Instruction
Description: You have a knack for imparting information and skills to others. You might have worked as a teacher, or you may be a clan leader who teaches necessary Abilities to neonates. In any event, you can explain things and demonstrate techniques in such a way that anyone who listens to you can easily learn. You can teach any of your Skills or Knowledges to another character, but you can never raise a student's score above your own. For example, if you have three dots in Music, you cannot teach someone enough to raise him to four dots in that Skill.
In order to determine the time it takes to raise a student's Ability, roll your Manipulation + Instruction (difficulty of 11 minus the student's Intelligence). One roll may be made per month of teaching. The number of successes is the number of experience points the student can apply toward that Ability. Example: Meltonon is trying to teach Helga Etiquette, to allow her to make a good impression at the prince's party. Helga is of average smarts (Intelligence 2), so the difficulty for Meltonon's roll is nine.
A student may become too discouraged or distracted with other things to pay attention to his teacher. At the Storyteller's discretion, the student may have to spend a Willpower point to keep at his studies. Frequent interruptions may cost a student a number of Willpower points, or may simply prevent him from learning anything.
With the Storyteller's approval, some Talents, such as Brawl or Dodge, can be imparted. In these cases, it is good to role-play some of the training sessions, to get a few good licks in on the student and see if he learns anything. Talents such as Empathy or Alertness cannot be taught; they must be learned the hard way.
- ●Novice: You can take simple concepts (e.g. basic arithmetic) and present them in an interesting and digestible manner.
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- ●● Practiced: You can teach moderately complex things (e.g. algebra) and make them straightforward and interesting.
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- ●●● Competent: You can make differential calculus sound like the simplest thing in the world.
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- ●●●● Expert: Learning from you is scarcely an effort. You could teach irrational-number theory or Sumerian cuneiform to almost anyone.
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- ●●●●● Master: You are an inspiring teacher, and bestow a touch of greatness on anyone who studies with you.
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Possessed by: Elders, Teachers, Professors, People from All Walks of Life
Specialties: Lore, Customs and Laws, University, the Arts, Sciences
