Custom Combination Discipline / Technique

Through a deep understanding of the mind of an animal, a Kindred can enhance the powers of Auspex to be able to sense things within an animal's memory. They can delve deep into the thoughts of a beast, to witness what they have experienced.

 

This can be very useful for those who seek information, but comes with its own price, having a temporary effect on the mind and mannerisms of those who utilize this ability. Thus this power is a closely guarded secret of Clan Nosferatu, and is rarely taught, though when it is, it is usually to those who hold the positions of Double 0 or Hivemaster.

 

MET System: As with feral whispers, one must have eye contact with an animal to attempt use of this power, and then must engage the target in a social challenge, after which the animal's mind may be entered and looked into as with the Auspex power Telepathy. There is no way to dig deeper, as the mind of a beast simply doesn't retain a long enough memory, but the user may experience anything that the animal remembers from it's five senses. How someone smelled, what they looked like, sounds, sometimes even vague recollection of words spoken, though the animal has no idea what they mean.

 

After use of this power, the Kindred is affected by the sympathetic bond to the animal's mind. The Kindred temporarily gains the negative social trait Feral, and the negative mental trait Impatient, which may be negated with willpower, as with the affects of Subsume the Spirit. How far back one can look into an animal's memory and how much they can learn is, as always, up to Storyteller discretion. Retest: Animal Ken.