•••• Panopticon
A Morotrophian with this level of mastery is able to see anything and know anything that happens inside an institution. The secrets, actions and dealings of those under the character’s eye are laid bare. This power does not allow the character to read minds, but it does allow him to see and hear actions and activities, whether they occur now or happened in the recent past. The character witnesses the scene laid out as though watching it through one-way glass, letting him see and hear from a fixed vantage point. The vampire must be inside the institution when the power is used.
Effect
Dramatic Failure: Use of the power fails so badly that no other attempts may be made until the next sunset.
Failure: The character cannot activate the power, although a successive attempt can be made if another Willpower point is spent.
Success: The character can watch any chosen scene for up to five minutes per success rolled. The chosen scene can be changed as though the entire institution were monitored by security cameras. The character can thus switch from one scene to another at will.
Exceptional Success: The character can watch for up to an hour per success rolled and gains a +3 bonus to any surprise rolls made for him in the facility while the power is active.
Failure: The character cannot activate the power, although a successive attempt can be made if another Willpower point is spent.
Success: The character can watch any chosen scene for up to five minutes per success rolled. The chosen scene can be changed as though the entire institution were monitored by security cameras. The character can thus switch from one scene to another at will.
Exceptional Success: The character can watch for up to an hour per success rolled and gains a +3 bonus to any surprise rolls made for him in the facility while the power is active.
Side/Secondary Effects
While this power is in use, the vampire’s body lies in a torpor-like state on the spot where he left it. He is unaware of what occurs in the vicinity of his body, and his body can perform no other actions. A successful surprise roll alerts him to trouble in time to return his consciousness to his body to act normally. Any contact made with his body returns his consciousness instantaneously. If the body is subjected to Torpor or Final Death, the mind is pulled back immediately.
This power confers no special ability to perceive another vampire using Obfuscate, although possession of Auspex can still be used to try spot such a being. Other Disciplines such as Dominate cannot be used remotely through this power.
While a vampire can look back at events that occurred in the recent past, those events must have occurred at night. The user cannot witness events that happened by day.
This power can be used to witness locales and events within the confines of the institution in question. That typically means within its walls. The parking lot is not valid. Nor can the vampire see outside windows.
This power confers no special ability to perceive another vampire using Obfuscate, although possession of Auspex can still be used to try spot such a being. Other Disciplines such as Dominate cannot be used remotely through this power.
While a vampire can look back at events that occurred in the recent past, those events must have occurred at night. The user cannot witness events that happened by day.
This power can be used to witness locales and events within the confines of the institution in question. That typically means within its walls. The parking lot is not valid. Nor can the vampire see outside windows.
Material Components
Cost: 1 Willpower
Gestures & Ritual
Dice Pool: Wits + Politics + Institutionalize
Related Discipline
Effect Casting Time
Activation is instant, but use involves a prolonged period of time
Level
4
Applied Restriction
Modifier | Situation
+1 | A location or subjects are in an area controlled or owned by the character
— | The scene happens now
–1 | The scene happened one night in the past
–2 | The scene happened one week in the past
–2 | The character does not control or own the building/area in which the scene occurs
–3 | The scene happened a month in the past
+1 | A location or subjects are in an area controlled or owned by the character
— | The scene happens now
–1 | The scene happened one night in the past
–2 | The scene happened one week in the past
–2 | The character does not control or own the building/area in which the scene occurs
–3 | The scene happened a month in the past