Abyss Mysticism

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Craft the Oubliette

Type C, level 1

The Fledgling Abyss Mystic finds a room that Light has never touched and enacts the ritual in the center of the room. As the Mystic chants, tangible darkness erupts forth from her, transforming the room into a halfway point between the world and the abyss. The Oubliette room acts as though it is permanently under the effects of the Level 2 Oblivion power. The Oubliette is destroyed if it is ever exposed to sunlight but it snuffs all flame and light. The oubliette becomes a background on the Mystics sheet. Players can improve the background like any other background. This increases the size and provides a 1 trait benefit ( per level) when casting oblivion rituals within the oubliette.

The Abyss Knows

Type D, Level 1

Cast on another target. This ritual takes 30 minutes and tells you whether or not the target has pledged their soul to the service of a Deific being. It is very obvious and requires a lot of chanting. The number one use for this power is to identify those practitioners of abyss mysticism who have not sold their souls to the Abyss. Just a yes/no as to whether or not the target's soul belongs to another greater entity. Just religion doesn’t count. The ritual is searching for a deeper connection

The Shadow of Hands that Serve

Type B, Level 2

The Vampire snuffs a lit candle with her bare hand and takes an ag. Blood from the wound falls and, where the blood lands, it shrieks in pain and births a momentary gateway to the Abyss. Out of this brief rift emerges a globe of shadow substance the size of a child's hand. It moves with unnatural quickness and makes a slightly squishing sound as it skitters across the floor. The creature endures permanently but takes up one of the caster’s retainer slots until dismissed. It requires one blood a month in upkeep. It serves the vampire's spoken will with unquestioningly if unimaginatively.. It can crudely communicate with material beings in images and emotional impressions, but only while in physical contact.

This Ritual creates a retainer that functions as a ghoul and takes up a ghoul slot. It may learn Oblivion.

Transubstantiation of Essence

Type D, level 2

The Mystic spends a full round in concentration. He may then spend any amount of blood to heal. He heals 2 lethal for every blood spent this way. Afterwards, the Mystic is in blood debt to the abyss and must consume one blood for every health level previously restored. He gains no nourishment from this feeding.

Anga Mainyu Consumes Spenta Mainyu

Type D, Level 2

The user take 2 (soakable) aggravated damage as she ingests hot tar. At any point during the night, the mystic may vomit up all the tar which magically spews forth blocking all sources of light by encasing them in tar. and dealing one automatic aggravated damage to all other creatures. ( no test). The mystic may only have one use of this stored at a time. Range room.

Third Hidden eye of Richard Argentis

Type C, Level 2

The caster is immune to surprise attacks for the month

Invoke the BlatherSkite

Type C, level 3

This ritual requires the mystic to lay submerged in a pool of water for 2 days. For each additional night the kindred remains submerged and does not feed a Blatherskite emerges from the shadows somewhere within 1 mile of the caster. The caster has no control over the Blatherskites save that they won’t attack him.

A player who knows this ritual can also banish Blatherskites with an occult chop diff 3 in a single round.

Blatherskite: 8 health levels, 3 brawl, athletics, defense, and survival. Arms deal 3 lethal, Potence 2, Fortitude 2, Obfuscate 2

‘’’Reflections of Hollow Revelation’’’

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‘’’Abyssal Blade’’’

Type B, level 4

Treat as a ward for the purposes of adding other wards to a weapon. This ritual submerges and suffuses a weapon with darkness. After being cast, the weapon deals aggravated damage to mortals (ghouls, Hunters and kinfolk count but nothing higher tier) and bypasses all armor. The blade itself is semi- transparent and definitely not natural looking. Lasombra are loathe to gift one of these weapons to a non- clan member but it does happen occasionally. This ritual has only recently been "stolen" by the clans of death.

Boukephos Gateway

Type D, level 5

The ritual requires the Mystic to stare into the darkness of a mirror for 3 days straight. At the end an abyss creature emerges and offers her the choice to become an Ahrimane, surrendering his soul for true power. The effects of this ritual vary but they can do things as severe as increasing the level of disciplines a character can possess. However, the character is no longer the same. They are now a true servant of the abyss unable to pursue their own wants and desires unless they align with the abyss. This change is also very clear in their aura. A player who casts this ritual will likely cease being playable shortly. ( as soon as they do something their new masters do not like.)

Into the Chasm

Type D, Level 5

This ritual must be performed in the Mystics’ Oubliette. With an hour of preparation the caster can teleport herself and up to 5 others to any place she has ever been in the world by traversing the abyss. Failure on this ritual causes the caster to be consumed by the nothingness and any passengers to be lost in the abyss with no readily available path out. There must be shadows where you are teleporting to.