The vampire locks eyes with the subject and speaks a one-word command, which the subject must be obey instantly.

Botches: If a Dominate roll botches, the target is rendered immune to future attempts by the same vampire for the rest of the story.

Ultimately, the Storyteller must adjudicate. On the other hand, вЂњstrongвЂќ Natures might be more easiliy influenced to take aggressive actions - for example, coaxing a Rebel to denounce the Prince is likely easier than goading a Conformist to do the same thing. The Storyteller may reduce the required difficulty or number of successes by one or two when the player rolls against those subjects with вЂњweakerвЂќ Natures, or raise them by a similar amount for вЂњstrongerвЂќ Natures. A vampire might easily control subjects with inherently empathic Natures (Caregiver, Child, Conformist), while those whose Natures denote a great degree of inner strength (Bravo, Director, Rebel) can be more of a challenge.

Nature: A characterвЂ™s Nature can have a distinct impact on how easily Dominate influences her.

A faction of those who believe this theory also maintain that this implies that Caine himself employed the Discipline of Dominate. Scholars of the Kindred condition suspect that this is one of the protections Caine put in place to protect himself from the whims of his willful childer. The vampire must be of an equal or lower Generation than the target for the powers to be effective.

Vampires: It is impossible to Dominate another Kindred who is of stronger Blood.

(See Numina for more information about TrueFaith, for example.) Only a foolish vampire ignores the potential threat such human beings represent. Still, there are extremely rare individuals who, due to strong religious faith, unique psychic talent, or extraordinary mental resolve, can shrug off this DisciplineвЂ™s effects.

Mortals: Few mortals can hope to resist Dominate, as their strength of will nothing compared to the supernatural magnetism of a vampire.

Still, there are situations where this Discipline is powerless to sway the subject. Most victims cannot stand against the effects of Dominate.

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