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.
Another ritual designed to enchant a stake, Splinter Fiend is a progressive development of Shaft of Belated Quiescence, and Splinter Servant, and the two rituals are mutually exclusive (They cannot be placed on the same stake). The stake itself becomes a minion bent on staking anyone not connected to the target[s] it’s bound too. Splinter Servant must be known to the caster before Splinter Fiend can be learned.
System: The stake must be made from a tree that has been nourished by the dead (a tree from a graveyard would be a good choice), a bird’s heart, and wrapped in a sheath made of nightshade twine and wax paper with the map of the for floor plans and a marking of the path/patrol it will be taking during its time. As with a ward style ritual the Splinter Fiend needs a drop of blood from each person it will NOT attack during its patrols and wondering around the given location. When the binding is torn off, the splinter Fiend springs to life, ripping little legs out of itself. The splinter Fiend has a number of Physical Traits equal to half the Mental Traits of the caster, a number of melee equal to the caster’s occult rating, and is immune to mental and social challenges. It also will stay active for a number of nights equal to the half the Physical traits of the caster, before it falls apart or is used up in staking a target. It has three health levels, and ignores wound penalties. It can move up to 30’ (9 paces) per turn. It will remain active and attacking until it stakes its victim, it is destroyed by damage. It loses traits normally, and must succeed in the normal staking challenges. It is up three traits to avoid attacks due to small size. Any damage increasing effects (Scorpion’s Touch, Wards, etc.) will ruin the ritual.
Usage of this ritual requires a written blue print of the building that the Splinter Fiend will be patrolling. The patrol route must be outlined on the blue print and the blue print must be burned during the creation of the stake during the ritual. The user is limited to a number of Splinter Fiends equal to either their Occult or Theology rating (whichever is higher. May not exceed 5).