The bargaining stage is the psyche’s attempt to cope with mortality and grief – the product of realization giving way to desperation. Individuals in this state are immensely pliable, eager to explore any option to avert catastrophe. With this power, your target gains a sense of mortal anxiety that becomes a state of mind that you can exploit to your advantage.

This power allows you to make an offer which weighs on your target’s mind until she makes a decision. Spend 1 point of Blood and three or more standard actions as you make an offer to your target. You must have your target’s Gaze and Focus to use this power, and you must be able to communicate with her (telepathically is fine). Thereafter, the choice presented lingers in the target's mind, always at the edge of her thinking.

Once the offer is made and until your target makes her choice, she may not take any antagonistic action toward you, which includes targeting you with hostile powers or attacking you. She may, however, seek to negotiate. You may act against her normally during this time, and she must continue to consider the offer. If you withdraw the offer by spending a simple action, this power’s effects end.

The target may exercise one of the following options at any time:

Offers may not be designed to be life threatening to your target. You are free to describe an offer in shorter or longer terms, making an offer that either ends sooner than the end of the night, or a more open offer that would seemingly last beyond the current night. However, when the offer expires or the night ends (whichever is first), the effects of this power fade.

A target may only be affected by a single use of this power per night. Any additional use of this power from you or from anyone else upon the same target will fail. You may not use this power on friendly targets purely with the intent of triggering this limitation; the Storyteller may intervene in instances where she believes this is the case.

You may only have a single active offer at a given time. Any additional offers end the effects of the current one. This power does not work if the offer is farcical or clearly intended to insult or ridicule, the determination of which is subject to the Storyteller’s discretion. This includes offers involving vulgarity or demeaning acts.