Alpha Gifts

=Alpha Gifts=
These Gifts can be found in the supplement The Rage: Forsaken Player's Guide. These gifts focus on leading others and are available only to Storm Lords.
• Sense Guilt: The user senses shame or guilt felt over prior actions; the subject does not have to be feeling them presently as long as it exists in the subject's heart. Few details are revealed about the specifics of the guilt, but an exceptional success reveals the prior action in more detail.
Cost: 1 Essence
Pool: Intelligence + Empathy + Honor versus target's Resolve + Resistance
Action: Instant (contested)
•• Alpha's Aura: The character radiates competence and authority, to the point of causing fear in observers. If successful, the character may also substitute the higher of Composure or Intimidation for their normal defense value. Duration is one scene, or until sunrise on exceptional success.
Cost: 1 Willpower
Pool: Composure + Intimidation + Honor versus target's Resolve + Resistance
Action: Instant (contested)
••• Taste of Flaws: The character gains a general picture of his target's weaknesses, such as flaws they possess affecting their ability to speak, prowess in combat, or mental well-being. This grants a +2 bonus (+3 if exceptional) to rolls made against the subject.
Cost: 1 Essence
Pool: Wits + Empathy + Wisdom
Action: Instant
•••• Lordly Will: This gift grants immunity to outside attempts to control the mind, such as Dominance Gifts or the Majesty Discipline; the user must pay 2 Essence for every turn they wish to keep this power active.
Cost: 2 Essence
Pool: —
Action: Reflexive
••••• Alpha's Howl: Supernatural enemies within earshot of this technique lose the ability to activate their powers for one turn per success obtained; this includes indirect supernatural powers, such as shapeshifting and regeneration. If multiple targets exist, the highest Resolve score in the group counts for all targets.
Cost: 3 Essence
Pool: Presence + Intimidation + Glory versus target's Resolve
Action: Instant (resisted)
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