You roll a test of skill to set the DC for this ability.
Roll a test of saddening with a penalty equal to your current level of diminish to set the save DC for this ability’s effect.

Roll = d20 + social + skill - diminish.

You can use any skill befitting a test of saddening, including Expression or the saddening specific bonuses from this course.

The save DC to negate or end this effect becomes whatever you rolled, up to a maximum of 16
(ex: if you roll a 30 to intimidate an enemy, the save DC is 16).
The limit on the save DC only applies to converting the test of skill into a DC. Apply any DC modifiers afterwards, as normal.

Target must then pass a social save, or their eyes fill with tears unbidden and they become blinded (and sad) until they pass their save.
If the target fails this save, diminish 1.

The target gets another social save at the end of each of their turns to end this effect.
Do not diminish again if they fail this save to end the effect.

You are good at making other people sad.

You have advantage on social tests of skill to share sorrows, regrets, misfortunes, the gap between what is and what could have been, and leverage those to move people to act, like players on a grand stage to which the whole world sits attendant in audience, or in a phrase, sad social tests of skill.

You have a +2 training bonus to sad social tests of skill.
You have a +1 adept bonus to sad social tests of skill.
You have a +1 expertise bonus to sad social tests of skill.
(You may only use one training bonus on each test of skill).
(You may only use one adept bonus on each test of skill).
(You may only use one expertise bonus on each test of skill).