The vampire focuses on a single victim, peeling back the layers of lies and misdirection to reveal the truth underneath. The Beast sniffs out the victim’s dark secrets, things that she doesn’t want anyone else to know. What the vampire does with that information is up to him.
Cost: Varies; the first use in a scene is free, but subsequent uses against the same target that scene cost 1 Vitae each.
Dice Pool: Intelligence + Empathy + Auspex Action: Instant
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The player asks a question as though he had rolled a success; the Storyteller should give false or misleading information.
Failure: The Beast unveils no secrets. Does the victim really have nothing to hide?
Success: The player can ask the Storyteller one question per success. The Storyteller’s answer should include the imagery conjured by the Beast to convey the answer. This level of Auspex focuses on questions concerning the secrets and weaknesses of a single character.
Exceptional Success: The images give the vampire further insight into the questions asked.
Sample Questions
• What is this person’s mood? A flash of emotion on the victim’s face. A smell that the vampire associates with the emotion — the smell of fresh blood signifying rage, the sound of grinding stone signifying isolation.
• What is this person afraid of right now? Shock as lights suddenly shine on the victim. The sound of dogs barking.
• What is this person’s Vice/Requiem? The sound of conspiratorial whispers. The smell of drugs wafting off a junkie.
• What is one of this person’s psychological vulnerabilities? A sudden feeling of incredible depression. Shifting walls and colors as if in a hallucination.
• Is this person a diablerist? The smell of brimstone and clotted blood. Thick black blood dripping off the victim’s chin.
• Is this person being controlled by someone else? Marionette strings leading from the victim’s limbs up to the ceiling. A whispered voice that tells the victim what to do as she acts.
• Is this person a supernatural creature — and if I have seen them before, what is she? The taste of torn flesh. The glowing halo of a mage’s nimbus.
• Who here does this person want to hurt most? A bloody dagger drops from the victim’s hand, pointing to the answer. The taste of bile when looking at the target of the victim’s ire.