{"id":"vampire/power/discipline_power/masque-of-death","type":"power","system":"discipline_power","line":"vampire","name":"Masque of Death","sources":[{"source":"V20","page":176,"folio":168}],"entries":["The character with this ability can assume a visage of death or inflict that shape on another vampire. The victim’s flesh becomes pallid and thin (if it is not already), and skin pulls tight against bone. This ability can be very useful, as it allows one to hide in plain sight in a tomb or crypt at any time (though the character remains as vulnerable to sunlight and fire as ever). When a necromancer uses this power on another Kindred, the victim gains the same corpselike demeanor. In this sense, the ability works as something of a minor curse.","System: The player spends one blood point for the character to gain the form described. Those afflicted","with the Masque of Death lose two points of {@attribute Dexterity|V20} and {@attribute Appearance|V20} (minimum of 1 in {@attribute Dexterity|V20} and 0 in {@attribute Appearance|V20}) for the duration of the power. The player also gets two extra dice to his {@system Intimidation|V20} dice pool, should he wish to terrify any onlookers. Further, if the character remains perfectly still, observers must roll five successes on a {@attribute Perception|V20} + {@ability Medicine|V20} roll (difficulty 7) to distinguish the character from a normal corpse. The player doesn’t need to roll anything to have the character stop moving — vampires have no autonomic functions.","If the user inflicts Masque of Death on another vampire, he must spend a blood point, touch the target, and then make a {@attribute Stamina|V20} + {@ability Medicine|V20} roll (difficulty equal to the target’s {@attribute Stamina|V20} + 3). The Masque of Death lasts until the next sunset, unless the character who created the masque wishes to extinguish its effects earlier."],"parent":"vampire/power/discipline/the-corpse-in-the-monster","level":1,"_qa":{"flags":[],"parser":"section_entries","confidence":0.9,"extracted":"2026-10-15","job":"v20-disciplines"},"_links":{"self":"/api/v1/records/vampire/power/discipline_power/masque-of-death","html":"/records/vampire/power/discipline_power/masque-of-death","parent":"/api/v1/records/vampire/power/discipline/the-corpse-in-the-monster","children":"/api/v1/records/vampire/power/discipline_power/masque-of-death/children","sources":[{"abbr":"V20","page":176,"folio":176,"title":"Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition"}]},"_db":{"title":"Masque of Death","props":[["Discipline","The Corpse in the Monster"],["Cost","1 Blood"]],"parent_id":"vampire/power/discipline/the-corpse-in-the-monster","level":1,"category":null,"summary":"The character with this ability can assume a visage of death or inflict that shape on another vampire. The victim’s flesh becomes pallid and thin (if it is not already), and skin pulls tight against bone. This ability","tags":[],"children":[]}}