Level Six Obtenebration Powers

By Shawn Alcorn (thyrdegn@netzero.net)

***** * Shadow Armory

A Lasombra who develops this power need never be without a weapon, as she can form weapons out of the very shadows that serve her. The shadows coalesce into a weapon of the user's choosing, from a small knife to the largest polearm. Even bows that fire shadow arrows are possible. It is even possible to form the shadows into clothing and armor to protect the user.

System: The user expends 3 blood points to initiate the effect and for the remainder of the scene she may create whatever weapons and/or armor are required so long as they do not require chemical interaction (guns and other modern weapons). The weapons formed with this power do the same damage as their normal counterparts, but their damage is aggravated. The clothing and armor created with this power offer the user additional soak dice equal to half her level in Obtenebration against everything including fire, but not sunlight (unless the user possesses the merit Strength of Shadows). The items created with this power are only usable by their creator and melt away to the shadows from which they were formed when they are no longer needed or at the end of the scene.

***** * Shadow Travel

Some who master Obtenebration are not satisfied with making short hops through the shadows; instead they use this power to travel great distances in relative safety. Use of this power allows rapid, but not necessarily accurate, travel between two points.

System: The user expends a blood point and steps into the shadows to begin his journey. The user rolls Intelligence + Occult vs. a target number determined by the chart below. The successes are then divided between speed and accuracy on the chart below. The user can make very rapid travel with little accuracy for long distances, or very accurate travel for short distances. A failure on the roll means that the user failed to enter the shadows, but has still spent the blood point. A botch will leave the user in the shadow for 2-20 hours and then he will come out within 1-1000 miles of his starting point.

Familiarity or distance	Difficulty
Very familiar/line of sight	4
Same city/within 500 miles	5
Familiar/within 1000 miles	6
Visited once/within 2000 miles	7
Within 3000 miles	8
Within 5000 miles	9
Within more than 5000 miles	10

Successes	Speed	Accuracy
0	50 mph	Within 20 miles
1	250 mph	Within 10 miles
2	500 mph	Within 5 miles
3	1000 mph	Within 2 miles
4	1500 mph	Within 5 blocks
5	2000 mph	Within Line of sight