# Use of Willpower for Automatic Successes The use of temporary Willpower points to augment successes is allowed with the following caveats: - It is no small thing to tap into a character's inner strength. In the post before the roll, the reason for the willpower use must be explained. Willpower should not be used for frivolous reasons, and as such, the Vampire/Kindred/Cainite should have a compelling reason for *needing* that roll to succeed. - If you wish to spend a Willpower point for an automatic success on a roll, an ST must give approval for the Willpower point to be spent *after* justification is made and *before* you are given a difficulty to the roll. - In the case of Iron Will: Willpower may be used to augment your roll with an automatic success. *However*, a person Iron Will is notoriously difficult to bend. To reflect this, Staff has decided that to succeed on a roll where Iron Will applies and to reflect the power of the merit, the character rolling against the character with Iron Will must get success equal to *half* the defending character's willpower roll rounded up.