{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/chain-the-psyche","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Chain the Psyche","sources":[{"source":"V20","page":164,"folio":156}],"entries":["Not content with merely commanding their subjects, some elders apply this power to ensure obedience from recalcitrant victims. Chain the Psyche is a {@npc Dominate|V20} technique that inflicts incapacitating pain on a target who attempts to break the vampire’s commands.","System: The player spends a blood point when her character applies {@npc Dominate|V20} to a subject. Any attempt that the subject makes to act against the vampire’s implanted commands or to recover stolen memories causes intense pain. When such an attempt is made, the Storyteller rolls the character‘s {@attribute Manipulation|V20} + {@system Intimidation|V20} (difficulty equal to the subject’s {@attribute Stamina|V20} + {@ability Empathy|V20}). Each success equals one turn that the victim is unable to act, as she is wracked with agony. Each application of Chain the Psyche crushes a number of resistance attempts equal to the character’s {@attribute Manipulation|V20} rating, after which the effect fades."],"parent":"vampire/power/discipline/dominate","level":6,"_qa":{"flags":[],"parser":"section_entries","confidence":0.9,"extracted":"2026-10-15","job":"v20-disciplines"},"_links":{"self":"/api/v1/records/vampire/power/discipline_power/chain-the-psyche","html":"/records/vampire/power/discipline_power/chain-the-psyche","parent":"/api/v1/records/vampire/power/discipline/dominate","children":"/api/v1/records/vampire/power/discipline_power/chain-the-psyche/children","sources":[{"abbr":"V20","page":164,"folio":164,"title":"Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition"}]},"_db":{"title":"Chain the Psyche","props":[["Discipline","Dominate"],["Cost","1 Blood"]],"parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/dominate","level":6,"category":null,"summary":"Not content with merely commanding their subjects, some elders apply this power to ensure obedience from recalcitrant victims. Chain the Psyche is a Dominate technique that inflicts incapacitating pain on a target who","tags":[],"children":[]}}