7.10 Disguise (Int)

The Disguise skill represents your ability to create disguises to conceal the appearance of creatures or objects. This skill does not help you act appropriately while disguised, which generally the Deception skill and may also require Social Insight.

Many Disguise checks require the use of a disguise kit, which contains items like makeup and false beards. If you do not have a proper kit, you may be able to improvise from your surroundings. Generally, this imposes a penalty of at least -5 to the Disguise check.

7.10.1 Common Disguise Tasks

Camouflage: You can make an opposed Disguise vs. Awareness check to blend into your surroundings and avoid being noticed. This generally takes at least a minute of work to prepare your disguise to match your exact surroundings. It only protects you from visual observation, so you would generally need the Stealth skill to avoid being heard while moving (see Stealth).

Change Appearance: You can make an opposed Disguise vs. Awareness check using a disguise kit to change a creature’s appearance. Generally, applying a disguise takes at least a minute, though complex makeup applications or clothing changes can take much longer. You take a penalty to the Disguise check based on how radical your changes are, especially to the creature’s basic proportions.

Emulate Appearance: You can make a creature look like a different specific creature. This functions like the change appearance task, except that the result of your Disguise check can’t exceed the result of an Awareness check you or someone helping you made to observe the creature you are trying to emulate.

7.10.2 Common Disguise Modifiers

It is generally easier to enlarge a creature or add new features than it is to shrink a creature or remove existing features. You can use the table below a guide, and the GM can improvise penalties for more unusual disguises if necessary. If you make multiple alterations, the penalties stack.