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Subject: [WHITE WOLF] Wraith 2nd Errata
Date: 2 Aug 1996 17:19:28 -0400

Due to computer error, a paragraph concerning the regaining of Pathos
through Passions was dropped from Wraith: The Oblivion 2nd Edition. The
information has been included in Buried Secrets, and will be posted to
this board, America Online, and the White Wolf Web Page. Anyone who writes
to White Wolf requesting this information will be sent an errata sheet.
Additional material has been added to the paragraph that was dropped.

Errata
Houston, we have a problem.
- Jim Lovell, Apollo 13
The following information was accidentally left out of Wraith: The
Oblivion 2nd Edition. We apologize profusely for this.
Regaining Pathos Through Passions
To regain Pathos, a wraith (or Storyteller) rolls dice equal to the rating
of her applicable Passion. If the wraith is actually performing the
Passion in question, the difficulty of the roll is 6. If the wraith
observes mortals who are in the throes of one of her Passions (i.e.
experiencing the emotion at the core of the Passion), the same roll can be
made at difficulty of 8. Finally, if the wraith herself feels the core
emotion, but in a context other than the actual phrasing of the Passion,
the difficulty of the roll is 9.
Rolling against a Passion should be reserved for times when a character
feels strong emotion. A mild twinge of regret over a sunset not seen
should not beget a roll against the Passion Say farewell to my father
(Regret) 3. On the other hand, players should feel free to request Passion
rolls from their Storytellers whenever they feel appropriate. Furthermore,
Storytellers always have the option of rolling against characters'
Passions in secret and handing out Pathos garnered in this manner.
A botch on a Passion roll gives the character a point of Temporary Angst
instead.
Pathos can never, ever rise above 10.
For Example:
Daffyd has the Passion Atone for my errors (Penitence) 5, and finds
himself low on Pathos. However, he's burned up most of his juice trying to
recover a relic that a friend had loaned him and that he'd lost. Daffyd's
player asks his Storyteller if these actions were sufficient to trigger
the Penitence Passion; the Storyteller agrees that they are and tells
Daffyd's player to roll. He takes five dice (equal to his Passion rating)
and lets loose: 10, 8, 7, 7, 2. With the four successes, Daffyd gets four
points of Pathos and feels much perkier.
Later on, he sees a crying child through the Shroud. The boy has broken
what is obviously one of his mother's prized vases and is desperately
trying to glue it back together, without much success. Still, the
Storyteller rules that observing this allows Daffyd to roll against his
Passion, but at a difficulty of 8. Again Daffyd's player reaches for the
dice, but this time he gets 7, 6, 5, 2, 1. It's a botch, and instead of
Pathos, he gets a shot of Angst. His Shadow chuckles and suggests using
Outrage to show the kid what a broken vase really looks like.
Finally, much later Daffyd finds himself awakening from a Catharsis.
Gleefully, his Shadow informs Daffyd that while in control, he had
returned to the little boy's house and shattered every breakable in it. Of
course, the child had been blamed, and of course his parents didn't
believe his story about a ghost being responsible. At this point, Daffyd
expresses genuine regret over having caused the boy pain, even when it was
his Shadow that performed the actual crime. In secret, the Storyteller
figures that this is close enough to Daffyd's big Passion to warrant a
roll, and behind his screen comes up with 10, 9, 4, 4, 2. He passes
Daffyd' player a note letting him know that he's just come up with two new
Pathos points, and a hint that maybe those points might be put to best use
helping out the child who had suffered for his sins.


I personally apologize for this oversight.

Richard E. Dansky
Developer, Wraith: The Oblivion
White Wolf Game Studio