By Mike Mitchell (m.mitchell@icrf.icnet.uk)
This ritual allows the Thaumaturgist to use some of her disciplines through such a homunculus: she takes a small sample from the homunculus, such as a claw clipping, and grinds it to a paste using a point or trait of her vitae. The paste is then smeared over the eyelids and behind her ears.
Additional Homunculi can be included in a ritual by including a sample of their flesh in the paste. However this makes the ritual harder and only one Homunculus may be actively channeled at a time.
While in normal empathic contact with the Homunculus a Thaumaturgist is sometimes distracted. However when disciplines are being channeled, the Thaumaturgist falls into a trance-like state as her mind is focused through ther Homunculus.
V:tM System: The Thaumaturgist spends a blood point and then rolls Manipulation + Occult against a difficulty of 7; the number of successes indicates the maximum complexity of disciplines that can be used with this particular homunculus. A botch means that the empathic rapport with the Homunculus is lost for that night.
The level of a discipline channeled through a Homunculus may not not exceed the level of mastery of Thaumaturgy.
Number of Successes | Type of Discipline | Example Disciplines |
1 | Sensory disciplines | Auspex |
2 | Others' senses/emotions | Obfuscate, Presence |
3 | Others' minds | Dominate, Animalism |
4 | Mystical disciplines | Thaumaturgy |
5 | Physical disciplines | Celerity, Potence, Protean |
The addition of each extra homuculus increases the number of successes required to be able to use a discipline by 1. For example, for two additional Homunculi it now takes 3 successes to use Auspex and 4 to use Obfuscate.
If the Vampire is in physical danger, a single success on a Perception + Alertness roll at difficulty 9 can snap her back to her senses.
MET System: The Thaumaturgist spends a blood trait and then bids a number of mental traits in a static challenge against a difficulty of 6; the number of traits bid indicates the maximum complexity of disciplines that can be used with this particular homunculus. A lost challenge means that the empathic rapport with the Homunculus is lost for that night, and the mental traits are also lost.
The level of a discipline channeled through a Homunculus may not not exceed the level of mastery of Thaumaturgy.
Number of Traits bid | Type of Discipline | Example Disciplines |
1 | Sensory disciplines | Auspex |
2 | Others' senses/emotions | Obfuscate, Presence |
3 | Others' minds | Dominate, Animalism |
4 | mystical disciplines | Thaumaturgy |
5 | physical disciplines | Celerity, Potence, Protean |
The addition of each extra homuculus increases the number of traits required to be able to use a discipline by 1. For example, for two additional Homunculi it now takes 3 traits to use Auspex and 4 to use Obfuscate.
If the Vampire is in physical danger, a successful static mental challenge against a difficulty of 7 can snap them back to their senses.