Gimme 50
Dominate ••••, Obfuscate •••
Kindred in certain regimented or totalitarian Carthian domains sometimes have to follow orders. Conditioning would be a wonderful power for this purpose, if it didn’t rob the soldiers of the initiative to fight on their own. Using Obfuscate to hide and dull the effects of Conditioning, some Carthian warlords have managed to create this Devotion for training Kindred to serve as soldiers.
Effect
The successes to be accumulated on the rolls for this power are identical to the Conditioning power of Dominate. The effects differ, however, in that the bonus and penalty do not apply to Dominate attempts. The effects apply to any uses of the Intimidation skill (including uses of Disciplines that call for Intimidation to be rolled) aimed at a specific purpose, defined when the subject is being trained. The usual purpose for this is “follow the orders of superior officers.” Thus, superior officers in the subject’s covenant would enjoy the bonus to Intimidation him, while subordinates (or outsiders) would suffer the penalty. The trainee finds the superiors defined by this power far scarier than anything else.
This power does not rob those subjected to it of free will, as Conditioning does; instead, Gimme 50 makes them jumpy. The penalty from this power also applies to any rolls the subjects make to resist frenzy or Wassail. On the upside, the bonus applies to attempts to resist Rötschreck, since the drill instructor may even seem scarier than fire.
This power does not rob those subjected to it of free will, as Conditioning does; instead, Gimme 50 makes them jumpy. The penalty from this power also applies to any rolls the subjects make to resist frenzy or Wassail. On the upside, the bonus applies to attempts to resist Rötschreck, since the drill instructor may even seem scarier than fire.