The character dredges knowledge of one fear from the subject’s mind or subconscious.

Prerequisites: None

Cost: 1 Glamour

Dice Pool: Wits + Wyrd – subject’s Composure ({Wits}+{Supernatural Trait} – subject’s Composure)

Action: Instant

Catch: The Contract’s subject does not know the character’s name.

Roll Results

Dramatic Failure: The character fails to discern one of the subject’s fears. Worse, the next time the character speaks to the subject, the character will accidentally let the subject know one of hers.

Failure: The character learns no fears.

Success: The character acquires knowledge of one of the subject’s fears. See the list of suggested modifiers below for guidelines on what fear the character learns.

Exceptional Success: The character learns two fears of the targeted level, if there are two such fears to be had.

Suggested Modifiers

Modifier Situation
+1 The character has a pledge with the target.
The character discerns a fear currently in the forefront of the target’s mind.
–1The character learns a fear not currently concerning the target.
–1 The character learns a specific kind of fear (i.e., Halloween monsters, school-related, etc.).
–2 The character discovers a fear the target recognizes but generally keeps hidden.
–3The character finds a fear the target hides even from herself.

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