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Description and lore
A familiar body wears a different apparent face, voice, and dress.
Veil belongs to thresholds where recognition matters: the watched doorway, the public room, the uneasy introduction.
The disguised person adjusts familiar gestures beneath an unfamiliar appearance, preparing to be seen.
At a glance
A familiar body wears a different apparent face, voice, and dress.
Techniques and Spells · Alpha v44 reference
Requires: Casting Skill: Crafting. Affinity: Intellect. Requirements: Intellect d6; Crafting d6. one learned slot.
Use: Action · Touch · one willing creature · Persistent · 1 Mana
Effect - Resolution: Crafting + Intellect versus Perception + Intellect when an observer examines it.
Effect - Defense: each observer rolls and sums its own Perception + Intellect; defender wins ties.
Effect: Alter the target’s apparent face, clothing, and voice within its size and body plan. The target gains no mechanical armor, invisibility, or new language. On an observer’s successful Perception + Intellect defense, that observer sees the disguise as false.
Duration: 10 minutes or until caster becomes incapacitated.
Ending or recovery: one Veil per caster.
Exception: Touch and physical evidence can expose the false appearance.
A borrowed appearance settles over face, clothing, and voice.
The mirror seems to offer another face on your own familiar shoulders.