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If this power is used to affect another creature, the invocation is contested, pitting the
sorcerer’s Intelligence + Academics + Theban Sorcery against the subject’s Stamina (resistance
is refl exive). The sorcerer must be able to see the subject to be changed, be within arm’s
length of it, and in the case of an unwilling target, the victim must be completely restrained
or otherwise subdued for this ritual to work. Even sleeping targets will immediately awaken
to fi ght the power of this ritual. Objects held or worn by other characters cannot be changed
and attempts to use Transubstantiation on near-intangible objects such as air or ongoing
chemical reactions such as fi re usually fail.
At the Storyteller’s discretion, larger inanimate objects (but not living ones) may be transformed
using this ritual, but summoning the requisite mystical strength requires a number
of additional casters to participate in the ritual. Additional casters are defi ned as voluntary
participants who spend a Willpower point and somehow take part in the rite itself — holding
candles, drawing mystical symbols, chanting, et cetera. For every additional caster who actually
knows the ritual, every three casters who have at least Theban Sorcery 1 or every fi ve additional
casters who do not have any knowledge of Theban Sorcery (but still actively participate), the
maximum Size of the targeted object (or the resultant one) rises by two. No matter the number
or sorcerers, however, Transubstantiation can never affect objects larger than Size 15.
Offering: A drop of liquid gold
WRATHFUL JUDGMENT (LEVEL-FIVE THEBAN SORCERY RITUAL)
This ritual metes out divine punishment by turning a Kindred’s own Vitae to fi re in his
veins. The ritual is unlike other Theban Sorcery practices in that the sorcerer “charges” the
ritual before the player makes the fi nal draw, and that charge can consist of multiple points
of Willpower. (Remember, though, that a player may spend only a single point of Willpower
in a single turn, so invoking this power can take multiple turns.) Each point of Willpower
invested in this ritual deals one point of aggravated damage to the subject and consumes one
Vitae from her as the victim’s blood burns away in a confl agration of divine fi re. For more on
fi re damage, see p. 243. If the sorcerer has some personal object of the subject’s, he may invoke
this ritual from anywhere in the same domain as the subject . Otherwise, the vampire must
be able to see his subject. The object must be of some importance to the intended victim — a
picture of his dead wife works, while his car keys or cell phone might not. For a vampire or
ghoul, a pint of their blood would be satisfactory.
This ritual has no effect on mortals or other supernatural beings. It does affect ghouls,
however. In addition to other damage limitations, the invocation of this ritual can never infl ict
more than the Theban Sorcerer’s permanent Willpower rating in damage, and an individual
can only be targeted once every twenty-four hours by Wrathful Judgment. An attempted
Wrathful Judgment — whether successful or not — also destroys the personal object used in
it. This ritual can’t be used during the day or in downtime.
The draw to activate this ritual is penalized by the subject’s Stamina + Resilience. If no
successes are drawn for the ritualist, all Willpower invested into the rite is lost.
Offering: One of the casting vampire’s eyes or hands, either plucked out or cut off. The
Kindred suffers two points of lethal damage in the process.
THE COILS OF THE DRAGON
The Requiem presents Kindred with a number of advantages that no mortal can attain,
but the curse of vampirism far overshadows these petty powers. The vampires of the Ordo
Dracul, however, believe that such doesn’t have to be the case. Through the Coils of the
Dragon, this covenant strives to cheat the curse levied upon its founder, stripping away the
limitations and requirements of undeath until members achieve purity.
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