Editing Dirae: the Kindly Ones (section)

== New Traits ==

[[Urges]] I'll develop this bit further, but here's the core of Urges: they're like refined Vices, in a way. Each Catgirl has between three and five, and are more particular than Vices. "Beating people into a wall" isn't quite precise enough for an Urge, since this would mean that it would come up every single time the catgirl encountered something. At least one sort of qualifier should be included, like "Beating people into a wall when annoyed by them" or "Beating people into a wall when they're wearing blue."

Just use some common sense, really. And no, it doesn't have to make complete sense. Beating someone into a wall because they are wearing something blue is completely viable because, let's face it, the Kindly Ones are not entirely stable. It can very easily set off something in their heads, whether it's plain old-fashioned hatred for the color, or repressed memories which, in some way, include the color.

Urges can be acted on for in order to regain a point of Passion, which must make them seem all fine and dandy, but each Urge can only be used in this way once, and it has a bit of a disadvantage: When rolling Resolve + Composure to resist an Urge, which must be done whenever it can be acted on, a -1 penalty is applied if the catgirl has voluntarily given into it at any time during the session. Furthermore, Urges have to be willingly acted on if you want the willpower point.

If an Urge is successfully resisted, but the trigger remains (the person is still being annoying, or still wearing blue), the roll must be made again each minute. This process ends as soon as the trigger is gone or if the Urge is acted on, the latter of which will sate it for the remainder of the scene.

[[Ancestry]] You're expected to uphold your family's reputation, and follow in their footsteps. Although your choice of House and Dynasty add a few possible sins (because these are things which are especially important to that bloodline), there are some things which are sins against your Ancestry no matter what. High Ancestry lowers the XP cost per dot for Birthright, but makes it harder to regenerate Passion and even causes Passion drain at high levels, because you're dedicating so much of yourself to following your ancestors that there's not that much of what makes you a distinct individual. Low Ancestry makes it slightly easier to regenerate Passion, but increases the XP cost per dot for Birthright, and at really low levels puts a cap to Birthright (at Ancestry 1, you can't get higher than Birthright 4, and if you have gotten higher, you count as Birthright 4 until you move back up the Morality scale) and makes it harder to resist your Urges.
Accordingly, a large part of the game involves figuring out a balance between honoring and following those who came before you, and being your own person. Neither high nor low Ancestry is especially desirable, and everyone will have to find their own balance.

[[Birthright]] Following your ancestors brings you strength, in a way. The more you respect your Ancestry, the more you are able to tap into the power which is your Birthright. The experience point cost per dot of Birthright can change with high or low Ancestry, and low Ancestry can even put a cap to your effective Birthright, but this stat in and of itself isn't something to be balanced. In general, if you can get high Birthright, you should try and get high Birthright.

[[Passion]] The strength of your emotions, which for the Kindly Ones can be harnessed as an actual force, and a fuel for their Workings. Low Passion leaves you feeling despondent and washed-out, giving you a temporary Derangement (or making an already-existing one more severe) until you get it high enough, and it can also cause a penalty to rolls to resist degeneration and rolls to resist getting a Derangement. The temporary Derangement can change each time, since it's usually based on what caused your Passion to slip so low. Giving into your Urges doesn't help you regain Willpower, but Passion, and the effectiveness of this (along with other means of regaining your Passion) is determined by how high or low your Ancestry is.