Coercion

Dishearten the Enemy
Skill Ability [Fear, Mind-Affecting]
Standard Action [REC 6]
Prerequisites: Mental Rank 1, Coercion Rank 1
Cost: 4 Resolve
Target: All Opponents engaged in Battle
Effect: You attempt to swing the Tide of Battle in your favor by intimidating your foes. Make a single Coercion check opposed by a Bravery check from all targets. Larger Targets get a +5 bonus to the Bravery check per size category larger than you. If you succeed the check against half or more opponents, shift the Tide of Battle one step in your favor, to a maximum of +1.
Augment, Greater Dishearten
[Coercion Rank 5, Mental Rank 3, Stacking]
Stacking [Mental Rank 3, 5, 7, etc.]: This augment may be applied multiple times and is limited by your Mental Rank.
Effect: Increase the maximum that the Tide of Battle may be shifted in your favor by 1. Each time you apply this augment the maximum is increased by an additional 1 (i.e. a Max of +2, then +3, etc). This augment has no effect on the amount the Tide of Battle is shifted.
Coercion – Strength & Charisma
Social Skill [Offensive]
"I broke a thousand bodies before I found my way to you, young one. What makes you think you will be any different?"
——--Rorgan, Barbarian Manslayer

Coercion consists of threats, anger, imposition, and emotional force. It can be used to increase someone’s Fear of you (see Influence), force them into giving you information or performing a task (see Convince), and demoralize a creature in combat. Coercion is aligned with the Fear Disposition and opposed by the Fondness and Doubt Dispositions.

Common Uses of the Coercion Skill
  • Increase a creature's Fear Disposition
  • Force a creature to perform a task or act in a certain way, fueled by their fear.
  • Use Demoralize to deal morale damage to foes in combat.
Dispositions that Modify Coercion Checks
Fear+5 per Rank
Fondness-5 per Rank
Doubt-5 per Rank