Editing Genius The Transgression/Chapter Four:Special Rules and Systems (section)

=== Creating Beholden: ===

Beholden aren't born from axle-grease and stray polymers. They are regular people, except that they have been consumed by the Genius' Inspiration and see the world exactly as she sees it.

A person's worldview can be broken down, gradually or suddenly, by a genius, allowing him to create a new beholden. This requires a demonstration of the genius' wonders (which incurs Havoc like normal if handled) and an expenditure of Mania equal to the subject's Willpower.

Once this is done, the genius rolls Inspiration + Presence vs. the subject's Resolve.

''Dramatic Failure:'' The genius cannot make that person into a beholden until his Inspiration increases.

''Failure:'' The geniuses cannot make that person into a beholden. It is possible to try again.

''Success:'' The subject becomes a beholden unless she spends a point of Willpower to resist.

''Exceptional Success:'' The subject becomes a beholden.

Suggested Modifiers: The subject's interaction with a wonder orphans it, temporarily or permanently (-3), the subject only looks at a wonder (-1), the genius spends only a minute or two talking with the subject (-1), the genius spends over an hour talking to the subject (+1), the subject has gone on some "grand adventure" with the genius (+3)

People also occasionally become beholden on their own accord. Repeated exposure to mad science will eventually drive a person beholden, but geniuses have found this transformation nearly as hard to predict as what exposure to mad science will cause a mere mortal to catalyze.