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whip of Vitae with which to scourge his foes. An attack with the weapon has a test pool equal
to the character’s Strength + Weaponry + the number of lashes created, and infl icts lethal
damage. The Blood Scourge lasts a number of turns equal to the player’s successes on the
invocation draw. At the end of that time, the Vitae whips turn to dust.
A character can invoke Blood Scourge only once until its duration expires. He may thereafter
invoke another whip, however. A character may voluntarily terminate a Blood Scourge
if he does not want to keep it for the full duration of the power.
Offering: The Kindred’s own blood is the offering. In enacting the ritual, the vampire must
slice open his wrist with a sacrifi cial knife. The scourge created — regardless of its number of
lashes — costs one Vitae.
VITAE RELIQUARY (LEVEL-ONE THEBAN SORCERY RITUAL)
The character takes an ordinary object that can be carried in one hand and stores an
amount of Vitae in it that may be called upon later (whether as sustenance or for any other
purpose that requires Vitae). Any Kindred or ghoul can call upon the stored Vitae, not just
the caster, though the person using the Vitae must know that it’s there. The amount of Vitae
that can be stored in the object is equal to the amount of successes the player achieves on the
invocation draw, although the caster may infuse the object with less if he wishes. The Vitae to
be stored comes directly from the caster’s own body. This ritual can be cast only once on the
item in question. The nature of the object to contain the Vitae doesn’t really matter, though
the item must be at least the size of a person’s fi st. The Vitae remains indefi nitely until consumed.
The act of consuming the blood might involve taking it to one’s lips, or holding the
item tight and willing the blood to pass from object to body. This Vitae is “neutral,” which is
to say that the feeding Kindred does not subject the sorcerer to a Vinculum in this manner,
though blood addiction is still a risk.
Offering: The vessel of infusion itself is the offering, and must be something the caster
can lift with one hand. The offering crumbles to dust after the last Vitae is removed. The
offering crumbles to dust. Prior to that point, the item functions as it normally would (a
knife may still be used to attack, a book may still be read).
CURSE OF BABEL (LEVEL-TWO THEBAN SORCERY RITUAL)
This ritual leaves a victim speaking in tongues, unable to communicate. Even his written
word is rendered nonsensical; both handwritten and typed messages come out as gibberish.
Not only is the Curse of Babel an effective means of controlling the spread of blasphemy
(and gossip), it proves an effective limit to a subject’s use of the Dominate Discipline. The
number of successes achieved on the invocation draw determines the duration of the ritual’s
function: one hour per success or until the next sunrise, whichever comes fi rst. The subject
must be within earshot when this ritual is performed.
The draw to activate this power is penalized by the subject’s Resolve.
Offering: An animal’s or person’s tongue
LIAR’S PLAGUE (LEVEL-TWO THEBAN SORCERY RITUAL)
The character curses her subject so that if he speaks any lies over the course of the scene,
beetles swarm from his mouth. Needless to say, the effects of this ritual must be announced
loudly any time they apply — there is simply no way to hide the swarm that emerges.
The ritual involves a contested action, pitting the sorcerer’s Intelligence + Academics
+ Theban Sorcery against the subject’s Resolve + Blood Potency. Resisting this power is a
refl exive action.
Offering: An insect’s carapace, whole and uncrushed.