Dragon: The Embers Core Book - MrGone's Character Sheets

aware of the target's Health stat, knowing
both how much they can suffer before they
drop and how much they have suffered
already, as well as the source of that pain.
The player is informed by the
storyteller how much aggravated, lethal, and
bashing damage the target is suffering, and
how many dots of Health they possess. This
information is provided once when the
Philosophy is used, so the Dragon must
estimate future damage as it is dealt.
In addition, the successes rolled on
Find the Pain form a pool of free dice which
can be distributed amongst further Sweat
Philosophy uses against the subject. These
dice are temporary, which means they’re
used up when they’re added to a roll. All
the dice in the free pool expire at the end of
a scene, or if the Sweat Philosophy is
applied against another subject.
Cost: None
Dice Pool: Wits + Survival + Furnace +
Sweat – Stamina - Furnace
Action: Instant
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The Sweat Dragon
underestimates the target’s tolerance of pain.
She may move on to higher levels of Sweat,
but she’ll suffer a -5 penalty until she
succeeds on Find the Pain.
Failure: The Sweat Dragon is stumped,
unable to size up her target. Higher levels of
Sweat cannot be used until this level has
succeeded.
Success: Successes turn into free pool dice
for Sweat uses. The Sweat Dragon also
learns how many Health dots the subject has,
how many wounds he has suffered and of
what type they may be, and the degree (if
any) of trauma the subject suffers.
Exceptional Success: Besides the larger
free dice pool, this is identical to a success.
Trauma?
Trauma?
Trauma is a penalty-inflicting ailment
triggered when a subject does not
sacrifice his defense or moves more than
half his speed. The penalty is equal to
the trauma’s rating, and applies to the
subject’s next action. For more
information on trauma, see page XX in
Chapter 3.
Manipulate Manipulate the the Pain Pain ( (●●) (
With the knowledge of where the
pain is situated (and a point of Willpower),
the Dragon may actively redirect it to a
focused location. For example, a man with a
broken leg and an arthritic shoulder could be
made capable of walking by moving the
pain to his head, though the resulting shock
would probably addle him. Likewise,
someone with migraines could be rendered
unable to hold a pistol when the pain moves
to his hands. People suffering generalized
pain (Health penalties) can have them
focused on a single area, increasing the
penalty for actions involving that region by
the Dragon's Sweat rating. Trauma can be
localized, but only increases by half the
Dragon’s Sweat rating (rounded down).
Though it may seem like this
wouldn’t work on a healthy subject, there is
always some little discomfort that can be
compressed into a hindrance. Even if there
wasn’t, the Sweat Dragon’s belief in Pain
creates that discomfort which can then be
manipulated.
Cost: 1 Willpower
Dice Pool: Manipulation + Survival +
Furnace + Sweat – Stamina - Furnace
Action: Instant
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The pain moves, but not
in the way the Dragon intended. The target
suffers a -2 penalty in a region of the
storyteller’s choice, for two minutes.