[UA] help with a school

[Jakob Pape]

On 4/30/07, Gwenael Tranvouez <gtranvouez at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm starting a new Unknown Armies campaign, and one of the player wants a
> school that lets her manipulate people directly. Force them to do what she
> wants, and lets her find their most precious secrets. I'm not sure about
> this, it seems way too utilitarian for me. It seems like she wants
> "dominate" from vampire transfered directly.
>
> I have come up with the basics of a school that i have so far called
> "manipulomancy" for lack of thinking on the subject. Can you comment and
> help with suggestions for it, please? Or refer me to existing schools close
> to what she wants? It seems Occidental Cryptomancy would be a very close
> match to the "finding their most precious secrets" part she wants, but it
> seems difficult for her to have come by that school, seeing how rare it is.
> Annihilomancy can come close, but I don't think she'd fit with the "destroy
> everything" essence of the school.


Have you considered Plutomancy? It has several spells that fit the effects
your player is looking for. 'I Know Your Price' lets you find out what you'd
need to do to get someone to do something for you. 'I'm The Man' makes
people percieve you as their boss, much like your 'That's For Tonight'
spell. And 'Devil's Deal' let's you make a bargain for someone's obedience,
whether they want to make it or not.

It doesn't let you pry into someone's secrets directly, but it does have
several scrying effects which can give you pointers towards them - and as a
GM, I'd be wary of letting a PC get an NPC's 'most precious secrets' in any
case. That kind of thing can make it really hard to keep any mystery in the
game.


-- 
Jakob Pape

"Sometimes subtlety comes in the form of large explosions and jammed open
airlock doors."
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