Post by Ascanio Giovanni on Jul 22, 2013 3:38:21 GMT -8
This thread supersedes the previous thread entitled Dur-An-Ki/Assamite Sorcery for Review - First Wave.
Assamite Sorcery is indistinct from Dur-an-Ki and they are, in fact, the same discipline. Assamite sorcery, however, is a subsection of Dur-an-Ki which the Assamite clan has kept as a private collection, unlike the more openly available Dur-an-Ki, the regional blood magic of the Middle East which is practiced by many clans.
Hunter’s Winds
• This path has a unique relationship with the ritual Pebble from the Mountain. The effects of this path may be cast by the Sorcerer into the Pebble and then held in abeyance to be activated later by the holder of the pebble.
• The holder of the Pebble may hold a number of effects of this path in abeyance equal to his current Willpower score.
• When casting an effect into the Pebble, the Sorcerer must make all necessary rolls and expenditures as if he were casting the effect normally.
• The abeyance effect is in the Pebble’s holder, not the Pebble itself, though it is triggered by the use of the Pebble.
• All previously cast abeyance effects not yet triggered at the sunrise following their casting fade from the holder.
• Activating an abeyance effect requires no expenditures or rolls on the part of the Pebble holder. However they do still take a mental action to activate.
O Scent of Deception
• A successful change in scent will completely negate the ability to track by scent alone.
• If scent is being used in conjunction with other senses to track the user, this power imposes a +2 difficulty on the tracking check due to confusion and the inability to rely on scent.
• A botch imposes a -2 difficulty on all attempts to track the individual by scent.
OO Chameleon Skin
• Any movement faster than a slow walk (2 yards per turn) breaks this effect.
• The effect lasts for the full scene, even if broken, so if the user becomes still again, the effects resume.
• As the power is lasting for the scene, no additional blood expenditure is needed to blend into a different background.
• The Perception + Stealth roll to change backgrounds does benefit from Auspex.
• If this power is activated through Pebble from the Mountain or Touch the Earth, the beneficiary must make the Perception + Stealth roll to change backgrounds, not the Sorcerer, as the Sorcerer cannot see the background to be blended with.
OOO Unassuming Pose
• A crowd is defined as a close proximity group of 3 or more people.
• Any effect sufficient to pierce Obfuscate 3 will pierce this power.
•Nothing forbids a user from using both Obfuscate and this power, thus necessitating observers to see through both effects.
• People looking through cameras at the user of this power are affected the same way as those looking through cameras at an Obfuscated individual. They are affected during the same scene the power is being used, but the recording remains clearly if reviewed later.
• People viewing the crowd may still view the crowd with suspicion. Observers simply will not pick the user out of the crowd as an individual.
OOOO Whiff of Khalif
• Characters under the effect of Whiff of Khalif will take no actions unless directly threatened, in which case they may take a defensive action as normal which breaks the effect.
• All targets of this power makes a Wits + Alertness roll at difficulty 7, opposed by the user's activation roll. The target's resisted roll subtracts successes from the user's activation roll.
OOOOO Ghost Body
•This power does not transport the user into any alternate dimension or realm, instead rendering the subject immaterial and invisible within the material realm.
•Disciplines, rituals and any other mystical effect already in effect when this power is activated are suppressed for the duration the user is immaterial, reactivating when he rematerializes.
•Entering and exiting the Ghost Body requires a mental action, even when activating from a Pebble from the Mountain.
•The user may be detected by Seeing the Unseen as if detecting a Spirit or Wraith. For level comparison, compare the user's Hunter's Winds rating against the detector's Auspex. Note that a successful detection does not allow the detector to see the user, only sense a presence. This is normal per Seeing the Unseen rules in Auspex.
•Since the user has no access to any disciplines while this power is active, no attempt may be made to pierce Obfuscate of any level while this power is active.
Assamite Sorcery is indistinct from Dur-an-Ki and they are, in fact, the same discipline. Assamite sorcery, however, is a subsection of Dur-an-Ki which the Assamite clan has kept as a private collection, unlike the more openly available Dur-an-Ki, the regional blood magic of the Middle East which is practiced by many clans.
Hunter’s Winds
• This path has a unique relationship with the ritual Pebble from the Mountain. The effects of this path may be cast by the Sorcerer into the Pebble and then held in abeyance to be activated later by the holder of the pebble.
• The holder of the Pebble may hold a number of effects of this path in abeyance equal to his current Willpower score.
• When casting an effect into the Pebble, the Sorcerer must make all necessary rolls and expenditures as if he were casting the effect normally.
• The abeyance effect is in the Pebble’s holder, not the Pebble itself, though it is triggered by the use of the Pebble.
• All previously cast abeyance effects not yet triggered at the sunrise following their casting fade from the holder.
• Activating an abeyance effect requires no expenditures or rolls on the part of the Pebble holder. However they do still take a mental action to activate.
O Scent of Deception
• A successful change in scent will completely negate the ability to track by scent alone.
• If scent is being used in conjunction with other senses to track the user, this power imposes a +2 difficulty on the tracking check due to confusion and the inability to rely on scent.
• A botch imposes a -2 difficulty on all attempts to track the individual by scent.
OO Chameleon Skin
• Any movement faster than a slow walk (2 yards per turn) breaks this effect.
• The effect lasts for the full scene, even if broken, so if the user becomes still again, the effects resume.
• As the power is lasting for the scene, no additional blood expenditure is needed to blend into a different background.
• The Perception + Stealth roll to change backgrounds does benefit from Auspex.
• If this power is activated through Pebble from the Mountain or Touch the Earth, the beneficiary must make the Perception + Stealth roll to change backgrounds, not the Sorcerer, as the Sorcerer cannot see the background to be blended with.
OOO Unassuming Pose
• A crowd is defined as a close proximity group of 3 or more people.
• Any effect sufficient to pierce Obfuscate 3 will pierce this power.
•Nothing forbids a user from using both Obfuscate and this power, thus necessitating observers to see through both effects.
• People looking through cameras at the user of this power are affected the same way as those looking through cameras at an Obfuscated individual. They are affected during the same scene the power is being used, but the recording remains clearly if reviewed later.
• People viewing the crowd may still view the crowd with suspicion. Observers simply will not pick the user out of the crowd as an individual.
OOOO Whiff of Khalif
• Characters under the effect of Whiff of Khalif will take no actions unless directly threatened, in which case they may take a defensive action as normal which breaks the effect.
• All targets of this power makes a Wits + Alertness roll at difficulty 7, opposed by the user's activation roll. The target's resisted roll subtracts successes from the user's activation roll.
OOOOO Ghost Body
•This power does not transport the user into any alternate dimension or realm, instead rendering the subject immaterial and invisible within the material realm.
•Disciplines, rituals and any other mystical effect already in effect when this power is activated are suppressed for the duration the user is immaterial, reactivating when he rematerializes.
•Entering and exiting the Ghost Body requires a mental action, even when activating from a Pebble from the Mountain.
•The user may be detected by Seeing the Unseen as if detecting a Spirit or Wraith. For level comparison, compare the user's Hunter's Winds rating against the detector's Auspex. Note that a successful detection does not allow the detector to see the user, only sense a presence. This is normal per Seeing the Unseen rules in Auspex.
•Since the user has no access to any disciplines while this power is active, no attempt may be made to pierce Obfuscate of any level while this power is active.