Bird of Sin

Level-Two Theban Sorcery Ritual

Vampire the Requiem - Covenant - Lancea Sanctum

This strange ritual was one of the original collection given to the covenant in the vaults beneath Thebes, and has been linked to other ancient magical traditions of Egypt. With this ritual, the character summons forth the guilt and immorality of a subject he can see directly into the form of a shimmering phantasmal bird — often an owl, but raptors of all sorts have been cited by sorcerers through the ages. Some incarnations shed feathers like a fire sheds cinders, others have been said to be cold, hard and sharp like ice; each bird reflects the sinner, rather than the ritualist.
The Bird of Sin immediately attacks the subject on the sorcerer’s turn. Attacks continue for one turn per success scored on the activation roll. The bird has a dice pool equal to 10 minus the subject’s Morality or Humanity for attacks; it ignores the subject’s Defense. Its spectral talons and beak deal bashing damage, but can hurt only the subject of the ritual. The bird is completely intangible to all other creatures, including spirits and ghosts.
The subject can will the bird out of existence with a successful Resolve + Composure roll penalized by the caster’s dots in Theban Sorcery. This effort is an instant action, performed on the subject’s turn. If the roll fails, subsequent attempts can be made on following turns so long as the bird remains.
The action to activate this power is penalized by the subject’s Resolve.

Material Components

Offering: A feather at least four inches long.

Related Discipline

Theban Sorcery

Level

2