It’s been a long time since I brought you anything new, but here I am with a series of new articles that hopely will help us think about the game more effectively.
Sometimes we have the conception of if such or what discipline is used to do X thing … potence grants combat, the auspex is for intercept, the obfuscate stealth and chimerstry is totally disgusting.
Here it is a recount of the cards that provide stealth, subtract intercept, deny the block, cause failure after blocking or are strike combat ends and continue the action. There are also some comments about their efficiency.
By disciplines:
In addition to these 82 cards, there are 16 more, each with the following requirements: ANI AUS, ani pro, aus chi, AUS DEM, black hand, CEL FOR, cel pro, dom obt,, flight, istarri, OBF POT, OBF PRE, sabbat, seraph, gun and imbued. You could always get to have one if it suits us.
I hope that this list of the cards that have been evaluated with some important notes we come well to all to have a clear idea of the secrecy we have in this game.
Nombre de la carta | Tipo | Coste | Disciplina | Sigilo | Notas |
Predator’s Transformation |
AM |
0 |
abo |
1 |
|
Devil Channel Throat |
AM |
1 |
abo |
block fail |
against ally or younger |
Mind of the Wilds |
AM |
0 |
ANI AUS |
1 |
|
Beast Meld |
AM |
2 |
ani pro |
1 |
|
Heart’s Desire |
AM |
1 |
aus chi |
block fail |
+bleed and only against youngers and ally |
Random Patterns |
Combo |
0 |
AUS DEM |
-1 int |
|
Circumspect revelation |
AM |
0 |
black hand |
block fail |
only against sabbat vamps |
Alacrity |
AM |
2 |
cel |
1 |
|
Resist Earth’s Grasp |
AM |
1 |
CEL |
1 |
|
Siren’s Lure |
AM |
0 |
cel |
1 |
burn 2 blood |
Torrent |
Combat |
2 |
CEL |
action continues |
|
Forced March |
AM |
0 |
CEL FOR |
1 |
|
Instantaneous Transformation |
AM |
0 |
cel pro |
1 |
|
False Resonance |
AM |
1 |
CHI |
1 |
|
Fata Morgana |
AM |
1 |
chi |
1 |
|
Mirror’s Visage |
AM |
1 |
CHI |
2/1 |
undirected/directed |
Occlusion |
Combo |
0 |
CHI |
1 |
|
Smoke and Mirrors |
AM |
0 |
chi |
1 |
|
Mirror Image |
AM |
1 |
chi/CHI |
1/action continues |
/not for bleed |
Will-o’-the-whisp |
AM |
X |
chi/CHI |
-1int/block fail |
X younger or allies |
Psychomachia |
AM |
1 |
dai |
block fail |
younger |
I am Legion |
AM |
1 |
dai |
1 |
|
Confusion |
AM |
0 |
DEM |
1 |
bleed |
Deny |
Combo |
0 |
DEM |
1 |
|
Mind Tricks |
AM |
1 |
dem |
1 |
|
Bonding |
AM |
0 |
DOM |
1 |
bleed |
Seduction |
AM |
0 |
dom |
block deny |
|
Command |
AM |
0 |
dom |
block fail |
only against ally |
Shroud of Absence |
AM |
0 |
dom obt |
1 |
|
Soar |
AM |
0 |
flight |
1 |
undirected |
Safe passage |
AM |
0 |
for |
-1int |
only against ally |
Uncontrolled Impulse |
AM |
1 |
Ishtarri |
2 |
first turn action |
Phantom Speaker |
AM |
0 |
mel |
block fail |
only against younger |
Virtuosa |
AM |
3 |
mel |
1 |
+2 bleed |
Toreador’s Bane |
Combat |
0 |
mel |
action continues |
only against younger or ally or toreador or !toreador |
Missing Voice, The |
AM |
0 |
mel/MEL |
-1int/1 |
younger/ |
Aura Absorption |
Combo |
0 |
MYTH |
1 |
|
Fae Contortion |
Combo |
0 |
MYTH |
1 |
|
Stone Travel |
AM |
0 |
myth |
1 |
|
Breath of Thanatos |
Combo |
1 |
nec |
2 |
recruit wraith |
Spectral Divination |
Combo |
1 |
nec |
1 |
|
Call of the hungry dead |
AM |
0 |
nec/NEC |
-1 int/block fail |
younger/burn one blood |
Gift of Sleep |
AM |
0 |
OBE |
1 |
|
Repulsion |
AM |
0 |
obe/OBE |
1 |
/permanent |
Cloak the Gathering |
AM |
0 |
obf |
1 |
|
Domain of Evernight |
AM |
0 |
obf |
1 |
|
Faceless Night |
AM |
0 |
obf |
1 |
|
Gift of Sleep |
AM |
0 |
obf |
1 |
|
Hag’s Wrinkles |
AM |
0 |
obf |
2 |
equip |
Masca |
AM |
1 |
obf |
1 |
|
Mask of a Thousand Faces |
AM |
0 |
OBF |
1 |
two minions |
Memory Rift |
AM |
0 |
obf |
1 |
anarch |
Smoke and Mirrors |
AM |
0 |
obf |
2 |
no bleed or political |
Spying Mission |
AM |
0 |
obf |
1 |
|
Swallowed by the Night |
Combo |
0 |
obf |
1 |
|
Under My Skin |
AM |
1 |
obf |
1 |
|
Veil the Legions |
AM |
0 |
obf |
1 |
two minions |
Shadow boxing |
Combat |
0 |
OBF POT |
action continues |
too many requisites |
True love’s face |
AM |
0 |
OBF PRE |
block fail |
canceled by paying one pool |
Elder Impersonation |
AM |
1 |
obf/OBF |
1/block fail |
|
Forgotten Labyrinth |
AM |
1 |
obf/OBF |
2/3 |
no bleed |
Into Thin Air |
AM |
0 |
obf/OBF |
1/2 |
burn one blood to get extra +1 against younger or ally |
Lost in Crowds |
AM |
0 |
obf/OBF |
1/2 |
|
Marked Path |
AM |
0 |
obf/OBF |
1/2 |
after a (D) action, usable against same metuselah |
Blanket of Night |
AM |
1 |
obt |
1/ block fail |
/2 minions |
Pocket Out of Time |
AM |
0 |
obt |
1 |
burn one blood |
Nightshades |
AM |
0 |
obt |
-1 int |
only against younger or ally |
Stone Travel |
AM |
0 |
obt |
1 |
burn one blood |
Tenebrous Form |
AM |
1 |
obt |
1 |
|
Shadow Body |
Combat |
1 |
OBT |
action continues |
not for bleed or political |
Shadow Play |
AM |
1 |
obt/OBT |
1/2 |
|
Shroud of Night |
AM |
0 |
obt/OBT |
1/1 |
no bleed/ |
Perfect Paragon |
AM |
1 |
PRE |
-1int |
only against younger or ally |
Power of One |
AM |
1 |
pre |
1 |
bleed. Anarch |
Virtuosa |
AM |
3 |
pre |
1 |
|
Rapid Change |
Combo |
1 |
pro |
1 |
|
Form of mist |
Combat |
0 |
PRO |
action continues |
+1 stealth,burn one blood, once per action |
Earth Control |
AM |
1 |
pro/PRO |
1 / 2 |
|
Blood Awakening |
Combo |
1 |
QUI |
block fail |
younger |
Stealth Ritus |
AM |
1 |
sabbat |
1 |
burn one blood |
Shell Game |
AM |
0 |
san |
X |
tap X blood brothers |
Form of the Serpent |
AM |
1 |
ser |
1 |
|
Council of the seraphim |
AM |
0 |
seraph |
-1int or block fail |
block fail only against sabbat |
Swiftness of the Stag |
Combo |
0 |
SPI |
1 |
|
Chameleon’s Colors |
Combat |
1 |
SPI |
action continues |
only long range. Not for bleed |
Mole’s Tunneling |
AM |
1 |
spi/SPI |
1/2 |
/burn one additional blood |
Masca |
AM |
1 |
STRI |
2 |
|
Pocket Out of Time |
AM |
0 |
tem |
1 |
|
Hag’s Wrinkles |
AM |
0 |
THAN |
1 |
equip |
Under My Skin |
AM |
1 |
than/THAN |
1/2 |
also +1 stealth later |
Mirror Walk |
AM |
1 |
THAU |
1 |
|
Morphean Blow |
Combat |
1 |
VAL |
action continues |
not for bleed |
Changeling |
AM |
0 |
VIC |
1 |
|
Plasmic Form |
Combo |
1 |
vic |
1 |
|
Flow within the mountain |
Combat |
1 |
VIS |
action continues |
|
Skin of the Chameleon |
AM |
1 |
vis/VIS |
1/2 |
|
Suppressing fire |
AM |
0 |
-1 int |
ready untapped minion with a gun |
|
Foresee |
Power |
0 |
action continues |
imbued |
Thanks for all the work. However, there is a parameter that is really important in Vtes considering how the action modifier works : the possibility of playing different stealth cards in succession. Discipline X can have a very cool stealth card, but if it’s the only one in its discipline, then you can never gain more than +1 stealth.
That’s why for now there is nothing that beats OBF and OBT, even if some of them are crappy, for the simple reason that if your stealth is matched by a blocker, you can play another, different card in the same discipline.
True! Thanks!
Few more to add:
Best meld at superior, AM, 2, ANI PRO, block deny, non bleed only
Memory Rift, AM, 0, dem, block deny, anarch & only agaist titled or younger vampires
sleeping mind, AM, 0, dom, block deny / deny unlocks, locked targets only
Daring the dawn, AM, 0, for/FOR, block deny, acting vampire takes 1/2 aggravated damage
Day Operation, AM, 0, for, block deny, acting vampire goes torpor after action
Virtuosa at superior, AM, 3, MEL, block deny,
Ex Nihilo, action, 1, 1, nec, costs 1 blood per turn to keep
Shroud Mastery, AM, 0, nec, give 1 to wraith,
Black Mail, action, 0, OBF, block denial, 1 target only
Blithe Acceptance, Action, 1, obf, 1, burn the card or 1 blood if combat occurs
Approximation of Loyalty, AM, 1, pre, block denial, ally or younger vampire with capacity <7 only
Gear Up, action, 1, pre, 1, anarch
Horrific Countenance, AM, 4, pro, block fail & block denial
Blood Bond, action, 2, none, block denial, 1 target only
Priestess of Sekhmet, retainer, 1, Follower of Set, +1 bleed & -1 intercept, against camarilla only
Giuseppe, Gravedigger, retainer, 1, Giovanni, 1, on nec actions only
Marijava Ghoul, retainer, 2, none, 1, on pre actions only
Clan Loyalty, AM, 1, block fail & block deny, against same clan only
Anarch Manifesto, equipment, 0, anarch, 1, only on actions requiring anarch
Catacombs, equipment,1,1, on rescue from torpor actions
Dartmoor England, equipment, 2, 1, on actions requiring ani or pro only
Unlicensed Taxicab, equipment, 0, 1, on hunt/employ/recruit actions only
Incriminating Videotape, equipment, 1 pool, block denial, 1 target of prey's only
Notorious Brutality, AM, 1, sabbat with cap 8+, block denial, non infernal vampires with cap below 6
Momentary Delay, AM, 0, cap 7+, continue action, too many requirements
Then there are the various locations, other masters that give stealt and bunch of clan/sect cards that make you burn blood to attempt to block.
Thanks for your comment!