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

Lastly, with considerable effort a vampire may attempt to make minor alterations to her
features as part of assuming a role, rather than simply “blurring” them into more generic
ones. She may only change simple features like hair or eye color, skin tone, hairstyle, and
perhaps some slight voice modifi cations. She cannot appear to be of the opposite gender,
mimic hideous Nosferatu features (unless she is already somewhat disfi gured herself), display
a signifi cant shift in apparent age, or make any other major body changes. She also cannot
appear to radically alter her body type, so a six foot vampire cannot appear to be a small child.
Any such changes must be made with makeup or noted on the description tag.
Note: While the vampire can change her appearance, she cannot actually attempt to impersonate
a specifi c individual or voice, even if she actually resembles a target already. The
power ultimately relies on the tendency of individuals to make generalized assumptions about
other people in order to function. Convincingly imitating specifi c individuals is therefore
completely against the power’s nature. She may end up looking or sounding vaguely similar
to a person, but no one with even casual knowledge of that person will be fooled, nor will
witnesses ever point to the original person as being the same individual they encountered if
they met the character in disguise.
Cost: —
Test Pool: Wits + Subterfuge + Obfuscate versus subject’s Resolve + Blood Potency to activate
in front of another individual; Wits + Investigation + Auspex versus the user’s Resolve
+ Stealth + Obfuscate to see through it as per Clash of Wills
Action: Instant and Contested; resistance is refl exive. The character activates The Familiar
Stranger as an instant action; if he acts in an unusual manner while using his new persona, other
characters may make refl exive draws to resist as per the Clash of Wills description on p. 159.
Roleplaying: Adopt makeup and costuming suitable for new identity, or use a description
tag describing the role being adopted. If tags are used, it is recommended that characters
using this power wear tags with a distinctive color, size or shape, to make it very clear when
this power is active.
Draw Results
Failure: The vampire loses or ties the contested action. The character’s apparent identity
does not change, and the vampire is aware of the failed attempt. Onlookers see the vampire
for who she is.
Success: The vampire wins the contested action and is recognized as her chosen role for
the duration of the scene. Mortal targets will do their best to accept the vampire’s identity,
provided the vampire doesn’t make a major faux pas, do something wholly inappropriate for
their role (such as a priest beating someone up) or claim something that directly contradicts
facts the targets are well aware of. (“Hold on a second, ‘Father,’ there’s no Catholic church
on 8 th street — who are you, anyway?”) Kindred and other supernatural creatures see what
the vampire desires, though they do not necessarily buy the role any more than that. Most
likely, supernaturals will simply perceive a ‘generic’ individual and give no special attention
to him.
A character can only adopt one role at a time. A character may switch roles if he desires,
but cannot do so in front of witnesses; she must somehow leave sight before she can change
her appearance again.
A character with Auspex can potentially see through this disguise, as per the normal rules
for Auspex versus Obfuscate (see p. 159).
Once fooled, an onlooker cannot attempt to pierce the vampire’s disguise again unless he
does something that would betray his identity, in which case the subject performs a standard
Clash of Wills test.
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