Custom Blood Magic: Ritual

Level: Intermediate (4xp)
Casting time: 30min
Requirements: This ritual may only be attempted with someone who is mortal or Supernatural, they can not "effectively" or "actually" be immortal however may possess Supernatural Regeneration. As such, it may only be performed on: Humans (Sorcerers, Psychics, Theurgists, Ghouls, Kinain, Kinfolk, Human Revenant Families (as opposed to the embraced ones), Mages without the Immortality merit, Fae without Fae Eternity merit, and shape shifters.

Reagents:
* Drop of Hearts Blood of the Lichter Priest, 1 Lethal unavoidable and can't be tested down.
* Removal of a Mortal/Supernatural Organ of choice

Description:
There are many who embody a very large portion of the everyday life of Followers of Set, a mortal's failing body presents noteable concerns for a Lichter Priest tending their various cults over the decades. Natural death may be an opportunity for study, but there are those within the flock who have a greater purpose, plans, or simply to deny the Aeons one of their flock's bodies into failure. Through continued understanding of Going Forth by Night, the Lichter Priest can remove a desired organ (failing or not), and through ritual, prayer and a single drop of their own hearts blood - their faith commands the magic within the mortal’s body to grow a replacement organ. The new organ fully grows while the mortal slumbers over the course of a few days and any ailments caused by the removed organ immediately heal, so long as the ritual is successfully performed. Secondary illnesses that occurred as a result of the illness remain, however without the underlying cause of the offending organ, the mortal's body is able to begin to heal naturally. This is very obviously a form of “Faith Healing”, but due to the surgical nature is not likely to be performed in a tent revival camp. Equally however it could be performed on an otherwise healthy mortal, assuming the ritual is successful there wouldn’t seem to be any side effects of having done so. The mortal then has relatively unique “post-op” care that focuses heavily on prayer. Through faith they were healed, and only by sustaining that faith is the illness kept at bay.

Casting:
The Lector Priest uses this ritual to replace a failing organ in a mortal subject. The subject is then healed over the course of a few days of the ailment to that organ (i.e., cancer, liver failure, or even spinal damage causing paralysis.). In exchange, the subject must undergo a recurring act to demonstrate their devotion to the same Faith as the Lector Priest. These acts must be performed regularly and frequently as well as observe every festival of the faith. If the subject fails to perform these acts they begin to suffer the effects of their original affliction and the magical organ begins deteriorating. The victim loses one physical trait per week (should the lose all their physical traits they die) or begin performing their regular and frequent dedications of faith, at which time they recover at a rate of one trait per week until fully restored.

Success or Failure:
If the ritual challenge is successful, the mortal awakens several days later fully healed of both the organ’s removal and any offending ailment, as well as the methods which removed it.

If the ritual challenge is not successful, the mortal may yet still live so long as an organ removed is one the mortal can live without. If an otherwise “fatal” organ was used, the mortal dies instantly. As the ritual process involves the act of removing the organ, casting the ritual again on the same organ has no effect. The organ must be replaced in other methods.