Those who know this Devotion have learned how to expand their mystical sight by incorporating rudiments of blood magic. Kindred with this power can use their Auspex to scrutinize the auras of objects, as well as people, and may glean information from the eddies of power that whorl through the world.
- Cost: 1 Vitae per scene
- Dice Pool: Wits + Occult + Auspex - Successes on activation roll of Scrutinized power
- Action: Instant
Rather than sensing patterns of emotions as with Aura Perception, the user sees the ebb and flow of magical power. A Kindred possessing this Devotion can learn a variety of information, including the following: whether an object (or person) has any magic of its own or is currently under enchantment; whether the magic comes from the object or creature directly or from an external source; the nature of the magic (beneficial, harmful, illusory); even detailed information as to the type and level of magic employed. Scrutinized individuals who are capable of any sort of magic (vampiric or otherwise) always glow with sparkling crackles of energy. Although this Devotion does identify sources of magic or items possessed of enchantments, it does not reveal magic effects in action (such as a magical fireball or an illusion). Each success on the activation roll yields one piece of information about the magic in question.
Scrutiny
Given the lack of documentation, Arcane Sight enables the Scrutiny task[1], rolling Intelligence + Occult.
- "whether an object (or person) has any magic of its own or is currently under enchantment" will correspond to "Identity" (1 Success)
- "whether the magic comes from the object or creature directly or from an external source" will correspond to "Nature" (1 Success)
- "the nature of the magic (beneficial, harmful, illusory)" will correspond to "Identification" (1 Success per level of Ritual/spell)
- "even detailed information as to the type and level of magic employed" will correspond to "Composition" (1 Success per type used) and "Potency" (1 Success per point)
- The information sought (Identity, Nature, Identification, Composition, and Potency) must be declared prior to the Scrutiny task, and success will be allocated in the order of declaration.
