Custom Blood Magic: Ritual

Voodoo pop-culture is riddled with references to dolls which give their owner a semblance of power over the one whose image they bear. The truth of the matter, however, is not so far off.

System: The Wangateur creates a doll in the guise of their intended victim, adorned with a personal effect (which requires 4-5 hours and a Static Physical challenge against 8 traits, retested with Crafts) and spends 2 hours chanting while clutching it in their hands and passing it through the smoke of burning herbs and spices. When the chant is finished, a successful Static Mental challenge against 6 traits completes the ritual. So long as the caster is in the target's presence he may call for one retest on any challenge involving the target and himself. Once used, the ritual's effect ends and the doll withers into an unrecognizable husk. If the creation of the doll includes a portion of the victim's body instead of simply a personal effect, the effects of the ritual grant 2 retests instead of 1. If the creation of the doll includes a personal effect as well as a portion of the target's own body, the effects grant 3 retests instead. A single doll may grant no more than three retests against a single individual, and a Wangateur may possess only a single doll of an individual at a time.