Custom Sabbat Ritae
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.
Description: This Ritae aims, along with Vaulderie, to seal Cainites' commitment to their group for a purpose of unity and loyalty. In this Ritae each member of a nascent pack assumes his commitment to others through a self-proclaimed role.
Sermon: “Cain, cursed and exiled from Eden, found himself alone, lost in the dark, afraid, without light and without anyone. Helpless and lost he wandered, as do many of us as they tread the Path of the sword alone; forgotten, dying without having companions to remind them and tell their stories.
“And then the Black Father found who would guide him, just as our priest guides us, and protects him, just as we meet our comrades. Just as Cain was given food for his hunger, clothing to warm him, and comfort to his grief.”
Ceremony: The Priest then lights a ritually prepared pyre, he will receive blood from the back members – not enough to kill the flames, but as symbolism of their commitment – and claim those of the pack to make their vows, starting with the pack Ductus:
As the Ductus of this pack I offer "X", to "Y" [and deposits the item in the pyre], so”…”;
As the Priest of this pack I offer "A", to "B" [and deposits the item on the pyre], so”…”;
As the Abbot of this pack I offer "T", to "Z" [and places the item on the pyre], so”…”;
As the a brother of this pack I offer "B", to "C" [and places the item on the pile], so”…”;
As the a brother of this pack I offer "D", to "E" (and so on) [and deposits the item on the pyre].”
This will follow until all the packmates put items and make their vows, like the Vaulderie, the pyre should react to the offerings in some way while consuming the materials placed on it.
System: As the Merit: Code of Honor (LotN: Revised Edition, page 116), the manifest destiny of each member of the newborn pack gives its members a retest, either social or mental, in situations that would lead the Cainite to break their votes. The effects of this ritual endure until the member of the pack is tested or a week, whichever comes first.