and... another power for the community to chew on:
Aura of Obscurity [-1]
Description: You cannot be photographed clearly- be it film, digital, or video, you are somehow always out of focus, blurred, etc… Furthermore, people who don’t know you well have a very difficult time remembering you clearly.
Musts: a suitably sneaky supernatural, vampiric, or magical Aspect.
Skills Affected: Alertness, Contacts, Conviction, Deceit, Discipline, Empathy, Intimidation, Presence, Stealth
Effects:
Image Obscurity: Unlike the Vampires of old, you can be photographed… it just doesn’t work very well. Film, digital and video images of you are always out of focus, blurred, or otherwise subtly altered in such a way as to make your image impossible to positively identify.
Veil of Obscurity: Rather like your image on film, people have a difficult time clearly remembering details about you. General information or memories are completely untouched.
“yeah, a guy came through here a while ago…”
Do you remember what he looked like?
“uh… not really. Average height and build, I guess…”
Did you talk to him?
“Yeah, I guess so… nothing important. Look, I, uh… I gotta go.”
Anyone who spends less than 1 hour in your presence is at -2 to remember specific details about you, their interaction with you, etc… Note that this power takes place as soon as you drop out of their immediate attention. People so affected generally tend to avoid those memories entirely, as their attention just never quite gels on you or your presence, leading to an overall feeling of unease which is best just avoided.
After 1 hour of contact, any rolls drop to -1. After 2 hours of contact, there are no specific penalties, but those memories will still tend to blend into the background, requiring specific attention or focus to accurately recall. Once a successful roll is made, no further penalties apply and people are able to remember you.
Shroud of Obscurity [+1]: As above, but the penalty never stops. Ever.
Every time the person tries to remember you, your presence, or anything about you specifically, they are at either -1 or -2 to remember specific details, depending on the length of contact that they are attempting to remember. In order to pierce the Veil enough to have any kind of meaningful relationship with a person, you have to spend a Fate Point. Once that point is spent, you have imprinted on that person’s memory enough for their memory to function normally.
Otherwise, good luck chatting up that cute girl at the bar. You better hope she doesn’t go to the bathroom… or turn to talk to someone else… or answer her phone…
