Circumspect Revelation
Celerity 1, Obfuscate 3 or Vicissitude 2
This secret allows a mystically disguised person to reveal some aspect of his identity to another target - and that target only - without other onlookers becoming aware. It is used almost exclusively by members of the Sabbat's Black Hand to identify themselves to other agents while hiding their status or identity from a city's Covens by momentarily revealing the crescent moon tattoo the sub-sect uses to identify its members. Any and all other onlookers will see nothing out of the ordinary take place, even if staring directly at the user of this power.
System: The user of the power spends a blood point and chooses a target within line of sight. At that moment, whatever magic the user uses to conceal himself from public view drops, but only to the senses of the target of the power. To the chosen target, a brief "moment outside a moment" occurs, wherein he has ample time to see the mark for what it is before the power ends and time catches up to both user and target. To all others, the user simply stands there motionless during this time. Only those with Auspex ratings of four or higher will even have a chance to see that something supernaturally fast is occurring under their noses. Even then, the maneuver is so fast that only someone staring directly at the user's hand during the brief period the mark is exposed could even possibly see it for what it is.
The Vicissitude version may only reveal small changes, such as the user's crescent moon tattoo, or a glimpse of jewelry. A user of the Obfuscate version may reveal as much of his true appearance to a single target as he wants, but is subject to the normal Auspex vs Obfuscate rules.
Experience Cost: Vicissitude version: 14. Obfuscate Version 21.
Note: Yes, I modified this power to be slightly more useful to those who might want to hide other identifying marks, and account for the difference in Experience cost between the Vicissitude and Obfuscate versions, as per the latest rules for Discipline Techniques. - Jamie
