Crúac Rituals

“The all-devouring Crone is a perfect metaphor of the vampiric existence. Firstly, she drinks the blood that we
steal from the living. Secondly, she eats that immeasurable part of ourselves that makes us more than the Beast.
And thirdly, she gnaws at the very foundation of our humanity, the memories of the mortal coil that we once
inhabitated. I have spent centuries in this city of London, so far from my homelands, and my memories of the dry
hills that made me who I am are but vague mirages, dancing like dust devils whenever I grasp at them, leaving
my hands empty but for the harsh, sterile sand of my unlife. But one other thing always has remained in my
grasp, and always will: the burning power of the blood that I command.“
Hussein abd Alacar, Master of Crúac, Scholar of Sanguine Magic

Balefire (Crúac ⚫) Hekate's Cry (Crúac ⚫)

Submitted by 2883John on 25 March 2008, with
alterations by Wordweaver05.
Fire is problematic for the Circle. On one hand,
fire is part of most major religions and often a key
component of Pagan ritual. On the other hand, it
represents death and destruction, invoking the fear in
the Beast that rests within all Kindred. Acolytes who
have mastered this ritual have achieved a
compromise which allows them to satisfy the
demands of ritual and symbolism while placating
their Beast. By use of this ritual the vampire may
create balefire, which looks like fire, sounds like
fire, smells like fire, and even gives off heat like fire.
It does not, however, actually burn anything. As
with all Crúac rituals the vampire must spill some
vitae to activate the ritual. This becomes the fuel for
the fire, so to speak. It can be applied to altars,
wood, and any sort of mundane-looking fuel, and
while burning it will thus give the illusion that the
flames come from the torch one holds, the coal in
the pit, or the wood stacked for a bonfire. It does not
however damage said items at all.
A normal Crúac roll is made and the successes
indicate how large, bright, and hot a fire can be
conjured or how many different locations are lit up
with the fire. Five successes could create a big size-5
bonfire, or light five different Size 1 torches in a
room. Thus, a Kindred seeking to light up a giant
castle hall with many torches might spend a great
deal of blood. The fires will last one entire scene or
burn out sooner if the vampire wishes to end them.
The color of the flame can be that of normal fire or
bizarre eldritch hues. Balefire does not invoke
Rötschreck in vampires. The Beast senses on some
level that this is not the fire of death and destruction.
Balefire may, however, cause disquiet and
discomfort in superstitious individuals who can
recognise it as the fire of death, inflicting a -1
penalty to their Composure rolls until they leave the
presence of the balefire.
Submitted by Qcks on 19th April 2007, with
alterations by Wordweaver05.
This ritual sends a message to the practitioner
when someone enters an area, and relays basic
information regarding the nature of the individual
(e.g. appearance and obvious equipment). Whenever
an individual enters the affected area they make a
contested reflexive Stealth+Dexterity+(any pertinent
supernatural Discipline/Arcanum/etc) check against
the ritual's successes. This ritual last for a number of
uses equal to the practitioner's dots in Crúac or until
sunrise, whichever comes first, and the roll to
activate the ritual is penalised by the Size of the area
(use Haven Size dots). The caster must be within
earshot of the enchanted area to receive the warning,
but if she is away and the intruder has both been
detected and is still present when she returns, she
will hear the cry. Only the caster can hear the mystic
warning, however.
Mother’s Guide, Daughter’s
Devotion (Crúac ⚫)
This ritual can only be cast on a willing Kindred.
If successful, the two participants may sense each
other’s thoughts according to the Blood Sympathy
rules for a number of nights equal to the highest
Presence of the two participating Kindred, even if
they are from different clans. The temporarily
bonded characters also receive a bonus of +1 dice to
all rolls necessary to sense or send messages. If the
characters already have blood sympathy with each
other, they instead receive a bonus equal to the
ritual’s successes.
Nightflower (Cruác ⚫)
This simple but impressive ritual causes flowers
to open, and makes the blossoms reflect light
slightly, so that they seem to glow in the dark. The
ritual can affect large areas at once; penalise the
activation roll by the Size of the garden or flower
arrangement (use Haven Size dots – using the ritual
in a park in the spring can be stunning). The
blossoms remain open for one hour per success.
While in the garden, all Social rolls that might
benefit from the display gain a +1 bonus (e.g.
seduction or making first impressions). If the roll to
activate the ritual was an exceptional success, the
Social roll bonus increases to +2.
Vessel of the Ages (Crúac ⚫)
The Acolyte fills a vessel with blood or vitae and
then stops and seals it, smearing some of his own
vitae on the stopper or seal to complete the ritual.
The roll to activate the ritual is penalised by the
number of points of blood or vitae beyond the first
that are to be stored in the vessel. Once the ritual is
complete, the blood or vitae will keep indefinitely
until the seal is broken or the vessel is cracked, and
then start to decay normally (i.e. vitae will be useless
within a few minutes). The effects of the ritual also
end if sunlight touches the blood, so most Acolytes
use vessels of clay or wood for storing vitae. Even
the darkest glass will only protect the stored blood
against the weakest sunlight.
Whispers of the Valkare (Crúac ⚫)
Submitted by darker_dreams on 16th September
2005, with alterations by Wordweaver05.
Upon completing this ritual the caster chooses a
single physical skill. The caster then receives a
bonus to the next roll made using that skill equal to
her successes when activating this power. A
character cannot be subject to the effects of more
than one use of this power at a time.
Anathema of Blood (Crúac ⚫⚫)
Submitted by Vangard on 13th February 2008,
with alterations by Wordweaver05.
This ritual is believed to come from Kindred in
the Cherokee region in Carolina, USA. With it, the
Acolyte is able to make a concoction that he later
applies to himself to repel any one Kindred. The
caster mixes one point of the targeted Kindred’s
vitae with one point of his own (the vitae that is
usually spent to activate Crúac rituals), and paints
his tribal war symbols on his face with the mixture.
The roll to activate the ritual is penalised by the
Resolve of the target, and lasts for one hour per
success. If the subject wants to strike the caster, the
attack suffers a penalty equal to the ritual's
successes. Of course, this implies only protection
from melee attacks and grapples, not gunshots or
other ranged weapons, which are unaffected by this
ritual.
Conscripting the Weavers (Crúac
⚫⚫)
Submitted by celebrochan on 16th April 2007,
with alterations by Wordweaver05.
This ritual must be used in darkness in a place
inhabited by spiders. After finishing this ritual
spiders come from every nook and cranny and crawl
about the Kindred’s body. The Kindred must hold
perfectly still for 10 minutes. During this time the
spiders spin them a temporary suit of clothes. The
clothes may be of any sort the ritualist can imagine
so long as they are made of nothing but silk and do
not have pictures or writing on them, and are not
coloured. Note these “clothes” really are just webs,
they do little but give the illusion of clothing.
Dance of Doom (Crúac ⚫⚫)
The Acolyte prepares himself for a serious battle
with this ritual, which remains in effect for one hour
per success. If the Acolyte starts suffering wound
penalties during this time (or is in other ways
penalised by pain), he instead gains bonus dice equal
to the penalty (so an Acolyte with 7 Health who has
7 levels of bashing damage gains +3 bonus dice
instead of losing 3 dice). If an Acolyte is incapable
of feeling pain (e.g. because of the Iron Stamina
Merit), no bonuses are gained. The ritual will not
prevent torpor or Final Death, however.
Eyes of the Forest (Crúac ⚫⚫)
Submitted by Kjaldred on 24th July 2008, with
alterations by Wordweaver05.
By smearing vitae on a tree, the caster can see
from any leaf on the tree as through it were eyes. If
the user has Auspex, they may utilise any applicable
Auspex ability from the tree as well. The effect lasts
for one scene or until the Acolyte breaks contact
with the tree, whichever comes first.
Garden of Delight (Crúac ⚫⚫)
This ritual allows the sorcerer to mystically
enhance his ability to tend a garden. The roll to
activate the ritual is penalised by the Size of the
garden (use Haven Size dots). If the ritual is
successful, the caster can add the ritual’s successes
to all rolls made to tend plants until the next sunrise.
While under the effect of the ritual, weeds can be
plucked out with barely a touch, the sorcerer’s
footsteps never seem to fall on plants, and shears
used to prune trees always hit the right spot and
cleanly snap through the branches.
Hag Claws (Crúac 2)
This ritual allows the caster to turn nails and
teeth into claws and really impressive fangs.
Although the ritual is not as efficient as Claws of the
Wild (Protean 3) as far as raw damage is concerned,
it is a useful weapon in a pinch. There is a Crúac 3
version that allows the caster to give another
vampire Hag Claws too, though that ritual can be
resisted with Resolve+Blood Potency if the target
does not want the claws.
 Hag Claws allow the vampire to inflict lethal
damage when fighting barehanded (the swiping and
raking motions required for this prevent the use of
most fighting style Merits, though), or grants them a
+1 bonus to their lethal damage pool when biting to
inflict damage when grappling. When biting to
drink, one additional point of damage is inflicted
above all blood drain damage as long as the vampire
bears Hag Claws, and the target does not feel the
blissful oblivion of the Kiss. If the biting vampire is
not forced to bite again (i.e. the target cannot escape
from the grapple), a single extra point of lethal
damage is inflicted for a prolonged feeding session.
Hag Claws make speaking and wielding weapons
difficult. Subtract -1 from all weapon attacks, and -1
from all Discipline and ability rolls that require
speaking, except intimidation attempts. The fangs
are too big to be mistaken for filed teeth, though
they could be passed of as a costume accessory by
resourceful Kindred. Hag Claws can be retracted by
reflexively cancelling the ritual, though only the
casting Acolyte may cancel the claws when the
ritual was cast on another.
If the roll to activate Hag Claws scores an
extraordinary success, the claws provide a +1
damage bonus to melee attacks, and the fangs
provide a +2 damage bonus. These fangs can never
pass as anything but grotesque. Additionally, all
penalties to speaking and tool and weapon use
increase to -2.
Hag Claws last for one scene.
Imer's Breath (Crúac ⚫⚫)
Submitted by Vangard on 12 January 2008, with
alterations by Wordweaver05.
Invoking the Father of the Frost Giants, the
ritualist can summon a thick blanket of fog to
surround the area. This fog bank moves as the
Kindred who summoned it wills it to. The area
enshrouded equals the caster's successes x 20 square
yards. It may thereafter be directed to move in any
direction at a rate of successes x 10 yards per turn.
To visually observe anything within within the fog, a
perception check at –2 is required. The same penalty
applies to ranged attacks, though attackers must spot
their targets with an Instant action before they can
fire. The fog lasts for one scene or until it is touched
by sunlight, whichever comes first.
Impart to the Sleeping Ancient
(Crúac ⚫⚫)
This ritual allows the Acolyte to pass a message
on to a torpid Kindred by dribbling a little vitae into
their mouth. The ritual effectively transforms the
vitae’s addictive properties into a series of images
and sounds, so imbibing this vitae does not
strengthen or engender a Vinculum or vitae
addiction. Two successes are enough to impart a few
minutes’ worth of monologue or about a dozen
images, while an extraordinary success allows the
Acolyte to compress several days’ worth of events
into a drop of vitae.
This ritual is often used in preparation for the
Audience ritual. However, the torpid Kindred's
comprehension or even his ability to give
meaningful answers are not guaranteed at all, since
most mistake the images for torpor dreams.
Kiss of Sethep (Crúac ⚫⚫)
This ritual allows the Acolyte to draw out even
the most minuscule amount of vitae from a victim by
transforming part of its flesh and sucking even the
bones dry, leaving the body a desiccated husk. The
roll to activate the ritual is penalised by the victim’s
Stamina, and the number of successes (up to the
victim’s Stamina or Size, whichever is higher)
determines the additional health boxes the Acolyte
may drain to gain vitae (e.g. drinking from a dog
(Size 3, Stamina 3) usually gives a Kindred 3 blood
points (1 per two boxes of Health). When using Kiss
of Sethep and scoring at least two successes, an
additional point of vitae may be gained by draining
two “additional” Health levels the ritual creates).
This ritual may only be cast when the victim is
already dying from exsanguination or otherwise
dangerous blood loss (the rightmost Health box is
filled with lethal damage). The corpses left behind
look like mummies, and most courts frown upon the
use of this ritual as a breach of the Masquerade.
Lilith's Blessing (Crúac ⚫⚫)
Submitted by Qcks on 19th April 2007, with
alterations by Wordweaver05.
A female ghoul affected by this ritual becomes
fertile; this ritual is often used in order to aid in the
establishment of Ghoul Families. At the end of this
ritual the ghoul gains a bonus equal to the ritual's
successes on their next roll to become pregnant as
long as intercourse takes place within the same
scene.
Loki’s Gaze (Crúac ⚫⚫)
Submitted by DaevaDude on 2nd January 2008,
with alterations by Wordweaver05.
Rolls to activate this ritual are penalized by the
target’s Composure. For each turn the Acolyte
spends looking at the target, the target suffers a
cumulative -1 penalty to all dice pools involving
Intelligence, Presence, Manipulation or Wits, up to a
maximum penalty equal to the Acolyte’s Crúac dots.
The ritual's effects persist for as long as the subject
continues to concentrate on the target, but ends
immediately if the Acolyte loses sight of the target
for a turn or performs any action requiring
concentration. The Acolyte loses the benefit of her
Defence while using this ability. This ritual’s effects
count as a hostile action, and thus the Acolyte
cannot activate or sustain Obfuscate 3 or similar
effects while performing this ritual. The target is
allowed to roll Wits+Occult (with appropriate
penalties imposed by the ritual) to recognize the
Acolyte as the source of the effect. Others simply
notice that the target appears somewhat distracted,
stumbles over his words and so forth while the ritual
is in effect.
Offering to the Norns (Crúac ⚫⚫)
Submitted by DaevaDude on 07 December 2008,
with alterations by Wordweaver05.
After completing the ritual, the next time the
sorcerer attempts a non-supernatural action requiring
a roll of the dice, that dice pool receives a bonus
equal to her dots in Crúac. There is a risk to
tempting fate in this manner, however. If that roll
fails, it is treated as a Dramatic Failure and the
sorcerer also loses one Willpower in addition to any
other effect of a Dramatic Failure.
Read da’Bones (Crúac ⚫⚫)
Submitted by darker_dreams on 16th September
2005, with alterations by Wordweaver05.
Frequently used while casting bones (hence the
name), though some casters use runes, sticks, or
other items. This ritual may not be performed
without some manner of fortune-telling aid. Upon
completing the “reading” the subject of the ritual,
who must either be the caster or a single willing
target that cooperates with the casting and gives the
caster a point of vitae, receives a number of +1
bonuses equal to the number of successes rolled.
These may be applied to any roll the character
makes as small warnings and prophecies are
recognized and provide warning. Use of these
bonuses must be declared before a roll is made, and
may be divided up among any number of rolls
throughout the night, or all used at once. These
bonuses only last for one night, and are lost if not
used.
A character cannot be subject to the effects of
more than one use of this power at a time.
Sigil of the Baleful Eye (Crúac ⚫⚫)
The Acolyte paints a small pictogram of an eye
on an inanimate object with his blood when she casts
the ritual. She then sets a trigger that will cause the
eye to “open” and see (a common trigger is
“Whenever a person passes through these doors”).
The eye will glow in a soft red light while seeing,
but this is only visible in the dark, or by users of
Auspex. The sorcerer immediately becomes aware
that the eye has opened, and can witness what it sees
by expending an Instant action (the eye cannot
pierce Obfuscate, though, and if it opens while the
vampire is in daysleep, a Wits roll must be passed to
notice that it has opened, and the vampire must
expend vitae to become active and perceive through
the eye as normal). The sorcerer may keep looking
as long as she wishes, but she is only dimly aware of
her own body during that time (-5 penalty to
Wits+Composure rolls to notice anything happening
to her body). The eye only projects silent images,
and if it is touched by direct sunlight or an open
flame, it is destroyed. The eye remains active for a
number of nights equal to the successes rolled on the
ritual.
Silence of Mut (Crúac ⚫⚫)
Chanting in the name of Mut, the Old Mother,
the sorcerer silences her blood to her kin. They no
longer feel the Blood Sympathy (VtR pg. 163).
Additionally, any Kindred who tastes her blood
doesn’t get any information regarding her Blood
Ties or clan (VtR pg. 163). Sorcerers usually use this
ritual before committing diablerie, to avoid their
childer from knowing of such a heinous act. Each
success grants the caster these effects for one hour.
After the ritual duration expires, her kin regain the
Blood Sympathy, although they cannot know by this
means what his sire did during the duration of this
ritual.
Steal the Warmth of Life (Crúac
⚫⚫)
This ritual can only be cast on a mortal, it cannot
even be cast on a ghoul. The roll to activate the
ritual is penalised by the target’s Stamina. If the
ritual succeeds, the vampire gains the Blush of Life
for a number of hours equal to the successes, while
the victim becomes pale and suffers from an
unnaturally clammy skin for the same amount of
time (the victim’s body temperature will actually
drop a little, though this doesn’t usually have game
effects).
If the Acolyte scores an extraordinary success, he
retains the Blush of Life for the rest of the night, and
the victim will suffer from the ritual’s effect for the
same time period.
Sanguine Elixir (Crúac ⚫⚫)
This ritual creates an infusion of unliving vitae
outside a vampire’s body, the basic ingredient of an
ancient art of blood alchemy. The sorcerer fills a
vessel with his own vitae and then casts the ritual on
it. The number of successes determines the
maximum number of points of vitae that may remain
animate within the elixir. Each sunset, the elixir
loses one point of vitae, but any Kindred may restore
this by pouring more of their vitae into the elixir.
Example: a blood alchemist pours four points of
vitae into a vessel and then casts Sanguine Elixir on
it. He scores three successes altogether, so the elixir
may retain 3 blood points at any one time. Each
sunset, the elixir loses one of these points, and if the
elixir is not replenished before its last blood point is
spent, it goes inert.
Multiple batches of the sanguine elixir may be
mixed, but though their effective blood points then
equal the sum of all elixirs’ blood points, they also
spend a number of blood points equal to the number
of batches that make up the mix each sunset.
The sanguine elixir is highly susceptible to fire
and sunlight, and turns to ash if even the weakest ray
of sunlight or the smallest flame touches it. If the
Vessel of Ages ritual is cast on a vessel containing
sanguine elixir, the elixir will stop spending one
point of vitae each sunset.
Taste the Pain (Crúac ⚫⚫)
This ritual allows the caster to investigate the
injuries of a target and find something out about
their cause. The target need not be alive, but the
blood must still be warm (man-sized targets may
have been dead for about an hour, small animals for
much less time. If the target is alive, it can be
questioned at any point of time as long as the
wounds have not completely healed. Vampires’
injuries cannot be investigated at all, because their
blood is cold), and there have to be open wounds
(e.g. injuries inflicted directly by lethal or
aggravated damage). The roll to activate the ritual is
penalised by the Composure of the agency that
inflicted the injury. If the ritual is successful, the
caster may ask one question about the cause of the
injury per success. Questions can only be about
appearances and sensations, since the injury doesn’t
know names. If an injury is commanded to describe
its cause, it starts with the portion of the body or
implement that actually caused the injury and then
moves on from there, revealing a number of details
equal to the successes (e.g. if the ritual’s target was
shot, the ritual would first reveal the size and type of
bullet, then the gun, then the hand that held the gun,
and so on. If the target was bitten, the ritual first
reveals details about the mouth and teeth, followed
by details about the face, then the hair, then the
clothes, etc). The ritual may be used a number of
times equal to the caster’s dots in Crúac on a single
individual. Even if another sorcerer is called in, he
may only investigate a wound further if he has more
dots in Crúac than the first investigator.
Torpid Vitae (Crúac ⚫⚫)
This ritual makes the target’s blood sluggish.
Each success on the ritual reduces the number of
blood points that may be spent per turn by 1, to a
minimum of 1 blood point per turn. The roll to
activate the ritual is penalised by the target’s
Resolve, and the ritual lasts a number of turns equal
to the caster’s dots in Crúac.
Unsleeping Eye (Crúac ⚫⚫)
The sorcerer paints an opened eye on his
forehead with his own vitae, then activates the ritual.
Whenever somebody or something approaches the
sorcerer during his next daysleep, the ritual’s
successes are added to the Wits+Auspex dice pool
rolled to note the disturbance and give the sorcerer a
chance to make a Humanity roll to wake up. The
ritual ends at the following sunset.
Whispering Walk (Crúac ⚫⚫)
This ritual allows the sorcerer to shake off
pursuers by eliminating part of her tracks. If the
ritual is successful, the sorcerer does not leave
footprints, bend twigs, tear spiderwebs or leave any
kind of odour until a number of turns equal to the
ritual’s successes have passed or the sorcerer has
moved a number of yards equal to their Movement
multiplied by the ritual’s successes, whichever
comes first. If the sorcerer runs or makes other
sudden movements during this time, the ritual is
spoiled. The sorcerer cannot be tracked over the
distance covered while under the ritual’s effects, but
since the track resumes not too far away, it is quite
possible for a determined searcher to extrapolate a
careless sorcerer’s direction and pick up the trail
again.
Wound Balm (Crúac ⚫⚫)
This ritual must be used on a dose of Sanguine
Elixir, and the roll to activate it is penalised by the
number of doses of Elixir to be enchanted. If
successful, the Wound Balm may be rubbed or
poured onto a vampire’s or ghoul’s injuries, and it
will heal damage just as if the target had been
spending the number of points of vitae contained in
the elixir, no matter the target’s Blood Potency
(since it’s impossible to measure exactly how much
vitae is required to mend a target’s injuries, make a
luck roll when applying the balm. A dramatic failure
means two more doses than necessary are applied
(and thus wasted). A failure means one wasted dose,
and a success means the ministering character judges
the amount of balm required correctly).
Wound Balm must be stored in a Vessel of the
Ages, or it will decay by one point of vitae per day.
If sunlight or fire touches the balm, it is destroyed
instantly.
Armour of the Dragon's Blood
(Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
Invoking the deeds of Siegfried, the Acolyte is
able to make himself resistant to lethal attacks. For
each success attained in the activation roll, the caster
downgrades one lethal damage per scene to bashing
damage. Lethal damage sustained before the casting
of the ritual does not downgrade. This ritual may
only be cast once per scene.
Audience (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
This ritual offers a way of at least temporarily
rousing a torpid Kindred in order to speak with him.
The sorcerer dabs some vitae on the target’s ears and
lips (not into the mouth), and then activates the
ritual. The activation roll is penalised by the number
of Humanity dots the target is below 7 or by its
Blood Potency, whichever is higher. If the ritual is
successful, the torpid Kindred will be able to hear
(but not see) the speaker and may reply (but is not
forced to reply truthfully, or at all), but if the reply
requires any roll (e.g. in order to remember
something), the torpid vampire is restricted to a
number of dice equal to either its Humanity dots or
the ritual’s successes, whichever is lower. The torpid
Kindred cannot move any part of its body not
required for speaking, and remains conscious for a
number of minutes equal to the ritual’s successes. If
the sorcerer has scored an extraordinary success, the
target remains conscious for 10 minutes per success.
Bloodflesh (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
This powerful but risky ritual allows a vampire
to substantially bolster his body’s ability to
withstand harm, at the cost of his reserves of vitae. If
the ritual is successfully activated, whenever the
sorcerer suffers damage before the next dawn, he
loses a number of points of vitae as determined by
the damage he would have suffered instead (so one
or two boxes of bashing injuries cost one point of
vitae, a lethal injury costs one point per box, and
aggravated damage costs five vitae per box). The
ritual ends once it has negated a number of boxes of
damage equal to the successes or at the next sunrise,
whichever comes first. Young Kindred are warned
that this ritual can destroy their entire supply of vitae
at one stroke if they are touched by a flame. When
the ritual prevents damage, blood gushes forth in a
splash from the injured body part. If the vampire has
insufficient blood to prevent the damage (this is
usually only the issue in the case of aggravated
damage), he still loses the blood even if no damage
is prevented, though the blood lost counts towards
healing the damage in the following nights.
Bloodwoven Gift (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
The sorcerer must shed a number of blood points
equal to the Size of the desired object, which may
not exceed his dots in Crúac, and then spend an
additional blood point to activate the ritual. The
ritual creates any object that consists of a single
piece (a hammer or a blade, but not a gun or a
chain). Successes may be spent on upgrading the
object’s Durability, which starts at 1 and may not be
more than double the created material’s normal
Durability, and its equipment bonus, which may not
exceed the object’s normal equipment bonus. The
object lasts for one scene/hour, or for one additional
hour per success allocated to the ritual’s duration. If
5 successes are allocated to duration, the object
persists until it is destroyed.
All objects created with this ritual are susceptible
to sunlight and fire like vampires, even if they
appear to be made out of metal. Metal objects cannot
be melted down, they simply turn into a blackish
powder not unlike very old dried blood.
Blood Shield (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
The sorcerer paints a few mystic sigils on his
body with his blood (usually on the hands, chest, and
forehead), then activates the ritual. The number of
successes rolled to activate the ritual become
temporary health dots that function like an extra
health monitor (e.g. only when that monitor is full of
aggravated damage does the vampire suffer
damage). The blood shield shares the vampires'
vulnerability to fire and sunlight (it doesn't share the
Mekhet weakness, though), but it doesn't have the
same resilience (i.e. the Resilience discipline only
kicks in once the blood shield is used up, and
firearms do lethal damage to the blood shield).
When the shield dissipates, the damage on it
simply disappears with it. If it is destroyed by
damage, any leftover damage is applied to the
vampire (e.g. if a three-dot shield is hit with four
dots of fire damage, the shield collapses, and the
vampire suffers one dot of fire damage, plus one if
they're Mekhet).
The Blood Shield is considered a Masquerade
breach, as the Kindred using it is covered in a thin
layer of bubbling blood that immediately dries when
the shield ends.
Call the Blood (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
This ritual allows the Acolyte to magically cause
blood spilled from one or more targets suffering
lethal or aggravated damage to approach him and
literally seep into his mouth. The roll to cast this
ritual is penalised by the number of targets beyond
the first, and the ritual remains in effect for a number
of minutes equal to the successes. Only blood spilled
by injuries inflicted on the targets during the
duration of the ritual is affected. The blood moves
with a movement rate equal to twice the sorcerer’s
Crúac rating in yards per turn, and it must flow over
the ground, though it may be creep up walls at half
its normal movement speed. If the sorcerer is not
touching the ground (e.g. he is suspended from a
rope or hovering somehow), the blood simply pools
below his position.
If the sorcerer does not actually drink the blood,
it stops as soon as it reaches his lips. Drinking the
blood requires an Instant action, although the
sorcerer retains his Defence. If the blood happens to
be vitae (and the injured vampire decides to let his
wounds bleed, losing blood points in the process),
all rules for Vincula and blood addiction apply, and
the Acolyte may have to make a Frenzy roll or enter
Feeding Frenzy.
Caress of Torment (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
This ritual makes the target extremely sensitive
to pain. The health box at which the target starts to
suffer injury penalties is moved to the left by a
number of boxes equal to the ritual’s successes. If
the target is somehow immune to pain (e.g. because
of Iron Stamina), the start moving health boxes
starting from an imaginary box to the right of the
victim’s health monitor (e.g. when the ritual is cast
on a Promethean, who normally doesn’t feel real
pain at all, and three successes are scored, the
Promethean receives the standard -1, -2 and -3
penalties once his rightmost health boxes become
marked. This might enrage the Created, or it might
even be an epiphany to feel pain in a more “human”
way).
The ritual does not affect when a target falls
unconscious or goes torpid. The sorcerer must touch
the target of the ritual after casting it, though he is
not required to touch the victim right away. The
ritual’s activation roll is penalised by Stamina, and it
remains in effect for one scene.
Cheval d’Ange (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
The sorcerer imbibes a spirit or ghost in Twilight
if this ritual is cast successfully, enabling him to use
the spirit’s Numina for one scene. The rolls to
activate the ritual are penalised by the spirit’s Rank,
and they are resisted by the spirit’s Resistance (and
the ritual may only be cast on a spirit the sorcerer
can perceive in some manner).
If the ritual is successful, the sorcerer must pass a
Resolve+Composure test that is penalised by the
spirit’s Power. If the roll fails, the sorcerer receives a
derangement appropriate to the spirit that lasts for
the scene (e.g. he may gain an Obsession with fire if
possessed by a fire spirit). If the roll is botched, the
spirit assumes control of the sorcerer for the scene,
and it may decide to leave the sorcerer’s body
whenever it wishes. The sorcerer may use the spirit’s
Numina while he is possessed, although he must pay
the Numina’s activation cost in vitae. The Numina
use the spirit’s step numbers. Numina like
Possession will not work while the spirit is actually
bound to a body, of course.
Curse of Thin Blood (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
The roll to activate this ritual is penalised by the
target’s Stamina. If the ritual is successful, every
time the target spends vitae, an additional point of
vitae is simply lost, even if this vitae loss exceeds
the target vampire’s limit on spending vitae per turn.
The ritual lasts for a number of turns equal to the
successes.
Devour Strength (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
The sorcerer drinks from a vessel with higher
attributes than his own and then activates the
strength inherent in the drained blood by spending a
point of vitae and activating the ritual. If the ritual is
successful, the vampire may increase one of his own
attributes by 1 for each success, up to a limit equal
to the vessel’s dots in that attribute. If the ritual
scored an extraordinary success, the sorcerer may
increase his attributes by 2 instead of 1, though this
requires two successes instead of one. If the vessel
was not sentient (e.g. an animal), only physical
attributes may be increased. The increases last for
one scene.
Example: A rather frail Acolyte (2 in all
physical attributes) drinks from a strong dog
(Strength 4, Dexterity 3, Stamina 3) and activates
the ritual. His first roll engenders 2 successes, and
he garners 6 more on a lucky second roll. This is an
extraordinary success, and the sorcerer can now use
these eight successes to increase his attributes. He
chooses to increase his Strength by 2 for two
successes, his Dexterity by 1 for one success, and
his Stamina by 1 for one success. His remaining
successes are wasted, as the dog’s physical
attributes limit his maximum attribute gain.
Diana’s Blessing (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
By offering some blood to the goddess of the
hunt, the vampire becomes an even more astute
predator for one hour. During this time, all
perception, Athletics (for climbing, leaping etc., but
not for throwing weapons) or Stealth rolls receive a
bonus equal to the sorcerer’s Crúac dots (the same
bonus applies to one abstract hunting roll).
Fickle Fates (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
Submitted by DaevaDude on 07 December 2008,
with alterations by Wordweaver05.
The next dice pool rolled by the target of the
ritual (who cannot be the sorcerer) receives either a
bonus or a penalty equal to the sorcerer's dots in
Crúac. As always, there is a risk to tempting fate. If
the sorcerer penalized the roll in question and it
succeeds, or the roll granted a bonus by the sorcerer
fails, the next action the sorcerer attempts other than
a Crúac ritual is penalized by the sorcerer's dots in
Crúac.
Fivefold Trial (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
Submitted by Riklurt on 8th May 2007, with
alterations by Wordweaver05.
This ritual originated as a testing for Acolytes
proving their worth at overcoming weaknesses. It
eventually developed into being used offensively by
certain sly Crúac practitioners, but it still sees most
of its use in trials and tests of endurance. During
these trials, it is traditionally cast four times by
sorcerers of four different clans upon a subject of the
fifth, thus the name "Fivefold".
By cutting herself and touching the subject with
a bloodied palm, the caster shares her clan weakness
with the subject. If the casting roll is successful, the
subject instantly acquires the clan weakness of the
caster in addition to her own. The ritual has no effect
on a subject already suffering from that weakness, so
a caster cannot perform this ritual on a Kindred of
her own clan (but see below.)
The effects of the ritual last for about an hour per
success, and during this period the subject is in
every way treated as though both of the clan
weaknesses were inherent to him. Thus, a Daeva
acquiring the Gangrel weakness will be penalized on
the appropriate mental rolls, including Theban
Sorcery, for the duration of the ritual.
The ritual's activation roll is penalised by the
target's Composure. It is possible to cast more than
one ritual of this kind on a target, though each
additional ritual suffers a cumulative -1 penalty to its
activation rolls. It is impossible to impart bloodline
weaknesses with this ritual unless the target is a
member of the bloodline's parent clan.
Forge Ghoulish Homunculus
(Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
This ritual melts and reforms living flesh into a
semi-sentient servitor. The sorcerer must take a
portion of living flesh from a human (causing one
dot of aggravated damage per point of Size taken;
Size may not exceed 3) and submerge it in Sanguine
Elixir (if the Elixir was created exclusively by the
sorcerer, the ritual receives a +2 bonus). If the ritual
is successful, the flesh takes on any form the
sorcerer desires, though the homunculus will never
look like a natural animal. The creature starts out
with 1 dot in each attribute and a Size equal to the
Size of the flesh. For each success in the ritual, the
homunculus may be granted one additional attribute
dot (Physical attributes may not exceed 3, Dexterity
cannot exceed 5), or one point in a skill, up to a limit
equal to the sorcerer’s rating in that skill. Each
increase consumes 1 point’s worth of Sanguine
Elixir.
The ghoulish homunculus is alive, but if it does
not receive one point of vitae per month, it will
disintegrate within a few hours, taking one dot of
aggravated damage per hour until it is destroyed.
The homunculus is susceptible to bleeding to death
and wound penalties like a normal living creature,
but it does not share vampiric weaknesses. It may
heal itself by expending vitae like a ghoul, although
it can never hold more than one point of vitae, and it
will only spend that when other vitae is available
(i.e. while sucking at a vampire’s vein). It is
considered to be under a full Vinculum to the
sorcerer, and obeys his verbal commands
unquestioningly. The ghoulish homunculus requires
food, but unless it is restricted from doing so it will
hunt or forage without need for supervision.
Forge Sanguine Homunculus (Crúac
⚫⚫⚫)
With this ritual the sorcerer awakens an unliving
homunculus (for stats, see Vampire: The Requiem).
The homunculus is created within an alembic full of
Sanguine Elixir (using Elixir created exclusively by
the sorcerer grants a +4 bonus to the ritual) and may
take any shape the sorcerer desires, although it will
never look quite like a natural creature. It starts out
with 1 dot in each attribute and Size, and no skills.
For each success in casting the ritual, one attribute
may be raised by 1 (up to a maximum of 3 for
Physical attributes, or 5 for Dexterity), the
homunculus may be granted an additional point of
Size (up to a maximum of 3), or a skill point may be
bestowed upon the homunculus for one success, up
to the sorcerer’s rating in that skill. Each increase to
an attribute or size also consumes one blood point’s
worth of Sanguine Elixir.
The sanguine homunculus must receive one point
of vitae each night, or it will fall into a torpor-like
state and take one box of lethal damage per night
until it is either fed or destroyed. The homunculus
also shares the vampiric weaknesses (vulnerability
to fire and sunlight, no natural healing, and frenzy)
and strengths (like resistance to guns), although it
will not enter a sleep-like state during daylight
hours, even though sunlight will destroy it very
quickly. The homunculus understands the sorcerer’s
commands, and obeys them unquestioningly. It is
considered to be under a full Vinculum to the
sorcerer for all intents and purposes. For long-term
storage, a sanguine homunculus may be submerged
in Sanguine Elixir (a number of points equal to the
creature’s Size are required) and sealed in a Vessel
of the Ages until it is needed again.
Friend of the Trees (Level ⚫⚫⚫)
Submitted by Deimos_Masque on 18th August
2008, with alterations by Wordweaver05.
By spilling her blood on the ground in a woods
or grove, the ritualist is capable of willing the trees
to encumber a pursuer. The roots, vines and
branches of the forest seem to move in the way of
the pursuer, giving him a penalty to his pursuit
checks equal to the number of successes rolled to
activate the ritual. The ritual's effects last for a
scene, and the roll to activate it is penalised by the
highest Composure among the sorcerer's pursuers. It
does not conceal the sorcerer's tracks, it merely
makes following him slow work.
Gift of Power (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
The sorcerer infuses some of his vitae (the point
he spends to activate the ritual) with a single use of
one his Disciplines. This vitae must then be ingested
by the beneficiary, who uses his own Attribute+Skill
to activate the Discipline, using a bonus equal to the
sorcerer’s net successes or his Discipline rating,
whichever is lower. Ingesting the infused vitae does
not risk the Vinculum or blood addiction, but most
vampires are still wary of ingesting such vitae, since
they have no way of making sure it is infused, not
ordinary, vitae. The infused vitae must be spent to
activate the granted Discipline, and as long as it is
not spent, the gift remains with the recipient
indefinitely. Neither Coils of the Dragon, nor
Theban Sorcery, Crúac, or any unique Bloodline
Disciplines may be bestowed upon another Kindred
in this way.
Grasp of Hel (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
Submitted by Kjaldred on 21th April 2007, with
alterations by Wordweaver05.
This power may only be cast on unliving targets.
The target of this ritual becomes supernaturally
aware of the icy cold, dark depths of Hel (the
Underworld), causing terrible fear that can only be
resisted by successfully contesting the casting roll
with Composure+Blood Potency. This foreboding
feeling causes the target a -2 penalty on any dice
rolls and lowers Defence by 1, not to mention the
obvious anxiety anyone will notice. This power lasts
for a scene.
Grasp the Heart (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
This ritual imbues an acolyte's hand with the
mystical properties of wood and the penetrating
power of a stake. Once the ritual is charged, the
acolyte may strike a target barehanded, using all the
penalties and rules for staking, and receiving an
equipment bonus equal to the successes of the ritual
(the unarmed damage is still bashing, however). If
the staking attempt is successful, the sorcerer
literally grasps and squeezes the target's heart and
renders the victim torpid until the sorcerer
withdraws his hand or the hand is chopped off.
This ritual is only effective against Kindred, as
the enchanted fingers can only pierce unliving flesh.
Inertia of Charon (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
Submitted by Vangard on 13th February 2008,
with alterations by Wordweaver05.
Evoking the laments of Hades, the summoner
soaks a silver coin with his own blood to pay for the
favor of the ferryman of the Styx, as he inscribes
with a knife the word ‘Styx’ in Greek (Στύξ) in the
subject’s forehead when she is about to die (i.e. the
rightmost health box if filled with lethal damage).
The ritual delays death and deprives will from the
subject, who enters a zombie-like state. The ritual
actually prevents the victim from dying, so even if
she seems like a zombie she is not, retaining
consciousness and awareness of her state. This also
bestows a particulary potent curse upon the victim.
For each success in the activation roll, one point of
the subject’s blood is tainted, and still provides
sustenance (the vampire may continue draining the
victim, gaining 1 vitae for every point of aggravated
damage inflicted). Any remaining blood is
considered coagulated, and thus useless. The victim
dies when all blood in it is finally sucked out from
her, and may rest in peace. Until that, the subject’s
soul is trapped in its body, which never recovers
from its injuries through mundane means. The
subject of the ritual effectively enters a hibernation-
like, locked-in state that can last for months if the
environment does not kill him first. Because of the
cruel nature of this ritual, any ritualist with a
Humanity rating above 4 must roll for Humanity
loss.
A healer with the Holistic Awareness Merit can
attempt to raise the subject from its state so that it
can either die or recover. The process takes one day,
and the healer must exceed the caster's successes
with her Intelligence+Medicine roll, which is
penalised by the caster's dots in Crúac. Supernatural
entities may have other ways of reviving the victims
of this curse.
Kiss of the Succubi (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
Submitted by Qcks on 19th April 2007, with
alterations by Wordweaver05.
This ritual causes people to become much more
favourably inclined towards the practitioner. Each
success on the ritual penalizes the subject's Wits and
Composure rolls when used in social interactions for
a number of hours equal to the practitioner's dots in
Crúac, or until dawn, whichever comes first.
Mother’s Blood (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
This ritual enchants Sanguine Elixir exactly like
Wound Balm, but the product may be used on any
character, even if they are neither vampires nor
ghouls.
Potence of Vitality (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
This ritual forms a part of other rituals of blood
alchemy, and is most often used in preparation of
creating an animate servitor of some kind (a
gargoyle or homunculus, most likely). A portion of
Sanguine Elixir must be mixed with some material
from a being with the desired quality (this material
doesn’t have to be fresh, so ashes are used most of
the time), and then the sorcerer casts the ritual on the
mixture. If successful, the successes of Potence of
Vitality are counted as successes when casting the
ritual that creates a homunculus or gargoyle, though
they can only be used to increase the creature’s
attributes or skills, and that only up to a maximum
equal to the scores of the creature that contributed
the ashes. Potence of Vitality also consumes a
number of dots of Sanguine Elixir equal to the
successes, so unless the alchemist uses a generous
portion of Sanguine Elixir, the ritual may simply
boil up the Elixir. The charged Elixir may be stored
indefinitely in a Vessel of the Ages.
The ritual has a serious drawback, however. For
each dose of potent Elixir that is used in creating a
homunculus or gargoyle, the creation ritual suffers a
cumulative -1 penalty. If the ritual roll for the
creation ritual is a Dramatic Failure, the creature
animates, but is out of control and goes on a
rampage (this is considered frenzy, so all physical
dice pools are increased by 1, the creature does not
suffer wound penalties, and all rolls to mentally
control it are at a -2 penalty, while rolls to resist
control receive a +2 bonus).
Example: The Mekhet blood alchemist Hussein
Abd Alacar wants to create a gargoyle. He knows
the proper creation ritual, and decides to prepare
his creature using Potence of Vitality. To make his
creation more intelligent, he mixes a large dose of
Sanguine Elixir with ashes from a dead philosopher
(Intelligence 4) and then casts Potence of Vitality on
it. He scores 6 successes. Four of these successes
are utilised to conserve the philosopher’s
Intelligence, consuming four points of Sanguine
Elixir in the process, and if Abd Alacar uses the
charged Sanguine Elixir in his creation ritual, he
will get four automatic successes towards raising
the gargoyle’s Intelligence. However, the potent
Elixir used in the creation rite will also reduce his
dice pool for the creation rite by -1. If Abd Alacar
uses more charged Elixir to raise other attributes or
skills, he will suffer additional penalties, and may
eventually be reduced to a chance roll when
animating the gargoyle.
Rule the Blood (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
The roll to activate this ritual is contested by the
target’s Resolve+Blood Potency, and it can be used
against ghouls as well as Kindred. If the sorcerer is
successful, he can force the target to spend vitae in
any manner he chooses, either in the current turn (if
the victim still has vitae to spend) or in the next, as
long as it is spent reflexively and not more than the
target’s normal spending maximum is expended. The
target may only be forced to spend its last point of
vitae if the sorcerer scored an extraordinary success,
though. This ritual is sometimes used to empty a
ghoul’s stores of vitae as a punishment, or to attack
sleeping vampires and prevent them from rising by
starving them out of blood (the use of the ritual will
allow a sleeping vampire to make a roll to rise,
however).
Sanguine Flesh (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
This ritual pushes blood into the sorcerer’s
tissues, where it is ready to perform at the sorcerer’s
behest. One point of vitae per success may be
pushed into the flesh, giving the vampire’s skin a
flushed appearance, and making his veins bulge and
his eyes bloodshot. While the ritual lasts, the
sorcerer may spend an additional number of points
of vitae equal to his usual spending limit each turn
by expending vitae from his flesh. If the sorcerer
does not expend all blood from his flesh before the
next sunrise, the vitae clots in his flesh, giving him a
bruised appearance and inflicting two boxes of
bashing damage per point of vitae remaining in the
flesh. If the vampire is already hurt, there is a chance
this damage will destroy him, although it is far more
likely the vitae is spent reflexively in torpor first.
Scorching Vitae (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
This ritual makes the blood burn painfully in a
vampire’s or ghoul’s veins as it is forced to perform
actions. If the ritual is cast successfully, for a
number of turns equal to the successes each blood
point spent causes the victim 1 point of bashing
damage. This damage is applied immediately after
the blood is spent and all relevant game effects have
been applied. The roll to activate the ritual is
contested by the target’s Stamina+Blood
Potency+Resilience.
Through Tribulation, Strength
(Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
This ritual allows a vampire to temporarily gain
competence in one area while losing it in a related
area. The roll to activate the ritual is penalised by the
number of bonus dice sought, which cannot exceed
the caster’s Resolve or Crúac, whichever is lower,
and the ritual’s effects last for a number of rolls
equal to the successes or until sunrise, whichever
comes first. While the ritual is in effect, the vampire
gains bonus dice for one action specified in the
casting (e.g. attacking with a knife, grappling,
oratory, etc.), but also receives the same number of
dice as a penalty to other rolls related to the skill
(e.g. a vampire who gained the bonus dice to
attacking with a knife could lose the same number of
dice when grappling or attacking at range, or even
lower his Defence by the same number, but he could
not lower persuasion or stealth dice pools, because
they’re not related to combat-oriented bonuses. In a
similar manner, an orator might gain the dice for
persuasion rolls, but lose them when using
subterfuge, or even apply them as a penalty to his
Humanity for the dice cap in interactions with
mortals).
The Storyteller determines where the penalty
dice apply. In general, they must be applied to an
area that is likely to come up during a situation that
involves the bonus.
Thunderbolt (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
This ritual can only be cast under the open sky,
and when a lightning storm is overhead (the Brew
Storm ritual is often enacted earlier). The rolls to
activate the ritual are penalised by the distance
between the sorcerer and her target: if the target is
within a number of yards equal to her Crúac dots
times ten, no penalty is incurred. At twice that range,
the penalty is -2, and at four times the basic range it
is -4. If the sorcerer’s view of the target is or access
to the sky are obstructed (e.g. by a roof with holes in
it), use the worse penalty (-1 to -3). If the ritual
succeeds, the target suffers a number of points of
bashing damage equal to the successes plus 3, and
must pass a reflexive Strength test or be knocked
down, convulsing for one turn.
Vampires never convulse, and they do not take
lightning damage if they pass a Stamina+Resilience
roll. Armour usually does not protect against
lightning damage unless it is insulated.
Undying Fortitude (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
If this ritual is performed successfully, the
Acolyte will not fall into torpor until all her
rightmost health box is filled with lethal damage and
she has suffered a number of boxes of aggravated
damage equal to or exceeding the ritual’s successes.
The Acolyte will still die when all health boxes are
filled with aggravated damage, and she suffers
penalties for injury normally. The ritual’s effects last
for one scene.
Unyielding Vitae (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
This extremely useful ritual is cast before a
vampire enters torpor. The ritual’s successes equal
the number of blood points that are not used up by
the sorcerer during torpor, no matter how long the
torpor lasts. However, these blood points cannot be
used to heal wounds or power any other vampiric
abilities until after the vampire rises from torpor (for
example, if the first roll to activate the ritual scores
two successes, and the second roll scores five, those
seven successes mean up to seven of the vampire’s
remaining points of vitae are not used up during
torpor, provided he started torpor with that many.
When the vampire rises, he’s not as starved as most
of his kind, and may actually function for a few days
even if he cannot readily find a new source of vitae).
If the sorcerer does not enter torpor (voluntarily
or involuntarily) before the next sunrise, the ritual is
wasted, though it may be recast the following
evening.
Whispers of the Morrigan (Crúac
⚫⚫⚫)
Submitted by Vangard on 12th January 2008, with
alterations by Wordweaver05.
The sorcerer is able to know in what direction
the subject is, or if he is nearby. For purposes of this,
she must soak a knife in the subject's blood
(commonly by inflicting a wound with it). Once this
requirement is met, the caster just needs to balance
the knife on a finger, and the knife's tip points out
the direction the subject is in, much like a compass.
The knife keeps indicating the correct direction for
one scene, until the sorcerer drops the knife, or until
she grasps it firmly so that it cannot pivot freely any
more. The ritual cannot be used on a bloodied knife
after sunrise, so the sorcerer must make sure she
finds her prey before the night ends.
Yggdrasil’s Feast (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫)
The practice of sinking sacrifices in bogs is as
old as the gods, and this ritual facilitates such
sacrifice even when no bog is at hand. The ritual
must be cast on an expanse of open soil (it does not
work on rock, stone or concrete, although natural
plant growth does not hinder the ritual), taking a -1
penalty on the activation rolls for each yard of radius
beyond a basic radius equal to the caster’s dots in
Crúac. If cast successfully, the ground becomes soft
and fluid, and any creature that steps on it starts
sinking at once, with a speed equal to a number of
feet per turn equal to the sorcerer’s successes, and to
a maximum depth equal to the area’s radius. If a
sinking creature attempts to free itself, it must
succeed on a Strength+Athletics test with a penalty
equal to the caster’s successes. A botched roll means
no further attempts to free itself may be made for the
rest of the scene. The ground remains soft for one
scene.
The ritual leaves the ground literally undisturbed
(though heavy plants like trees will start sinking, and
a thrashing victim may uproot or crush smaller
plants before it disappears under the surface. If
mandragora happen to grow in the affected area,
however, they never seem to sink, and they will
subsequently draw their blood supply from the
smothered remains of the ritual’s victims). The ritual
may be used to provide the sorcerer with a way of
interring himself (or others) in a manner similar to
Haven of Soil, but Kindred do not merge with the
soil when using this ritual, so they may be unearthed
or detected just as easily as a buried corpse.
Altar of the Crone (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫⚫)
This ritual dedicates an altar to the Crone. The
altar must be made from stone, and it must stand on
natural ground (packed earth, sand, or rock). The
ritual allows any Acolyte to store a number of blood
points equal to the successes in the altar by
performing a ritual human sacrifice on it (the
sacrifice need not die, but the blood must flow over
the altar). The Acolytes can then use the altar's
supply of blood to power their own Crúac rituals,
provided they stand at the altar while they cast them
(it is even possible that Acolytes fight around the
altar, and all participants in the fight may draw blood
from the altar to power Crúac rituals). Using blood
from the altar counts against the maximum points of
vitae spent per round, however, and when sunlight
touches the altar it burns all the blood points stored
in it, so Acolytes either erect the altars in places not
touched by sunlight or perform the sacrifice at the
beginning of a ceremony that will require several
rituals. The ritual lasts for one month, and even if
the blood is burned by sunlight, new blood can be
stored as long as the altar's enchantment lasts.
Bless Sacrificial Knife (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫⚫)
With this ritual, the Acolyte dedicates a
sacrificial blade to the service of the Crone. The
Acolyte may then use that knife for the ceremonial
bloodletting that is part of each Crúac ritual, gaining
a +2 die bonus to the ritual’s rolls – however, the
Acolyte must have that knife in hand, and she must
not desecrate it by using for other purposes (e.g. as a
tool, or in combat, unless the ritual itself requires
wounding the sacrifice in mortal combat).
Desecrating the knife means that all Crúac rolls of
the offender receive a -2 die penalty for one month,
and no bonuses from using a sacrificial knife can be
gained during that time.
A knife can only be blessed during a phase of the
moon specific to the local Acolytes’ variation on the
worship of the Crone (the full moon or the new
moon are most common), and remains blessed until
desecrated or until that phase of the moon comes
again. If the ritual is performed during either solstice
and an extraordinary success achieved, it remains
dedicated until the next solstice (summer or winter).
Blood Form (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫⚫)
The sorcerer turns herself (excluding any worn
clothes or carried items) into a blood-like liquid. The
sorcerer may control the viscosity of the liquid and
has some control over its movement (he may change
the direction the liquid travels in by 1 yard per turn),
but he cannot make it run uphill. Of course, if the
sorcerer enters another body of liquid (e.g. a lake or
a system of water pipes), he may flow anywhere he
likes. The sorcerer cannot use any Disciplines
relying on speech, sounds, or movement while in
Blood Form.
The ritual’s effects last for one hour per success,
but it may be ended when the sorcerer wishes it. If
the sorcerer tries to reform without sufficient space,
he suffers 1 point of lethal damage for each point of
Durability his confinement has, and then continues
to suffer a further point of lethal damage for each
point of Structure until he either shatters his
confinement, which takes 1 point of Structure
damage for each Health box the vampire loses, or
until the vampire is destroyed.
Bottom's Curse (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫⚫)
Submitted by Sgt Jacobs on 6th December 2005,
with alterations by Wordweaver05.
The target must be in daysleep, torpor or other
state of unconsciousness as the ritualist sprinkles
vitae over his/her brow. The roll is penalised by the
target's Stamina. Upon waking the subject's head is
transformed into that of a donkey. The sudden
change of vision inflicts a -4 penalty on vision-based
tests. Speech is comically impaired by the donkey
larynx, requiring a successful
Manipulation+Expression roll to speak vaguely
coherently. The spell remains in effect for one hour
per success, measured from when the target wakes.
If the spell was cast with an extraordinary success, it
lasts a number of days equal to the caster's
successes.
Brew Storm (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫⚫)
This ritual allows the sorcerer to cause a
lightning storm. Once the required number of
successes has been accumulated, the storm starts to
form and will last for a number of hours equal to the
ritual’s successes. The time it takes the storm to
form depends on the weather at the outset of the
ritual: if it is already cloudy and humid, the storm
breaks loose in a number of minutes equal to the
number of turns the ritual took. If the sky is
completely clear and the air is dry, it takes a number
of hours equal to twice the turns it took to enact the
ritual for the storm to form. The storm has a
diameter in miles equal to the Acolyte’s Presence,
and is centered on a point within line of sight to the
ritual site (i.e. if the ritual is enacted on a
mountaintop, any point within viewing distance can
be affected). The storm is quite severe, but it does
not cause any damage that a normal lightning storm
wouldn’t cause. In winter, of course, the storm
brings quite a bit of snow with it.
Elder’s Bounty (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫⚫)
This ritual allows a vampire to enchant his blood
in order to temporarily pass some of his power on to
others. If the ritual is successful, he may transmit
points of Blood Potency to others for a number of
hours equal to his Presence. The recipients must
imbibe the elder’s vitae in order to benefit from the
ritual, however, so unless they have some means of
avoiding vitae addiction or the Vinculum, they will
be wary to do so, because they have no way of
knowing whether the vitae is truly enchanted and
thus incapable of engendering either addiction or the
Vinculum , or whether the Elder is tricking them.
For each point of elder vitae consumed, the drinker’s
effective Blood Potency rises by one, up to a limit
equal to the elder’s Blood Potency. The elder loses
the same number of dots of Blood Potency for the
purposes of resisting supernatural abilities, trait
limits, and spending vitae, though he still suffers
from feeding restrictions incurred through a high
Blood Potency and longer torpor duration. Blood
Potencies returns to normal once the ritual ends, or if
the elder dies. If a recipient dies, the elder gets the
Blood Potency bestowed upon the dead vampire
back at once. If an elder loses any skill or attribute
ranks due to the use of this ritual, he regains them
once the ritual ends.
Gift of the Moon's Bounty (Crúac
⚫⚫⚫⚫)
This ritual causes the blood inside a subject to
thicken with mystic potential, making the blood
more nourishing (in game terms, the target's blood
provides extra points of vitae. This extra vitae is
withdrawn alongside the first points of regular vitae,
without causing additional damage). The ritual must
be cast on a female living subject, and it stays in
effect for a month, or until the target's blood touches
a flame (usually by cauterising a wound with an
open flame), whichever comes first. The number of
successes determines the extra blood potential. It
takes two days (the same as healing lethal damage)
for 1 point of extra potential to build up. If the
number of extra blood points exceeds the target's
Stamina, the target will be wracked with pain and
suffer a cumulative -1 penalty to physical actions for
each blood point generated in excess of Stamina as
the blood thickens in the veins. If the thickened
blood is drawn off, by bloodletting or by a vampire,
the remaining blood will slowly thicken again until
the ritual's effects end, at which point excess blood
is broken down at a rate of 1 point every two days,
slowly eliminating the painful side-effects of too
thick blood.
Hands of the Forest (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫⚫)
Submitted by Kjaldred on 24th July 2007, with
alterations by Wordweaver05.
By smearing vitae on its bark the caster may take
control of and animate a tree. Controlling the tree
requires line of sight and concentration, so the
sorcerer cannot take other actions or dodge while
guiding the tree's movement. Attacks may be made
by swinging branches, or done more covertly by
having the tree topple onto the target. Trees have an
attack dice pool and Speed equal to the ritual's
successes plus a bonus of +1 for saplings, +3 for
medium trees, +5 for large trees, and +5 (9 again)
for extremely large trees like redwoods. Trees do not
have Defence, they use the sorcerer's Initiative, and
lose 1 dice on their action pool or 1 from their Speed
whenever they suffer damage equal to their
Durability (e.g. a strong oak with Durability 2 is
struck and 3 damage are inflicted, so the tree loses
one die from its actions, and reduces Speed by 1. If
another point of damage is inflicted, the tree loses
another point from its action pool, and another point
of Speed). The ritual's effect lasts for one scene.
Pacify the Blood (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫⚫)
Submitted by Kjaldred on 21th April 2007, with
alterations by Wordweaver05.
The target of this ritual cannot expend vitae for
any hostile reason. Healing, augmentation of
physical attributes (unless used to inflict direct
damage such as Strength in an attack roll) or non-
hostile disciplines (such as Majesty) may still be
used if they are not used to cause direct harm to
anyone. Any uses of Vigor or Protean claws end if
used to harm another, just before the roll is made but
after it is too late to change the course of action.
This ritual lasts for a number of turns equal to
successes on the casting roll, an exceptional success
doubles the duration. The roll to activate the ritual is
penalised by Composure.
Sanguine Communion (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫⚫)
This ritual allows two vampires to mystically
share each other’s blood. The ritual requires each
participant to paint a rune in their blood on the
other’s body (the runes are typically painted on the
forehead, over the heart, or on a lower arm). If the
ritual is successful, the number of successes
determines how many points of vitae each
participant may draw from the other. The distance
between the ritual’s participants is irrelevant, and the
ritual will last until all successes have been used up.
It cannot be renewed before all successes are spent,
though a sorcerer may bear as many runes from
different rituals as he has dots in Resolve.
To gain the benefit from the ritual, a vampire
sharing the Sanguine Communion must touch the
rune with a hand (a Reflexive Action, but the
vampire must have one free hand) and will one point
of vitae to pass from his partner to himself. This
vitae is neutral, and does not cause blood addiction
or a Vinculum, but it must be spent at once (e.g. for
powering Disciplines or healing), and cannot be
stored. Vitae siphoned from a partner does not count
against the siphoning vampire’s limit on spending
vitae per turn, but it does count against the partner’s
limit, and if the partner had already spent vitae that
turn, nothing happens except for the rune starting to
blacken (this has no further game effect). Once a
vampire has used up all his successes, the rune
disappears from his skin, even though his partner
may still bear his own rune.
Soul Ushabti (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫⚫)
This powerful but difficult ritual offers an
effective way of concealing a vampire’s aura. To
cast the ritual, the sorcerer must first have an image
of himself created by a mortal in love with the
vampire (a Vinculum does not count, the vampire
must genuinely have seduced the mortal). This
image can be a painting, a bust or a statue, or any
other form of art, as long as it shows the vampire’s
face, and the artist must have scored an
extraordinary success while working on the object.
The sorcerer then casts the ritual, letting some vitae
drop onto his effigy. Once this is done, the artist
must die before the next sunrise, or the ritual does
not become permanent.
As long as the Soul Ushabti is enchanted, any
attempt to scrutinise the vampire’s aura is penalised
by the successes of the ritual, and on a failure the
scrutiny only shows the caster’s aura as it was at the
point of time the ritual was cast (altered for
emotions, but not altered for effects like geasa or
diablerie stains). However, if somebody should
scrutinise the Soul Ushabti, they will not only see
the vampire’s true aura, but also receive a bonus to
their scrutiny rolls equal to the ritual’s successes, so
most vampires hide their Soul Ushabti well. If a
Soul Ushabti is destroyed, the vampire’s soul suffers
grievous harm, dealing a number of boxes of
aggravated damage equal to the ritual’s successes to
the vampire. This damage can be downgraded via
Resilience.
A vampire may only have one Soul Ushabti in
existence at any one point of time. Any attempt to
enchant a new one simply fails.
Thinned Vitae (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫⚫)
The roll to activate this ritual, which only affects
Kindred, is contested by the target’s Stamina+Blood
Potency+Resilience (if active). If the ritual is
successful, the next time the target suffers damage a
number of blood points is also lost. For every two
points of bashing damage or for each point of lethal
damage inflicted, one blood point is lost. If
aggravated damage is inflicted by a physical attack
(such as claws or a maw), five blood points are lost
per aggravated wound. Blood simply gushes from
the injury in an impossible torrent, drenching the
attacker and the attacked.
If the target does not suffer damage before
sunrise, the ritual ends, though it may be invoked
again the following night.
Wail of the Siren (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫⚫)
This ritual turns the character’s voice into a wail
that is painful to listeners. The sorcerer’s voice rises
and grows in volume as she starts singing, and once
the three successes are accumulated, achieves a
painful pitch. During each turn thereafter, the
sorcerer may keep singing, making another
Manipuation+Occult+Crúac roll to do so (without
the need to spend more blood). Everybody in the
vicinity (about 100 yards away) will be affected,
while the singing itself can be heard from a lot
further away (about 400 yards). Those hearing the
singing become distracted and nervous, and take a
penalty to all activities requiring even a minimum of
concentration equal to the sorcerer’s successes. If the
sorcerer scores 5 or more successes in a turn, glass
may crack within the 100-yard radius, and listeners
that close take one point of bashing damage. Deaf
targets are immune to all effects except for the
damage, and stopping your ears reduces penalties by
3 (using Auspex automatically means full penalties,
however).
The sorcerer may continue wailing as long as she
wishes, and as long as she scores at least 1 success
each turn. She may not move further than her speed
each turn, and she may not dodge (though she does
get her normal Defence). If the sorcerer fails one
roll, the ritual ends.
Witch's Broom (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫⚫)
Submitted by Kjaldred on 24th July 2007, with
alterations by Wordweaver05.
The caster (and only the caster) may enchant an
object of reasonable size to grant flight to herself (a
broom works, a carpet works, but a spoon does not).
The object may fly at a speed of 8 plus one per
success on the casting roll, and the ritual lasts for
one night per dot of Crúac the sorcerer possesses.
When the caster spends an Instant action to
concentrate, the item moves at twice its normal
Speed, and all attacks on the flying sorcerer suffer a
-1 penaty. There is a -2 penalty for enchanting items
that are not hand-crafted (a hand-made broom is
easier to enchant than a factory-made one.)
Animate Sanguine Gargoyle (Crúac
⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫)
This ritual animates a gargoyle in an alchemical
ritual. The sorcerer must have a stone body
prepared, which may not be of a Size higher than 6.
The body must have two cavities, one in the chest
and one in the head, which are filled with a number
of points’ worth of Sanguine Elixir equal to the
gargoyle’s Size, then the ritual is cast. If it is
successful, the gargoyle animates and is under the
sorcerer’s complete control (this is considered to be
a Vinculum for all intents and purposes) and may be
directed verbally. The gargoyle receives a Stamina
attribute equal to the stone’s Durability
automatically, and starts with one dot in each other
attribute. Successes on the ritual may be used to
raise attributes on a one-for-one basis, and they may
also be used to raise skills, up to a maximum equal
to the sorcerer’s dots in that skill.
If the sorcerer did not score an extraordinary
success on the ritual’s final roll, the gargoyle
remains animate indefinitely, but if it is touched by
sunlight or fire, it will become inanimate for a
number of minutes equal to the damage points a
vampire would have suffered from that source
(gargoyles of that kind are inanimate throughout the
day if they are out in the open). If an extraordinary
success was scored, the gargoyle is immune to that
effect, though most are ordered to remain motionless
until further notice to prevent a visit from the Sheriff
about violating the Masquerade.
Coven (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫)
This powerful ritual has a set of harsh
prerequisites, but the benefits are substantial, even if
they come at some cost. Despite the names of the
ritual participants, it can be cast with male vampires,
though the coven must always consist of all-male or
all-female vampires. To cast the ritual, all
participants inflict a similar wound on themselves
with a ritual dagger (usually either the arm or the left
hand are cut).
The ritual can only be cast at Midwinter, when
vampires are most powerful. The casting vampire,
also called the crone (lower case), must have been in
torpor for at least one day since the last Midwinter
(staking doesn’t count, though), she must have sired
a childe at some point in her existence, and she must
have a Blood Potency of at least 3. The second
participant, the mother, must have sired a childe, and
must not have been in torpor long enough to lower
her Blood Potency. Additionally, she must have at
least 3 dots of Crúac. The last participant, the
maiden, must have a Blood Potency of 1 or 2, and
she must not have sired a childe or been in torpor
long enough to lower her Blood Potency. She must
also know at least 1 dot of Crúac.
The casting roll is resisted by the highest
Composure of the participating vampires, plus their
highest Blood Potency. If the ritual is successful, its
effects endure until one of the participants is either
destroyed or violates the requirements of their status
(e.g. once the maiden reaches Blood Potency 3, sires
a childe, or enters torpor long enough to warrant
Blood Potency loss (even if she is at Blood Potency
1 anyway), the ritual’s effects end at once).
While the ritual is in effect, each participant
gains +2 dice on all Crúac rolls. If the participants
are actually in one another’s presence, add a further
+1 bonus for each additional coven member, for a
maximum of +4 when all members are present. The
first time each night this bonus is used, the wounds
cut during the ritual open again. This does not cause
vitae loss, but it may come at inopportune moments
and spook onlookers.
Honoring Grandmother Spider
(Crúac ⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫; see below)
Submitted by celebrochan on 16th April 2007,
with alterations by Wordweaver05-
This ritual binds those who perform it into a pact
with a spirit that calls itself Grandmother Spider. In
exchange for offerings of blood Grandmother Spider
gifts the ritualists with investments of her power.
 All ritualists may pass through webs or
cobwebs without leaving a trail (For the
duration of the ritual they pass through
them and actually cannot touch them at all
even if they wanted to).
 For every skill they possess they gain a
specialty in spiders, if applicable.
Whenever they are in a location with
unbroken webs or dense cobwebs the
Stealth specialty applies and when climbing
the Athletics specialty applies.
 By spending one blood point they may
climb vertical surfaces, at their standard
movement (they may not climb slick
surfaces like metal or glass) for a scene
without having to make Athletics rolls,
though they must have their hands and feet
bare to do so.
 The penalty for using the Animalism
Discipline to affect spiders is reduced to -2.
All of the ritualists find that they wake hungrier than
usual. It costs them an additional blood point to rise
each day. This is tithed to Grandmother Spider. If
they cannot pay their tithe at sunset, they do not gain
any of the ritual's benefits until they can.
The ritualist who oversees the ritual also learns if
any of the participants are actively keeping
something secret from him. He also knows if any of
the others breaks the pact. The pact may be broken
by either dying or intentionally killing a spider. If
the one who led the ritual breaks the pact it ends for
everyone. Breaking the pact with Grandmother
Spider angers her. To again use this ritual an
additional human sacrifice must be supplied for
every time the ritual leader has broken the pact in his
unlife.
To perform this ritual the leader of the pact must
know the Crúac 5 version of the ritual, but to
participate in it requires only a Crúac 1 version that
has no effect apart from permitting the caster to join
in the pact. If one already knows the one-dot version
of this ritual the five-dot version costs 2 XP less to
learn. A maximum of 6 participants may be affected
by this ritual, and the roll to activate it is penalised
by the number of participants beyond the pact leader.
The ritual must be performed in a dark location that
is currently habituated by spiders. During the course
of the ritual the ritualists spatter a bound human
sacrifice with their vitae. Upon the successful
completion of this ritual the spiders inhabiting the
area will skitter out to consume the blood, wrap the
victim in webs and leave it an exsanguinated husk.
This ritual’s effect last one lunar month.
Join the Cycle (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫)
The roll to activate this powerful ritual is
penalised by the Acolyte’s Humanity – it is
necessary to abandon oneself to the Beast and its
instinctual cycles to gain the benefit of this ritual. If
the ritual is cast successfully, the sorcerer enjoys a
bonus of +2 dice to all rolls when the moon is full or
almost full, and increases his Blood Potency by 2 for
the purposes of determining the number of blood
points he may spend per turn only (these bonuses
lasts for one week around the full moon). During the
two weeks when the moon is waning or waxing, no
bonus is garnered, and for one week during the new
moon, all rolls are at -2 dice, and Blood Potency is
reduced by 2 for determining the number of blood
points that may be spent per turn (however, at least
one blood point may be spent per turn).
The ritual’s effects last for one month. It cannot
be terminated prematurely. Degeneration rolls are
never affected.
Threefold Malediction (Crúac
⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫)
This very powerful ritual must be enacted by three
Acolytes with at least three dots of Crúac, although
only one of them has to know the ritual and be able
to perform it. It must be cast within line of sight to
the target location, and the sorcerers must each
splash one point of vitae onto an object taken from
the target and placed in the centre of the casting
Acolytes. The rolls to activate the ritual are
penalised by the size of the target (use Haven size
dots). The ritual’s successes can be used in five
ways, decided upon by the casting sorcerer, and the
effects last until the next sunrise:
1. They can be used as a penalty to any rolls
undertaken by or in the vicinity of the
target. Not even the sorcerer herself is
exempt.
2. They can be used as a bonus to all actions
or events that might harm the target or
anything in its vicinity.
3. Any actions that would benefit the target or
anything in its vicinity but fail become
Dramatic Failures.
4. Any actions that would harm the target or
anything in its vicinity become
extraordinary successes if they succeed at
all (i.e. they count as five successes
minimum, or more if more successes were
actually scored).
5. If used against structures, its Durability or
armour is reduced by the number of
successes.
This ritual can be used to weaken bridges so they are
shaken apart by storms, to allow the storming of a
castle by strengthening the attackers, to cause a
massive accident on a motorway, or to cause all
operations in a hospital to go horribly wrong.
Waters of Life and Death (Crúac
⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫)
This ritual is mainly employed by the Sanam, a
Daeva bloodline with megalomaniac tendencies. It
must be cast on a virgin (usually a child) and a
voluntary mortal beneficiary, and the roll to activate
it is contested by the child’s Resolve+Stamina. If the
ritual is successful, the beneficiary stops ageing, and
the child ages in her stead, although this does not
mean maturing – the child simply becomes a dwarf
with the features of an old man, and will never grow
up. Once cast, the ritual’s effect is permanent. If the
child dies, the ritual’s beneficiary starts ageing
normally again (that’s the main reason a child is
used as the victim – children will live for a long
time, reducing the necessity of repeating the ritual).
There is a serious drawback to the ritual,
however: Whenever the child’s mirror image is
viewed in water drawn directly from a natural
spring, she appears as a normal child, and whenever
the beneficiary’s image is viewed in this water, she
appears to be her true age. If she is splashed with the
water that is currently showing the two mirror
images, the beneficiary starts catching up in years at
once, ageing one year per turn, and if she dies, the
child is restored to her age at the time the ritual was
cast, without memories of what has transpired.
Steal the Heart (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫)
This ritual can only be used on a Kindred target
that does not physically resist the Acolyte, and all
activation rolls are resisted by the target’s
Stamina+Resilience+Blood Potency (if Resilience is
active). The sorcerer must cut open the target’s chest
prior to the ritual, laying bare the heart (this causes 3
points of lethal damage).
If the ritual is successful, the sorcerer removes
the target’s heart and may place it in a specially
prepared container made from clay or bone (Size 1,
Durability 2-3). The target immediately sinks into
torpor and can never regain consciousness until the
heart is either returned (by taking it from the jar and
replacing it in the vampire’s chest) or the container
is destroyed (the latter causes 3 levels of aggravated
damage to the target of the ritual, but allows the
torpid Kindred to regenerate the heart. Once the
aggravated damage caused by destroying the
container has been healed, the torpid Kindred
awakens, unless he still has to face torpor because of
injuries sustained before the ritual was enacted).
The container is highly vulnerable to sunlight
and fire. It suffers damage from these anathema like
a vampire, and the torpid vampire suffers the same
damage on top of the damage caused by the
container’s destruction (usually, this isn’t quite
enough to destroy the Kindred in question). This
ritual has a similar effect to staking, but it is much
harder to end the effect, and rumours are it used to
be used to force the associates of the Kindred who
had his heart stolen to serve the keeper of the heart
for a time if they wanted their ally to reawaken. The
ritual is also highly effective for exchanging
vampiric hostages, because both sides hold
something that the other side needs, but is incapable
of inflicting further harm on the other side.
It is possible to feed the heartless vampire vitae
to heal the injuries caused by the removal of the
heart. It is just not possible to awaken the torpid
vampire.
The Red Feast (Crúac ⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫)
This extremely potent ritual allows a vampire to
consume a mortal’s soul after draining all the blood
in a manner akin to diablerie. The rolls to activate
the ritual are penalised by the target’s Resolve or
Composure, whichever is higher, and the ritual must
be cast on the victim before any blood is drained. If
the victim is not a virgin, the ritual rolls suffer an
additional -3 step penalty, and the ritual can only be
used on mortals (so ghouls, proximi, wolf-blooded
or mortals with minor supernatural templates cannot
be consumed in this manner). If the ritual is
successful, the sorcerer may drain the victim and
then consume its soul. Use the rules for diablerie,
with the following alterations: the vampire may only
try to consume the mortal’s soul for a number of
turns equal to the ritual’s successes or the vampire’s
Willpower, whichever is lower, and the vampire may
only gain a skill or a mental Merit from the victim.
Once the Feast is completed, the vampire loses a dot
of Humanity normally.
Acolytes are usually extremely careful when
using this ritual, secretly grooming a sacrifice for
years until it is ready. Simply snatching an existing
individual with outstanding abilities is also possible,
but chances are that other vampires already have
vested interests in such individuals, or that they are
otherwise protected (e.g. by the government), so
abducting them is often easier said than done. It’s
also possible that an individual turns out not to be as
outstanding as the sorcerer expected, and then no
benefit is gained, though the Humanity loss still
applies.
After consuming a mortal, a vampire’s aura
exhibits the telltale signs of diablerie for half a year.

A word from the editor

The rituals contained in this file are not part of the official Vampire: The Requiem material, and are
therefore subject to Storyteller approval. Use of the rituals submitted here requires the Vampire: The Requiem
core rulebook.
The rituals presented here were designed by Wordweaver05, unless otherwise noted in the ritual's individual
entry. Game balance and staying “in character” have been major considerations in developing them, and I
would like to express my heartfelt thanks to everybody who contributed to a more interesting unlife on the White
Wolf website's Vampire forum, where these rituals were previously published, and from which a selection using
the aforementioned guidelines was compiled for this PDF.
This PDF is meant as a contribution by fans for fans, and is not intended to infringe on White Wolf's
copyrights and intellectual property in any way. If you paid for this file, you were ripped off, since it's meant to
be available for free on the White Wolf Vampire forum.

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Germany, January 2009.