Investigation
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--- Investigation 5, Essence 4
Permanent
Social
Any Investigation Excellency
Permanently increases the Rate of Investigation Social Attacks by 1.
This is also an Presence Charm, requiring Presence 5, Essence 4 and an Excellency.
COMMENTS:
Emotion-Discerning Contact
2 motes. Investigation 4, Essence 3
Instant/Reflexive (Step 1)
Combo-Ok, Social, Touch
Any Investigation Excellency
With the slightest touch, a Lawgiver can discern a target’s emotions towards her. She is instantly aware of all emotional-based feelings, Intimacies or Motivation(s) the target may have concerning her (love, anger, hatred, etc) but cannot discern thoughts. For a point of willpower, she automatically knows if the target’s emotions are the subject of Unnatural Mental Influence. At Essence 6, this is no longer a Charm action and has no mote cost. The Solar, however, must still spend 1wp to determine Unnatural Mental Influence.
This is also an Presence Charm, requiring Presence 4, Ess 3 and an Excellency.
COMMENTS:
Within the Mind’s Eye
5 motes. Investigation 5, Essence 4
Instant, Simple
Combo-Basic, Touch
Judge’s Ear Techinque
Some victims are robbed of their ability to speak of a subject, but this is not a problem for a Lawgiver, so long as the target can remember. The Solar must touch his target—who must be willing—and spend 5 motes, at which point he views, in full detail, what the target remembers. • If the target is unwilling, the Solar must first find a way to touch him, usually via a Martial Arts attack. Then the Solar makes a Charisma + Investigation roll with his Essence in automatic successes, vs the target’s DMDV. (This causes the Charm to gain the Compulsion keyword, and a valid target for any defenses against Compulsion effects) • If the target’s memory has been altered, the Solar notices immediately and can instantly tell if it was by sheer trauma, magic, etc. He may make a Wits + Investigation roll at difficulty 3 or the memory thief’s Essence, whichever is higher to piece together what really happened.
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