Obfuscate

Description

Obfuscate is part of Caine's curse on the Antediluvians in blotting them out from creation. Frequent users of the Discipline find themselves divorced from society, never participating in social interactions, only observing. Some advanced users find themselves unable and unwilling to deactivate the discipline, believing themselves surrounded by similar hidden creatures that wait only to attack them.

It is one of the more popular Disciplines practiced by Cainites, and is the source of legends surrounding the ability of vampires to vanish and appear seemingly from nowhere. Obfuscate is mentally based; its powers achieve their effects by manipulating the minds of others, not in creating any real changes, and thus will not work against creatures immune to such mental effects or technological sensors. Vampires with levels of Auspex may also bypass the effects of Obfuscate.

Use Stealth for retests of Obfuscate.

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When concealing yourself with Obfuscate, hold your arms crossed in front of your chest, with a number of fingers on each hand corresponding to the highest known level of the Discipline (1 for Basic, 2 for Intermediate, 3 for Advanced, 4 for Elder, 5 for Master).

Abilities

Basic

• Cloak of Shadows: Remain hidden so long as you do not move. (See Faith & Fire p.183)
• Unseen Presence: Become invisible to others so long as you do not attract attention. (See Faith & Fire p.183)

Intermediate

• Mask of a Thousand Faces: Change your appearance and mannerisms to mimic someone else. (See Faith & Fire p.183)
• Vanish from the Mind’s Eye: Disappear right from in front of someone. (See Faith & Fire p.183)

Advanced

• Cloak the Gathering: Extend your Obfuscate powers to a group. (See Faith & Fire p.184)

Elder

• Blithe Acceptance: People nearby will ignore you no matter what you do so long as you do not become violent. (See Clanbook: Assimite (Revised) p.64)
• Cloak the Aura (Laws of Elysium p.67)
• Conceal: Hide an object independent of you up to the size of a house. (See Camarilla Guide p.57)
• Confusion of the Eye: Make a target mentally view someone else differently as with Mask of a Thousand Faces without making any visible signs to others. (See Clanbook: Followers of Set (Revised) p.68)
• Mental Maze: Make someone unable to find their way out of an area. (See Clanbook: Followers of Set (Revised) p.67)
• Mind Blank: Protect your mind from attempts to read it. (See Camarilla Guide p.57)
• Scrawl: Hide messages in writing legible only to an intended viewer. (See Clanbook: Malkavian (Revised) p.61)
• Soul Mask: Disguise your aura to appear differently or not at all. (See Faith & Fire p.184)

Master

• Cache: Extend an Obfuscate power so that it continues after you have left the area (See Camarilla Guide p.58)

Ascendant

• Old Friend: Make someone view you as a trusted friend and confidant. (See Camarilla Guide p.58)
• Phantom Haunter: Take on the visage of a figure that haunts and terrifies the target. (See Clanbook: Malkavian (Revised) p.62)

Methuselah

• Create Name: Create a whole new identity for yourself that overcomes any suspicions. (See: Camarilla Guide p.58)

Progenitor Flaw

Those with this Progenitor Flaw visibly carry the Curse of Caine, in the form of hideous deformities.

Curse

Flaw: Disfigured

(See: Faith & Fire, p.135)

Benefit

Free Trait in Stealth