Player reference / Techniques and Spells
Description and lore
A short direction presses against another creature's immediate intention.
Compel makes an unsettling contrast between an ordinary spoken instruction and the weight behind it.
The speaker holds to a short instruction while the listener's face tightens with reluctance.
At a glance
A short direction presses against another creature's immediate intention.
Techniques and Spells · Alpha v44 reference
Requires: Casting Skill: Influence. Affinity: Tact. Requirements: Tact d8; Influence d8. one learned slot.
Use: Action while speaking a brief command · 30 feet · one creature that understands the caster · Instant with timed consequence · 2 Mana
Effect - Resolution: Influence + Tact versus Composure + Tact.
Effect - Defense: Composure + Tact; defender wins ties.
Effect: On success the target spends its next Action moving toward one safe visible point within its Movement OR dropping one held object. It may use its other resources normally and cannot be ordered into obvious harm.
Duration: ends after that Action or at end of its next turn.
Ending or recovery: one successful Compel per target per scene.
Exception: A target unable to perform either stated option is unaffected.
A brief command presses against the target’s will.
The command is brief; the hand around the held object hesitates.