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.
Mark of Ereshkigal (Basic Abyss Mysticism Ritual)
The priestesses of Ereshkighal are taught the most ancient spells of Abyss Mysticism and the ability to banish or command any creature from the Abyss who might dear to challenge their might. The Abyss Mystic must carve an effigy tin the form of Ereshkigal; the first Abyss Mystic. This effigy must be hand carved from obsidian and bathed in the blood of the Mystic. The size of such effigies can range from the size of one’s hand to massive statues. After which the effigy becomes a Talisman capable of banishing the denizens of the Abyss back to their native realm.
System: To create a Talisman requires the expenditure of a willpower point. A caster may only have a number of Talisman’s active equal to their permanent willpower rating. Abyss Spirits who are touched with the Talisman must make a contested willpower challenge against the caster. If the Abyss Spirit fails it is banished back to the Abyss for a month. If a vampire is currently being possessed by an Abyss Spirit; this will banish the Abyss Spirit within them and end its effects. Only the caster may use the Talisman. Once used, the Talisman is used up and another must be created.
Side Effect: None
The Anarchs have long since relied on their secret combination disciplines among other secrets to give them an edge in their wars with other sects and factions. Over time, new ideas of freedom have come forth and many liberties have begin to stretch. It has become heavily evident to several older Anarchs that the neonates they trusted with these blood techniques and movement secrets have been spreading them across sect lines in exchange for almost anything. There are too many of those that would betray the movement in these nights, and this Curse is to identify those and make others aware of their treacheries.
When the Anarch suspects that someone is a traitor, they must call them out on such accusations in public forum. The more witnesses the better in usual cases. The Anarch spends a blood and initiates a Static Mental Challenge against the amount of current Mental Traits the Victim has (retest with Occult).
If the Victim has in anyway betrayed Secrets of the Movement, exchanged Blood Secrets of the movement to non members, is not loyal to the movement, or anything else at ST discretion, they receive a mystical brand of a cross, under both their eyes. This is only visible to those who were present during the the casting , however the victim may not use obfuscate, vicissitude , or any other method to hide the mark. All those present for the curse see the effects immediately and will forever be able to see it for the duration of this curse. This Curse lasts for one year, or until it has been lifted. The mysticism of this curse is able to detect betrayal even if the victim has “forgotten” the actions by any means such as Dominate, Derangements, or any other non supernatural memory loss.
As members of a secret order often hunted by or misunderstood by many others, the Hierophants devised a way for members of the cult to identify one another. With a mastery over the soul, life and death comes the ability to affect a person’s spirit. In doing so the Hierophants crafted this Ritual to subtly change the Aura of a member of the Cult. Only those who truly are members of the Cult of Lilith can see and recognize those with this mark (assuming they can read auras). It is a secret all Cult Members would take to the grave with them before ever sharing.
System: This ritual allows the caster to slightly alter the Aura of another by marking it. This mark may only be detected by members of the Cult of Lilith who successfully use the power of Aura Read on the recipient. This mark in their aura is permanent. Non Cult of Lilith members will not notice the mark at all in their aura.
Intermediate Ritual: Akhu: Mark of Postulant's Devotion
Description: The Witches of Echidna tithe their vitae to their dark god, and share with her their feasts of blood. However, rarely, those who are not Echidna's blood children come to worship her. This ritual creates a mystical amulet of clay, soft stone, or soft metal, which must be etched with a spine or sharpened scale taken from some sort of animal. With these amulets, Echidna's converts can become closer to their monstrous, adoptive mother by offering up their own blood in tribute.
Mechanics: For as long as the amulet is worn, whenever the wearer feeds or spends blood (except on Akhu disciplines and rituals), they lose an additional point of blood at the end of the scene as per the bloodline flaw of the Witches of Echidna. The amulet must be willingly put on: if the wearer is coerced by supernatural means, or if the amulet is slipped unknowingly onto their person, it has no effect. Likewise, there is little point when worn by non-vampires, as other creatures do not expend or feed on blood.
Intermediate Ritual
Werewolves have long been thought as the most dire enemies of Kindred, and throughout history that has been true. This ritual requires using a sympathetic link of a Kindred target (hair, nails, ash, vitae, an item of significant importance) and soaking, or mixing it in wolf blood. The sympathetic link is consumed during the ritual.
For the next month, and within a mile in any direction of the target, this ritual attracts the notice of any Lupines in the area to the target. Those Lupines do not necessarily know where the target is, but are aware that a threat is in the area, but, if they are within line of sight they get a feeling as if a great insult to their ancestors has been carried out by the target. This may cause the Lupines to attack the target, or generally harass them.
If the target of the hunt happens to carry silver upon them, the effects are greatly increased, and the Lupines within a mile are drawn to the location where the target is.
This ritual creates a mystical mark the caster may use to attempt to apply to their targets and hunt down positional targets of the Tal’Mahe’Ra. Firstly the caster prepares the ritual by pouring the blood of himself and that of an owl into his black hand tattoo. Once complete the caster has a little time to touch their target to mark them. Once the mark is applied the caster may hunt their victim for the rest of the night regardless of where they may travel.
System: After casting the ritual its effects remain for the caster for the next scene or an hour. During that time he may touch a target, requiring a contested physical challenge unless through a hand shake etc. The victim may make a contested Mental challenge retested with Occult against the caster if they succeed in touching them to detect something mystical occurred. If the caster succeeds in touching their victim; for the remainder of the night they mystically know the exact location of their victim at all times regardless of any dimension etc they may cross.
Memento Mori
Advanced Ritual
Through a graven image and a sacrifice to the restless dead, the caster of this ritual can create a permanent reminder of the subjects mortality.
First, you take a black and white photograph of the subject. Develop the picture in a bath of human blood, rum and tobacco. Place the picture into a silver frame engraved with the subjects common name and a prayer for the dead. In the event of the subjects death, the glass on the frame with crack. If the subject becomes a Wraith, the picture will take on their death marks
Also, for 24 hours after the death of the subject, the photograph remains a potent link to the subject. Any divinatory power turned on the photo will react as if you used it on the mortal remains of the subject. Also, in the event of the subject becoming a wraith, the photo will act as a fetter. 24 hours after death the picture will be inert and fade to white.