Way of the Scholar

Way of the scholar is a power of lore and imperial inquiry used for generations by jade magisters to extract answers from unwilling wraiths.

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Way of the Scholar

⚫ Knowledge of the court

Challenge: N/A Cost: 1 Pathos Duration: 1 action

The wraith may spend a pathos to gain an additional lore skill retest on a single challenge.

⚫⚫ Inquiry

Challenge: None Cost: One Pathos Duration: One action

The wraith may spend a pathos to tell if a creature is lying to it.

⚫⚫⚫ Eye of Hu Yang

Challenge: Mentals(Investigate) vs diff 2 or 3 Cost: None Duration: Instant

This power functions as Aura Perception. By watching a person or object, you can detect the swirling miasma of psychic influences and energies that swirl around everything. Focusing this sight on a particular person or object allows you to gain significant information about it. You must be able to see your target to use Aura Perception. After spending a turn and making a Static Mental Challenge with a difficulty of 10 traits for creatures and 15 traits for objects, you may ask a question.

If targeting a person, you may ask the target's current emotional/mental state, whether he is under the effect of any type of magic, whether he has committed diablerie, or what manner of creature (Vampire, Garou, Mortal, etc.) he is.

If targeting an object, you may ask a Narrator who last touched the object, whether it was used in an emotionally charged act (a murder, romance, maniacal rage), or what strong emotions drove an individual using the object. The wraith’s level of Way of the Scholar compares to an opponent’s level of Obfuscate or similar powers to determine if they can break an opponent’s Obfuscate.

⚫⚫⚫⚫Filial Authority

Challenge: Mentals(Intimidate) vs Mentals(Willpower) Cost: One pathos Duration: 10 minutes

The Wraith targets a creature it can see and gives it a simple command with no conjunctions, if the target fails the test they follow the command for 10 minutes. The wraith is up 4 traits on the target if they are in the deadlands.

⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫ Subsume the Will

Challenge: Mentals(Craft: equipment) or Mentals(expression) vs diff 6 Cost: One pathos Duration: Permanent

Upgrades filial authority to Allows a long-term permanent command. The command is physically crafted into the wraith by way of soul shaping and cannot be removed except by a craft(equipment)/or Expression check diff 6.