You have a strong understanding of death and the stages of decomposition, and you’ve learned to call forth this energy at will, surrounding yourself with a miasma that is toxic to anyone who stands too close. 

Cost: One Rouse check

System: Spend your simple action to channel the decaying forces of death into the physical world around you for the next five minutes. Non-sentient organic and inorganic material within five steps of you begins to rot. Plants turn black and die, food spoils and becomes toxic to eat, even brick and other solid inanimate objects slowly start to crumble, losing one Structure per turn. You may spend a Standard action and one Rouse check to touch one corpse, which disintegrates in less than a minute.

Living creatures within five steps of you also take one point of Normal Damage per turn as they slowly rot from the inside out. In addition, mortals will immediately grow nauseated and gain the Weakened Condition. Vampires within five steps of you mend one less damage per Rouse (minimum of one).  Aura of Decay does not automatically speed up the process of anything once living that is already decaying, such as a corpse, within its area of effect. 

Duration: Five minutes