You are merciless, if not cruel. You can decipher others’ emotions, but you do so only to manipulate them –you don’t care about their feelings or pain. This gives you -3 on all Teaching rolls, on Psychology rolls made to help others (as opposed to deduce weak-nesses or conduct scientific research),and on any skill roll made to interact with those who have suffered the con-sequences of your callousness in the past (GM’s decision). As well, past victims, and anyone with Empathy, will react to you at -1. But ruthlessness has its perks: you get an extra +1 to Interrogation and Intimidation rolls when you use threats or torture.