Truth of the Rom

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Blood Affinities

You are an extremely sincere person. You always tell the truth no matter who you are talking to - even when you speak to a gaje. You seem to be able to convince even yourself of the real truth of any situation, regardless of those seeming "facts" others speak of.
This ability enables a Rom to lie truthfully. In other words, the character is such a good liar that he even believes himself (while telling the "truth"). This is not to say that the character doesn't realize what actually happened, but just that he pushes the information so far back in his mind that, when necessary, even he doesn't remember it. this enables the character to beat any sort of lie detector, Empathy Talent, or shrewd cop. Whenever the character attempts a lie, each point of this talent subtracts one success from the target's Perception roll. So if the character has two points in Truth of the Rom, someone using a lie detection device would need at least three successes to detect any deception at all.

1) Novice: Can manage simple yes/no situations.
2) Practiced: Can call in sick with conviction.
3) Competent: Can get through an LAPD interrogation.
4) Expert: Able to pass a lie detector test with flying colors.
5) Master: Even Mom believes the dog ate your homework.