From:	Sebastian Wiers m0ng005e@*********.com
Subject:	Vampire Auras??
Date:	Wed, 29 Sep 1999 02:37:31 -0500

> If you don't like the interpretation that a vampire's
> aura is significantly different to a human's, then
> look at it this way. HMHVV is a DISEASE - a virus, in
> fact. Assensing someone can reveal their health -
> including any DISEASES they have. So if a mage
> assenses a vampire who isn't masking (and gets enough
> successes), he'll realise this guy has a REALLY severe
> disease/virus. If he gets five successes, you may want
> to just say that the mage figures out he's got HMHVV.

They could also see the effect of any paranatural powers; a few succeses
would reveal that a paranormal power was present, and 5 would reveal what
power(s), which would also be pretty revealing. Of course, without any
other info (like having checked for disease), they might not know if those
powers were unusual for a metahuman (say an adept) to have.
In any case, masking those powers might be harder than masking the
general aura; I'd expect "inactive" ones to be masked, but ones that were
being used "actively" would probably be as hard to hide as spells.

Mongoose