Custom Kuei-jin: Ritual
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This ritual works similarly to the Tapestry power Chi Ward (p135, LotE). It raises or lowers the Wall. The difference is that it can be done by more than one point, in a larger area, and lasts a lot longer.
The ritual requires several components.
A map of the Dragon Nests covering the area that needs to be affected.
A small shrine crafted, one per nest. Made in Sandstone or Regular stone (Sandstone for lowering the Wall and Regular stone for increasing)
A number of Kue Jin assisting in the ritual equal to the levels of adjustment to the wall.
Masonry of Heaven can affect the Wall between the Shadowlands and the Umbra separately. To do so you would only utilize the Dragon Nests on the appropriate lines. Yin nests for Shadow and Yang nests for the Umbra.
The timing is also dependent on when the ritual itself needs to be performed.
Affecting just the Yang Wall would be either increasing the Wall on the new moon, decreasing the Wall on the full moon.
Affecting just the Yin Wall would be either increasing the Wall on the full moon, decreasing the Wall on the New moon.
Affecting both walls, either way would be done on the half moon.
The ritual members must place a shrine in or near each Dragon Nest used. How close they have to be is up to the ST. The shrines are then infused with Chi of the appropriate type. The timing of the placement has to be within the lunar cycle of the ritual but not on the same day.
The ritual leader must know the ritual and those assisting must have the Rites background. Retests with occult or enigmas. The vampire must engage in a Static Willpower Challenge with a difficulty equal to the average of the normal levels of the Wall area covered by the Dragon Nests that have shrines.
If successful, the ritual members spend a chi to power the ritual. It would be all Yang for the Umbral Wall, all Yin for the Shadowlands Wall, or a combination of both for both.
Over the next month, the wall will raise or lower one point. This continues once per lunar month until the number of ritual members has been met. Once completed the increase or decrease of the Wall should equal the number of participants of the ritual.
The effect can be maintained by infusing chi to all of the shrines used on a monthly basis. Otherwise the wall will begin to slowly shift back to original numbers by one point a month. The ritual members may gain notoriety with the various spirit realms depending on the length of time this ritual is maintained and by how much the Wall had been changed.