Presence measures a person’s ability to direct the actions of others or extract information from them, simply through their comportment. Posture, dress, and style of speech all contribute to success in such attempts. The mere clip of a Commissar’s boots is often enough to hush an entire barracks of Militarum troopers, while an icily delivered ultimatum may be all it takes for a seasoned Macharian Vigilite to disperse a crowd of desperate rioters. Ultimately, however, maintaining the correct bearing comes from practice, training, and familiarity with the subject.

SPECIALISATIONS

• Interrogation: Aptitude in a variety of techniques designed to elicit answers out of a subject. A skilled interrogator implies pressure in many ways, subtle and not, in order to discover as much information as they can, even when a subject is cooperative. Interrogation is not physical torture, though undergoing a long interrogation may certainly feel agonising. Interrogation is opposed by the target's Discipline (Composure) or Endurance (Pain).
• Intimidation: Applying pressure through threats, subtle or blatant, that physical chastisement and other dire fates await those that fail to do as they are told or confess all they know. Intimidation is often opposed by Discipline (Composure). If one party is of a larger Size (page 201) than the other, the larger creature gains Advantage on this Test.
• Leadership: Trained to inspire others to put in their best efforts to achieve a desired goal. This can range anywhere from motivating a few clerks to finish a long survey in record time, to giving a group of desperate soldiers the courage to charge a fortified enemy bunker.