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 most difficult things about working as a member of a Secret Society is keeping it a secret. This is particularly challenging when taking on dangerous field work. Sometimes even the fates conspire, or are forced to reveal the identity of one taking on this important work. This ritual was created to keep those secrets in an age where there seems to be none left.
The ritualist must first remove their face, peeling it off in one sheet of flesh. The eyes and mouth are then sewn shut, and the “mask” placed on a bronze bust of the caster. The removal of an additional identifying mark is also necessary to complete the ritual. This often takes the form of burning or melting off one’s fingerprints, but could also be the removal of a tattoo, or any other traditional identifier. The caster takes three levels of unsoakable aggravated damage during this process.
While this ritual is active, the caster cannot be viewed remotely by those with an equal or weaker generation than the caster. Further, they are completely obscured from divination of any kind, and they cannot be identified by powers and abilities that peer through time.
This ritual lasts a number of nights equal to the amount of willpower spent during the casting, up to three. In addition to the normal casting challenge, this ritual requires a courage test to cause significant self-harm, as well as a skill test to remove the face in one piece.
This ritual requires a Binding Agreement with the Tremere Coordinator’s office, which may be satisfied by an already existing one.