[Submission]: Tenebrous Avatar

Name: Tenebrous Avatar
Cardtype: Combat card
Cost: 1 blood
Discipline: Oblivion

Basic oblivion [obl] Strike: strength ranged damage.
Superior oblivion [OBL] Only usable before range is determined. Opposing minions without auspex [aus] cannot strike: combat ends in the first round of combat. A vampire can play only one Tenebrous Avatar at superior each combat.

Flavor text: None.

Art notes: A monstruous shadow or a giant dark figure looming.

World of Darkness reference: Tenebrous Avatar is an ability in the lore. "Tenebrous Avatar: The vampire becomes a sentient patch of two-dimensional darkness, immune to damage except fire and sunlight. While in this shadow state they can pass through anything not hermetically sealed, are immune to most harms as described above, and can envelop others to feed without breaking the skin. Those enveloped by a vampire using Tenebrous Avatar suffer the effects of Stygian Shroud."

How does this card address a compelling game need?: This card is to support Lasombra and Hecata combat to give more combat options instead of immortal grapple to stop combat ends. It only works on minions that do not have auspex so it is situational, however the inferior effect is also handy because it allows you to strength strike even at long range.

The fact the superior only works on minions without auspex is flavourful since it is because the minion is not able to detect or see it so the avatar traps them in combat.

Another option to make it more lore-friendly would be to give prevention to non-aggravated damage however not sure if that would not be too strong for oblivion.

Created by: Pedro Valentim
WIth image art using AI software.