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Dreadful tales of rival {@clan Lasombra|V20} struggling to blind and smother each other with the same wisps of darkness circulate among young members of the Clan, though no elders have come forth to substantiate these claims."],"powers":["vampire/power/discipline_power/arms-of-the-abyss","vampire/power/discipline_power/black-metamorphosis","vampire/power/discipline_power/shadow-play","vampire/power/discipline_power/shadow-twin","vampire/power/discipline_power/shadowstep","vampire/power/discipline_power/shroud-of-night","vampire/power/discipline_power/tenebrous-form","vampire/power/discipline_power/the-darkness-within"],"_qa":{"flags":[],"parser":"section_entries","confidence":0.9,"extracted":"2026-10-15","job":"v20-disciplines"},"level":null,"_links":{"self":"/api/v1/records/vampire/power/discipline/obtenebration","html":"/records/vampire/power/discipline/obtenebration","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/vampire/power/discipline/obtenebration/children","sources":[{"abbr":"V20","page":196,"folio":196,"title":"Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition"}]},"_db":{"title":"Obtenebration","props":[],"parent_id":null,"level":null,"category":null,"summary":"The signature power of the Lasombra, Obtenebration grants the vampire power over darkness itself. The nature of the darkness invoked by Obtenebration is a matter of intense debate among Kindred. Some believe it to be","tags":[],"children":[{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/shadow-play","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Shadow Play","title":"Shadow Play","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/obtenebration","level":1,"category":null,"summary":"This power grants the vampire limited control over shadows and other ambient darkness. Though the vampire cannot truly “create” darkness, she can overlap and stretch existing shadows, creating patches of gloom. This","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/shroud-of-night","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Shroud of Night","title":"Shroud of Night","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/obtenebration","level":2,"category":null,"summary":"The vampire can create a cloud of inky blackness. The cloud completely obscures light and even sound to some extent. Those who have been trapped within it (and survived) describe the cloud as viscous and un-nerving.","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/arms-of-the-abyss","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Arms of the Abyss","title":"Arms of the Abyss","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/obtenebration","level":3,"category":null,"summary":"Refining his control over darkness, the Kindred can create prehensile tentacles that emerge from patches of dim lighting. These tentacles may grasp, restrain, and constrict foes. System: The player spends a blood point","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/black-metamorphosis","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Black Metamorphosis","title":"Black Metamorphosis","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/obtenebration","level":4,"category":null,"summary":"The Cainite calls upon his inner darkness and infuses himself with it, becoming a monstrous hybrid of matter and shadow. His body becomes mottled with spots of tenebrous shade, and wispy tentacles extrude from his torso","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/tenebrous-form","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Tenebrous Form","title":"Tenebrous Form","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/obtenebration","level":5,"category":null,"summary":"At this level, the Kindred’s mastery of darkness is so extensive that she may physically become it. Upon activation of this power, the vampire becomes an inky, amoeboid patch of shadow. Vampires in this form are","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/shadowstep","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Shadowstep","title":"Shadowstep","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/obtenebration","level":6,"category":null,"summary":"The vampire has such fine control over the darkness that he may become it briefly and reform himself from other darkness close by. The vampire may Shadowstep through walls, floors, and even mystical barriers. The","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/the-darkness-within","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"The Darkness Within","title":"The Darkness Within","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/obtenebration","level":6,"category":null,"summary":"This power allows the Cainite to call forth the darkness contained in her black soul. This enormous, turbulent shadow vomits from the vampire’s mouth, though some vampires are said to cut themselves and let the","sources":"V20"},{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/shadow-twin","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Shadow Twin","title":"Shadow Twin","parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/obtenebration","level":7,"category":null,"summary":"The vampire’s control over darkness has progressed to such a degree that he may bestow upon it a limited degree of sentience. By animating his own shadow or that of another, the Cainite can actually “free” the shadow","sources":"V20"}]}}