From:	"Bruce H. Nagel" <NAGELBH@******.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Aura Masking (was re: Metahuman Shapeshifters?)
Date:	Tue, 1 Jul 1997 15:06:11 -0500

You wrote:
> At 14:53 7/1/97 -0500, Bruce H. Nagel wrote:
> >Those are categories or degrees by which you can mask yourself, not merely
> >examples. You can mask your aura partially, to appear as a non-Initiate, or
> >completely to appear mundane. But you cannot appear as, say, a Cockatrice,
> >just because you think it'd be cool. Of course, this is by-the-book.

> Can you tell me on which page it explicitly says you can't appear as
> something
> else entirely when masking, or that the *only* varieties of masking are the
> categories specified there?

"Masking hides the true nature of the magician's aura, allowing him to appear
as a mundane when assensed." p. 46 Grimoire2

It never mentions adding to or editing the appearance of one's aura in any
other way, except making it appear as a non-magician or non-Initiate. It is
more like cloaking in Star Trek than an illusion ability, as written. But as I
said, if you want it to work that way in your campaign, no one is stopping you.

losthalo