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Rather than spending five turns talking to your target, you can inflict a derangement with but a single phrase and a single standard action. You might inflict the same derangement outlined above simply by passing your target and saying to her, “Are you sure you can trust the Brujah?” A character does not need to fully explain the derangement in roleplay in order to apply the effects of this power, but a player should be sure to explain the derangement out of character to the targeted player, so that she can properly portray the effect.

To use Voice of Madness, you must gain your target’s attention and spend at least five turns (15 seconds) describing the derangement you wish to inflict. When you finish this description, spend 1 Blood and make an opposed challenge against your target. If you succeed, you inflict the derangement of your choice on your target for the rest of the evening and 1 Derangement trait. If the individual has pre-existing Derangement traits, this trait may cause an immediate psychotic break. For more information, see Chapter Five: Merits and Flaws, Derangement Traits.

For example, you might approach the Ventrue Primogen and say, “I saw two Brujah hovering around your car last night. What were they doing? Are you sure you can trust the Brujah?” If you succeed in the challenge thereafter, you could give your target the Phobia derangement, citing “Brujah” as the trigger.

An individual can only be affected by this power once per Dementation user. If the same character attempts to inflict a second derangement before the first expires, the older derangement is replaced by the newer one. If a second Dementation user successfully targets someone already under the effects of this power, both derangements apply.

The derangement inflicted by Voice of Madness lasts for two games or one month, whichever is longer.