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'''Requisite Disciplines:''' Presence 1, Dominate 1. | '''Requisite Disciplines:''' Presence 1, Dominate 1. | ||
| − | '''Description:''' This power allows the Ventrue to assess any single statement made by the subject and look for the essence of the subject's being beneath the words she speaks. The Ventrue needs to | + | '''Description:''' This power allows the Ventrue to assess any single statement made by the subject and look for the essence of the subject's being beneath the words she speaks. The Ventrue needs to speak no words himself; he simply interprets the statement offered to him. |
'''System''': The player makes an Intelligence + Empathy roll (difficulty equal to the subject's Manipulation + Expression). With even a single success, the Ventrue determines the subject's Demeanor from the statement, finding profound meaning in the most common of utterances. This power works only upon living creatures - Kindred lack the spark that colors the words they speak. | '''System''': The player makes an Intelligence + Empathy roll (difficulty equal to the subject's Manipulation + Expression). With even a single success, the Ventrue determines the subject's Demeanor from the statement, finding profound meaning in the most common of utterances. This power works only upon living creatures - Kindred lack the spark that colors the words they speak. | ||
'''''Ok, this discipline technique is broken by being simply too weak to achieve even the simplest of its intents. It needs to tell the vampire more than demeanor, and Kindred should be affected by this power if the user spends a point of Willpower.''''' -- Bruce (02/07/2014) | '''''Ok, this discipline technique is broken by being simply too weak to achieve even the simplest of its intents. It needs to tell the vampire more than demeanor, and Kindred should be affected by this power if the user spends a point of Willpower.''''' -- Bruce (02/07/2014) | ||
Revision as of 14:58, 21 March 2014
Requisite Disciplines: Presence 1, Dominate 1.
Description: This power allows the Ventrue to assess any single statement made by the subject and look for the essence of the subject's being beneath the words she speaks. The Ventrue needs to speak no words himself; he simply interprets the statement offered to him.
System: The player makes an Intelligence + Empathy roll (difficulty equal to the subject's Manipulation + Expression). With even a single success, the Ventrue determines the subject's Demeanor from the statement, finding profound meaning in the most common of utterances. This power works only upon living creatures - Kindred lack the spark that colors the words they speak.
Ok, this discipline technique is broken by being simply too weak to achieve even the simplest of its intents. It needs to tell the vampire more than demeanor, and Kindred should be affected by this power if the user spends a point of Willpower. -- Bruce (02/07/2014)
