Butcher’s Hook
Auspex •••
This power isn’t really a Devotion as such; it’s a specific application of Auspex. A Mekhet watches a recording (or, if you’re a cockney like Bobby, he “takes a butcher’s”), and takes note of the blur that signifies the presence of a vampire.
He concentrates on the blur. He places his hand on the screen.
First, he use The Spirit’s Touch (Auspex 3), and follows that immediately in the next turn with Aura Perception (Auspex 2). He spends one Vitae to activate each power, meaning that he spends a total of two Vitae over two turns, even though neither power doesn’t normally have a cost.
If both rolls are successful, the vampire using this power can identify the vampire underneath the blur, providing that he has met the vampire before. Of course, this power doesn’t work on Hollow Mekhet, since they don’t appear on recorded media at all.
He concentrates on the blur. He places his hand on the screen.
First, he use The Spirit’s Touch (Auspex 3), and follows that immediately in the next turn with Aura Perception (Auspex 2). He spends one Vitae to activate each power, meaning that he spends a total of two Vitae over two turns, even though neither power doesn’t normally have a cost.
If both rolls are successful, the vampire using this power can identify the vampire underneath the blur, providing that he has met the vampire before. Of course, this power doesn’t work on Hollow Mekhet, since they don’t appear on recorded media at all.
Discovery
A London-based Mekhet named Bobby Butchers became something of an expert at interpreting CCTV records. Even though most vampires only appear as blurs in photographs and film, Butchers worked out a technique enabling him to identify a vampire caught on CCTV or any other kind of video, and in recent years, others have also developed similar techniques.