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Revision as of 22:12, 12 November 2019
Name: | Obfuscate |
Pronunciation: | ob-few-skate |
Clans: | Assamites, Followers of Set, Malkavians, Nosferatu |
Bloodlines: | Baali, City Gangrel, Samedi, Shango, Tlacique |
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 as well as possible. 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
- The Silence of Death: Grants a 7 meter radius of silence around the user
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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
- [6]
- 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
- Diastatsis: 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
- 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
- [7]
- 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
- [8]
- 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
- [9]
- 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
- [10]
- Memories Fading Glimpse: Remove your existence from reality
- Plot Device
Gallery
References
- ↑ DAV: Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook, p. 197
- ↑ DAV: Players Guide to Low Clans, p. 150
- ↑ VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition, p. 152
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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 |
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 |
^ 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 |
^ 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 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
^ 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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