CHIMERSTRY

THIS POWER ALLOWS A VAMPIRE TO CREATE AND MANIPULATE ILLUSIONS AND HALLUCINATIONS.

PRIME ATTRIBUTE: INTELLIGENCE
 RESISTANCE ATTRIBUTE: INTELLIGENCE

CLANS WITH CHIMERSTRY: RAVNOS

POWERS WITH A CLAN NAME LISTED ARE SPECIFIC ONLY TO THAT CLAN.

REVIEWED AND REVISED ON 5/28/11.
  POWER EFFECT ACTION

DURATION

 TARGET #
  POWER EFFECT DURATION TARGET #
LEVEL 1 IGNIS FATUUS the vampire may create a static illusion involving one sense. She must be able to sense it to be able to create it, or sustain it. If it is revealed to be an illusion, it disappears. COMPLEX

SUSTAINED 

 INTELLIGENCE RATING -4
LEVEL 2 FATA MORGANA the vampire may create a static illusion involving all senses. She must be able to sense it to be able to create it, or sustain it. If it is revealed to be an illusion, it disappears. COMPLEX

SUSTAINED

 INTELLIGENCE RATING -4
LEVEL 3 APPARITION Having created an illusion, the vampire may GIVE it movement, AS IF ANIMATED. THE CREATOR may change the movement AS LONG AS they remain concentrated on it. COMPLEX

SUSTAINED 

 INTELLIGENCE RATING -4
LEVEL 4 PERMANENCY Having created an illusion, the vampire may cause it to remain, even if they can no longer see it. THE EFFECT IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF QUICKENING A SPELL. THE EFFECTS LAST FOR ONE HOUR PER SUCCESS ROLLED. COMPLEX

INSTANT 

 INTELLIGENCE RATING -4
LEVEL 5 HORRID REALITY The vampire may create illusions, as described above, and use them to "injure" a victim. A FAKE FIRE CAN BURN AND A FAKE BULLET CAN WOUND. Each success CAUSES one LEVEL of TEMPORARY STUN damage. The vampire may announce ahead of time that THEY only wish to inflict a certain amount of damage. A victim may not be killed in this fashion, but THEY will still be subject to wound penalties for as long as THEY believe THEMSELVES to be injured. ONCE A TARGET REACHES A DEADLY WOUND LEVEL, THEY ARE COMPLETELY UNABLE TO ACT FOR A NUMBER OF ROUNDS EQUAL TO HALF THE "CASTER'S" INTELLIGENCE RATING. COMPLEX

INSTANT 

 INTELLIGENCE RATING -4
LEVEL 6 FATUUS MASTERY ONCE THE VAMPIRE HAS PUT INTO EFFECT THE POWERS OF IGNIS FATUUS, FATA MORGANA, AND APPARITION, they NO LONGER NEED TO "SENSE" THE ILLUSIONS TO HAVE THEM CONTINUE, THOUGH THEY MUST REMAIN WITHIN ONE MILE FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO HAVE EFFECT. AS PER PERMANENCY, THE EFFECT IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF QUICKENING A SPELL. THE EFFECTS LAST FOR ONE HOUR PER SUCCESS ROLLED. COMPLEX

INSTANT 

 6
LEVEL 6 MASS REALITY THIS POWER CAUSES MORE THAN ONE PERSON TO EXPERIENCE A HORRID REALITY. ANYONE IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA OF THE ILLUSION SENSES IT AS IF IT WERE ACTUALLY PRESENT. THUS, IF THE ILLUSION OF A MACHINE GUN WERE CREATED, THE GUN COULD SHOOT A NUMBER OF PEOPLE. COMPLEX

INSTANT 

 INTELLIGENCE RATING -4
LEVEL 6  FATA AMRIA
 RAVNOS		 THIS POWER ALLOWS THE RAVNOS TO PLACE A POTENT CURSE UPON A TARGET. BY INVOKING THE POWER OF THEIR BLOOD, THE RAVNOS ESSENTIALLY "LOCKS" AN ILLUSORY EFFECT TO THE TARGET, WHICH MANIFESTS FROM TIME TO TIME. THE PLAYER MUST VERBALLY CURSE THE TARGET, AND THE CURSE MUST BE RELATIVELY SPECIFIC I.E. "YOU WILL FAIL MISERABLY WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX" AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING MORE GENERAL SUCH AS "YOU WILL HAVE A HORRIBLE LIFE". THE EFFECTS CAN RANGE FROM MERELY ANNOYING TO POTENTIALLY LETHAL, DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY OF THE CURSE AND NUMBER OF SUCCESSES ROLLED.

1 suc. INCONVENIENT effect - THE TARGET LOSES TWO DICE FROM A GIVEN SKILL OR ATTRIBUTE FOR RELATED TESTS.
2 suc. MINOR EFFECTS - target NUMBERS ARE INCREASED BY two FOR RELATED TESTS.
3 suc. MAJOR EFFECTS - TARGET Automatically fails a certain action at a pinnacle moment.
4 suc. serious effects - target automatically fails certain actions in stressful situations.
5 suc. disastrous effects - target automatically fails actions involving a given attribute, skill, or discipline.

the number of successes also determines the duration of effect, unless the invoking RAVNOS willingly decides to remove this curse prior to the natural "expiration".

1 suc. one DAY
2 suc. one WEEK
3 suc. one MONTH
4 suc. six months
5 suc. ONE YEAR

 COMPLEX

INSTANT 

 INTELLIGENCE RATING -4
LEVEL 7 FAR FATUUS THIS POWER ALLOWS THE VAMPIRE TO CREATE ILLUSIONS FROM A DISTANCE. THE ONLY RESTRICTION IS THAT THE CHARACTER MUST BE ABLE TO MENTALLY PICTURE THE DESTINATION OF THE ILLUSION. THE VAMPIRE MUST HAVE EITHER BEEN THERE TO SEE IT, OR MAY WORK WITH A PHOTOGRAPH OR REMOTE VIDEO CAMERA OF THE LOCATION. COMPLEX

SUSTAINED  

 INTELLIGENCE RATING -4
LEVEL 8 PSEUDO BLINDNESS a character who possesses this POWER is incapable of viewing falsehoods. this means that the character is unaffected by any CHIMERSTRY or obfuscate powers below level 9. they simply cannot perceive them (even if they wanted to) and are thus unaffected by them. furthermore, lies cannot affect a character who possesses this power. if a lie is told, the character will hear it, but know it to be false. Automatic Automatic
LEVEL 9 SENSORY DEPRIVATION By denying the target access to all of its' five senses, the vampire may physically incapacitate a target. though the target may remain conscious, they are physically incapable of action, and are effectively cut off from the outside world. the number of successes determines the duration of effect.

1 suc. one turn
2 suc. one round
3 suc. one hour
4 suc. six hours
5 suc. one day

 COMPLEX

instant  

 INTELLIGENCE RATING -4
LEVEL 10 REALITY THIS POWER ALLOWS THE VAMPIRE To trap another in an alternate reality. until the victim escapes, or is let free, it wanders around in a universe where everything from its' appearance to its' physical laws are defined by the wielder of this power. TO SUCCEED, THE VAMPIRE MUST ROLL A NUMBER OF SUCCESSES EQUAL TO THE CHARACTER'S WILLPOWER RATING MINUS 4. note that the target does in fact leave their current reality, and cannot be found by any discipline or magical means. each net success determines the length of the effect.

1 suc. five minutes
2 suc. one hour
3 suc. one day
4 suc. one week
5 suc. one month

 COMPLEX

instant  

 INTELLIGENCE RATING -4