••• Focus the Aspect
The Nahualli assert that all beings, mortal or Kindred, possess aspects. According to them, all emotions are merely expressions of a particular facet of identity. Focus the Aspect allows a Nahualli to impose a subtle and temporary change on another being. The bloodline claims it has learned to amplify the emotions of others to free their aspects. Other Kindred argue that this power is merely a result of Nahualli tinkering with Dominate.
Effect
Dramatic Failure: The power fails and the intended subject is immune to further uses of the Nahualli’s Tezcatl until the next sunset. If a dramatic failure occurs for the subject, an exceptional success is consider to apply for the Nahualli.
Failure: An equal number or the most successes are rolled for the intended subject. The power has no effect, but a successive attempt may be possible at the expense of another Vitae.
Success: The most successes are rolled for the Jekyll. He may intensify any emotion that the subject currently feels such that it becomes a driving force to the exclusion of all other concerns. A new Virtue or Vice is chosen for the subject and it takes precedent over the subject’s normal one. The subject could even regain Willpower by performing acts in keeping with his new trait.
Exceptional Success: The most successes — five or more — are rolled for the Nahualli. The user actually creates a new emotion in the subject and makes it all-consuming.
Failure: An equal number or the most successes are rolled for the intended subject. The power has no effect, but a successive attempt may be possible at the expense of another Vitae.
Success: The most successes are rolled for the Jekyll. He may intensify any emotion that the subject currently feels such that it becomes a driving force to the exclusion of all other concerns. A new Virtue or Vice is chosen for the subject and it takes precedent over the subject’s normal one. The subject could even regain Willpower by performing acts in keeping with his new trait.
Exceptional Success: The most successes — five or more — are rolled for the Nahualli. The user actually creates a new emotion in the subject and makes it all-consuming.
Side/Secondary Effects
When successfully employed, the emotion chosen becomes the focal point for any of the subject’s decisions. Exactly what effect that may have on her actions depends on the situation and the emotion, as determined by the Storyteller. The Nahualli cannot dictate the specific actions that a subject takes, only the inspiration behind them.
This power normally intensifies only an emotion that a subject already feels. Happiness could be turned into the Hope Virtue, for example. A Nahualli could not create Hope in a subject who grieves or is in pain. He cannot change the object of an emotion, either. Love could not be transferred from a mortal wife to a Kindred enemy. With an exceptional success, however, any emotional response is fair game. A subject could be made to feel pity for an enemy he tried to kill a moment before, acquiring the Wrath Vice temporarily.
This power cannot trigger a frenzy, Wassail or Rötschreck roll in another Kindred (not even with an exceptional success). It can, however, complicate another vampire’s attempt to remain under control. If a Nahualli successfully uses this power against a vampire exposed to an event or object that requires a roll to resist frenzy, Rötschreck or Wassail, rolls made for the subject suffer a –2 penalty.
The Nahualli must be able to see a subject directly to use Focus the Aspect. Looking at him on TV or in a photo does not apply. The subject’s amplified emotion persists for the remainder of the scene, unless a Willpower point is spent and a successful Stamina roll is made to gain some control (see above).
This power normally intensifies only an emotion that a subject already feels. Happiness could be turned into the Hope Virtue, for example. A Nahualli could not create Hope in a subject who grieves or is in pain. He cannot change the object of an emotion, either. Love could not be transferred from a mortal wife to a Kindred enemy. With an exceptional success, however, any emotional response is fair game. A subject could be made to feel pity for an enemy he tried to kill a moment before, acquiring the Wrath Vice temporarily.
This power cannot trigger a frenzy, Wassail or Rötschreck roll in another Kindred (not even with an exceptional success). It can, however, complicate another vampire’s attempt to remain under control. If a Nahualli successfully uses this power against a vampire exposed to an event or object that requires a roll to resist frenzy, Rötschreck or Wassail, rolls made for the subject suffer a –2 penalty.
The Nahualli must be able to see a subject directly to use Focus the Aspect. Looking at him on TV or in a photo does not apply. The subject’s amplified emotion persists for the remainder of the scene, unless a Willpower point is spent and a successful Stamina roll is made to gain some control (see above).