Legacy Power: Manipulate

influencer vibes

A 1 Gift Emotion Control Power used by Esther Marie Adams, created by dominicmlipari.

Description

The power usually involves conversation and eye contact, but can just be triggered by eye contact or physical presence alone.

System

Spend an Action, Exert your Mind, and choose an emotion and an Animate target within Arm's Reach. 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 Hour, 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)

Parameters

Duration: 1 ( 1 Hour ) Range: 0 ( Arm's Reach )

Edit History

- Feb. 6, 2022, 2:18 p.m. - New Cost: 1. Initial power creation

Revision purchased with:
Gift from dying in Sanctuary spent on new power: Manipulate