Intimation

0 - Twinge. By looking at another, you may discover the foremost desire at that moment. System: Perception+Intimation (difficulty 7). Can only be used for surface 'wants' and is often inconclusive. 0 - Self-intimation. You can resist another's attemtp to control you using Intimation. A successful contest renders you immune to whatever effect was intended. System: Opposing Manipulation+Intimation. 1 - The Gleaming. Worked on a solid object, this Arcanos makes it more desireable than it otherwise should be. System: Spend 1 Pathos. Roll Manipulation+Intimation (difficulty 7). Any wraith near the object must make a Willpower roll (difficulty 7) or feel a desire to possess it. The number of successes on the initial roll determines how long the effect lasts, at 5 minutes per success. Failure makes the object undesireable. A botch provokes a desire to destroy the item. 2 - Quash. Remove a desire from your target. System: Spend 2 Pathos. Roll Manipulation+Intimation (difficulty: the target's Willpower). The number of successes dictates how complex or deeply-rooted a need may be removed. Can also be used to Quash Passions. For each success rolled, the Passion's rating is reduced by 1. 3 - Deep Desiring. You can map the wants and needs of a target wraith in detail. System: Spend 2 Pathos. Roll Perception+Intimation (difficulty 8). The more successes rolled, the more accurate the reading. A sufficient number of successes can reveal the deepest, most primal wants of a target. Only Self-Intimation can be used to resist this power. 4 - The Craving. You instill a complex desire in someone for just about anything you can imagine. This can cause obsession in the target to the exclusion of all others. System: Spend either 4 Pathos or 2 Pathos and 2 Willpower. Gain 1 temporary Angst for every 2 successes rolled. Roll Manipulation+Intimation (difficulty: the target's Willpower). The number of successes indicates how successfully the Craving is implanted. It is not a natural Passion and no Pathos can be gained from following it. 5 - Cupitatis. You can duplicate the effects of The Craving or Quash subtly, without being obvious. While Quash may remove a desire, Cupitatis additionally heals psychic wounds associated with the desire, allowing the target to find new desires and passions. Detecting the effects of this Arcanos is extremely difficult. System: Spend 4 Pathos and 2 Willpower. Gain 3 temporary Angst. Roll is made according to Quash or The Craving, above. The number of successes indicates how seamlessly the modification is made.