Lore

By Terence Berendt (tberendt@nac.net) for the Mysteriarchs

Description

This discipline gives the character the ability to manipulate knowledge and memory.

* Speed Read

This power allows the character to read faster, thus absorbing more knowledge in a shorter period of time.

System: The player rolls a Wits + Alertness (difficulty 8). The number of successes equals the number of pages per minute that can be read. (If the character has the Speed Reading skill, roll Wits + Speed Reading (difficulty 7) to determine the results.)

** Eidetic Memory

This gives the character a photographic memory.

System: Roll an Intelligence + Alertness. The difficulty is determined by the storyteller based on the character's familiarity with the subject. If the character has the merit Eidetic Memory, the difficulty is reduced by 2.

*** Object Read

By touching an object the character can gain information regarding the object. Unlike Spirit Touch, this power gives information regarding the object itself, not the people who handled it. This may be used to tell if a computer has a virus, to get information on a magical tome or to see if a door is trapped.

System: The player rolls Perception + Empathy (difficulty determined by the Storyteller). The number of successes determines how detailed the information is.

**** Recall the Forgotten

By touching another and using this power a character may bring that person's repressed memories to the surface. This does not allow the character to read those memories unless he also uses Telepathy. This may be used to recall memories blocked by Dominate.

System: The character rolls Intelligence + Empathy (difficulty is the Willpower of the subject with a -2 bonus if the subject is willing). If it is being used to recall a Dominated memory, each success gained on the original Dominate roll cancels a success on the character's roll.

***** Memory Theft

This allows the character to steal another's memory. The character must look into the eyes of the subject and concentrate. The character remembers stolen memories as if they were his own.

System: The player must spend a Willpower point and roll Wits + Subterfuge difficulty of the target's Willpower.

Successes	Result
1	Gain a partial memory.
2	Gain the complete memory.
3	Gain the memory and the subject cannot remember it for 1 day.
4	Gain the memory and the subject cannot remember it for 1 week.
5	Gain the memory and the subject cannot remember it for 1 month.
6+	Gain the memory and the subject cannot remember it permanently.

Note: The subject cannot recall the stolen memory by any means until the allotted time runs out. The memory is not forgotten; it is stolen.