Visage of the Crone
(Level-One Crúac Ritual)
When this ritual is correctly performed, the subject appears to age 10 years. No physical impairment, no joint pain, memory lapses or hearing loss accompany this alteration. But skin sags and wrinkles, hair grays and recedes and flesh loses the vibrant tones of youth. The transformation lasts a number of nights equal to the successes achieved on the activation roll, then gradually reverses at about the rate of one year per hour. Repeated uses of the rite add more decades, up to a maximum apparent difference of 50 years.
Some Princes forbid the use of Visage of The Crone (if they’re aware of the ritual) declaring that it’s a Masquerade risk to instantly age a mortal in front of witnesses. The Acolyte counterargument is that the ritual’s proper use maintains the Masquerade, as Visage of The Crone enables Ghouls and Kindred to appear to age as they ought(though admittedly this takes some effort).
Certain Acolytes in California have a similar ritual that causes an apparent reversal of age, down to a minimum apparent age of about 20 years old. While the ritual is in high demand among vain mortals, it’s intensely painful: the subject suffers no physical damage, but he has to be cut free of his own skin, like a snake. This ritual is called Pythian Renewal.
The roll to activate this power is penalized by the subject’s Stamina.
Some Princes forbid the use of Visage of The Crone (if they’re aware of the ritual) declaring that it’s a Masquerade risk to instantly age a mortal in front of witnesses. The Acolyte counterargument is that the ritual’s proper use maintains the Masquerade, as Visage of The Crone enables Ghouls and Kindred to appear to age as they ought(though admittedly this takes some effort).
Certain Acolytes in California have a similar ritual that causes an apparent reversal of age, down to a minimum apparent age of about 20 years old. While the ritual is in high demand among vain mortals, it’s intensely painful: the subject suffers no physical damage, but he has to be cut free of his own skin, like a snake. This ritual is called Pythian Renewal.
The roll to activate this power is penalized by the subject’s Stamina.
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