Level 5 Rituals

Abandon the Fetters

A closely guarded secret among the Tremere, this ritual is used to shatter blood bonds. The ritual itself is gruesome, and not all survive the ritual, but it's effect is unquestionable. However, few, even other Tremere, would trust their blood to one who's mastery of Thaumaturgy is great enough to preform this ritual. (The action roll requires that the user rolls Intelligence + Occult at diff 8. The user must have unrestricted acces to the thrall of the blood bond for an entire night, the subject is usually chained to prevent him/her breaking lose during the ritual in frenzy. The user must take a bloodpoint from him/herself, the thrall and the master, and mix these in a glass container. The caster must then proceed to flay his/her subject, usually done through branding or lashing, which deals 3 healthlevels of unsoakable Aggravated damage to the subject. When the caster is finished, the caster must shatter the glass container, spilling the blood which upon making contact with the ground instantly evaporates into a venomous steam, dealing another level of unsoakable Aggravated damage on both subject and caster. The subject then loses a single permanent Willpower point and if the ritual was succesfull the bloodbond is broken, though the subject of the ritual is not protected from any future bloodbonds.)


Blood Contract

This ritual creates a contract written in blood, that neither party can break. The magic in this ritual is so potent, that even demons and angels have been known to compell those who sign it to fullfill the contract. (User rolls Intelligence + Occult at diff 8. Ritual takes 25 minutes to preform. The user spends a bloodpoint to write the contract, and those who sign the contract each spend a bloodpoint as well. After that, the contract becomes active 3 nights after the signing. Once the contract is active, those that sign it will begin to feel compelled to fullfill it's terms. If someone who signs the contract even puts off enacting the terms, the blood magic will take effect, and after a full night's delay the victim must make a Willpower roll at diff 6 to resist acting to fullfill the contract. This Willpower roll must be made every night someone does not actively attempt to fullfill the terms of the contract, and each night the difficulty increases by one, up to a maximum difficulty of 9. If the participant continues to resist, darker things may happen. The exact effects of this are best left to the storyteller, but most common things to happen are curses, afllictions, bad luck or even the intervention of angels and demons. In the case of time restricting contracts, the effect might be sped up at the storyteller's discretion. The only way to end the contract is to complete the terms or destroy the document itself.)


Cobra's Favor

Diablarie is an ever present threat if you are kindred, especially a lower generation one. As such, the Tremere developed a ritual to safeguard their blood against thieves, by making it burn with a deadly poison. (The user rolls Intelligence + Occult at diff 8. The ritual takes 25 minutes to cast, during which the user must combine a herbal poultice with a bloodpoint of his/her own blood and the venom of a snake. The user then recites an incantation, and the concoction turns yet black. The user then drinks the elixer, taking one level of unsoakable Aggravated damage. For one month, anything that attempts to consume the blood of the user will suffer a level of Aggravated damage per bloodpoint that the subject drank. )

Court of Hallowed Truth

A powerfull ritual that concecrates a single room , forcing all within it to speak the truth without being able to speak omissions or deceit. Though this ritual was originally designed for use in Tremere tribunals, it's usage has spread to the court rooms of Ventrue princes. Unfortunately, the Tremere sell their services at a price, and some Ventrue have relied so much on this ritual that they unwittingly became preposterously indebted to the local Tremere who wove the ritual. (The user rolls Intelligence + Occult at diff 8. It takes 25 minutes to weave the ritual across the room, during which the caster must lay pairs of crossed bones at every possible entrance into a room, including windows. The ritual lasts one month, during which no one in the room may speak lies, and anyone being asked questions by the local presiding judge or power must answer the questions without omissions or deceit.)

Escape to a True Friend

A ritual that allows the user to escape to the friend who's friendship the user most values. The means is true teleportation, sending the user to a location very close to the targetted friend. (The user rolls Intelligence + Occult at diff 8. The user must char a circle in the ground or floor, the circle must be a yard wide. The ritual takes 6 hours a night for 6 nights to cast, reduced by one night for every succes, during which the user sacrifises 3 bloodpoints into the circle each night. Once the ritual is complete and the circle has not been damaged, the user need only step into the circle and speak the True Name of his/her friend, and the user will be transported to a location within several minutes of walking and out of sight of any onlookers from his/her friend. The user may carry another person with him/her or an amount of cargo equal to his/her own body weight with him/her. However, the user must be carefull, Tremere legendry is rife with tales of Thaumaturges who spoke false True Names and were lost to the void forever.)


Enchant Talisman

A ritual commonly thought to Tremere who have first reached mastery of their primary Thaumaturgy path, this power grants the user a personal talisman that will enhance the potency of his/her castings. However, if the talisman falls into the wrong hands then it's bond to it's owner can be exploited as a weapon. (The ritual takes 6 hours per night for one complete cycle of the moon, starting and ending on the new moon. Over this time, the user carefully prepares his/her talisman, which must be a rigid object close to a yard long, carving hermetic runes into it depicting his/her True Name and the sum total of his/her Thaumaturgic knowledge. The user spends one bloodpoint per night on this ritual and makes an extended Intelligence + Occult roll at diff 8 each week. If the user misses a night's work or the 4 rolls do not accumilate a net total of 20 successes, the talisman is ruined and the process must begin anew. However, the benefits for carrying a complete talisman are great. The wearer of a personal talisman has all magic and magick that targets him/her at +1 difficulty. The user also gains 2 dices on any casting of the user's primary Path and one extra die in casting any ritual. If the talisman is used as a weapon, it gains an extra die to hit it's target. Lastly, if the user loses his/her talisman, the user need only roll Perception + Occult at diff 7, and if succesful will immediately realise the location of his/her talisman. However, anyone who carries the Thaumaturge's talisman and uses magic or magick against the owner of the talisman gains 3 dices on that casting. Also, any ritual that targets the owner of the talisman and uses the talisman as a physical component will have greatly increased effects. Each talisman has only one owner and works only for that person, each person may only create his/her own talisman and may only posses one talisman.)

Ghost in the System

It is quite easy for vampire to remain anomynous in this day and age, however this does have some disadvantages. The living dead cannot easily apply for a driver's license after all. This ritual however allows the user to manipulate computer files and archives to create new identities or similiar materials for him/herself. Driver's licenses, false birth certificates, social security numbers, everything can be forged using this ritual. (The user rolls Intelligence + Occult at diff 8. If the user botches the activation roll his/her files will become corrupted to the point where they start drawing attention from certain goverment agencies. Failure will result in problems for a few months before the user's forged materials are arranged correctly. The ritual requires an entire week of chanting interrupted only by daily rest, and the user must melt sand into glass and suspend an ant in the cooling glass. For it's duration, the user gains access to false identities, driver's license etc...)


Night of the Red Heart

Terrible rumors persist of the Tremere's capabilities when they have aquired the blood of their foes, and this ritual is the truth behind such rumours. Using this ritual, the Tremere can drive their enemies from their city, force them into a direct confrontation, or destroy them utterly. (The user rolls Intelligence + Occult at diff 8 at the start of the ritual, if the caster fails this roll he/she will not realise it and will continue as he/she would normally. The ritual takes the entire night, during which the caster must spend a Willpower point and chant the ritual's syllables uninterrupted. The user also needs a full bloodpoint of his/her intended victim, and a figurine of his intended victim that the caster crafted from bone, rotted wood harvested at midnight or stone from the headstone of a grave of a faithful priest. 10 minutes after the ritualist begins, the victim will feel a foreboding sense of dread. If somehow the victim sees the caster while he/she is preforming this ritual, the victim will immediately realise a ritual is in progress to slay him/her and is also mystically imparted with the knowledge on how to stop the ritual, which is either interrupting the caster or fleeing out of range. If the user manages to finish the ritual at sunrise and the victim is still within range of the ritual, the victim spectaculary crumbles to ashes. However, if the ritualist is interrupted during the casting, or the victim manages to get out of the range of the ritual (which according to lore is either 7 leagues beyond the accursed's haven or 30-35 miles) the ritual will fail, though the caster ofcourse cannot realise this. The subject will realise that he/she is out of range of whatever is effecting him/her because the sense of dread then vanishes. However, if at any point during the ritual the victim returns within range, the effect continues and the ritual may still end in succes.)


Sculpting the Perfect Servant

Intrigued by how the Tzimisce create their revenant ghouls, the Tremere devised this ritual. This ritual can be emplored by a Thaumaturge on an unborn child to either curse the child with deformities or, if the user invests the time and effort, raise the child's potential to almost supernatural levels. Whichever the case, the child will be bound forever to the caster of the ritual, making this the perfect way to create the perfect servant or maybe even kindred childe. (User rolls Intelligence + Occult at diff 8. The ritual requires as much time as the user is willing to invest, with a curse taking only a moment but blessing the child taking up to 5 hours every week, starting in the first 3 months of the pregnancy up to the moment when the mother comes to term. In either case, the user must rend a stillborn baby in half and let it's blood flow over the belly of the pregnant mother. For each time the user curses the child, the child will gain one common deformity, though the storyteller may allow other similiar damages to be inflicted on the child. If the user invests time into blessing the child however, the child always grows up to be handsome, stong and healthy, havings attributes up to 3 or sometimes even 4 instead of the 2 that humans normally posses. However, even the blessing of the thaumaturge comes with a price, as a childe blessed in this way will be morally impaired, and can never have a humanity higher then 6. Wether the child is cursed or blessed, the child will always feel a supernatural connection to the caster. The full effects of this ritual are best left up to the Storyteller who may tinker with it as he pleases, as creating super neo-humans wherever the user goes is bound to have a negative impact on the game.)