Custom Combination Discipline / Technique

When a vampire understands the beast, they can dig into its core and begin to bring aspects of it to the surface, using it to deceive the perceptions of others.

System: With a the expenditure of a Will Power and a static social challenge, difficulty 15 minus their Self-Control/Instinct rating, retest Animalism, the user may commune with their beast and enforce their deception. The beast’s deception cloaking the individual conceals rituals, active Thaumaturgy, alters one’s aura in such a way to conceal deception, emotional state, forms, derangements, and even creature type to a degree. This deception works against powers such as Aura Perception, Mystic/Thaumaturgy Sight, See the Reflected Form, and other such similar powers. While this power is active their aura reads as frenzied; rapidly rippling colors, but no other information may be gleaned.

The ability to lie is key to unlife. Deception, half truths, and variations of such are just a part of the night. Everyone has their own tricks and ways, but a wielder of Smoke and Mirrors has taken deception to an entirely new level. They may deceive not only someone interrogating them, but possibly even an entire room if the need arises. This combination is a reward from the Hazimel plot, and may not be taught by the player once learned.

System: This power costs one blood to use per target, and calls for a standard chim challenge (social, retest subterfuge) and lasts for a scene or hour. If successful, the user of Smoke and Mirrors may expend a social trait per deception to appear as they wish. This even causes physical ques (such as a finger bone turning black, bubbling blood, etc.). If the user has the optional pre-req, this power may be used reflexively in response to a power being used on them.

Combining the powers of Spirit's Touch, and Shape of the Beast, a Gangrel with this power can literally sniff out the trail of a target.  The Gangrel must smell a track, or item from their target, and the leftover oils, skin cells, blood, etc. are absorbed into the nasal cavity of the character.

The Gangrel then makes a mental test against the target's physical traits.  If successful, the character then can follow the track of the target.  Supernatural creatures are actually easier to track, as they are rarer, and leave more of a trace.  It is important to note that this power is dependent upon the sense of smell.

The Gangrel gets a bonus to track corporeal, living supernatural creatures (Changelings, Changing Breeds) of +2.  Vampires being dead, and not leaving oils or much to trace, are tracked with a +1 bonus.  Wraiths can also be tracked, but only those that have left a physical manifestation (+1).

If an individual was obfuscated, it can throw off the track, and the Gangrel must make a standard Auspex v. Obfuscate challenge to keep the trail.  This power can also be fooled by Chimerstry.

The difficulty to find the target goes up after more time has passed. After a week, the difficulty increases by +1.  2 to 8 weeks, and it increases by an additional +1, after 3-6 months it is +3, and within 6-12 months the difficulty goes up to +4.  Beyond a year, and the trail is impossible to find.

The power may be foiled/spoiled by measures taken to literally cover tracks (vinegar, anise, etc.).  Said bonus to the target could gain is up to the storyteller.  Conversely, the tracker could get bonuses if the prey is particularly 'foul' or strong smelling (various flaws).

This power can only track one target at a time.

Social Graces allows the kook to reset their social appearance by peering into and pulling an unused version of themselves from within the cracks of reality.
Mechanics: This power allows the kook to refresh their social attributes (beguiling, commanding, ingratiating, persuasive) once a night. Using social graces costs nothing, does not cost an action, and can be done at any time. This power functions like Prowess except that it affects the social attribute category instead of the physical attribute category.