From:	Sebastian Wiers m0ng005e@*********.com
Subject:	Vampire Auras??
Date:	Wed, 29 Sep 1999 15:31:17 -0500

:> 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.
:
:Actually Sebastian, this is IMO, where direct common sense and general
:(meta)human tendency to draw comparison would come into the play of the
:action itself.

I wasn't saying that people couldn't guess what was up, or that players
aren't going to assume that anybody with a screwy aura is a vampire and act
on such. I was just proposing a method whereby a vampire could maybe try to
"pass", even if sombody caught on to his (less obvious) powers. You'd have
to be pretty thick to be checking sombody for paranormal powers, but NOT
suspect somthing funny was going on.
On the other hand, if you see sombody using "essence drain", who has
enhanced attributes- are they a vampire, or are they possesed by a free
blood spirit? You might be UNDER-estimating the danger...

:> 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.
:
:And this is actually part of the mechanics.


Is it? Cool. I wan't sure how masking affected active powers.

Mongoose