The Auspex user can now enter a mortal's consciousness, enabling her to read some of his thoughts or even implanting new thoughts and ideas the target, however, will clearly recognize those ideas as alien, and will usually fight back in whatever fashion he may deem appropriate. In this fashion, the power can also reveal the immediate past of a person, albeit with greater difficulty. This Auspex power can access some of those events, by projecting the psychic image inside the using kindred's mind after a brief moment of contact with the object. Main article: Spirits Touch It is said that every object carries within the emotions of the person, maybe even the events, that it was involved with.
Failure disorients the character, making him effectively unaware of his surroundings until the end of the following turn. Sudden or severe occurrences such as a gun report or flash bulb in the eyes can distract the character unless the player succeeds on a Resolve roll. When a vampire actively uses any level of Auspex save the fifth (Twilight Projection), he runs the risk of his delicate senses being overwhelmed by excessive stimuli. Such potent sensitivity can have its drawbacks, however. The Kindred has absolutely no control over these insights, but he can learn to interpret their significance given time and experience. Such premonitions might come as quick flashes of imagery, overwhelming feelings of empathy or even as an ominous sense of foreboding. Once in a while, this uncanny Discipline provides extrasensory and even precognitive visitations. Indeed, precious little can be kept secret from a true master of Auspex. In addition, Auspex can be used to pierce the veil of powers that cloud, dissemble and deceive (see Clash of Wills). Ultimately, this is the Discipline of gleaning information, whether that data comes from sights and smells, from auras and patterns of energy or directly from the mind of another creature. As one progresses in mastery, entirely new avenues of insight open up before the user. At the lowest levels, it sharpens a Kindred’s mundane senses. This potent Discipline grants a character superlative sensory capabilities.
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