• A mage who’s using Mind to attack another mage has an automatic difficulty of that target’s Willpower + 3, thanks to the mental shielding techniques that mages learn as part of their training.

• The Storyteller may assume that the same rule holds true for Night-Folk, certain of whom – like elder creatures, or vampires with the Dominate Discipline – may have a difficulty of Willpower + 5 instead.

• A roll to influence several mages or Night-Folk at once is difficulty 8 (Willpower 5 + 3) if the caster is being clever and sneaky about his influence, and difficulty 10 (Willpower 5 + 5) if he’s being blatant about it.

• If one target in that group has a Willpower that’s higher than 5, then the difficulty is that character’s Willpower + 3 or + 5. And if that takes the difficulty over 10, then