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Rather than roll against the usual coincidental, vulgar without witnesses, or vulgar with witnesses difficulties, you often roll against the Willpower Trait for simple influence Effects, and the Willpower + 3 for ones that compel a person to do something he does not want to do. If Nix, for instance, wants to read the surface thoughts of a dude with Willpower 3, then Nix’s difficulty is only 4; if Nix decides to make that person yank off his pants and squawk like a chicken, however, then Nix’s difficulty becomes 6.

Generally, Mind-based Effects are coincidental. If a witch suddenly bellows “DANCE, MY PUPPETS, DANCE!!!” and people start dancing, then it could become a vulgar Effect,

although with flash-mobs these days, even that circumstance is open to debate.

The difficulties for influence-based Effects are as follows:

• When directed against a single character, a Mind-based Effect uses that target’s Willpower as a difficulty; if that Willpower is below 4, then use 4 as the difficulty instead.

• When directed against several characters, the difficulty for a Mind-based Effect depends upon the usual coincidental, vulgar, or vulgar with witnesses situations. As noted earlier in the Mystic Travel section, it tends to be easier to shepherd groups than it is to command individuals.