Mind's Eye Theatre - Vampire The Requiem.pdf - RoseRed

CHEVAL
(LEVEL-TWO CRUAC RITUAL)
This ritual allows the performer to “ride
the senses” of his subject. The subject must
be within direct sight when the ritual is performed,
but the subject can stray from the
caster to any distance thereafter. At any time
he wishes for the duration of the effect, the
performer may see or hear through the eyes
or ears of his subject. No other senses can be
substituted — if the subject is blind or deaf or
both, all “riding” yields is blackness and/or
silence. A subject so “ridden” is unaware
that his senses also report to another.
While riding another’s senses, the ritualist
is only dimly aware of her own body,
which falls into on a trance-like state. She
is unaware of minor environmental stimuli
affecting her own body (such as an insect
crawling across her skin or drops of water
falling on her head), but more aggressive
actions perpetrated against her body such as
moving it more than a few inches or attacking
it immediately draw her consciousness
back to it.
This ritual remains in effect for one
night per success on the invocation draw,
though the caster may end the ritual at any
time. The performer can therefore indulge
in a subject’s senses and return to her own
body as often as she likes throughout the
rite’s duration. Generally speaking, the
ritualist may leave behind a note indicating
where her body is and directing would-be
assailants to seek her out, and then follow
the target of the ritual while adopting an
out-of-game pose to indicate that she is not
actually there.
The draw to activate this power is penalized
by the subject’s Composure.
THE HYDRA’S VITAE
(LEVEL-TWO CRUAC RITUAL)
By invoking this ritual, the performer
protects himself from would-be diablerists
and from those who would otherwise feast
upon his blood. This ritual transforms
the sorcerer’s Vitae into a kind of poison.
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chapter two: character
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