Instruction
| Category: | Abilities |
| Subcategory: | Secondary Talent |
| Prerequisites: | None |
| Reference: | Werewolf Players Guide (Revised edition/WW03108), page 28. |
You have a knack for explaining information and skills so that others can easily grasp the concepts or techniques involved. You can teach any of your Skills or Knowledges to another character, but you can never raise a student's score above your own: If you have only two dots in Melee, you can't teach a student the tricks necessary for him to raise his Melee to 3.
For each month of instruction, roll your Manipulation + Instruction against a difficulty of 11 minus the student's Intelligence. The number of successes is the number of experience points the student can apply toward that skill. A student may well become too discouraged or distracted with other things to pay attention to his teacher and, thus, have to spend a Willpower point (at the Storyteller's discretion) to keep at his studies. Frequent interruptions can cost a student a number of Willpower points, or they may simply cause him not to learn anything (in which case, his teacher might cease the lessons).
With the Storyteller's approval, a person can teach some Talents such as Brawl or Dodge. In these cases, it is good to roleplay some of the training sessions, to get a few good licks in on the student and see if he learns anything from them. Talents such as Empathy or Alertness cannot be taught. They must be learned the hard way.
x Untalented: Untalented. • Novice: You can take a simple concept (such as basic arithmetic) and present it in an interesting and digestible manner. •• Practiced: You can teach moderately complex things (say, algebra) and make them straightforward and interesting. ••• Competent: You can teach any subject of which you have Knowledge, up to high-school level. You can make differential calculus sound like the simplest thing in the world. •••• Expert: Learning from you is scarcely an effort. You could teach irrational-number theory or Sumeriari cuneiform to almost anyone. ••••• Master: You are an inspiring teacher, and you bestow a touch of greatness on anyone who studies with you.
| Possessed by: | Teachers, Parents, Artisans |
| Example Specialties: | Rites of Passage, Customs and Laws, University, Skills, Knowledges |