As a stealthy and intuitive Malkavian, Leysha is a very interesting character inVampire: The Masquerade - Swansong. This guide will cover her skills and disciplines, and discuss good ways to build her as the game goes on.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansongis a narrative RPG developed by Big Bad Wolf and published by Nacon. Set in the World of Darkness, the city of Boston has become the site of a mass murder of Kindred and Kine alike. With this threat to the Masquerade looming over them, three vampires must uncover the truth and work to survive the fallout.
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Leysha’s Clan and Disciplines
Leysha is a Malkavian, the clan of Mad Oracles whose fragmented minds glean knowledge of the future and past from visions. As a MalkavianLeysha is able to use the DisciplinesObfuscate, Dominate, and Auspex, which allow her to move unseen, manipulate others, and greatly enhance her senses.
All upgrades for a skill also grant +1 to that skill’s rating, thus improving its effectiveness and/or reducing the hunger costs of using that discipline in dialog or exploration.
Obfuscate
The Discipline of Obfuscate allows the vampire to move unseen by manipulating the perception of those around them, allowing them to fade from view or even disguise themselves.
Leysha spends much of her time throughout the game investigating and infiltrating places she isn’t supposed to be, so grabbing extra skills from Obfuscate when possible is greatly helpful when exploring the world.
Dominate
The Vampiric Discipline of command and control, allowing Leysha to give commands to others and compel them to obey.
There are several situations where Leysha will need to manipulate or fast-talk her way through enemies while exploring restricted areas, and having points in Dominate can greatly improve her skill at doing so.
Auspex
Auspex is the Vampiric Discipline of choice when investigating, allowing Leysha to enhance her senses and read the recent past and possible future.
Leysha can make constant use of Auspex throughout the game to uncover additional details in the world and enhance her skills as an investigator, making Auspex invaluable.
Attributes and Skills
More than any other character,Leysha specializes in investigation and infiltration.As a result she makes excellent use of skills that allow her to uncover secrets, identify additional details, and manipulate others while in disguise.
As a result,Leysha makes excellent use of the Psychology skill, allowing her to read people and play off of their personality, motivations, and fears to manipulate them.
The Psychology skill is governed by the Mental attribute, which also improves the Dominate discipline. As such,putting points into the Mental attributeis very useful for her.
As an infiltrator and investigator, Leysha alsobenefits greatly from the Deduction and Education skills, allowing her to make accurate assumptions and deductions based on clues, and to identify important terms and details in the environment and conversation.
Finally,Leysha can make very good use of the Security and Technology skills, allowing her to bypass security and gain access to restricted areas and/or hidden items.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansongis available now for PS4, PS5, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch.
