Editing Genius The Transgression/Chapter Two: Character Creation (section)

===Mane (● to ●●●):===
The genius is a mane, not a natural-born human being. She may be a clone, an orphan automaton, or just a normal-seeming person born in a bardo, or she may be something much stranger. Manes suffer from two disadvantages. First, they require one point of Mania per day to sustain themselves―this point cancels out the point of Mania a genius receives automatically upon waking every day. (See Manes, Page 284.) Second, manes are susceptible to Havoc. (See Havoc, Page 270.)

However, manes gain a significant advantage over mortal geniuses: they can spend Mania to heal damage as a reflexive action. Every point of Mania heals one point of Lethal damage (or Structure, if non-biological) or two points of Bashing damage. By spending three points of Mania and a point of Willpower, a mane can heal a point of Aggravated damage.

Manes also receive the Calculus Vampire Merit at no cost.

There are three categories of this Merit.

Mane ●: The mane does not appear at all human. Only a full-body covering coupled with darkness or disinterest can hide this fact.

Mane ●●: The mane looks nearly human, but may possess a few unusual features such as a tail or a third eye in the middle of his forehead.

Mane ●●●: The mane looks entirely human.

Manes often possess grafted or internalized adopted orphans (see the Adopted Orphan Merit, above) to represent peculiar native abilities.