The Ugallu strips away false protection to expose vulnerability. The Raptors always seem to find chinks in the victim’s armor, whether it be actual layers of metal and Kevlar, or a brusque facade designed to hide away insecurity.
Action: Reflexive
Normal Effect: The Beast tears away protection each time she damages her victim. Physical assaults reduce armor by one per successful attack. This includes weakening natural armor, which regenerates when lethal damage is healed. Social maneuvers (Beast: The Primordial, p. 161) strip away two Doors on a success, or four Doors on an exceptional success. If the Beast achieves an exceptional success on a contested mental action, her opponent loses a point of Willpower and gains the Confused Condition.
Low Satiety: Preventing the hungry Beast from exposing her prey frustrates the Horror and redoubles its efforts. When the Beast fails an “attacking” roll — whether combat, Social maneuvering, or another roll resisted by the target — her Horror’s instincts flood the Beast’s mind, adding its Power as bonus dice to her next roll. The Beast must reattempt the failed action — or an appropriately similar action — on her next turn. If the character fails this roll, the Horror sulkily retreats to the Lair and the Beast gains the Abruption Condition (Beast: The Primordial, p. 321).
Satiety Expenditure: To the Ugallu, protection and reinforcements only serve to highlight weaknesses. The Beast sees these vulnerabilities and understands how to circumvent them. For the remainder of the scene, the Beast ignores armor or other protections. Additionally, because she directly targets her opponents’ most vulnerable areas, each attack that deals damage also inflicts the Stunned Tilt. Opponents protected by supernatural enhancements or abilities generate a Clash of Wills.