Custom Blood Magic: Ritual

Inhabit the Empty Shell

With this powerful ritual, the necromancer combined his fondness for the Dominate power of Possession with his mastery of undeath. The Necromancer lays a suitable body that has previously been Animated with Necromancy: Bone Path: Shambling Hordes, on a ritual alter and anoints the corpse with a trait of Vitae. The Vitae creates a mystical bond between the Corpse and the Necromancer. The Necromancer will lie on the alter next to the corpse and begin meditating on the stages of life and death and how as a vampire he is removed from the proper cycle, the meditation serves to loosen his soul from his own body. After a proper mental state is achieved, the necromancer will breathe into the mouth of the corpse, if the ritual was successful he will finish that breath inside of the corpse.

System: This is a thirty minute ritual that costs 1 blood 1 will and 5 mental traits. mental challenge vs 7 traits. If successful the Necromancer is possessing a bloodless lifeless corpse. As a shambling hordes Zombie the corpse will have the phys traits it had in life and four health levels. The necromancer will not have access to any physical disciplines, disciplines that require blood, or form powers. Like the power of dominate if the body is killed while he inhabits it he will return to his body in torpor. Unlike normal Possession, the grip of the corpse is not easily relinquished, in order to stop the effects of the ritual you must either be where the ritual was cast or win a mental challenge vs 7 traits. If the necromancer is still in the body at sunrise he is violently returned to his own body in torpor.