Pledge to the Worthless One (•••, Transmutation •••)
Target Successes: 8
Sacrament: A person content with his life
This ritual is considered heretical to all mainstream Lancea
et Sanctum creeds. It calls on the force of the devil Belial – the
Worthless One – to gift upon a vampire his dark blessings.
The subject of this ritual swears herself to Belial, and slays the
sacramental mortal. She must consent to its effects for the ritual
to take effect, but once it’s taken effect, it cannot be ended
by any known practice. Part of the oath requires the vampire
pledge her immortal soul after her Final Death. This is largely
academic, as no vampire knows what happens to a vampire after
the Requiem’s end. The pledge affords a number of effects:
• The subject chooses one of the seven deadly sins with which
to ally: greed, pride, wrath, sloth, gluttony, envy, or lust. From
that point forward, every Vitae she draws from a mortal in
the throes of that sin is doubled. Characters not exhibiting
those sins provide her half the nourishment; she takes only
one from each two Vitae drawn.
• She gains the advantages of frenzy at all times, even while
completely lucid.
• She cannot maintain a Touchstone.
• She exhibits one physical sign of damnation. This may
manifest as cloven hooves, a third nipple, or any other classic
sign of diabolism.
• She gains a familiar. This is a demon in an animal’s flesh. It
counts as a five dot Retainer, with three dots of Disciplines.
She can see through its eyes, and speak through its mouth.
• Any member of the Lancea et Sanctum is honor-bound to
destroy her if her pledge is uncovered.