"So driven to martyrdom are the
penitent, that it can drive them to take unnecessary risks,
lamenting that they can only sacri?ce themselves once.
Penitent characters must pass an Ordinary (+10) Willpower
Test in order to retreat from combat or otherwise act in the
interests of self-preservation."
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This seems to contradict itself (Penitent Regiments): All about dying for the Emperor, but is all about running away when the situation seems to lack the panache of the glorious death they seek. I would make the test at -10 or even -20, rather than making it easier to not die in His Service.