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.
While hundreds of variations no doubt exist some commonalities occur. The initiate must painfully enter into the sacred space, sometimes through a gauntlet or a wall of thorns, or perhaps walking on broken glass. The initiate then drinks a brew consisting of a plant (often poisonous or with hallucinogenic properties), the blood of an animal sacrifice and the blood of the initiator as well as initiate, sometimes a little red wine is mixed in as well. An oath is performed and the initiate is flogged, fucked or otherwise christened into their new life. Among Lhaka sometimes a second initiation will occur to welcome them to the undeath or help transition them to a path.
Game mechanics: A successful initiation grants the initiated clear vision until the next sunrise. They gain insightful as an additional mental trait as well as a retest to resist their will being subverted. If the ritual is to help a Ba’ham onto a path then they gain a retest to succeed instead.