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

Like all Obfuscate-based powers, a façade created by Perfect Stranger does not appear on
video equipment, nor will any apparent voice changes carry over on recording devices. Immediate
observers using such devices are still fooled normally.
Cost: 1 Vitae
Test Pool: Intelligence + Subterfuge + Obfuscate versus Resolve + Blood Potency
Action: Contested; resistance is refl exive
A failure on this test means that no change takes effect, though the vampire is aware of
this failure. Success means that the vampire is perceived as having the appearance she desires
for the rest of the scene.
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 may test Wits +
Awareness + Auspex against the vampire’s own test pool.
A character with Auspex can potentially see through this disguise, as per the normal rules
for Auspex versus Obfuscate (see p. 159).
Perfect Stranger lasts for one scene, until the vampire drops the façade or the disguise is
prematurely dispelled somehow.
This power costs 21 experience points to learn.
ARCANE SIGHT (AUSPEX ••, CRUAC •)
Those who know this Devotion have learned how to expand their mystical sight by incorporating
rudiments of blood magic. Kindred with this power can use their Auspex to scrutinize
the auras of objects, as well as people, and may glean information from the eddies of power
that whorl through the world.
Cost: 1 Vitae per scene
Test Pool: Wits + Occult + Auspex
Action: Instant
Rather than sensing patterns of emotions as with Aura Perception, the user sees the ebb and
fl ow of magical power. A Kindred possessing this Devotion can learn a variety of information,
including the following: whether an object (or person) has any magic of its own or is currently
under enchantment; whether the magic comes from the object or creature directly or from an
external source; the nature of the magic (benefi cial, harmful, illusory); even detailed information
as to the type and level of magic employed. Scrutinized individuals who are capable of
any sort of magic (vampiric or otherwise) always glow with sparkling crackles of energy.
Although this Devotion does identify sources of magic or items possessed of enchantments,
it does not reveal magic effects in action (such as a magical fi reball or an illusion). Each success
on the activation draw yields one piece of information from the list above about the magic
in question. If use of this Devotion becomes reasonably common, the Storytelling staff may
even place task cards labeled “Arcane Sight” on important items or locations, which can only
be attempted by characters with this Devotion.
This power costs 10 experience points to learn.
BODY OF WILL (RESILIENCE •••, VIGOR •)
Truly tough Kindred can call upon personal reserves of will to shore up their toughness in
the face of adversity. By means of this Devotion, a vampire learns how to funnel his strength
of will through his supernaturally altered form, allowing him to shrug off the deleterious
effects of his wounds — for a time.
Cost: 1 Vitae
Test Pool: Composure + Athletics + Resilience
Action: Refl exive
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