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

their Cloak to an individual who has already Cloaked himself, the second layer of invisibility
adds no additional successes and doesn’t need to be pierced in addition to the fi rst Cloak.
• TOUCH OF SHADOW
This fi rst power of Obfuscate allows the vampire to conceal small items, either in her grasp or on
her person. If she is skilled enough, even a thorough search fails to turn up a hidden object.
A prominent card marked “Touch of Shadow X” should be attached to any item hidden
with this Discipline, where the X is the number of successes obtained on the test to hide
the item. Other information such as the user’s total dots of Obfuscate or test pool may be
included at the Storyteller’s discretion, to facilitate easy testing later on. Multiple uses of this
Discipline do not add to the number of successes required. Only the most recent use of the
Discipline applies.
Cost: —
Test Pool: Wits + Larceny + Obfuscate
Action: Instant
Draw Results
Failure: The attempt fails.
Success: The character can hide a single object from sight, unless someone is actively
searching for that specifi c item. Indeed, “specifi c” is very literal here. A character looking
for “an Obfuscated book” does not fi nd it, though she does if she’s looking for “the Ordo
Dracul Kogaion’s handwritten and leather-bound copy of 17th-century rituals” and has seen
it before.
The player must declare which specifi c item is concealed and the power must be invoked
separately for each item.
If the draw succeeds, the item goes undetected. Perhaps a careful search such as a thorough
pat-down or close examination reveals it, along with a Wits + Composure draw, successes
from which must exceed those drawn for the activation of the power. As with all Obfuscate
abilities, a character with Auspex might be able to see through Touch of Shadow, though he
would still have to fi nd the object normally if it were inside a pocket or otherwise physically
concealed from view as well.
Once the character does anything to draw attention to the object — such as deliberately
showing it to someone or using it to attack or threaten another character — Touch of Shadow
immediately ends. If someone successfully detects the item, he can point it out to others. A
Wits + Composure draw is made for each such person, and successes achieved must exceed
those acquired in the Wits + Larceny + Obfuscate draw made for the Discipline user. If an
onlooker’s successes aren’t high enough, he still doesn’t recognize the item, even when it’s
pointed out.
Note that this power affects only the item in question — it is not intended to hide other
items as a byproduct. A character could not, for example, conceal a mailbox and then hide
behind it or conceal a computer and hide a stake beneath it. The mailbox or computer would
indeed be concealed but the character or stake would not.
Once invoked, Touch of Shadow lasts for a scene or until ended prematurely.
Touch of Shadow cannot be used on well-traveled areas such as the main entrance to a
location, a connecting hallway that links a number of rooms throughout the play area, or
the only entrance to a room that a character has just entered in the same scene. In other
words, you can’t lure a target into a room, use Touch of Shadow on the door behind you and
thus trap the target in the room, because their mind knows they had to enter somehow and
refuses to believe the illusion.
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