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**Ingredients: A sample from an organic tissue, a microscope, several microscope slides and a scalpel.
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**Ingredients: A sample from an organic tissue (or ash), a monocle, several microscope slides and a scalpel.
**Process: The biothaumaturge slashes the tissue into a laminar shape and mounts the microscope slides around them as any other sample that you want to analyse in a microscope. Using the blood from a self-inflicted wound as a staining method, she then proceeds to perform an examination through the microscope for about an hour.
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**Process: To produce the means to analyse the sample, the biotharumaturge first needs to incantate the monocle for about an hour. The scalpel is “inked” with the blood of the vampire and used to scribble runes and symbols on the metal part of the monocle while chanting. Once completed, the monocle acquires a red tint on the glass and the metal blackens, while the runes start glowing a visible red. The artifact maintains its properties until destroyed and thus this part of the ritual does not need to be performed every time. To prepare the samples, the biothaumaturge slashes the tissue into a thin laminar shape and mounts the microscope slides around them as she would do with any other sample. Using the blood from a self- inflicted wound as a staining method on the slides, she then proceeds to examine them.
**System: Each success on the activation roll yields one piece of simple information about the subject, which may be any living, unliving or dead entity (but not an inanimate object), including plants. This information is limited to physical characteristics of the subject - Thaumaturgical Forensics can be used to determine gender, clan, traces of diablerie and the like, but it will not reveal if a given subject killed an individual or where she kept her trove of personal belongings. A critical roll may yield the knowledge of a weakness to exploit at ST discretion while a complete failure yields the destruction of the sample. If the microscopes slides are prepared correctly, they can be used again for further examination up to half the Science rating of the user rounded up, without the need of additional Rouse Check.
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**System: Each success on the activation roll yields one piece of simple information about the subject, which may be any living, unliving or dead entity (but not an inanimate object), including plants. This information is limited to physical characteristics of the subject - Thaumaturgical Forensics can be used to determine gender, clan, traces of diablerie and the like, but it will not reveal if a given subject killed an individual or where she kept her trove of personal belongings. A critical roll may yield the knowledge of a weakness to exploit at ST discretion while a complete failure yields the destruction of the sample. If the microscopes slides are prepared correctly, they can be used again for further examination up to half the Science rating of the user rounded up without the need of additional Rouse Checks.
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|related=This ritual is the first level of Rituals of Biothaumaturgy. Which also includes:  
 
|related=This ritual is the first level of Rituals of Biothaumaturgy. Which also includes:  
 
*[[Thaumaturgical Surgery]]  
 
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Originally from [https://drive.google.com/file/d/18jX8wwcjyTBNe-CMFrNIxfLN-M2-tXFc/view Paths of Blood Sorcery]
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This bizarre path reputedly has its roots in the secret tomes of the inscrutable Black Hand. Over the past few years, its esoteric secrets have spread among certain cabals of Tremere, who regard it as curious mixture of Hermetic science and genetics. Biothaumaturgy concerns itself with the manipulation of life energies. In the laboratories of inspired Biothaumaturgy may be found strange creatures almost out of myth, veritable Frankenstein's monsters and less wholesome creations. Although it is not considered a "taboo" path, Biothaumaturgy is nonetheless strange and unsettling to those who observe its results.
 
This bizarre path reputedly has its roots in the secret tomes of the inscrutable Black Hand. Over the past few years, its esoteric secrets have spread among certain cabals of Tremere, who regard it as curious mixture of Hermetic science and genetics. Biothaumaturgy concerns itself with the manipulation of life energies. In the laboratories of inspired Biothaumaturgy may be found strange creatures almost out of myth, veritable Frankenstein's monsters and less wholesome creations. Although it is not considered a "taboo" path, Biothaumaturgy is nonetheless strange and unsettling to those who observe its results.
  

Latest revision as of 09:26, 19 October 2021

Blood Sorcery Ritual ••

The thaumaturge may take a tissue sample from a living, dead, or undead creature and ascertain its distinguishing characteristics. A wealth of information may be gleamed from this sample, including information that "normal" forensics and genetics would not yield, such as age, generation, clan, etc.

  • Cost: 1 Rouse Check
  • Dice Pool: Intelligence + Blood Sorcery
  • System: Thaumaturgical Forensics uses the following system:
    • Ingredients: A sample from an organic tissue (or ash), a monocle, several microscope slides and a scalpel.
    • Process: To produce the means to analyse the sample, the biotharumaturge first needs to incantate the monocle for about an hour. The scalpel is “inked” with the blood of the vampire and used to scribble runes and symbols on the metal part of the monocle while chanting. Once completed, the monocle acquires a red tint on the glass and the metal blackens, while the runes start glowing a visible red. The artifact maintains its properties until destroyed and thus this part of the ritual does not need to be performed every time. To prepare the samples, the biothaumaturge slashes the tissue into a thin laminar shape and mounts the microscope slides around them as she would do with any other sample. Using the blood from a self- inflicted wound as a staining method on the slides, she then proceeds to examine them.
    • System: Each success on the activation roll yields one piece of simple information about the subject, which may be any living, unliving or dead entity (but not an inanimate object), including plants. This information is limited to physical characteristics of the subject - Thaumaturgical Forensics can be used to determine gender, clan, traces of diablerie and the like, but it will not reveal if a given subject killed an individual or where she kept her trove of personal belongings. A critical roll may yield the knowledge of a weakness to exploit at ST discretion while a complete failure yields the destruction of the sample. If the microscopes slides are prepared correctly, they can be used again for further examination up to half the Science rating of the user rounded up without the need of additional Rouse Checks.
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Related Content

This ritual is the first level of Rituals of Biothaumaturgy. Which also includes:

Originally from Paths of Blood Sorcery

This bizarre path reputedly has its roots in the secret tomes of the inscrutable Black Hand. Over the past few years, its esoteric secrets have spread among certain cabals of Tremere, who regard it as curious mixture of Hermetic science and genetics. Biothaumaturgy concerns itself with the manipulation of life energies. In the laboratories of inspired Biothaumaturgy may be found strange creatures almost out of myth, veritable Frankenstein's monsters and less wholesome creations. Although it is not considered a "taboo" path, Biothaumaturgy is nonetheless strange and unsettling to those who observe its results.

Biothaumaturgy also requires the thaumaturge to have a laboratory where she may conduct her experiments. This need be nothing more complex than a doctor's table and a few sharp knives, but it may be as complex as the "mad scientist" affairs of pulp fiction, with steaming alembics and crackling generators. The Storyteller should feel free to modify a character's Biothaumaturgy difficulties if she has excellent laboratory resources or her facilities are utterly lacking. Working with a crude lab may add two to the difficulty while a high-grade facility may lower his difficulties by two.

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Author: Sharei

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