FRIDAY, JULY 9

Dominate – The strength of the Ventrue, Dominate allows the Lords to overwhelm the minds of others with their own force of will, influencing actions and even thoughts. Stories of decades erased from memory and willful rivals reduced to simpering servants with a glance are legion in Kindred courts. Dominate is especially useful on mortals, who have little resistance to mental subjugation, but can be effective on Kindred as well. Even elders can fall to the power of a skilled neonate with this Discipline. Dominate nevertheless requires capturing a victim’s gaze, and therefore can only be used on one subject at a time.

Mesmerize (Dominate ••) – The source of many legends of the vampire’s hypnotic gaze, Mesmerize allows the Kindred to implant a false thought or suggestion into the subject’s subconscious mind. This power requires not only eye contact, but intense concentration and precise wording. The Kindred may activate the imposed thought or command immediately – “Walk over there and open the door” – or he may establish a stimulus that activates the suggestion on a later date – “When you see a man in a blue suit with a red rose in his lapel, you will spill your drink on him.”

You Are Mine – Another piece from the World of Darkness Rulebook, this time by Joshua Gabriel Timbrook.

Next Week: Hangin’ with my Peeps – Next week, we’ll take a look at the major social, political and religious groupings of the Kindred: the covenants.

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