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aware of (up to) a number of conditions the
subject is suffering—be they of infectious,
foreign, toxic, or genetic origins—equal to
her proficiency rating in Bone. Obviously if
the subject does not have such conditions,
there is no awareness to be had.
Exceptional Success: Besides the larger
free dice pool, this is identical to a success.
Manage Manage the the Core Core ( (●●) (
Following Check the Core, this
Philosophy helps cope with the symptoms
the Dragon detected. Those ailments
afflicting effectively go into remission for
the rest of the scene.
The subject may ignore a number of
symptoms associated with his condition
equal to the Dragon’s proficiency in Bone,
excluding penalties associated with suffering
wounds (those are beyond the focus of this
Philosophy). Until the end of the scene, the
target of this Philosophy does not need to
roll to resist unconsciousness; he will not
pass out until after the scene has ended.
Cost: 1 Willpower
Dice Pool: Composure + Medicine +
Furnace + Bone – Composure - Furnace
Action: Instant
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The symptoms are made
worse by the Bone Dragon’s meddling.
While for some this may just be a really
unpleasant time, for those with serious
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conditions such a surge of bad health can be
fatal.
Failure: The Dragon fails to suppress the
symptoms of her subject’s condition. She
must succeed with Manage the Core before
she may use higher levels of the Bone
Philosophy.
Success: A number of symptoms the subject
is suffering equal to the Dragon’s Bone
proficiency are suppressed, neutralizing any
ill effects they may impose until the end of
the scene. Such suppression works on all
forms of suffering, including fatigue and
drug withdrawal.
Exceptional Success: Same as Success, but
the Willpower is not spent.
Mend Mend the the Core ( (●●●) (
After suppressing the symptoms, the
Bone Dragon has enough room to actually
treat causes. She can heal diseases, wounds,
or addictions by rolling Mend the Core.
Each success heals either two points
of bashing or a single point of lethal. In
addition, succeeding on Mend the Core
allows the Bone Dragon to “spend” her
proficiency to remove conditions, spending
them as points to remove up to its rating as a
cumulative total. For more information, see
the “Mending Disease” sidebar on this page.
Cost: 1 Breath
Dice Pool: Strength + Medicine + Furnace +
Bone – Composure - Furnace
You may have noticed that despite this Philosophy’s benign purview it still has its dice pool
reduced by the target’s values. There are several reasons for this, but the one you will be
receiving is this: people are good at hiding illness. There is still a social stigma associated
with the sick, and such preconceptions will linger for a very long time. As a natural defense
mechanism (Very primal, to avoid being sent away from the herd), humans hide their illness
so as to avoid rejection by the populace. Dragons too hide their weakness reflexively as a
means of self-defense, as a sickly Dragon is easy to overpower and eventually smother out.
The heat of a Furnace burns both physically and metaphorically, which means it incinerates a
degree of any supernatural influence. As the Bone Philosophy is technically supernatural, it
is not excluded from this incineration.
NOTE: A Bone Dragon may target herself with the Bone Philosophy. In such a case, she
subtracts her own Composure and Furnace from her dice pool.