Loki's Gift

Discipline Techniques / Protean 6

Animalism 4 and Protean 4, or Protean 6 only.
This is a case where a Gangrel of 7th generation or better can spend a little less for the same power that anyone else can buy with a little more experience and a lot more effort.

With this power, a vampire may assume the form of the last living thing she fed on, be it human or animal. The vampire doesn't gain any of the prey's knowledge or powers (if any), but the imitation is physically flawless.

System: The vampire can only activate this power immediately after drinking from a vessel (which can be no larger than a bear). The transformation requires three blood points, and takes effect as soon as the last point is spent. The player rolls Manipulation + Subterfuge (difficulty 9); the change lasts a number of hours equal to the successes rolled. Duration may be extended with additional blood at the cost of one point per hour. However, if the vampire feeds from any vessel other than the mimicked target, she immediately reverts back to her true form. A botch means the transformation fails and the vampire can never assume the target's form again.
A vampire using this power appears to be the form assumed for all detection purposes, including inspection with the Auspex 2 power Soulsight. this includes appearing as mortal, rather than undead. Soulsight still reveals the vampire's emotional state. The Discipline technique See the True Form (p. 164) can pierce this disguise, as can any other forms of magical perception that specifically detect shapechanging. Vampires may also learn an identical version of this power with Protean 6 for the usual experience cost.

Experience Cost: (as a combination power) 28