Obfuscate

Obfuscate is the Discipline of concealment. It lets a Kindred vanish from sight, blend into crowds, mask their presence, or even cloak others in invisibility. Unlike Protean’s bestial tricks or Auspex’s revelations, Obfuscate is pure absence — the art of not being seen.

Favored by Nosferatu, Malkavians, and Banu Haqim, Obfuscate is the great equalizer: the grotesque can walk unnoticed, the weak can escape, the predator can strike unseen.

Narrative Uses

• A Nosferatu Harpy attending Elysium unseen, listening to every whisper.

• A hunter walks past their quarry without realizing the vampire crouches in the corner.

• An assassin cloaks their coterie to slip into an enemy’s haven.

• A neonate feeds in a crowded club, unseen by mortals.

• An elder hides their very aura from Auspex scrutiny.

Obfuscate is subtle, silent, and terrifying. The moment you realize it’s been used, it’s already too late.

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• ● (Cloak of Shadows):

  Remain perfectly still and become invisible in shadow.

• ●● (Unseen Passage):

  Move while hidden, slipping past sight if concentration holds.

• ●●● (Mask of a Thousand Faces):

  Appear as someone else — another mortal, another Kindred, even a memory’s blur.

• ●●●● (Vanish):

  Fade instantly from sight, even mid-motion. Witnesses blink and forget you were there.

• ●●●●● (Cloak the Gathering):

  Extend Obfuscate to cloak others. An entire coterie may walk unseen, shadows trailing behind them.

Themes

• Obfuscate is the Discipline of secrets — it makes lies possible, plots invisible, horrors hidden.

• Nosferatu prize it as survival, hiding their deformities.

• Malkavians twist it into performance, vanishing like ghosts.

• Banu Haqim use it for judgment — striking unseen, departing without a trace.

• Elders trust it more than walls; mortals never know what lurks just behind their shoulder.

Obfuscate reminds every vampire that the most frightening predator is the one you never notice.