There are shreds of this in, e.g., Werewolf: The Apocalypse. There, the Veil _is_, whether you want it to be or not. Humans will swear up and down that that was just a very large doggie that was able to open doors and drive a police car, and that guy's wounds look quite vicious but not inconsistent with a very large doggie bite despite clearly being something else.
Mage (:tA) has the universe enforcing the rules as well; Paradox leans on you hard if you try to shift the fundamental paradigms too fast. That could lead to the effect you describe, and explain a societal-imposed Masquerade.
It'd be interesting to posit that the Veil (and Delirium, the madness that mortals acquire when seeing werewolves in full effect) are the results of tinkering by a long-ago Mage, who was tired of entire mythological species evaporating under the weight of Paradox. A master of Mind with some Prime and Spirit could probably pull this off (Mind to affect the humans, Spirit to clearly identify Werewolves and make it a racial trait, and Prime to keep the spell powered throughout the ages.)
In this world, Vampires didn't have such a "friend", and so have to remain extant via this ridiculous agreement that is somehow honored even by such sworn enemies...
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Date: 2015-11-14 01:59 pm (UTC)Mage (:tA) has the universe enforcing the rules as well; Paradox leans on you hard if you try to shift the fundamental paradigms too fast. That could lead to the effect you describe, and explain a societal-imposed Masquerade.
It'd be interesting to posit that the Veil (and Delirium, the madness that mortals acquire when seeing werewolves in full effect) are the results of tinkering by a long-ago Mage, who was tired of entire mythological species evaporating under the weight of Paradox. A master of Mind with some Prime and Spirit could probably pull this off (Mind to affect the humans, Spirit to clearly identify Werewolves and make it a racial trait, and Prime to keep the spell powered throughout the ages.)
In this world, Vampires didn't have such a "friend", and so have to remain extant via this ridiculous agreement that is somehow honored even by such sworn enemies...