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Obfuscate is a Discipline that allows vampires to conceal themselves, deceive the mind of others, or make them ignore what the user does not want to be seen.

Overview[]

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.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

Official Abilities[]

Included below are the official powers described in supplements for Vampire: The Masquerade and Dark Ages: Vampire. Sources are described below in the order they were printed.

Standard Powers[]

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    • Cloak of Shadows [1]: Remain hidden so long as you do not move
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    • Unseen Presence [2]: Become invisible to others so long as you do not attract attention
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    • Mask of a Thousand Faces [3]: Change your appearance and mannerisms to mimic someone else
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    • Vanish/Fade from the Mind's Eye [4]: Disappear right from in front of someone
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    • Cloak the Gathering [5]: Extend your Obfuscate powers to a group

Advanced Powers[]

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    • Blithe Acceptance: People nearby will ignore you no matter what you do so long as you do not become violent
    • Busy Doing Nothing: Makes you appear to be doing nothing
    • Conceal: Hide an object independent of you up to the size of a house
    • 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
    • Diastasis: Lets the user fade away and replace themselves with an illusionary self they can control
    • Displacement: Appear to be shifted a little to one side
    • Gemini's Mirror: Move around invisible while an image of you continues to act normally
    • Invisible Weapon: Hide a weapon so that it cannot be seen even when you are attacking with it
    • Manifold Guise: Make everyone in an area look like someone else as with Mask of a Thousand Faces, whether they want to or not
    • Mask of Janus: Exchange your appearance as with Mask of a Thousand Faces with someone else
    • Mask The Devil: Blank your aura and become immune to all powers affecting your beast
    • Mental Maze: Make someone unable to find their way out of an area
    • Mind Blank: Protect your mind from attempts to read it
    • Scrawl: Hide messages in writing legible only to an intended viewer
    • Soul Mask: Disguise your aura to appear differently or not at all
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    • Cache: Extend an Obfuscate power so that it continues after you have left the area
    • Cloak: Hide yourself from Auspex powers searching for you
    • Fortress of Silence: Cut any noises off, allowing clarity of thought and heightened awareness of self, or use on a target to drive it mad with the sound of its own heartbeat
    • Veil of Blissful Ignorance: Make it so no one will see a person no matter what he does
    • Veil the Legions: Hide a small army from a distance
    • Visit Faerieland: Step into the Dream
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    • Horrid Countenance: Take on the appearance of a monstrous entity that every person sees as their personal nightmare
    • Old Friend: Make someone view you as a trusted friend and confidant
    • Phantom Haunter: Take on the visage of a figure that haunts and terrifies the target
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    • Create Name: Create a whole new identity for yourself that overcomes any suspicions
    • Obscure God's Creation: Remove a person or object from another's perceptions
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    • Memories Fading Glimpse: Remove your existence from reality
    • Plot Device

Standard Powers (V5)[]

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    • Cloak of Shadows: The vampire can become invisible while standing motionless.
    • Silence of Death: The vampire can nullify all sound that they make.
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    • Unseen Passage: The vampire can move around while staying invisible​.
    • Chimerstry: The vampire can create brief, but vivid single-sensory hallucinations. Amalgam: Presence 1.
    • Ventriloquism: The vampire can throw their voice so only the intended recipient hears them. Amalgam: Auspex 2.
    • Ghost's Passing: The vampire can extend their Obfuscate powers to animals under their influence. Amalgam: Animalism 1.
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    • Ghost in the Machine: Other Obfuscate powers work on electronic recording devices.
    • Mask of a Thousand Faces: The vampire can assume the voice and appearance of a generic person who blends in the current setting, i.e. a worker in a factory or a nightwatchman in an office.
    • Fata Morgana: The vampire can craft elaborate multisensory hallucinations. Amalgam: Presence 2.
    • Mental Maze[4]: The Vampire can make the victim unable to escape the building, leaving him feeling that the building folds back on itself. Amalgam: Dominate 1.
    • Mask of Isolation: The vampire can apply the effects of Mask of a Thousand Faces, to a single subject. Amalgam: Dominate 1
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    • Conceal: Amalgam of Auspex 3. The vampire can cloak an inaminate object up to a small building from sight.
    • Vanish: Requires Cloak of Shadows. The vampire can activate Cloak of Shadows or Unseen Passage even under direct observation.
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    • Cloak the Gathering: The vampire can Obfuscate their companions.
    • Imposter's Guise: The vampire can disguise themselves as a specific person.

Gallery[]

References[]

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^  Level 1

Cloak of Shadows Vampire: The Masquerade Rulebook Pg. 98
Cloak of Shadows Vampire: The Masquerade Second Edition Pg. 163-164
Cloak of Shadows Vampire: The Dark Ages Rulebook Pg. 154
Cloak of Shadows Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition Pg. 166
Cloak of Shadows Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook Pg. 197
Hide Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
The Silence of Death Vampire Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages Pg. 225
Cloak of Shadows Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition Pg. 261
Silence of Death Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition Pg. 261

^  Level 2

Vanish Vampire: The Masquerade Rulebook Pg. 98
Unseen Presence Vampire: The Masquerade Second Edition Pg. 164
Unseen Presence Vampire: The Dark Ages Rulebook Pg. 154
Unseen Presence Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition Pg. 166
Unseen Presence Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook Pg. 198
Limited Invisibility Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Unseen Passage Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition Pg. 261
Chimerstry Vampire: The Masquerade Companion Pg. 25-26
Ventriloquism Fall of London Pg. 148
Ghost's Passing Forbidden Religions Pg. 18

^  Level 3

One Thousand Faces Vampire: The Masquerade Rulebook Pg. 99
Mask of the Thousand Faces Vampire: The Masquerade Second Edition Pg. 164
Mask of a Thousand Faces Vampire: The Dark Ages Rulebook Pg. 154
Mask of a Thousand Faces Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition Pg. 166
Mask of a Thousand Faces Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook Pg. 198
Hidden Killer Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Ghost in the Machine Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition Pg. 262
Mask of a Thousand Faces Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition Pg. 262
Fata Morgana Vampire: The Masquerade Companion Pg. 26
Mental Maze Vampire: The Masquerade, Cults Of The Blood Gods Pg. 85
Mask of Isolation Sabbat: The Black Hand Pg. 48

^  Level 4

Unseen Presence Vampire: The Masquerade Rulebook Pg. 99
Vanish from Mind's Eye Vampire: The Masquerade Second Edition Pg. 164
Vanish from the Mind's Eye Vampire: The Dark Ages Rulebook Pg. 155
Vanish from the Mind's Eye Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition Pg. 167
Vanish from the Mind's Eye Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook Pg. 198
Advanced Invisibility Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Conceal Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition Pg. 262
Vanish Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition Pg. 262

^  Level 5

Cloaking the Gathering Vampire: The Masquerade Rulebook Pg. 99
Cloak the Gathering Vampire: The Masquerade Second Edition Pg. 164
Cloak the Gathering Vampire: The Dark Ages Rulebook Pg. 155
Cloak the Gathering Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition Pg. 167
Cloak the Aura Laws of Elysium Pg. 67-68
Cloak the Gathering Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook Pg. 199
Unseen Force Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Cloak the Gathering Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition Pg. 263
Impostor's Guise Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition Pg. 263

^  Level 6

Conceal The Players Guide Pg. 91
Conceal Laws of Elysium Pg. 68
Mind Blank The Players Guide Pg. 81
Soul Mask The Players Guide Pg. 81
Conceal The Players Guide Second Edition Pg. 76
Mind Blank The Players Guide Second Edition Pg. 76
Soul Mask The Players Guide Second Edition Pg. 76
Scrawl Clanbook: Malkavian Pg. 28
Soul Mask Vampire: The Dark Ages Rulebook Pg. 155
Diastasis Dark Ages Companion Pg. 86
Manifold Guise Libellus Sanguinis 4: Thieves in the Night Pg. 77
Conceal Guide to the Camarilla Pg. 91
Mind Blank Guide to the Camarilla Pg. 91
Soul Mask Guide to the Camarilla Pg. 91
Gemini's Mirror Archons and Templars Pg. 145
Mask of Janus Archons and Templars Pg. 145
Scrawl Clanbook: Malkavian Revised Pg. 61
Blithe Acceptance Clanbook: Assamite Revised Pg. 64
Mental Maze Clanbook: Followers of Set Revised Pg. 67
Confusion of the Eye Clanbook: Followers of Set Revised Pg. 68
Soul Mask Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook Pg. 199
Invisible Weapon Players Guide to Low Clans Pg. 150
Mask the Devil Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition Pg. 227
Confusion of the Eye Lore of the Clans Pg. 67
Mental Maze Lore of the Clans Pg. 68
Scrawl Lore of the Clans Pg. 143
Busy Doing Nothing Lore of the Clans Pg. 163
Displacement Lore of the Clans Pg. 163

^  Level 7

Cache The Players Guide Pg. 81
Cloak The Players Guide Pg. 81
Cache The Players Guide Second Edition Pg. 77
Cloak The Players Guide Second Edition Pg. 77
Visit Faerieland Clanbook: Malkavian Pg. 28
Veil the Legions Dark Ages Companion Pg. 86
Cache Guide to the Camarilla Pg. 92
Veil of Blissful Ignorance Guide to the Camarilla Pg. 92
Veil of Blissful Ignorance Players Guide to Low Clans Pg. 150
Fortress of Silence Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition Pg. 227

^  Level 8

Old Friends The Players Guide Pg. 82
Old Friends The Players Guide Second Edition Pg. 76
Trusted Confessor Dark Ages Companion Pg. 86
Old Friend Guide to the Camarilla Pg. 92
Phantom Haunter Clanbook: Malkavian Revised Pg. 62
Horrid Countenance Players Guide to Low Clans Pg. 151
Reaper of the Heart Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition Pg. 227

^  Level 9

Create Name The Players Guide Pg. 82
Create Name The Players Guide Second Edition Pg. 77
Create Name Guide to the Camarilla Pg. 92
Obscure God's Creation Players Guide to Low Clans Pg. 151
Obscure God's Creation Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition Pg. 227

^  Level 10

Memories Fading Glimpse The Players Guide Pg. 82
Memories Fading Glimpse The Players Guide Second Edition Pg. 77
Plot Device Gehenna Pg. 182


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