Diastasis
The Cainite gives the appearance of being somewhere other than her actual location. While her true form goes unnoticed, the vampire's reflection moves, reacts and is real in every visual sense. Anyone or anything occupying the false image's space encounters no resistance with the phantom; the image is seemingly superimposed on the real person or object, and can in no way affect (or be affect by) anything.
System: The player rolls Wits + Subterfuge (difficulty 8) to activate this power. The false image appears over the character's own form (which fades from vision) and moves up to one yard away. More successes allow the vampire to extend the image a greater distance. The illusion is sustained as long as the Cainite maintains visual contact with it.
| Successes | Maximum Range |
| 1 Success | 1 yard |
| 2 | 2 yards |
| 3 | 5 yards |
| 4 | 10 yards |
| 5 | 30 yards |
The character can attempt other actions at an additional level of difficulty while maintaining this power. Since the vampire's true form is effectively unseen, her activities are likely performed with decreased difficulties (specific modifiers are up to the Storyteller's discretion). Whenever the character interacts physically with anything, such as picking up an object or attacking someone, those able to notice make contested Perception + Alertness rolls against the Cainite's Wits + Subterfuge (difficulty 6). If the vampire gets more successes, her true location remains unnoticed; if any individuals roll more successes than the player, however, they figure out her general position. This does not mean the vampire is suddenly rendered visible to all; those who notice her only know that something is there (attacks are made at +2 difficulty), and if the character moves the contested rolls are made all over again.
Additionally, those attacking the Cainite's image makes Perception + Alertness rolls (difficulty 4) when the "strike" (this difficulty may be increased if the vampire is moving her own body and "reacting" to each blow). One success alerts the individual that something is not right about his opponent, while two or more reveal the image for what it is. This does not disrupt the phantasm, nor does it divulge the vampire's true location. Auspex will reveal the location of the Cainite using this power.
