Blood's Cry for Vengeance
The Nosferatu say that if one Assamite dies, the entire clan knows of it within a fortnight. While this is a slight exaggeration, the Lepers are not off the mark by far. This ritual links two or more willing participants in a subtle psychic bond. Under most circumstances, this has no effect, and it is undetectable by most methods of perception. However, if any member of the group dies, all others are instantly struck by a vision of her fall, and gain a flash of her emotional state before death (which generally allows them to know if their comrade died honorably or was betrayed). All loyal members of the clan are linked to the Eldest through this ritual upon their first pilgrimage to Alamut. Typically, pilgrims who arrive within the same lunar month are bound to the Eldest and to each other in unison.
System: Each individual to be linked, up to a maximum number equal to the caster's Occult score, donates two blood points, which the character collects in a wooden bowl. She does not have to be part of the link, though she counts against the limit of participants if she does. Over the next hour, she brings the blood to a boil over an open fire while the participants sit in a circle around the fire and meditate on their relationships with one another. When the last of the blood has boiled away, the ritual is complete. If the player's roll is successful, all participants are permanently linked in the manner described above. This knowledge is transmitted instantly upon one's death, and no known method can block it. There is no limit to the number of circles to which one individual can be bound.
