Keening

0 - Perfect Pitch. A wraith with Keening can notice when another wraith is also using Keening. System: roll Perception+Keening (diff 6). Can be resisted by Sotto Voice. 0 - Sotto Voice. With Sotto Voice, the wraith may hide her Keening in normal singing or casual conversation. System: roll Manipulation+Keening (diff 6), each success subtracts a success from a wraith using Perfect Pitch. 1 - Dirge. The Keener can catalyze a listener's 'darker' emotions: despair, anger, fear, loneliness, greed, etc. System: Spend 1 Pathos, gain 1 temporary Angst; roll Charisma+Keening (diff 8). The number of successes determines depth and duration of the emotion. Five successes will afflict a mortal with a negative emotion for a week. Against wraiths, each success indicates a Turn of duration. 2 - Ballad. Similar to Dirge, the wraith may now evoke 'higher' emotions: serenity, joy, mirth, loyalty, love, etc. System: Spend 1 Pathos, roll Manipulation+Keening (diff 8), duration as for Dirge. 3 - Muse. The wraith may make a suggestion into the target's subconscious, inspiring him with an idea he will begin to believe is his own. System: Spend 2 Pathos, gain 1 temporary Angst, roll Manipulation+Kenning (diff of target's Willpower), each success causes the target to interpret in the suggestion more clearly. This works equally well on wraiths, mortals, and other supernatural creatures. 4 - Crescendo. The Chanteur can scream a musical blast capable of damaging plasm at close range. It can be heard within a mile or two. System: Spend 3 Pathos, gain 1 temporary Angst, roll Stamina+Keening (diff 8). The singer inflicts one level of soakable, nonaggravated damage on every wraith in normal hearing distance. This cannot be concealed with Sotto Voice. If used while Embodied, one Health Level is inflicted per two successes. 4 - Spectre Song (Sea of Shadows) This weird art allows the wraith to moan and scream like a Spectre. System: Spend 2 Pathos and roll Manipulation+Keening (diff 7 to fool Shades, 8 for Dopplegangers, and 9 for Nephwracks and Malfeans). 5 - Requiem. This art floods the target with raw, undiluted emotion. Any feeling the wraith wishes will pour over the target, burying her soul in the tide. System: Spend 3 Pathos plus 1 Pathos per success. If the emotion is 'dark', gain 1 temporary Angst per success. Roll Strength+Keening (diff 7). The subject may resist with a Willpower roll, but only in if prepared. Each success scored paralyzes the subject for 1 turn. She is overwhelmed with emotion and cannot act, move, speak, or defend herself. Many successes may cause the loss of Mental Attributes, insanity, or addiction to the sensation.