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know an unlimited number of level-one and level-two rituals (provided the experience points
are paid to learn each), but he may not learn any level-three Theban Sorcery rituals until his
base Theban Sorcery dots are increased to 3. Each time a character acquires a dot of Theban
Sorcery (including at character creation), he gains a ritual of that level at no additional cost.
More rituals may be acquired with experience points. Other Vampire books offer Theban
Sorcery rituals, and players and Storytellers are encouraged to create their own using those
presented here as models.
Test Pool: Intelligence + Academics + Theban Sorcery. Unlike Crúac and its relationship to
the Nosferatu, the Gangrel clan weakness does apply to the Discipline user’s draw on attempts
to invoke Theban Sorcery rituals. Academics Specializations can only apply to individual
rituals, not all of Theban Sorcery.
Action: Extended. The number of successes required to activate a ritual is equal to the level
of the ritual (so a level-three ritual requires three successes to enact). Each draw represents one
turn of ritual casting. Note also that each point of damage incurred in a turn is a penalty to
the next casting draw made for the character, in addition to any wound penalties suffered.
If a character fails to complete the ritual in time (such as by being sent into torpor before
accumulating enough successes) or decides to cancel the ritual before garnering enough
successes to activate it, the effect simply fails. Any Willpower expenditures made are not
recovered, however, and offerings are still burned to ash.
Roleplaying: Like Crúac, performing a Theban Sorcery ritual is generally not a subtle
process. Unlike Crúac’s intensely primal rites, however, the practice of Theban Sorcery itself
is much more controlled and precise. While individual casters have styles that diverge widely
from each other, Theban Sorcery rituals tend to resemble dark, quasi-religious ceremonies
on the whole. Solemn chanting, candle arrangements, mystic inscriptions and readings from
ancient texts in classical languages are common themes. This is not to say that Theban Sorcery
rituals are plodding, monotonous affairs — simply that what Crúac achieves through a more
spontaneous ecstatic communion, Theban Sorcery achieves through rigid ritual invocation
and force of will.
Draw Results
Failure: The ritual fails entirely, but not dangerously. Willpower and offerings are consumed
as normal, but the ritual has no effect.
Success: The ritual takes place as described.
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2.17 — THEBAN SORCERY MODIFIERS
Modifi er Situation
+2 Power is turned on or applies to a vampire with whom the
user has a blood tie (see p. 228).
— The character is unaffected by threats or distractions.
-1 to -3 The character is rushed or distracted, such as by invoking
a ritual in combat or while trapped in a burning building.
This penalty is cumulative with multiple distractions (such as
by casting a ritual in combat during a hurricane). Successes
gained on a meditation draw for the night (see p. 55 of the
Mind’s Eye Theatre rulebook) offset interruption penalties on
a one-for-one basis.
BLOOD SCOURGE (LEVEL-ONE THEBAN SORCERY RITUAL)
The vampire transforms a portion of his own blood into a wicked instrument of punishment.
For each dot that the character possesses in Theban Sorcery, he may create a stinging