An Ear for Lies
- Auspex 2
Scions place great stock in the truth, and successful rulers and leaders learn to discern the truth from falsehood, even when spoken by the mosti convincing liars. This power allows the user to know when someone is lying to him. To the Cainite, lies stand out, harsh and discordant, from all other speech.
System: The player must make a Perception + Empathy roll (difficulty equal to the subject's Manipulation + Subterfuge). If successful, the character automatically knows if the subject lies to him for the duration of one scene or social encounter. this ability does not detect lies of omission or half-truths, only direct and deliberate lies. If the subject believes what he is saying is true (even if it is not), then the character will not detect any falsehood. This technique does not give a character the ability to discern what the truth is, only to know when someone is lying.
