When he simply has to be believed...

[robkelk]

If you believe everything has a reason
If you believe that what you've seen will unfold
If you believe that everybody needs to shake it loose
That everyone will rock and everybody will roll, yeah

If you believe everyone is the future
If you believe that nothing ever goes wrong
If you believe that deep down inside you're falling apart
Know that everybody's weak and everyone can be strong

Yeah, believe in me
Believe in me
Believe in me
Believe in me

Say what you want
And take the best of me and everyone else
Oh, yeah
Say what you want
It's all the same to me
Look out for yourself

Believe in me
Believe in me
Believe in me
Believe in me
Believe in me
Believe in me

Say what you want
(Say what you want)
Ah, ah, la la la la

- Sloan, Believe In Me

I can almost hear long-timers asking "didn't you already give Doug this mind-control power?" Not really - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood makes people think the best of him. This song gets people to trust him. There's a difference...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Bob Schroeck]

I like. Yes.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[robkelk]

In the 14 months since I posted this, I've realized that there's a roleplaying game out there that already has game mechanics for this effect. It's the Balseraph resonance from In Nomine.

[size=smaller]--
Rob Kelk
"Santa sure says some mean things, you know?"
- Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga, talking about the Ruldolph story, Azumanga Daioh episode #17[/size]
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Bob Schroeck]

Easy enough to steal via GURPS In Nomine, too...
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.