Oblivion Ceremony •••••
- Prerequisite: Shadow Step (Chicago by Night, p.295)
By willingly entering torpor, the spirit of the vampire visits dangerously close to the obliterating well of Oblivion. Close enough to whisper questions and receive answers nobody alive can know as troubling dreams hissed back through the Abyss.
- Cost: 1 Rouse Check
- Dice Pool: Resolve + Oblivion
- System: This Ceremony has the following rules and ingredients:
- Ingredients: A coffin, a silver knife, a human sacrifice
- Process: The vampire enters the coffin with their sacrifice, closes the lid above them, and then slits the mortal's throat. They allow the blood to flow freely, and must maintain their composure while slaking no Hunger. They remain in the pool of blood until sunrise, and then enter torpor.
- System: The caster enacts the process at Hunger 5, making a test against hunger frenzy (Difficulty 3) unless allowed to take half. Then they voluntarily succumb to torpor and make their Ceremony roll. On a win they enter a Memoriam (```Vampire: the Masquerade```, p.311) from the memories of a chosen vampire who has met Final Death or mortal who died. However, should the vampire's Willpower track be filled with Aggravated damage, their spirit strays too close to the all-consuming void and is destroyed. When their body awakens from torpor after this damage it will be in the form of a wight or something much worse which dwells near the maw of the Abyss.
- Whether or not the Ceremony succeeds, the vampire must sleep through their total torpor duration (Vampire: the Masquerade, p.241) unless woken prematurely, but if the Ceremony roll was a total failure their Humanity is considered one lower for the torpor duration and they will only stir prematurely through potent alchemy.
- Duration: Until the vampire wakes from torpor
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This Oblivion Ceremony is from a collection of profane rites that connect to the very heart of the Abyss, drawing upon its infinite darkness and hunger. To learn these Ceremonies, a vampire needs access to a suitable and willing Mawla. Those among the Cult of Shalim and other heretical Lasombra cults often practice these Ceremonies, but rarely an outsider may earn enough individual favour to break the jealous secrecy of these darkest arts. Associated Oblivion Ceremonies include:
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