Qualities available to Sadecki Demons.

Empathic Sense

10 Point Quality

Requirements: The Character must be a Sadecki Demon

The character is able to sense the current emotions of a specific character nearby using a WIL+PER check. If the target character is particularly resistant to being read, through training or particular strength of will, the target success levels may increase by the success levels of their WIL (doubled) roll to resist. If the target character is distant or otherwise protected by some barrier the target success levels may increase. This effect usually lasts around thirty seconds to a minute. Particularly strong characters may be able to maintain it longer through additional checks.

On a failed check, the target remains immune to being read by the attempting character for the rest of the day. 

Sensing the target’s emotions in this way does not preclude reading their thoughts and may be used to supplement that ability, or gain a greater understanding of how their thoughts are affecting them.

Under normal circumstances, the undead and those that don’t experience emotions (e.g. constructs or household appliances) are immune to this sense.

With 2 success levels this ability can be used to read the general emotional state of a large group that the reader is among or close to. This will also give some indication of the cohesion of the group (emotionally at least) and if there are individuals among them with wildly differing emotions. Though it may not be clear who the outliers are. 

With 5 success levels or more the character is able to influence the emotional state of the character to some degree. The target’s emotions cannot completely be replaced by this, but they can be moved “1 step” from their current emotion. For example, from outright panic to fear. Or from outright joy to general happiness.

Mind Scan

12 Point Quality

Requirements: The Character must be a Sadecki Demon

The Sadecki is able to reach out with their mind to scan the surrounding area for “active minds”. After making a WIL+PER roll the character is able to get a basic sense of what minds are within a range of around 20ft+10ft/success level. The information gained regards only a sense of how many minds there are and what sort of activity they might be engaged in (recreation, work, combat, etc.). For large numbers of minds a general sense of the order of magnitude present is gained, rather than a specific number.

Entities with a particularly strong mind or with some psychic training have some ability to prevent themselves being sensed this way. Similarly, people who are asleep or who are vampires do not register very well on this sort of scan and it takes a very high number of successes (dependent on numbers and range) to correctly identify them.

Animals also do not show up very well in this sort of scan, though the Sadecki may get a vague sense of particularly intelligent or psychically linked creatures in the area with a sufficiently high roll.

Depending on the situation and the minds being scanned, very high numbers of success levels may grant additional information about the minds being scanned. However, such information will remain somewhat general and not provide the sort of individual detail that a Telepathic or Empathic reading would.

Individual Minds identified this way can be used as a focus for a subsequent Telepathic or Empathic reading. However, distance, training, and barrier modifiers will still apply.

Oneiromancy

8 Point Quality

Requirements: The Character must be a Sadecki Demon

Through contact and a period of quiet meditation the Sadecki is able to observe the dreams of a target. The effect lasts while the target remains asleep and the Sadecki is able to maintain concentration.

Although the Sadecki can view the dream of the target in this way, they do not appear in it and cannot affect it through this ability.

Those with significant Willpower (5 or more) or psychic training may be able to resist this effect, in which case a contested Willpower roll is used.

Psychic Workshop

15 Point Quality

Requirements: The Character must be a Sadecki Demon

With concentration the Sadecki is able to conjure within their own mind a space into which they temporarily project their consciousness. Usually this space is a blank void by default, but that might vary slightly depending on the individual. Through a WIL roll (modified by the number of Sadecki qualities the character has) the creator of the space can shape and decorate the space as desired. The more success levels, the larger and more complex the space can be. For example a single success might allow the character to leave the space as a relatively blank void with just two large armchairs added. With ten success levels they could replicate a large building complete with furniture, decoration, and items in containers, or a wide open space with significant details such as a busy city street.

The space can be used by the Sadecki to practise some mental abilities, or to operate on their own conscious or subconscious mind by manipulating or exploring it within the space. Exactly how they use the space is dependent on the effect they are trying to achieve and what makes sense to the individual as it is an expression of their own internal thoughts and feelings.

Further, the space can be used as a meeting or discussion space between the Sadecki creating it and someone with whom they have an existing mental link of some sort and who agrees to enter the space. If the creator of the space allows it, the guest in the space can project images or make minor changes to the space themselves, such as manifesting objects or visual elements.