Custom Blood Magic: Ritual

Ritual Level: Advanced

Ritual Concept: This Rituals allows commands to be implanted on inanimate objects and later obeyed without having to recast elemental Mastery: Animate the Unmoving at a later date. This ritual only works on items that can be effected by Elemental Mastery: Animate the Unmoving, and lasts for 30 days or until the command is triggered (whichever is shorter). This Ritual Does not allow you to change your command after casting or allow open ended commands to be delayed. For example, a command such as “protect me” would be acceptable, but “do what I say” would not. You are limited to your occult ability in how many commands in total you may have at the ready, regardless of the amount of objects made with this ritual. It is recommended that the caster also have the Craft ability Engraving or similar skill at least two (but not required).

System: The caster spends one Blood and one temporary Willpower while crafting a simple item and chanting. The caster also engraves a sigil onto both the item to be animated and the simple trigger item (it must be the same sigil), then places a shaving from the trigger item into the symbol carved on the object to be animated. It is then sealed shut by applying the caster’s vitae to the sigil. This does not require a full blood trait and cannot be used as a sympathetic link to the caster. During the course of the ritual (not before or after), the caster awakens the object through use of Elemental Mastery: Animate the Unmoving and informs it of their command. After this command is granted the object returns to its normal state awaiting the return of the magic held in the linked trigger item. During the process of sealing the sigil, the trigger object and enchanted object are now permanently linked to one another. The trigger may not be linked to any other object at any time, and each trigger contains one command only.

Note: The caster may use multiple triggers for the same item for other single commands, but a trigger may only activate one direct command. Once the trigger item is broken (regardless of who breaks it), the commanded object awakens and obeys the command for as long as Animate the Unmoving would typically be in effect; typically ten minutes or the length of the scene (whichever is shorter and up to ST discretion).