Confusion of the Eye

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Obfuscate 6

This power extends the effect of Mask of a Thousand Faces to another person in a specialized way. While under the influence of this power, the victim perceives one other person of the vampire's choosing as someone else. For instance, the victim might see and hear the city's Sabbat archbishop as a mortal janitor, or a despised Anarch as a Primogen whose favor the victim desires. The victim hears whatever the "masked" person says, but unconsciously explains away any inconsistencies in the person's responses. If the "masked" person directly tries to persuade the victim of his true identity, the victim will prove hard to convince, and may become angry.

System: This power costs one Willpower point to use. The vampire's player makes a Willpower roll (difficulty of the target's Willpower). If the roll succeeds, th4e victim sees one person, of the character's choosing, as one other person of the character's choosing. The effect lasts up to 24 hours.

The victim will rationalize or ignore most evidence that the "masked" person is not who he believes. If the "masked" person tries to convince the victim of her true identity, the victim receives a Willpower roll to throw off the Confusion of the Eye: The "masked" person rolls Charisma + an appropriate Ability representing her attempt to convince the victim of his delusion (difficulty 6). The victim then rolls Willpower at a difficulty of 9 - 1 per success on the victim's persuasion roll.