Scene 2b: Portentum
One of the most useful tools in the NWO book is the fact that people are generally willing to suborn their self-determination to give their authority away to someone who knows what to do. Richard, having made himself be the person in charge, acts with the experience of a lifetime in spy games, pressing on Psychodynamic buttons that nearly all Western-raised people have been raised to possess...
Going for Writing the Open Book, to instill and renew calm in the crowd. Enhancing with Manipulation+Subterfuge to give the people the lies they need to hear.
((19:51, Today: Richard Jackson rolled 4 successes using 6d10 with the World of Darkness 3rd ed system with a target of 6 with rolls of 6,10,3,7,3,6. manip+subterfuge enhance rote.)) This reduces the target number of the Mind effect by no more than -3, minimum 3. I'll aim for 4 successes total to be able to encompass the crowd as a whole. Mind 2 coincidental effect is base TN 5, modified down to the global minimum of 3...
((19:51, Today: Richard Jackson rolled 4 successes using 6d10 with the World of Darkness 3rd ed system with a target of 6 with rolls of 6,10,3,7,3,6. manip+subterfuge enhance rote.
19:53, Today: Richard Jackson rolled 1 success using 2d10 with the World of Darkness 3rd ed system with a target of 3 with rolls of 2,3. arete mind 2 writing the open book 1.
19:53, Today: Richard Jackson rolled 1 success using 2d10 with the World of Darkness 3rd ed system with a target of 3 with rolls of 2,6. arete mind 2 writing the open book 2.
19:54, Today: Richard Jackson botched using 2d10 with the World of Darkness 3rd ed system with a target of 3 with rolls of 1,1. arete mind 2 writing the open book 3.)) Daaah. All effort lost, Paradox gained, have to start from the beginning... if the situation is still stable enough to try.