Chimerstry

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Name:	Chimerstry
Symbol:
Pronunciation:
Clans:	Ravnos
Bloodlines:	Kinyonyi

Chimerstry is the trademark Discipline of the Ravnos that conjures illusions into existence. Such phantom images are as real as the Cainite's skill allows, and will even fool technological sensors. While its origins are lost in myths and half-truths, it is assumed to have been developed by the Ravnos Antediluvian, and over the centuries has greatly contributed to the perception of Ravnos as tricksters and con artists. Because Chimerstry works best when targets do not realize they are being deceived by illusions most practitioners keep their knowledge of it a secret. Even then, it is not always easy to dismiss the phantoms created by this Discipline even when one knows them to be false. Vampires with levels of Auspex may see through the effects of Chimerstry, as described on pg. 152 of Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition.

Contents 1 Official Abilities 1.1 Standard Powers 1.2 Advanced Powers 2 References

[edit] Official Abilities

Included below are the official powers described in supplements for Vampire: The Masquerade and Dark Ages: Vampire. Sources are described below in the order they were printed.

[edit] Standard Powers

• Ignis Fatuus ^[1]: Create a motionless illusion that affects one of the five senses
• Fata Morgana ^[2]: Create a motionless illusion that can affect any of the five senses
• Apparition ^[3]: Add motion to an illusion created by Ignis Fatuss or Fata Morgana
• Permanency ^[4]: Make an illusion created by Chimerstry last until dismissed
• Horrid Reality ^[5]: Subject a target to an illusion that is completely real to them

[edit] Advanced Powers

• ^[6]
  • Army of Apparitions: Create multiple moving illusions
  • False Resonance: Disguise one's thoughts and aura from other attempts to read them
  • Fata Amria: Curse a target with a recurring illusion that interferes with them
  • Fatuus Mastery: No longer spend Willpower or blood points for the first three levels of Chimerstry, require less concentration to maintain illusions
  • Horrid Blade of the Demons: Create a dangerous weapon out of nothing
  • Shared Nightmare: As Horrid Reality, except it affects multiple people
  • Truth's Essence: Reveal as falsehoods other uses of Chimerstry or Obfuscate

• ^[7]
  • Aid of the Gandharvas: Make everything in a room seem luxurious and splendid
  • Far Fatuus: Create illusions anywhere you can visualize
  • Mirror's Visage: Create duplicates of oneself
  • Suspension of Disbelief: Make an illusion seem completely real or what is real seem unbelievable

• ^[8]
  • Fantasy World: Place a target in a illusionary world in their mind
  • Occlusion: Control how a single target's or group's senses work
  • Pseudo Blindness: See through almost all falsehoods
  • Sensory Overload: Incapacitate a target by overstimulating their senses
  • Visions from the Asura: Assault a target with constant illusions, making it nearly impossible to know what is real or not

• ^[9]
  • Mayaparisatya: Temporarily make an illusion completely real or alter a person or object that already exists, possibly even erasing them from existence
  • Sensory Deprivation: Make a victim unable to use any of their senses, locking them out from the world
  • Truths of the Universe: Make a created illusion permanently real

• ^[10]
  • Plot Device
  • Reality: Trap a victim in an alternate reality of your creation

[edit] References

^  Level 1

Ignis Fatuus	Vampire Players Guide	Pg. 130
Ignis Fatuus	Vampire Players Guide Second Edition	Pg. 134
Ignis Fatuus	Vampire: The Dark Ages	Pg. 146
Ignis Fatuus	Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition	Pg. 154
Ignis Fatuus	Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook	Pg. 181

^  Level 2

Fata Morgana	Vampire Players Guide	Pg. 130
Fata Morgana	Vampire Players Guide Second Edition	Pg. 134
Dweomer	Vampire: The Dark Ages	Pg. 146
Fata Morgana	Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition	Pg. 154
Dweomer	Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook	Pg. 182

^  Level 3

Apparition	Vampire Players Guide	Pg. 130
Apparition	Vampire Players Guide Second Edition	Pg. 134
Apparition	Vampire: The Dark Ages	Pg. 146
Apparition	Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition	Pg. 154
Apparition	Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook	Pg. 182

^  Level 4

Permanency	Vampire Players Guide	Pg. 130
Permanency	Vampire Players Guide Second Edition	Pg. 134
Permanency	Vampire: The Dark Ages	Pg. 146
Permanency	Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition	Pg. 154
Permanency	Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook	Pg. 182

^  Level 5

Horrid Reality	Vampire Players Guide	Pg. 130
Horrid Reality	Vampire Players Guide Second Edition	Pg. 134
Horrid Reality	Vampire: The Dark Ages	Pg. 146
Horrid Reality	Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition	Pg. 154
Horrid Reality	Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook	Pg. 182

^  Level 6

Fatuus Mastery	Vampire Players Guide	Pg. 130
Mass Reality	Vampire Players Guide	Pg. 130
Fatuus Mastery	Vampire Players Guide Second Edition	Pg. 134
Mass Reality	Vampire Players Guide Second Edition	Pg. 134
Fata Amria	Clanbook: Ravnos	Pg. 42
Mass Horror	Vampire: The Dark Ages	Pg. 147
Army of Apparitions	Dark Ages Companion	Pg. 80
Horrid Blade	Libellus Sanguinis 4: Thieves in the Night	Pg. 34
Truth's Essence	Libellus Sanguinis 4: Thieves in the Night	Pg. 34
False Resonance	Clanbook: Ravnos Revised	Pg. 62
Fatuus Mastery	Clanbook: Ravnos Revised	Pg. 62
Shared Nightmare	Clanbook: Ravnos Revised	Pg. 63
Mass Horror	Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook	Pg. 183
Horrid Blade of the Demons	Players Guide to Low Clans	Pg. 146

^  Level 7

Far Fatuus	Vampire Players Guide	Pg. 131
Far Fatuus	Vampire Players Guide Second Edition	Pg. 134
Mirror's Visage	Dark Ages Companion	Pg. 80
Far Fatuus	Clanbook: Ravnos Revised	Pg. 64
Suspension of Disbelief	Clanbook: Ravnos Revised	Pg. 64
Aid of the Gandharvas	Players Guide to Low Clans	Pg. 147

^  Level 8

Pseudo Blindness	Vampire Players Guide	Pg. 131
Pseudo Blindness	Vampire Players Guide Second Edition	Pg. 135
Sensory Overload	Clanbook: Ravnos	Pg. 43
Fantasy World	Dark Ages Companion	Pg. 80
Occlusion	Clanbook: Ravnos Revised	Pg. 64
Visions from the Asura	Players Guide to Low Clans	Pg. 147

^  Level 9

Sensory Deprivation	Vampire Players Guide	Pg. 131
Sensory Deprivation	Vampire Players Guide Second Edition	Pg. 135
Mayaparisatya	Clanbook: Ravnos Revised	Pg. 65
Truths of the Universe	Players Guide to Low Clans	Pg. 148

^  Level 10

Plot Device	Gehenna	Pg. 182
Reality	Vampire Players Guide	Pg. 131
Reality	Vampire Players Guide Second Edition	Pg. 135

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