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.
One of the first rituals taught to new scholars of House Trismegistus allows the thaumaturge to personify their True Name within a single occult symbol. This symbol is used as the thaumaturge's personal signature, transferring the very essence of one's True Name into a single magical glyph. It becomes more than just a symbolic representation of the thaumaturge's True Name - for all relative and occult purposes it is the caster's True Name.
A thaumaturge's Personal Symbol of Power does not change unless the thaumaturge literally undergoes a nature-changing experience. Most magi only need succeed at this ritual once in order to discover the symbol which will represent them for the rest of their existence.
System: Using a complex and very personalized string of symbolic and mathematical equations, and requiring a whole evening of meditation, the thaumaturge induces a trance-like state in which he is able to reveal his Personal Symbol of Power. Success is determined through a static Mental Challenge versus 10 traits (applicable retest is Enigmas). If successful, the thaumaturge has found his Personal Symbol of Power and may use it in all applications where his True Name would apply.
Note: As with one's True Name, a Personal Symbol of Power may be used against the individual if deciphered properly. If another person ever views the Personal Symbol, they may make a static Occult test versus the caster's Mental Traits + levels of the Symbology ability (at the time of the symbol’s creation) to determine the meaning behind the Symbol. If they succeed, they may use the Symbol against the thaumaturge as if it were the thaumaturge's actual True Name.
It is recommended that the thaumaturge create an item card describing the symbol, and with the trait difficulty to decipher when this ritual is performed.
Regardless, most thaumaturges keep their Personal Symbol of Power a closely - and jealously - guarded secret.
The symbol does not replace the thaumaturge's True Name, is a representation of the True Name and can be used in place of the True Name. In effect, the Thaumaturge' has two True Names once this ritual has been performed.