The Shadow’s Revelation
Auspex •••, Majesty ••
This Devotion allows the Kindred to project a specific emotion onto an inanimate object, thereby forcing the next person who touches it to feel the emotional impression left behind. Further, the target feels compelled to share with the Kindred a specific memory attached to that emotion, as if the only way to purge the feeling is to talk it out.
A cunning and manipulative vampire should be able to get the information he needs from his victim simply by being nearby when the target touches the prepared object. Then, using whatever Attributes or Skills he possesses, the Kindred can guide the target into telling him everything he wants to know.
A Bak-Ra using this Devotion should consider two points of caution, though. One is to be careful when applying anger. Should the victim suddenly feel such a powerful burst of rage, she might be thrown into an uncontrollable frenzy. This might be a convenient method of pitting one of the Kindred’s foes against another, of course, but wouldn’t be pleasant to be around. Second, if the victim has a derangement that is triggered by a given strong emotion, she might be overcome by it and be unable to provide any useful information.
A cunning and manipulative vampire should be able to get the information he needs from his victim simply by being nearby when the target touches the prepared object. Then, using whatever Attributes or Skills he possesses, the Kindred can guide the target into telling him everything he wants to know.
A Bak-Ra using this Devotion should consider two points of caution, though. One is to be careful when applying anger. Should the victim suddenly feel such a powerful burst of rage, she might be thrown into an uncontrollable frenzy. This might be a convenient method of pitting one of the Kindred’s foes against another, of course, but wouldn’t be pleasant to be around. Second, if the victim has a derangement that is triggered by a given strong emotion, she might be overcome by it and be unable to provide any useful information.
Effect
Dramatic Failure: Not only is the wrong emotion transmitted to the object in question, but the target realizes that she is being manipulated in some way and that someone is actually trying to get information out of her.
Failure: The victim feels as if something isn’t quite right and immediately drops or removes her hand from the object. No further attempt can be made to manipulate the target by using the same object.
Success: The correct emotion is projected onto the object. The character can then play to that emotion, ferreting out information from the target by taking advantage of his fragile emotional state. This grants a positive modifier to Social rolls with the target (not including rolls to use Disciplines) equal to the successes that the player rolls.
If the Bak-Ra implants anger, a vampire who touches the object must roll to avoid frenzy.
Exceptional Success: Extra successes are their own reward.
Failure: The victim feels as if something isn’t quite right and immediately drops or removes her hand from the object. No further attempt can be made to manipulate the target by using the same object.
Success: The correct emotion is projected onto the object. The character can then play to that emotion, ferreting out information from the target by taking advantage of his fragile emotional state. This grants a positive modifier to Social rolls with the target (not including rolls to use Disciplines) equal to the successes that the player rolls.
If the Bak-Ra implants anger, a vampire who touches the object must roll to avoid frenzy.
Exceptional Success: Extra successes are their own reward.
Side/Secondary Effects
Once an object is “imprinted” with an emotion, the power remains for a number of turns equal to the Bak- Ra’s Blood Potency. If the object ever leaves her sight, the Devotion’s effects end.
Material Components
Cost: 1 Willpower
Gestures & Ritual
Dice Pool: Manipulation + Empathy + Majesty – Composure
Effect Casting Time
Instant
Applied Restriction
Modifier | Situation
+3 | The target is already under the influence of Entrancement.
+2 | Power is focused on, or applies to, a vampire with whom the user has a blood tie.
+1 | The target is able to get full hand contact on the object.
| The target merely gets a finger-touch on the object.
-3 | The target is an enemy.
+3 | The target is already under the influence of Entrancement.
+2 | Power is focused on, or applies to, a vampire with whom the user has a blood tie.
+1 | The target is able to get full hand contact on the object.