By Yann Golanski(ymg@ukc.ac.uk)
Lvl: 3
Time req'd: 45 min
Duration: Until activated.
Components: 1 B.P. Pt. of the casters blood
During this short ritual the caster insribes a rune on any surface with some of his blood.
Should anyone except the caster pass within a metre of the rune, the rune will activate alerting the caster of this. If the rune is inscribed on the wall inside a room the rune will not activate if someone passes within a metre of it but is outside the room. As the rune has no mind it will be activated by a kindred using Obfuscate.
The rune is not blood red in colour but is a shde lighter or darker than the surrounding paint/wallpaper etc. and can be seen if it's in a place that's visible (ie not inside a drawer).The difficulty of spotting the rune depends on where it's placed - a rune in the middle of the wall is easier to spot than one in a corner affected by mildew. The caster can have up to his Thaumaturgy level of runes in operation, he/she will instinctively know which rune has been activated.
Lvl: 2
Time Req'd: 30 min
Duration: Until activated.
Components: 1BP. Pt. and 1 of the casters eyelashes.
This ritual functions in a similar way to Rune of Vigilance. During the ritual the caster burns the eyelash, mixes it with a little of his blood and inscribes a symbolic eye on any flat surface.
The eye is invible until activated in the same way as the rune above. When activated the rune glows dimly whilst it briefly transmits images of what activated it to the caster.Whilst the Eye will be activated by someone Obfuscted as the rune, the caster wont necessarily see anyone unless they have a higher Auspex.
The caster can have more than one Eye in operation in the same way as the rune above.
Lvl: 4
Time req'd: 2 hours.
Duration: Until next evening.
Components: Hair/ nail clipping/ personal item belonging to the target, 2BP. Pt's. of the casters blood and ground hazelnuts.
During this ritual the caster burns the item belonging to the terget and mixes the ashes with the ground hazelnuts and his blood. The runic name of the target is then repeated in a interlocking pattern over the casters' shaven head (not including the ears but over the eyelids). The final half an hour is spent in a meditative trance.
Once the ritual is completed the caster will be aware of the direction and distance of the target to him if the target is within 100 miles. Within this distance the caster can easily lead himself to the target. If the target is staked then the spirit is dormant and a perception+Auspex roll is req'd every 1/2 hour to keep track of it.
If the target dies during the duration of the ritual the caster will be aware of this and a wits+Auspex roll is req'd to place the body before the spirit leaves it.
If the target is dead before the ritual is operative then no information as to the spirits whereabout can be obtained. If the target is staked before the ritual is completed the it can be found in the normal way.
If the target is further away than 100 miles but within 1000 then only hazy information as to its whereabouts can be otained.If the target is more than 1000 miles away a perception+Auspex roll (diff. 8) can be made to discover if the target is alive or dead but no other info. can be obtained.
Lvl: 5
Time:: 2 hours
Duration:: Until destroyed.
Components: One of the caster's eyes and 1BP Pt.
During this ritual the caster must remove one of his eyes (2 unsoakable health levels of damage) which is magically absorbed into the the flat surface the ritual is performed upon. Various dedication rites are then performed creating amystical link between the caster and his eye.
The caster can see what his eye would normally see by concentrating for a round and spending a blood pool point. The caster can only see Obfuscated characters if his Auspex is high enough.
When activated the eye glows dimly (but see below) and can only be damaged by fire (which destroys it) causing one health level of damage to the caster which cannot be soaked(but can be healed with blood in the normal way)
If the caster has the Obfucate discipline then he can attempt to prevent the eyefrom glowing in use although he can't keep the eye invisible. eg. If the caster has a suitably brooding picture of his mad ancestor then he can perform the ritual over one of the eyes and use Obfucate to make the eye look like the eye in the painting when in use. The level of Obfucate req'd to dothis is irrelevent but obviously a character with a higher Auspex can see the eye as it would normally appear.
The ritual takes an hour longer to perform if the caster is attempting to Obfuscate it (no roll is req'd) however the caster must maintain the "cloak" by spending 1BP Pt a night.