Horrid Reality

Specters become all too real, illusionary weapons turn sharp and ghost sounds turn to screams that make ears bleed.

❖ Type: Ability
❖ Tag: Mental, Physical & Spiritual
❖ Range & Targets: Targets a single location within Visual Range and within 10 meters (30 feet) of the Kindred.
❖ Cost: 2 Rouse Checks
❖ Conditions: None
❖ Risk: High. The illusions which the Kindred summons have a mind of their own and are not subservient to their creator. They will act independently once manifested. Although sadistic in nature they will never target their creator unless provoked. Their actions are best left to the discretion of the Storyteller.
❖ Test: Chimerstry + Wits (5)
❖ Resistance Roll: None
❖ Duration: 1 Scene

Effect

This is a variation of Cast Illusion and benefits from all its upgrades.
The illusions created by this ability feel all too real. Fire feels hot, although it does not burn, screams can leave a ringing in one’s ear but do not deafen the individual and so on. In game terms unlike normal illusions, which cease to have an effect on a target once they are identified as such, illusions cast by this ability cannot be ignored even if the target knows the illusions are not real. The illusions cast by this ability are also more solid and can inflict physical damage, although this is strictly limited to Superficial Damage at most (even if a Kindred is being targeted by illusionary flames, although it goes without saying that the sensation of pain will make the experience more believable).
The only way to end illusions cast by this ability is by targeting them with Phantasmal Death (or a similar ability) or waiting for the power to run its course.