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==ILLUSION==
Class: Beta

Cost: 1 Verve

Dice Pool: Intelligence + (Expression) + Illusion

Action: Instant

Range: (Power Level + Illusion) x 5 yards

Area: N/A

Duration: One scene

Effect: The character is able to subvert the senses of others. The activation roll can create one static illusionary object per success, or one non-static illusion per two successes. Non-static illusions are those which move or interact on their own in a complicated fashion. Simple, or repetitive motions are still considered static. For instance, a statue would be a static illusion, as would a waterfall, but an animal that responds to complicated interactions would be non-static. As a guideline, if the interaction is more complicated than what a typical video-game could manage, it is non-static. A jogger who just runs is a static illusion. If you can stop and have a realistic conversation with the jogger, that's not a static illusion. Illusions can't respond with knowledge the illusionist doesn't have.

If someone interacts with a static illusion and gets a weird response, this doesn't end the effect, but it does tip them off that something is off.

If an illusion is non-static the illusionist must direct one reflexive mental action each turn toward controlling it. This means that you cannot take other mental actions while controlling the illusion.

The size of the illusion cannot exceed (2 + Power Level + Illusion x 2). No application of this power may have any tangible effect beyond misdirection, concealment, or emotionally effecting people in a natural way. Illusions effect all five senses.

Opponents with more effective dots in Wits than the character's successes will know something is off. Opponents with superhuman senses might be harder to fool. Recognizing the effect as illusory does not show the truth.

Extras: 

Milieu - The illusion can be described in terms of a setting, such as a dance hall full of dancers or a field with lots of plants and animals. Treat the listed range as a radius. Successes indicate how many details you can specify, one for one. All illusions are static, though the character can use additional roles to add non-static features.

Weakness:

Partial Senses - The illusion cannot effect all senses. Choose two senses that cannot be duplicated. Taste and smell are treated as one sense for these purposes.