Path of Temptation

By Corey Rose (gamer@klis.com)

Author's Notes

Ok, here is my revised Path of Corruption, for use with the Setites and all those other evil nasty vampires. Hope you enjoy it, and please share your feedback.

* Sense Desire

This rite allows the tempter to peer inside the target's heart and learn what it is he desires the most. All Manipulation rolls made by the tempter against the target (and even rolls for this Path) are made at a -1 difficulty if this knowledge is used.

** Illusion of Power

This rite allows the tempter to gift his target with more power and confidence, or so the target thinks. It is all actually an illusion. While under the effects of this power the target subtracts 2 from all difficulties, but afterwards he adds 1 to all for a similar length of time (much like an addict coming down of his high).

The duration is one scene per success scored.

*** Temptations

With this rite, the tempter is able to whisper in the ear of the target and cause him to focus his desire on one particular thing, be it some object, or thought, etc (Think Iago from Shakespeare's Othello). Successes on the roll determine how far the target will go to complete the temptation set (ie, obtain the object of desire, discover the 'truth', etc).




**** The Dark Gift

This rite allows the tempter to give his servant more power in exchange for some service. The target is bestowed with any one power the Thaumaturgist has (ie. if the tempter has Protean 2 he could give the servant the power of Wolf Claws), but is then bound to serve some task set by the sorceror. This service need not be expressed immediately, but could be a 'favor' to be called upon later. The Target may make a Willpower roll (difficulty 6) every day to avoid the task, but every day the task goes uncompleted the he or she loses one point of Willpower.




***** Corrupt Soul

This rite is the same as the Path of Corruption rite, fully bringing the target into the darkness.

Successes	Effects
1	Would be nice to have; minor distraction.
2	Would try to get it, but not of importance.
3	Would focus his attention on it completely, ignoring unimportant things.
4	Would do anything to get it, including serving the tempter.
5	Would even act against one's Nature to get it.