Persuasion

Key facts

Category

social

Overview

Persuasion is getting someone to agree with you without lying to them or frightening them. It covers argument, charm, seduction, and negotiation, and it is the skill that closes deals in a game where almost everything is a deal. Subterfuge is what you use when the truth will not do; Persuasion is what you use when it will. For Kindred it is the safest social tool available. Dominate leaves gaps in memory that Auspex users can find, Presence wears off and leaves resentment, and Intimidation creates enemies. A vessel who agreed to be fed on, or a rival who accepted a boon, stays agreed. That is worth more over a chronicle than any Discipline.

How it works

Common Rolls:

• Charisma + Persuasion: Emotional appeals, charming
• Manipulation + Persuasion: Logical arguments
• Composure + Persuasion: Negotiating under pressure Limits: Persuasion moves people toward things they might plausibly want. It does not make someone act against their nature, which is what Dominate is for and why Dominate costs more. Specialties: Negotiation, Seduction, Rhetoric, Fast Talk, Bargaining

Tips and playstyle

Character Concepts: Lawyer, salesperson, diplomat, therapist, a Consensualist who genuinely asks before every feeding. Synergies: Presence stacks dread or attraction on top of a good argument, Insight tells you which argument to make, and the Consensualist predator type turns this skill into your feeding method. Worth Knowing: Persuasion leaves no trace, which is its real advantage. Nobody investigates an agreement, and nothing about it can be detected by an Auspex user later.

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