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impersonate

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impersonate -- flash a false cover role (Disguise)

Not hood/mask concealment (help concealment) and not Leviathan face-theft -- this is a **cover bluff** for everyone in the room. Disguise puts the laminated ID in your hand. Talk still has to sell it: a Grifting check decides whether NPCs answer you with role-keyed lines (e.g. react_detective). FBI and detective covers are harder to sell. If Grifting fails, they talk to you as yourself. Failure still trains Grifting.

How you play
  1. Stand in a room with someone else present
  2. impersonate <role>     roll Disguise vs difficulty
  3. talk                   while cover holds, NPC reactions match the role if Grifting sells the badge

Roles
  detective, fbi, coroner, insurance  (aliases: cop, agent, adjuster, …)

Failure still trains Disguise. Cover expires after a short tick window.

See also: help professions | help talk | help concealment | help stealth