Minimum Shadow Potency 3
The Strix treat their host bodies harshly, and the physical signs of that treatment are quickly obvious — especially in corpse hosts. With this Dread Power, the mutable nature of the Strix’s Shadow Potency cloaks its meat shell.
As long as the Strix has Vitae above a certain threshold, its host shows no signs of physical degradation (including the slow changes produced by the Preservation Dread Power). This is an illusion which can be pierced by supernatural abilities using a Clash of Wills. If the Strix spends enough Vitae to drop below the threshold, the true state of its host becomes visible.
The threshold is equal to two Vitae plus one per every three dots of Attributes or Health the host has lost through decay.