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Chapter II: Character
The vision is frequently couched in symbolic visual
language, a side effect of the interconnectedness of many
spirit concepts. For example, a gun that was used by a
hunter to fire a silver bullet into a werewolf might project
the sound of a gunshot and the image of the full moon
cracking and bleeding. A successful Intelligence + Occult
roll might be required to interpret a vision.
This Gift cannot be used successfully more than once
on any one object or place by the same character.
Exceptional Success: The vision is exceptionally
clear and provides additional information that the character
might not expect. In the case of the gun used to shoot
a werewolf, the character might receive an accurate vision
of the hunter’s face.
Soul Read (••••)
At increasing levels of perception, a Gift of Insight
can lay bare the darkest secrets of a person’s soul. The
character can look directly into the heart of a subject,
reading the worst fears, secrets and sins hidden there.
Cost: 1 Essence
Dice Pool: Intelligence + Empathy + Purity versus
subject’s Resolve + Primal Urge
Action: Contested; resistance is reflexive
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The character is inadequately
prepared to look on the totality of a person’s being. She is
temporarily overwhelmed and loses a point of Willpower.
Failure: An equal number or the most successes are
rolled for the subject. The Gift user fails to see far enough
to uncover any secrets.
Success: The most successes are rolled for the Gift user.
She gains knowledge of one of the subject’s secrets, fears or
weaknesses per success rolled. These are details that the subject
doesn’t want to become public knowledge. A memory of
committing an act of sexual abuse, an abiding fear of rejection
or the location of something dear (such as a vampire’s haven)
are all fair game. This Gift doesn’t provide information that
the user already knows. If she’s already aware that her target is
a warlock, the Gift doesn’t count that fact as a “secret” to be
revealed. The Gift may, however, confirm a piece of information
that the character had only guessed at before.
Exceptional Success: The most successes — five or
more — are rolled for the Gift user. The subject instinctively
senses that the werewolf knows, and she suffers a –1
penalty to all Social rolls made to influence or resist her
for the remainder of the scene.
Omen Gazing (•••••)
With this Gift, the werewolf has developed an inner
sight so powerful that it can actually catch glimpses of the
future. The character enters a meditative trance, clearing
her mind of everything but darkness in order to welcome
the visions. She might receive warning of an impending
attack, foretell the arrival of a potential ally or even watch
a betrayal unfold before it happens. Viewing the future
accurately is impossible, though. No vision is guaranteed
to come true. Worse, visions gained are more often signs
of ominous events than they are promises of good fortune.
Whether this is because the Gift’s “eyesight” is through a
dark lens, or simply a cold reflection of the hard truths of a
werewolf’s existence, none can say.