Custom Blood Magic: Ritual

This Thaumaturgical Ritual is cast in conjunction with another Ritual, and alters the second Ritual’s cosmetic effects or the appearance of the components, but does not change not any mechanical effects. Arcane Alteration is, therefore, not a replacement for Vires Acquirit Eundo  or similar magics.  The Storyteller has the final say on what is an acceptable alteration.

Examples of appropriate alterations include:

Burning Blade: Changes the color of the flaming blade from green to orange upon casting.

Calling the Restless Spirit: The Thaumaturge can make a telephone call to the corpse’s spirit, rather than summoning it to visibly manifest.

Deflection of Wooden Doom: Rather than a wooden stake disintegrating when it enters the protected character’s heart, the stake will instead change into a swarm of harmless gnats that rapidly age and vanish into nothingness over the course of several seconds.

Engaging the Vessel of Transference: Rather than a cold chill when someone touches the Vessel and it draws in their blood, they feel a mild electric shock.

Flesh of Fiery Touch: The caster’s skin may appear ice-cold and bloodless rather than tanned, and opponents intentionally touching the caster’s skin are burned with frostbite rather than fire/heat.

Learning the Mind Enslumbered: Rather than placing coins upon a torpid Vampire’s eyes, instead the caster can apply a stethoscope (with coins inside it) to the torpid Vampire’s left temple.

Luminous Vitae: Instead of spilled blood glowing to the caster’s sight, it is visible as a red mist that hovers above the blood.

Pavis of the Foul Presence: Instead of a blue silk cord, the caster can wear a fancy red lace choker.

Sanguinous Phial: Allows blood to be stored in wine bottles instead of clay jars.

Scent of Lupine’s Passing: Rather than being able to detect a Lupine by smell if within 5 feet of their path, the caster can feel the Lupine’s body heat and hear its breath while near its path.

Mechanics: Arcane Alteration must be cast as part of casting another Hermetic Thaumaturgical Ritual, effectively adding 15 minutes to the casting time - first Arcane Alteration and then the recipient Ritual. If Arcane Alteration fails and the second Ritual succeeds, the caster fails to change the appearance of the second. If Arcane Alteration succeeds and the second Ritual fails, the entire process fails. Casting Arcane Alteration also doubles the requirement of any components, which may be trivial (splinters of wood for Deflection of Wooden Doom are functionally costless and easy to find) or very expensive (Mirror Walk would require two emerald rings rather than one) or quite difficult or unpleasant to obtain (Bone of Lies could require a skull instead of a fingerbone, which may raise more questions).