Custom Combination Discipline / Technique

Sorcerous Suppression: The Broken Rung

Sorcerer’s Quietus 5, Fortitude 5

XP: 32

Sorcerous Suppression: The Broken Rung

 

Ashipu derive their power from the covenants and pacts between themselves, man, and the ethereal. But what happens when those pacts are broken? By forcibly interrupting the bond between an Ashipu and their covenants, a devious Sorcerer can temporarily inhibit another from accessing their paths and rituals. In the years before the Schism, Sorcerers whispered of this technique in the shadowy halls of Alamut and it’s use by the Demon Child, Ur-Shulgi, when breaking The Curse. Derision in the Clan has left those tales at the Mountain, while those who have joined the Ivory Tower scour for any recorded instructions. Having his curiosity re-kindled by a recent encounter with the Demon Child, a young Ashipu of The Camarilla vowed to no longer be swayed by the very covenants he himself had mastered. To accomplish this, he delved deep in to the Ascension searching for insight amongst the Ladders of Heaven. Upon his return he knew he had found the answers he had been searching for. Whereas before those seeking knowledge of the Covenants of the gods had cautiously climbed on only the strongest of steps in the ladder, this Ashipu marked and learned each broken rung. By inserting the broken rung in to a contesting Ashipu’s Ladder, he found himself able to suppress and deny his adversary’s access to their Dur-An- Ki.

 

Sorcerous Suppression is treated as a combination discipline, not a path of Assamite Sorcery. You may only oppose a path or ritual equal to your Quietus rating or below. While active, this power is considered reflexive and has no additional expenditure beyond the initial Blood and Willpower for the scene. Sorcerous Suppression is primarily effective against Dur-An- Ki. If used against any other form of Blood Magic or Hedge Magic (storyteller discretion), the character will have five fewer traits to attempt to suppress the alien magics.

 

Non-Assamites with this Combination will gain the Flaw: Hunted By the Dragon Caste, and Non-Sorcerer Caste will be treated as if One Rank Lower for purposes of learning Dur-An- Ki out of Caste.

 

System:

Spend a Blood and a Willpower to activate this power for the scene. For it’s duration, you may make a Mental Challenge against your target to attempt to cancel a path or ritual within a number of yards equal to your Quietus rating. You gain bonus traits equal to your Quietus rating for the purposes of this challenge. An Awareness expenditure with an Occult Retest against the invoker of this power will allow observant individuals to realize what is transpiring. This technique retests with the Ability: Occult