Envelop

Key facts

Level

2

Overview

Envelop wraps the alchemist or a chosen target in a shroud of unnatural darkness that clings rather than drifts. Inside it a mortal cannot see, cannot orient, and struggles to breathe well enough to shout for help. Used on yourself it is cover; used on someone else it is a bag pulled over their head. That second use is what makes Envelop the formula other Kindred notice. A duskborn who can blind and silence one person at a time is useful to a coterie doing quiet work: the guard stops being a problem without dying, the witness never sees a face, the argument in the hallway ends before anyone else hears it. It is a Level 2 recipe, so it takes real preparation rather than a moment of improvisation.

How it works

Level: 2 Effect: Cover yourself or a target in clinging darkness that blinds and disorients, and smothers a living target who stays inside it Ingredients: Blood of the resonance the recipe calls for, prepared with the alchemist's reagents rather than improvised on the spot Duration: Until dismissed or the end of the scene, whichever comes first

Tips and playstyle

Best Uses: Neutralizing a guard without killing them, breaking a hunter's aim, covering a retreat, making a conversation private in a very direct way Limitations: The darkness is visibly wrong, so anyone watching from outside knows something supernatural just happened. It hides shape, not existence, and a determined attacker can still swing at where you were

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