•• Social Censure
This power allows a Morotrophian to force subjects to behave according to the social rules of their current situation, be those rules stated or unstated. The character must have line of sight to her subjects. A victim must behave in a manner fitting his role in the social order of the institution, regardless of what his personal desire or intent is. So, a prisoner attempting to escape returns to his cell, or a rebellious neonate kneels before the Prince and accepts punishment. The Monk has no specific control over the subject’s actions; the victim simply has to follow protocol as it’s understood by the group or in the situation.
Effect
Dramatic Failure: The impetus to conform rebounds upon the user and she must behave according to the rules for her station for the remainder of the scene (short of doing herself harm). If a dramatic failure is rolled for the subject, see Exceptional Success, below.
Failure: The same or the most successes are rolled for the subject. The target or group is unaffected, although a successive attempt can be made if another Willpower point is spent and the same people are still within line of sight.
Success: The most successes are rolled for the vampire. The target must behave as expected of his rank or role in the institution, but maintains a sense of selfpreservation. He goes about his duties without concern for personal matters, but doesn’t walk into a burning building to do so.
Exceptional Success: The most (five or more) successes are rolled for the vampire. The target behaves as demanded of his role or station, even if it results in his humiliation or harm. In this case, a subject would enter a burning building to do his duty. Vampiric subjects gain or lose five dice to frenzy rolls (depending on whether it would be socially acceptable for them to frenzy or not) for the rest of the scene. If an Exceptional Success is rolled for the subject, all further uses of Institutionalize against him are at –1 penalty until the next sunset.
Failure: The same or the most successes are rolled for the subject. The target or group is unaffected, although a successive attempt can be made if another Willpower point is spent and the same people are still within line of sight.
Success: The most successes are rolled for the vampire. The target must behave as expected of his rank or role in the institution, but maintains a sense of selfpreservation. He goes about his duties without concern for personal matters, but doesn’t walk into a burning building to do so.
Exceptional Success: The most (five or more) successes are rolled for the vampire. The target behaves as demanded of his role or station, even if it results in his humiliation or harm. In this case, a subject would enter a burning building to do his duty. Vampiric subjects gain or lose five dice to frenzy rolls (depending on whether it would be socially acceptable for them to frenzy or not) for the rest of the scene. If an Exceptional Success is rolled for the subject, all further uses of Institutionalize against him are at –1 penalty until the next sunset.
Side/Secondary Effects
The Monk using this power must observe subjects directly. The power doesn’t work through a monitor or photograph. If more than one member of the institution is looked at when the power is used (i.e., subjects are in a group), all may be affected depending on the contested roll made. Duties performed or actions carried out are followed through on for the remainder of the scene, at which time a subject may perform other actions as desired. This power can be used successfully on an individual only once per scene. If a subject happens to belong to two groups targeted in the same scene, that individual is immune to the second application.
Material Components
Cost: 1 Willpower
Gestures & Ritual
Dice Pool: Presence + Intimidation + Institutionalize versus the highest Composure + Blood Potency in the group
Related Discipline
Effect Casting Time
Contested; resistance is reflexive
Level
2
Applied Restriction
Modifier | Situation
+2 | The social rules the target is supposed to follow are crystal clear and/or promise punishment if not followed
+2 | The power is turned on a vampire with whom the user has a blood tie
+1 | The social rules the target is supposed to follow are well defined
— | The power is used on a single target
–1 | The power is used on multiple targets up to and including 20 of them, all of a single “class” such as a group of prisoners or a group of doctors, but not both
–1 | The power is used on targets of different “classes”
–1 | The social rules the target is supposed to follow are not clear
–2 | The power is used on more than 20 targets
–3 | The power is used on more than 50 targets
–3 | The social rules the target is supposed to follow are arcane or contradictory
–5 | The power is used on more than 100 targets
+2 | The social rules the target is supposed to follow are crystal clear and/or promise punishment if not followed
+2 | The power is turned on a vampire with whom the user has a blood tie
+1 | The social rules the target is supposed to follow are well defined
— | The power is used on a single target
–1 | The power is used on multiple targets up to and including 20 of them, all of a single “class” such as a group of prisoners or a group of doctors, but not both
–1 | The power is used on targets of different “classes”
–1 | The social rules the target is supposed to follow are not clear
–2 | The power is used on more than 20 targets
–3 | The power is used on more than 50 targets
–3 | The social rules the target is supposed to follow are arcane or contradictory
–5 | The power is used on more than 100 targets