By Kevin Davies (mizake@mizan.demon.co.uk) for the Children of the Bitter Dark.
Successes | Effect |
Botch | Some sensation entirely different to the correct emotion is experienced. |
Failure | Nothing is sensed. |
1 | A brief but definite surge of the emotion is felt. |
2 | The emotion is felt powerfully, and a a blurred memory of its cause is revealed. |
3 | The Blitter senses the emotion fully, along with a sense of its cause, and an idea of how recently it occurred to within a day. |
4 | As above, except the Blitter remembers the time to within an hour. |
5 | The Blitter feels the emotion, knows exactly when it was experienced, and has a firm knowledge of what caused it. |
Successes | Effect |
Botch | The target is aware that the character has been trying to influence her in some way, but has no idea how. |
Failure | The attempt fails. |
1 | The target is torn by a loss of confidence and self-worth, making him unwilling to interact with others and leaving him at -1 to all Willpower rolls. The effect lasts for a number of hours equal to the number of successes gained by the Blitter in a Willpower test (Difficulty 7) |
2 | As above, but the target becomes unwilling to enter combat or conversation and must make a Willpower roll in order to do so. |
3 | The target becomes consumed by self-loathing and begins to doubt the value of his own existence. The effects are as above, but the target must make a Willpower roll to enter combat even if they are attcked. |
4 | The target is racked my remorse and torment and is unwilling to speak or even move. Supernatural creatures may spend a Willpower point each hour in order to attempt to overcome this despair (Difficulty 8); mortals have no such option. |
5 | As above, but the Blitter may spend an additional Willpower point to inflict a temporary Derangement (Effects last 1-10 weeks) on the target. |
Successes | Effect |
Botch | The target is unaffected by the assault and understands that the vampire was attempting to cause her harm. |
Failure | The attack has no effect. |
1 | The victim experiences intense headaches and finds it difficult to concentrate, seeing flashes of light and hearing muffled thumping noises. All rolls during this effect are made at -1. |
2 | The target's vision becomes blurred; he cannot hear anything which is said to him, and his head is filled with a painful pounding. During this time he cannot converse with other characters, and fights as though blinded. |
3 | The victim's vision is filled with flashes of bright light and he hears nothing but grinding, screeching noises. The effects are as above, but in addition he will be considered partially blind and deaf for a number of hours equal to the number of rounds for which he was affected. |
4 | The victim sees and hears nothing but vague, terrifying images and deafening screams, and is wracked by unendurable pain. In addition to the above effects, those affected suffer intense agony for one hour after the effect has expired, leaving them at -2 to all Willpower rolls. |
5 | At this level, the Blitter can control everything the target sees and hears during his torment. The vampire can gain an insight into his deepest fears and weaknesses and will draw on them in every way possible. In addition to everything stated above, the victim will be left with traumatic memories of the ordeal and may occasionally suffer tortuous flashbacks. |
Successes | Effect |
Botch | The attempt fails completely, and the intended target is rendered immune to any further attempts. In addition, he gains an intense dislike for the vampire who attempted the attack. |
Failure | There is no affect. |
1 | The change lasts for one day. |
2 | The change lasts for a week. |
3 | The change lasts for a month. |
4 | The change lasts for a year. |
5 | The change is permanent; it may be overcome through certain Thaumaturgical rituals or through the intervention of the Blitter who originally performed the change. |