According to the Aberrant book Mega-Presence and Mega-Manipulation grants Leadership Scale on their respective rolls, but neither Mega-Composure nor Mega-Resolve grants Scale. I might have overlooked something, but this seem problematic to me.
According to the Influence section in Trinity Core you can always block influence, but doing so should be reserved for extreme situations. So ignoring this the base defense is as follows:
A simple solution would be to have Mega-Resolve and Mega-Composure give Scale for defending against influence attempts.
On a sidenote I find the lines between Resolve and Composure a bit to blurred for my liking. According to the section on influence Resolve seems to be the best defense, but according the attribute descriptions Composure is defined as "a character's ability to resist social manipulation". This seems misleading to me. Also given that Composure is "Social", while Resolve is "Mental" I really feel Composure should be the go-to resilience attribute for resisting social influence.
According to the Influence section in Trinity Core you can always block influence, but doing so should be reserved for extreme situations. So ignoring this the base defense is as follows:
- Encourage or prevent behavior: Difficulty (Resolve)
- Encourage or provent thought: Opposed roll (Skill + Resilience/Presence/Manipulation)
- Shift attitude: Difficulty (Current Attitude)
- Shift atmosphere: Difficulty (Current Atmosphere + Size of Crowd)
A simple solution would be to have Mega-Resolve and Mega-Composure give Scale for defending against influence attempts.
On a sidenote I find the lines between Resolve and Composure a bit to blurred for my liking. According to the section on influence Resolve seems to be the best defense, but according the attribute descriptions Composure is defined as "a character's ability to resist social manipulation". This seems misleading to me. Also given that Composure is "Social", while Resolve is "Mental" I really feel Composure should be the go-to resilience attribute for resisting social influence.
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