron who are able to endure the hardships of nature or the rigors of dense study.

|level1-1=FROSTBITE

|system1-2=No additional skill roll is required for inanimate objects or liquids. The user concentrates for a turn and forces a limb into standing liquid or grips a nonliving object (except unliving flesh such as that of the Kindred) to freeze it. The vampire can choose to make a number of rouse checks, and each Rouse Check freezes approximately 35 liters of liquid or 100 cubic centimeters of solid, nonliving matter. Liquid freezes almost instantaneously; solid matter takes approximately three turns to freeze. (whether the material meaningfully weakens remains at the Storyteller’s discretion). The vampire can attempt to use chilling touch on mortals by rolling a contest of Dexterity or Strength + Brawl vs. the target’s Dexterity + Athletics. On a success, the vampire freezes the flesh within its grasp; this power freezes 100 cubic centimeters worth of flesh, organ, and bone per rouse check, dealing at least one aggravated damage (at the Storyteller’s discretion, this power may do more damage.) This power has no effect on vampires, however other supernaturals susceptible to cold can follow mortal rules, at the storyteller’s discretion.

|duration1-2= N/A

|level2-1=COLD SNAP

|description2-1=Reaching out a hand towards a target they can see, the vampire rapidly draws the heat from their victim, slowing them to a crawl and leaving mortals shivering cold.

|system2-1=The user makes a Dexterity + Gelidus vs Stamina + Athletics against a target they can see under 50 meters away. On a winning contest, the target is slowed, unable to move quicker than walking speed without taking one superficial damage per turn. If the victim attempts to use powers that grant rapid movement (such as Blink or Traversal, Celerity 3), they must succeed on a Stamina + Resolve check (difficulty 2+ the caster’s current blood potency) or take two superficial damage per use of the power. Superficial damage inflicted by Cold Snap is not halved.

|duration2-1= One Scene

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