Custom Blood Magic: Path

This Koldunic Sorcery way was developed by an adaptation and deep understanding of the Dur-An-Ki path known as Awakening the steel.  Legends surrounds that an ashipu of the assamnites and a Koldunic Sorcery decided to work together in trying to adapt various paths to one another’s paradigms.  The first, and only success to date based on this rumor is the Way of Steel.  This mastery way is a refinement of the Way of Earth which first must be mastered before a student could attempt to learn this way.  Using their spiritual connection to the earth and thus steel from which it comes, the Koldun channels that connection into a blade they own.  Only a marked blade chosen by the Koldun can be used for this Way.  The Koldun ritually soaks the weapon in their own blood while offer prayers to the spirit of the blade to attune it to them for a month.  After which time the Koldun and the Blade become one.  It should be obvious but only a blade made of steel made be used with this Koldunic Sorcery Way.  Koldun’s who have mastered this rare Mastery Way of Koldunic Sorcery are often referred by the Tzimisce as Blade Masters.  Something of an old culture of which is starting to grow within the clan. When active the Koldun’s eyes take on the color of steel and become metallic. In addition when activated the adorned blade chosen by the Blade Master grows thorns and clenches into their hand of the Koldun taking the blood from the Koldun directly when using this way to feed the spirit of the blade.  The blade itself will take on a Blood red color when this power is activated.

•Consult the Mysteries of Steel
Before a Koldun can attune their blade or truly understand the mysteries of any weapon they must first discover it’s spirit and what secrets it keeps.  By closing their eyes and pouring blood on the blade the Koldun can force the spirit of the weapon to reveal them any secrets it may hold.

System:  When grasping a sword the user may activate this power and through a static mental challenge against a difficulty of ten retested with Occult.  If they succeed they know any special properties or magical capabilities of the blade as well as know who the last owner of the sword was. This effect does NOT grant the true/birth name of the user.

••Eagle’s Grasp
The next lesson a Kodlun Blade Master learns is to never lose his blade.  No matter what foes they face their blades and themselves are now one.  By offering his blood to the blade the bond between the Koldun and the weapon grows more intense.  The thorn vines twist and grip tightly into the Koldun’s hand ensuring that disarming the Blade Master becomes night impossible.

System:  When this power is activated the user is considered to win all ties in challenges to be disarmed of their blade.  This power lasts for a scene or an hour.

•••Strike like Lightning
Armor offers great protection against a normal blade wielded by a foe.  Indeed many Vampires have found ways to craft mystical forms of armor themselves via from disciplines or other more mysterious means.  To a Blade Master who has mastered the Way of Steel these protections fall like paper before the Koldun’s might.  As the blade drinks the Koldun’s blood it gain strength to slash and pierce through these protections as if they were little more then wind.

System:  When activated for the next scene or hour, the user’s blade gains the Armor Piercing quality to it and may ignore Armor health levels for purposes of damage.

••••Blade Shield
The bond between the Blade Master and the koldun has grown to such lengths the Blade itself starts to take on a life of it’s own.  Such a blade forms almost a unique blood bond to the Koldun and even whispers its thoughts and desires to the, as the spirit awakens within the blade.  A result of this bond the blade will instinctively on its own move with the Koldun’s hand with lighting speed to block any incoming attacks the Koldun faces.

System:  When activated the user gains three health levels of armor for the next scene our hour representing an ability to use their blade to block incoming attacks.  Once these armor health levels are used up this power would need to be activated again. This power does not stack with itself.

•••••Valiant Strike
The final mastery of the Way of Steel, the bond between the Koldun and their blade has risen to the level of symbiosis. The Blade Master and the weapon become one.  No force can stand before the blade mastery as his blood flows into the blade like water through a river.  The potent blood of the cainite fully awakens the spirit within their bond weapon.  This spiritual strength causes the blade slash out against a foes very soul and essence rather then their physical body.  Such wounds are often felt but not seen.  Resulting in confused foes as their mystical forms of protection fall before the Blade Master offering no hope of salvation

System:  This power costs a Willpower trait to activate in additional to the normal blood trait cost.  Once activated Valiant Strike becomes the only attack you may make in a round of combat and must be done on normal action.  For this attack the user may ignore any form of damage resistance or negation the victim may have.  They must instead take the damage rather than negate or reduce it.  This attack ignores such powers as Fortitude. Similar to Awakening the Steel, the blade loses any supernatural properties it has for this strike. It is also advised that the strike be limited to 4 levels of lethal damage.