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

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which can be distributed amongst further
Tears Philosophy uses against the mark.
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 Tears Philosophy is
applied against another subject.
Cost: None
Dice Pool: Composure + Empathy +
Furnace + Tears – Resolve - Furnace
Action: Instant
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The Tears Dragon
misidentifies at least one of the chains,
though she remains unaware of this. She
may move on to higher levels of Tears, but
she’ll suffer a -5 penalty until she succeeds
on Identify the Chains.
Failure: Despite her best effort, the Tears
Dragon cannot follow the chain from
memory to emotion. Without knowing
where it leads, she cannot control it, so
higher levels of Tears remain locked until
this level has succeeded.
Success: Successes turn into free pool dice
for Tears uses. The Tears Dragon also
learns of a number of chains equal to her
proficiency in Tears.
Exceptional Success: Besides the larger
free dice pool, this is identical to a success.
Tug Tug the the Chain Chain ( (●●) (
With this philosophy, a Dragon has
the power to bring up other memories that
have a connection to a current emotion. For
example, maybe an act of aggression has
relevance with a memory that also connect
to regret. The Dragon can give that chain a
swift pull, forcing her mark to re-experience
the memory and possibly stray to another
emotion. It can buy a few seconds as a
distraction, but serves an infinitely more
useful purpose in giving the mark a new
perspective.
To tug the Chain, the Dragon must
be touching the mark.
Cost: 1 Willpower
Dice Pool: Manipulation + Empathy +
Furnace + Tears – Resolve - Furnace
Action: Instant
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The memory only serves
to fortify the mark’s resolve. He gets a +2
bonus to Resolve until the end of the scene,
and the Dragon must try again with a
different chain.
Failure: Despite her pulling, the Dragon
does not pull forth an associated memory.
She must succeed at this level before she can
move on to the next one.
Success: The mark is drawn into a memory
in which his current emotion was significant.
He spends a number of turns dwelling in the
flashback equal to the Dragon’s Tears
proficiency. The memory might give him
some insight that changes his mind, but that
is dependent on the storyteller.
Exceptional Success: Same as Success, but
the Willpower is not spent.
Pluck Pluck Pluck the the Chain Chain ( (●●●) (
After tugging a chain hard enough, a
Tears Dragon may remove it completely,
causing the mark to suddenly lose all
emotional attachment to the memory (A
strange sensation). The groove of that chain
remains for a time, a lingering behavior that
seems unwarranted, but it will heal after
several weeks. For example, a man who
once held a chain of love associated with his
daughter might still hug her when he came
home from work, but not really understand
why. Eventually, he won't hug her at all.
It is important to note that this tug
can also apply to derangements. Without an
emotional attachment, the derangement
eventually fades (as the groove heals). The
chain is comprised of astral material that is
only detectable by the Dragon and those
who are enlightened enough to see the
Dreamtide. The Dragon may lay one of
these chains in an open groove, but cannot