Ritual: Crocodile Tears
Cost: 3 minor charges.
Ritual Action: Prepare by eating nothing but crocodile for three days (gator meat also works, but gharial does not). Crash a funeral or wake for someone you don’t know and collect tears from a genuine mourner while falsely commiserating with them (offering a handkerchief or tissue is the easiest method). If you succeed and there is a register or guest book sign it with your real name before you leave. Visit the burial site/marker of someone you know and care about, consuming the tears while standing over it.
Effect: Gain a +30% shift on all rolls that involve portraying emotions you don’t genuinely feel until the next sunrise or sunset, whichever is furthest into the future. This shift is dependent on evincing a consistent personality, even between people who haven’t seen you earlier deceptions. If you falsely confide in someone about sharing their fringe political views to gain their trust you’re stuck with that position as long as the ritual lasts. The more lies you tell, the more you box yourself in.
Going against your established facade shatters the illusion, instead everything you say - true or not - comes across as phony and dishonest. Lose the positive shift and flip-flop all social rolls to the worst possible result. This penalty disappears after three days.
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