Difference between revisions of "Empathy"

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Category:	Abilities
Subcategory:	Primary Talent
Prerequisites:	None
Reference:	Vampire: the Masquerade (Revised edition/WW2300), page 121.

You are able to queue into the thoughts and emotions of others, allowing you to understand their motives or whether or not they're telling the truth. This Ability allows you to show concern and compassion, real or otherwise, and in some cases may even lend you to truly feeling what another feels.

x Untalented:	Untalented.
• Novice:	You lend the occasional shoulder to cry on.
•• Practiced:	You can sometimes literally feel someone else's suffering.
••• Competent:	You have a keen insight into other people's motivations.
•••• Expert:	It's almost impossible to lie to you.
••••• Master:	The human soul conceals no mysteries from you.

Possessed by:	Social Workers, Parents, Actors, Psychologists, Detectives, Seducers, Mediums, Best Friends
Example Specialties:	Emotions, Personalities, Motives, Gaining Trust

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 |booknumber=WW2300
 |page=121
-|description=You understand the emotions of others, and can sympathize with, feign sympathy for, of play on such emotions as you see fit.  You are an easy hand at discerning motive, and might be able to pick up on when someone's lying to you.  However, you may be so in tune with other people's feelings that your own emotions are affected.
+|description=You are able to queue into the thoughts and emotions of others, allowing you to understand their motives or whether or not they're telling the truth.  This Ability allows you to show concern and compassion, real or otherwise, and in some cases may even lend you to truly feeling what another feels.
 |onedot=You lend the occasional shoulder to cry on.
 |twodots=You can sometimes literally feel someone else's suffering.