Impudites and unusual touches

[JCD]

Just touching anyone gives a +2 on the resonance, both for Charm AND for Stealing.

Additionally, most Band attunements for demon princes add a positive modifier on the theft of Essence. So your 'special touch' is perfectly valid re Andrealphus as many touches can be sexual in nature. But if there is no...mmm...release, it doesn't count.

But I am unsure how that works for Factions or Nybbas, as examples where 'touching' doesn't work.

I think this is a discretionary flavor rule. But I wouldn't make it easy. So if an Impudite of Valefor was able to steal a kidney for those pesky black market kidney buyers while trying to steal essence, sure, I'd give him a +1 or 2. (Heck, I wouldn't even make him do a Charm roll. But be careful about infections...)

Now, according to the rules, I could, as an Impudite, stand across the room and give that special someone a wink and a nod (charming them) and steal Essence. Another alternative is having 'touchy feely' Impudites HAVE to touch their victims...but that gives them a serious penalty and an Impudite stripper could easily justify her/his theft at a distance.