Werewolf: The Forsaken - Blank It

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Chapter II: Character
Cost: 1 Willpower
Dice Pool: Presence + Intimidation + Glory versus
Composure + Primal Urge
Action: Contested; resistance is reflexive
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The Gift fails completely. The
werewolf cannot use any Dominance Gifts on the subject
for the rest of the scene.
Failure: Successes rolled tie or the subject gets the
most. The target feels no compulsion to obey.
Success: The most successes are rolled for the Gift
user. This Gift affects a single target, who must obey the
command given. The words a character selects for his order
must be specific and straightforward, and the command
cannot take more than a minute to carry out. The user
can’t direct a target to take any action that would conceivably
bring harm to herself or others, or to do anything that
would be drastically out of character. In particular, the
Gift does not function at all if the subject is in combat or
otherwise distracted by a very real danger to her safety. It’s
a useful Gift, however, for telling a person to “step outside
for a minute.” The target remembers that her will was not
her own but might rationalize her obedience as a moment of
weakness rather than supernatural coercion.
Exceptional Success: As success, but the target is
sure to rationalize her obedience.
Voice of Command (•••)
At this level of Dominance, the werewolf learns to
voice more complex and subtle decrees, in a tone that
demands attention and respect. A thread of anger runs
through the werewolf’s words, making everyone in earshot
take notice of his declarations.
When activated, this Gift affects up to three targets,
each of whom contests the roll separately. The player suffers
a –1 penalty on the activation roll for each intended
target after the first. Therefore, some subjects might obey
while others resist.
Cost: 1 Essence
Dice Pool: Manipulation + Intimidation + Honor versus
Resolve + Primal Urge
Action: Contested; resistance is reflexive
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The Gift fails completely. The
werewolf cannot use any Dominance Gifts on anyone for
the rest of the scene.
Failure: An intended target feels no compulsion to obey.
Success: Affected targets react swiftly to the command.
The werewolf’s orders can have two or three
specific directions, but these orders can’t cause direct
harm to the targets or to anyone else, and cannot defy the
subjects’ identities or sense of self. A typical command
might be, “Hide these bodies in the deep ravine near the
river.” The subjects must obey the letter of the command,
although twisting the spirit is possible. Targets obey for up
to five minutes per success achieved on the activation roll.
The Gift cannot be used again on the same subjects that
day. If the targets suffer any harm as a result of obeying
the command (such as being instructed to flee, only to be
struck from behind by the Gift user’s packmate as they do
so), the Gift effects immediately end, and the Gift cannot
be used again on the targets that day.
Exceptional Success: As success, but the targets cannot
twist the spirit of the command.
Break the Defiant (••••)
A werewolf with this level of power is able to project a
force of presence that strips away a target’s desire to resist.
The werewolf snarls in a tone full of menace, chilling the
target to the marrow.
Cost: 1 Essence
Dice Pool: Presence + Intimidation + Purity – subject’s
Resolve
Action: Instant
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The Gift fails completely. The
werewolf cannot use any Dominance Gifts for the rest of
the scene.
Failure: The target is unaffected.
Success: The target immediately loses a number of
Willpower points equal to the number of successes rolled
for the Gift user. This Gift can be used only once on any
given target in a day.
Exceptional Success: No additional bonus is levied
apart from the crippling amount of Willpower lost.
Tug the Soul’s St rings (•••••)
With this level of mastery, a werewolf understands
genuine coercion, forcing others to do things even against
their will. While the affected person doesn’t harm himself,
the werewolf calling upon this Gift can incite her to
perform deeds that defy her identity and to cause harm to
others, even if the target is normally harmless and gentle.
Cost: 1 Essence
Dice Pool: Manipulation + Persuasion + Cunning
versus Resolve + Primal Urge
Action: Contested; resistance is reflexive
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The Gift fails completely. The
werewolf cannot use any Dominance Gifts for the rest of
the scene.
Failure: An equal number or more successes are
rolled for the subject. She does not obey.
Success: The most successes are rolled for the character
using this Gift, and he issues a single, straightforward
command. The werewolf can force a target to do things
she wouldn’t normally do, including hurting other people
or placing herself in danger. If the command would place
the victim in danger or force her to go against her moral
code, however, three dice are added to the target’s Resolve