Mind's Eye Theatre - Vampire The Requiem.pdf - RoseRed

auspex
Success: Success allows a character to read a thought from or add a thought to the
subject’s mind. See the suggested modifi ers list that follows for specifi c applications of the
Telepathy power.
Note that the player of any subject who is aware that he is being probed or “ridden” may
spend a Willpower point to eject the telepath. Each time the telepath sends a message,
the subject instantly becomes aware that the thought didn’t originate from his own mind.
Each time the telepath digs out a piece of data, Intelligence + Composure is drawn for the
subject to detect the intruder.
Suggested Modifi ers
••••• TWILIGHT PROJECTION
Commonly seen as the pinnacle of Auspex achievement, this power allows a vampire to
project her perceptions out of her physical body. Her senses take on an existence of their
own, traveling the material world like a spectre. Such a form, called a “ghost body,” is immune
to fatigue and physical harm, and it can fl y at great speeds. Ghost bodies can even go
underground at will — anywhere within and below the limit of the lunar sphere.
Cost: 1 Willpower
Test Pool: Intelligence + Occult + Auspex
Action: Instant
Roleplaying: The player should use the standard hand signal for “On Another Plane
of Existence”, holding up one fi nger to signify they exist in the same state as the restless
dead.
Draw Results
Failure: The character cannot separate her consciousness from her body, but may try
again at her next opportunity.
Success: The Kindred separates her ghost body from her physical body and may venture
throughout the world.
Interacting with the physical world or sprit world while using Twilight Projection is impossible.
The character has no substance at all, not even spiritual substance — she is merely
a projected consciousness. This state can be both a benefi t and a drawback, in that the
character is unimpeded by obstacles, but is also unable to affect any threats she encounters.
It might come to pass that two vampires’ ghost bodies or a projected vampire and a genuine
ghost encounter one another. They can communicate as if they were in the real world, but
no sorts of physical or mystical exchanges can occur between them.
A projected vampire’s psyche is invisible to most physical beings. A child or animal might
intuitively sense the vampire’s presence, or even see him. Another Kindred using Heightened
Senses or Aura Perception might spot the projected being by getting the most successes
in a Wits + Investigation + Auspex (spotter) versus Resolve + Occult + Auspex (projector)
contested draw. Both draws are made refl exively.
A projecting vampire’s other Disciplines do not work. Her spirit can certainly observe
things, but its temporal connection to the body that serves as the conduit for the Kindred’s
mystic curse is too tenuous for other mystical powers to manifest.
While her consciousness roams, a vampire’s body lies in a torpor-like state on the spot
where she left it. As long as her ghost body is active, the character remains ignorant of
what’s going on around her physical body. If the body is subjected to either torpor or Final
Death, the projected psyche is pulled back immediately.
A vampire’s body continues to expend Vitae nightly for the purposes of sustaining itself.
The player must succeed on a standard Humanity draw for the ghost body to remain awake
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