Editing Resonance (section)

==Hunting and Humours==
Determining what Resonance a vessel has makes feeding more than just a pit stop. Most vampires observe their victims from a distance or engage them in conversation to feel them out. Roleplaying should give a pretty good idea of what Resonance a victimâ€™s blood carries, but after stalking or talking for a scene, the Storyteller may allow a Resolve + Insight test to clarify matters. 

Tasting the blood of a human dispels all doubt; the Storytellerâ€™s description of the taste, texture, and kick of the blood should give the leech a clear indication of what Resonance the mortal carries. If the mortal harbors a Dyscrasia, the Storyteller may hint at its nature. When the character slakes a level of Hunger from a victim, they feel the rush of the essence locked in their victimâ€™s blood. This rush of Resonance may kick vampiric powers into overdrive or manifest as a unique condition. 

To determine the temperament of a potential victim that the Storyteller (or scenario author) hasnâ€™t created and detailed before the session, roll a d10 to determine a random temperament. If you get a 6+ on that die, roll again to determine the humanâ€™s Resonance. The Storyteller should absolutely shift the numbers dependent on the surrounding environment: nightclubs encourage the Sanguine and donâ€™t attract the Phlegmatic; Protestant churches perhaps the opposite.

{| class="wikitable"
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! Random Temperament !! Random Resonance
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| 1-5: Well-Balanced, negligible Resonance || 1-3: Phlegmatic
|-
| 6-8: Fleeting|| 4-6: Melancholy
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| 9-0: Intense, potentially acute: roll again below || 7-8: Choleric
|-
| 1-8: Intense, 9-0:Acute|| 9-0: Sanguine
|}


===Changing Resonance===
Characters can change a victimâ€™s Resonance through roleplaying or through the various social systems of the game. If the character successfully scares, seduces, or drugs their victim, the Storyteller should shift the victimâ€™s Resonance to match. If a vampire seduces a scared victim, for example, the human gains the Sanguine (fleeting) temperament while their Melancholic Resonance is (temporarily) submerged. 

Intensifying a victimâ€™s Resonance follows a similar process to increase their temperament by one step (from fleeting to intense, or intense to acute) on a successful social test or following a cool role-playing scene. Once a victim acutely feels a Resonance, a properly callous vampire can begin the long process of manipulating them into a Dyscrasia. A love affair with a mortal lasting for months or years may lead to them developing an appropriately Sanguine clot; keeping a victim locked up for months to endure repeated waterboarding or brainwashing could develop a Melancholic or Choleric Dyscrasia, depending on the precise sequence and nature of the confinement. 

Such long-term grooming and abuse of victims is not a scientific process, and likely incurs plenty of Stains. Chronicle Tenets more likely forbid torture, but some may excuse themselves for seducing a mortal into a Sanguine-farming love affair. Humane vampires find it all distasteful; itâ€™s up to the Storyteller to determine what works and how much Dyscrasia farming damages a Kindredâ€™s Humanity.