•• Crow’s Harvest
This power allows a Burakumin to stare into the eyes of a corpse and see reflected there the last thing the dead man witnessed. The vision appears only in the eyes of the cadaver and is visible to no one except the character using this power. This effect cannot be used on the corpses of supernatural creatures (such as other Kindred or werewolves) or on those of animals, and at least one eye must be relatively intact to reveal the vision. This power does not work on corpses that are currently under other Getsumei effects of a higher level.
Effect
Dramatic Failure: Rather than gaining a clear impression of the circumstances of the subject’s death, the Burakumin is possessed by the confused and angry spirit of the dead man for the rest of the scene. The effect is similar to that of the Sanguinary Animism derangement.
Failure: The Burakumin sees nothing more than the sightless eyes of a corpse staring at him.
Success: The character receives a clear impression of what the corpse saw as it died, as well as the few moments that led up to the event.
Exceptional Success: The character witnesses the entire scene leading up to the victim’s death just as the victim saw it, including up to an hour’s worth of time.
Should the character choose, he may go so far as to pluck out and devour one of the corpse’s eyes whole when using this power. If he does, he experiences the events that the dead person did (as described previously) as if they happen to him, based on the degree of successes rolled. Such a vision lasts only a turn’s time for the user, but can transmit up to an hour’s events in the dead person’s life. While experiencing the subject’s last moments, the vampire’s undead body enters a trance state similar to that of daytime slumber for one turn.
The Storyteller might require a player to roll Intelligence + Investigation after using this power successfully to interpret confusing events or ones that might have taken the victim completely by surprise.
Failure: The Burakumin sees nothing more than the sightless eyes of a corpse staring at him.
Success: The character receives a clear impression of what the corpse saw as it died, as well as the few moments that led up to the event.
Exceptional Success: The character witnesses the entire scene leading up to the victim’s death just as the victim saw it, including up to an hour’s worth of time.
Should the character choose, he may go so far as to pluck out and devour one of the corpse’s eyes whole when using this power. If he does, he experiences the events that the dead person did (as described previously) as if they happen to him, based on the degree of successes rolled. Such a vision lasts only a turn’s time for the user, but can transmit up to an hour’s events in the dead person’s life. While experiencing the subject’s last moments, the vampire’s undead body enters a trance state similar to that of daytime slumber for one turn.
The Storyteller might require a player to roll Intelligence + Investigation after using this power successfully to interpret confusing events or ones that might have taken the victim completely by surprise.