Custom Blood Magic: Ritual
Some chronicles allow for their players to develop customized powers for their characters. The following is a compilation of player created custom content in OWBN. At this time, custom content that is created and/or used by vampire PC's is required to be listed.
Challenge Type: Social
Retest: Occult
Static difficulty: Varies
Hougans, as the Priests of their communities are often at its focal point, and extremely well connected. Often, they help bring out the best; while also help their fellows through the worst. This ritual is an embodiment of that, mystically - however it should be used with caution as a community could easily become “addicted” to its effects, if used too often.
During any service that which brings the community together, the Hougan (spends a willpower trait) invokes Papa Legba. Reminding the community that life is merely one cross-road after another. That the good and the bad will come and go, and that the Loa are always with us, as well as our friends and family.
After invoking the ritual, the community gradually becomes more unified for a time, until its effects gradually fade (couple of days) Allowing them to work through both the good and the bad as a community. The Hougan acts as the focal point of the ritual, a flood gate of the community’s out of control emotions if you will. The Hougan takes the emotional turmoil (both the good and bad) into himself to carry the burden that would otherwise shake their foundation.
In addition to the effect on the community, Papa Legba blesses the Hougan for their devotion to them. Until the Ritual fades, as the Hougan carries the positive emotions of the community, he may invoke an additional retest to any non-combat challenge. But as they also carry the negative emotions of the community, the Story Teller may also invoke an additional retest against the Hougan in any non-combat challenge.