Faces of the Dead | Laws of the Night

This Ceremony allows the necromancer to don the skin of a human creating a perfect disguise.

Ingredients: An obsidian dagger and either a freshly-dead corpse with no damage to the skin or a live person

Process: The necromancer removes a body's top layer of skin with an obsidian dagger, taking care to damage the skin as little as possible in the process. If this is performed on a living mortal being, they die in the process and the necromancer gains two Stains.

System: The necromancer then dons the facial skin of her victim, which forms a second layer over her own. The victim needs to be of relatively similar stature — otherwise, the features become distorted, and the disguise becomes useless. Under normal scrutiny, the ruse is visually flawless. The Ceremony’s magic will also supernaturally mimic the victim’s fingerprints and retina scans, even fooling DNA tests. However, the disguise imparts none of the victim’s knowledge and mannerisms, including her voice. Proper mimicry of a victim's mannerisms requires a Manipulation + Performance vs. a difficulty of 8 after at least 15 minutes of study. If the necromancer has observed her victim for at least an hour, the difficulty is 5. If the test is successful, they act convincingly for the scene in front of anyone who recognizes the deceased.

Duration: Until ended

System

The necromancer then dons the facial skin of her victim, which forms a second layer over her own. The victim needs to be of relatively similar stature — otherwise, the features become distorted, and the disguise becomes useless. Under normal scrutiny, the ruse is visually flawless. The Ceremony’s magic will also supernaturally mimic the victim’s fingerprints and retina scans, even fooling DNA tests. However, the disguise imparts none of the victim’s knowledge and mannerisms, including her voice. Proper mimicry of a victim's mannerisms requires a Manipulation + Performance vs. a difficulty of 8 after at least 15 minutes of study. If the necromancer has observed her victim for at least an hour, the difficulty is 5. If the test is successful, they act convincingly for the scene in front of anyone who recognizes the deceased.