1)Алхимический Яд:"Blade Clot" or "Blood Sleep"
Five dice are rolled against the victim,s Stamina+3.Each turn thereafter,another roll is made,until 15 success have been achieved.At that point,the vampire enters torpor due to the coagulation of the blood in his brain.Each success achieved also reduces the Blood Pool,effectively "freezing" that number of Blood Points so they cannot be used.If the roll ever botches,the poison proceeds no further,though the coagulated blood cannot be used or replaced except through the normal nightly expenditure of one Blood Point.
Противоядие:The vitae from a vampire of a lower generation than the victim will purge the poison.A number of Blood Points equal to the poison,s number of successes is required.Also,the third level of the Thaumaturgy Discipline,Blood of Potency,can allow the victim to purge the poison without spending Blood Points.Another option is to spend all Blood Points,dispersing the poison;this must be done before the first onser of symptoms,for even one success will "freeze" a Blood Point,in which case not all the Blood Points can be spent.
2)Most often,it takes a roll of Manipulatio+Influence(difficulty (4+4) to stop the presses,as well as an Ally,Retainer or Contact on the inside(such as a publishing executive) to do it quietly.