Custom Blood Magic: Ritual

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Custom Content Category: Blood Magic: Ritual
Blood Magic Category: Sadhana
XP Cost: 6XP
MET Mechanics:

The demons called Asuras oppose the gods themselves. Indian blood magicians seldom deal with such powerful spirits. As asuras in flesh themselves, however, they sometimes — in fits of hubris — believe that they possess a right to treat with their powerful cousins. Asuras (Sanskrit: असुर) are a class of divine beings or power-seeking deities related to the more benevolent Devas (also known as Suras) in Hindu mythology.

Asuras are sometimes considered nature spirits. They battle constantly with the devas. Asuras are described in Indian texts as powerful superhuman demigods with good or bad qualities. The good Asuras are called Adityas and are led by Varuna, while the malevolent ones are called Danavas and are led by Vritra. In the earliest layer of Vedic texts Agni, Indra and other gods are also called Asuras, in the sense of them being "lords" of their respective domains, knowledge and abilities. In later Vedic and post-Vedic texts, the benevolent gods are called Devas, while malevolent Asuras compete against these Devas and are considered "enemy of the gods".

A master Sadhu can prepare the proper materials and perform this ritual to summon one of the mighty Asuras to their service for an evening.  The Sadhu gather rituals components dedicated to the particular Asura they are looking to summon and command; he then sacrifices them into a dedicated fire along with some of his blood.  If done correctly the Asura will manifest and offer his service to the Sadhu for one task.

System: This ritual costs one blood trait to enact.  Once summoned the Asura will obey one command given to it by the caster before returning to its native realm.  This task must be able to be accomplished in one night or the Asura will simply vanish.  If they wish for the Asura to attack another creature the caster must also defeat the Asura in a contested Mental challenge retested with occult.  Asura are built using the stats for Pit Lords in Laws of the Night: Sabbat Guide page 108.  Note these creatures are not Demons.  Rather they are Spirit Like entities but also separate from them native to India and other places of Hindi, Buddhist, or Jani faith.

Date of Archival: 21-May-2019
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