Mentem

by Daniel Maloy (2 Nov 94)

This Discipline grants Furies their incredible powers over memories.

[1] Psychometry: The Fury is able to re-live the strong emotions experienced
in a particular place, or near a specific object if she has skin-contact
with the object or place. This is similar to the Auspex power of The
Spirit's Touch, but not the same. The information revealed here is in once
sense more specific in that it allows the Fury to actually experience past
events as the original people did, but it is also more vague in that the
Fury knows nothing about the participants of the memory aside from what they
were thinking and experiencing at the time: the Fury may be able to witness
a murder taking place from both the murderer's and victim's perspectives,
but unless the murderer thought "I am John Doe" or the victim thought "My
God, that's John Doe" the Fury would have nothing to go on aside from
sight/hearing/etc. Note that the perceptions are also limited by what the
participants could sense. In other words if the victim was blind the Fury
would not have any visual input from the victim.

[2] Peering into the Mortal Mind: At this level, the Fury is able to read
not only the memories of inanimate objects, but also the memories of living
creatures, and store them within her own mind. This also will work on
Kindred of equal or lower generation, but the Fury must spend a Willpower
point to make the attempt.

[3] Summons to the Rage: At this level the Fury is able to sense those
mortals with great emotions, although anger is by far the easiest (to sense
anger is at a -3 to the difficulty). If the emotion experienced by the
mortal is of a great enough intensity it may even physically draw the Fury
to her. This is the most common way for Furies to find their future Progeny.

[4] Summon the Haunting Spirit: This power is mostly used to summon to the
victim's mind her most horrifying experience, but in truth it can be used to
make the victim re-live any of her memories. If it is used to draw forth a
frightening memory, it reduces her to a catanoic state for the duration of
the effect, and quite possibly gives her a permanent Terror Derangement if
enough successes are scored. This power may be used in conjunction with
Peering into the Mortal Mind to select among experiences.

[5] Memory Transfer: At this level of Mentem, the Fury can transfer memories
stored within her own mind through a touch. This can be used with any of the
above powers for a combined effect. it is most effectively used with either
Summon the Haunting Spirit or Peering into the Mortal Mind if used as an
attack (the level 2 power can be combined with Memory Transfer so the Fury
may allow a victim to experience another's pain).