Velvet - Lilei Morven

Social Leverage

You understand reputation, etiquette, favors, fear, law, wealth, obligation, and public pressure. Influence powers are not telepathy and do not read thoughts; they work through social force and visible consequences.

Read the Room

Study a social scene. Learn one useful pressure point: who leads, who fears whom, who wants to leave, who is lying badly, who is eager to impress, or what topic would shift the room.

Helpful Introduction

Open with a practiced introduction, compliment, credential, or shared interest. One nonhostile creature has advantage on the next check made to interact peacefully with you or an ally.

Command Attention

Draw focus through posture, voice, status, or presence. Chosen creatures in the emanation have disadvantage on Perception checks to notice creatures other than you until your next turn.

Cutting Remark

Undermine one creature with a public barb, accusation, or perfectly timed remark. The target makes a CHA save or takes psychic damage and has disadvantage on its next attack or ability check before your next turn.

Call in a Small Favor

Find a minor favor in a populated place: simple lodging, a rumor, a meal, directions, a brief distraction, a mundane tool, or a harmless introduction.

Voice of Reason

Appeal to caution and self-interest. Up to three creatures that can understand you make WIS saves. On a failure, they cannot willingly start violence against you or your allies unless harmed first.

Marked by Reputation

Mark one creature as exposed, important, protected, or disgraced. Allies have advantage on Persuasion or Intimidation checks involving it, and the first hit against it each round deals extra psychic damage if witnesses are present.

Stir the Crowd

Shift the mood of a crowd one step toward calm, anger, fear, hope, suspicion, celebration, or cooperation. Hostile leaders may contest with CHA against your power DC.

Reliable Contact

Find or create a useful contact in a populated place: clerk, guard, messenger, fixer, performer, servant, merchant, guild member, or minor official. The contact can provide one reasonable local service.

Negotiated Pause

When combat would begin or a creature within range would attack, demand a pause. The creature makes a WIS save. On a failure, it cannot attack until your next turn unless it is attacked first.

Bolster the Line

Chosen allies in the emanation gain temporary hit points and advantage on saves against fear, charm, and intimidation while they can see or hear you.