Legacy Power: Emovere

I will tell you how you are feeling

A 1 Gift Emotion Control Power used by Starling, created by Teryn.

Description

The power has two levels.
At it's basic level it takes an action to cast and resisting is difficulty 6.
At an empowered level it takes a minute to do but the difficulty of resisting is raised to 8.

The power works by Starling exerting her charismatic influence over others, she has to speak to them and incite them to the desired emotion. A target that fails the save irisis change colour to reflect the emotion that she has invoked in them. This is a subtle change that most would miss.

System

Spend an Action, Exert your Mind, and choose an emotion and an Animate target within 45 feet. Make a contested roll against the target, rolling Charisma + Influence Difficulty 6 vs their Mind, Difficulty 6 as a Free Action. If you win, the target must do something they otherwise wouldn't have done, inspired by the chosen emotion. The action they take will be in keeping with their character and the way they tend to deal with strong emotions. The emotion shift lasts 1 Minute, and during that time, they are very unlikely to change their mind about their action.

Combat ends the effect, even if the target started it. If attempting to calm during combat, effect ends if target is attacked.

Example emotions (and example potential actions):
Anger (attacking, losing temper)
Pity (adopting a puppy, stopping an attack, killing you painlessly)
Happiness (stopping a despair-driven action)
Jealousy (stealing a gem, buying something)
Anxiety (run, attack brutally)
Sadness (find solitude, openly cry)

Enhancements

  • Overwhelm (The defensive Mind roll suffers a -3 dice penalty.)

Drawbacks

  • Long Cast (This Effect takes one minute to activate.)

Parameters

Duration: 0 ( 1 Minute ) Range: 1 ( 45 feet )

Edit History

- July 16, 2021, 4:26 a.m. - New Cost: 1. Initial power creation

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