15 XP
Typically, a vampire using the Telepathy power of Auspex must concentrate intently on a specific subject to hear surface thoughts. Sometimes though, she’s trying to hear something specific in a crowd and doesn’t know who’s thinking it. This Devotion attempts to alleviate that. The self-centered nature of Majesty, when coupled with Telepathy allows the vampire to hear any time somebody in her immediate vicinity is thinking about her. Usually if a Kindred wishes to hear the thoughts of numerous other Kindred, she’s out of luck due to the massive investment of will required.
This partially alleviates that issue.
Cost: 1 Willpower point
Dice Pool: Wits + Empathy + Auspex – 1 for every ten people in the room, to a maximum penalty of -5.
Action: Instant
Once she’s activated this power, for the remainder of the scene the character hears all thoughts about her. The area of effect is limited to characters she can see. The power’s effects extend to thoughts about groups she belongs to, but only in the context of her (either by name or image). For example, the vampire Daphne couldn’t hear thoughts about, “The Lillian Coven,” but she could hear about, “Daphne’s coven of witches.”
If multiple characters within eye contact are thinking about her, the Storyteller might call for a Wits + Composure roll to discern particular voices amongst the cacophony. This roll should suffer the same penalties as the initial power activation.