Unobtrusive

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Your ghoul character performs her daily duty with such apparent single-minded purpose that she seems to fade into the periphery of Kindred perception. Granted, Kindred rarely notice each other’s ghoul servants anyway, but this Merit reflects a feature of a ghoul’s service that is truly unusual and useful. Your character has trained herself to notice details without appearing to pay them any heed at the time, storing them for retrieval from memory later. She makes an excellent spy, retaining information without consciously noticing it, so that even the most discerning subjects (sometimes even those with Auspex) tend to ignore her.

In studying a subject or a location, the character gains a +2 die bonus to escape notice as long as she’s engaged in some practical task at the same time. (Such tasks include driving, clearing a table, gardening, washing a car, performing a mundane desk job or any other such routine, monotonous drudgery.)

To retrieve the information he’s “stored,” a character must engage in silent, sometimes ritualistic, contemplation. He could engage in such mnemonic techniques as the “memory palace,” he could undergo hypnosis, or he could simply meditate. This Merit also grants a +1 to the ghoul victim’s Resolve for purposes of resisting The Forgetful Mind (Dominate ●●●).

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