Custom Combination Discipline / Technique

While the abilities of both Tongue of the Serpent and Auspex allow most serpents to see perfectly fine in the dark; supernatural darkness presents its own problems.  As such members of the Serpent of the Light bloodline developed this combination discipline to use their snake tongue to see near perfectly in all forms of darkness.

System:  Spend 1 blood trait to activate this power for the next scene or an hour.  During that time you no longer require line of sight for any power or ability use as long as the target is within 10 feet of you.

Only Serpents of the Light may learn this power

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.

By drawing out their vampiric natures to superhuman levels of beauty and seduction, Kindred can adapt the innate power of Kindred Vitae empowering one's body through Potence and Presence, you may similarly call upon the ability to use your blood to temporarily boost your appearance. Kindred who have mastered this technique can direct their blood through their body to more than their muscles. Your skin turns pale and gaunt while your lips turn red and cheeks flush, and a glisten of red can be seen in your eyes. This power is a breach of the masquerade, and attempts to hide these obviously vampiric features negate its effect.

System: Once this combination discipline is learned this effect is always active. You may spend blood to increase your appearance traits. The limitations for spending blood for social traits are identical to spending blood for Physical traits as written in Laws of the Night (revised). The term conflict in a social situation does not apply to social prowess and as such lasts for one scene.
One Blood trait can be spent to gain an extra [Appearance: Alluring] trait for the duration of a [Scene]. You can bid this trait like any other, and you can count this trait in ties and overbids. You can spend like this as a reflexive action at any time, not counting as your action, though of course you still obey the limits of blood expenditure according to generation. You can raise your [ Appearance: Alluring] traits up to the limit of your generation for one [Scene]; any additional traits added with blood beyond that remain only for the duration of a single challenge.
By the nature of this power, you are pushing your appearance beyond mortal expectations and is a breech of the masquerade. Any attempts to conceal this power with Obfuscate, Mortal Skin, or similar powers negate its effect and you lose all traits gained from this technique.

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.