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		<title>Bruce: Adjusting the level 3 ritual: &quot;Tears of Marduk.&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Adjusting the level 3 ritual: &amp;quot;Tears of Marduk.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 20:06, 15 January 2014&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l5&quot;&gt;Line 5:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#800000;&amp;quot;&amp;gt; As a defense, Assamite Sorcerers learned to crystallize the blood that fell from their warriors&amp;#039; battle wounds.  Based on Crystallize the Liquid Form (Path of [[Transmutation]] level 2), any blood that leaves the subject&amp;#039;s body immediately crystallizes and transforms into drops of pure, uncut garnet.  Obviously, it is impossible to feed vitae to ghouls while &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot;Tears of Marduk&amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is in effect.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#800000;&amp;quot;&amp;gt; As a defense, Assamite Sorcerers learned to crystallize the blood that fell from their warriors&amp;#039; battle wounds.  Based on Crystallize the Liquid Form (Path of [[Transmutation]] level 2), any blood that leaves the subject&amp;#039;s body immediately crystallizes and transforms into drops of pure, uncut garnet.  Obviously, it is impossible to feed vitae to ghouls while &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot;Tears of Marduk&amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is in effect.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#800000;&amp;quot;&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;System:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; This ritual can be cast on only one individual at a time. Regardless of whether the sorcerer is casting this ritual for himself, or another childe of Haqim, the steps remain the same. The sorcerer requires a garnet the size of his thumbnail, raw or worked (polished or faceted), it makes no difference. The caster must chant over the garnet for fifteen minutes, making sweeping gestures with his hands, and invoking djinn of water and stone. The sorcerer must drink from a victim sated with Khalif; when he feels the headiness of the Khalif laced blood, he must swallow the crimson gem. After an hour has past, he then cuts the object out of his belly, licks it clean and pockets the gem or if the ritual is for another Assamite, he hands the garnet over to the subject. If the ritual is successful, the possessor of the enchanted garnet is fully protected from having his or her blood stolen in liquid form for a number of night equal to the player&amp;#039;s successes on the casting roll.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#800000;&amp;quot;&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;System:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; This ritual can be cast on only one individual at a time. Regardless of whether the sorcerer is casting this ritual for himself, or another childe of Haqim, the steps remain the same. The sorcerer requires a garnet the size of his thumbnail, raw or worked (polished or faceted), it makes no difference. The caster must chant over the garnet for fifteen minutes, making sweeping gestures with his hands, and invoking djinn of water and stone. The sorcerer must drink from a victim sated with Khalif; when he feels the headiness of the Khalif laced blood, he must swallow the crimson gem. After an hour has past, he then cuts the object out of his belly, licks it clean and pockets the gem or if the ritual is for another Assamite, he hands the garnet over to the subject. If the ritual is successful, the possessor of the enchanted garnet is fully protected from having his or her blood stolen in liquid form for a number of night equal to the player&amp;#039;s successes on the casting roll&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. Remember, it is the garnet that bears the enchantment, if the possessor hands the stone to another Assamite, then that assassin gains the benefits; should the stone be lost, well, only another of Haqim&amp;#039;s blood could gain the benefits in the proscribed time, but the unlucky fool will not likely receive the benefit of the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot;Tears of Marduk&amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; again, anytime soon&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#800000;&amp;quot;&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Errata:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; While the blood remains solid garnet indefinitely, it is still part of the vampire who lost it. While effects such as Taste of Vitae ([[Path of Blood]] level 1, and [[Blood Walk]] cannot be used, the garnet can be used for other mystic purposes. The size of the garnets depend on the rate at which the vampire is losing blood. [[Engaging the Vessel of Transference]] will result in the container being filled with a single chunk of garnet, while a bleeding wound would result in a stream of small crystals falling to the floor. It might be amusing to witness Theft of Vitae used: A torrent of ruddy red gemstones flies from the victim, hitting the caster in the mouth (no damage, but what a surprise!).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#800000;&amp;quot;&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Errata:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; While the blood remains solid garnet indefinitely, it is still part of the vampire who lost it. While effects such as Taste of Vitae ([[Path of Blood]] level 1, and [[Blood Walk]] cannot be used, the garnet can be used for other mystic purposes. The size of the garnets depend on the rate at which the vampire is losing blood. [[Engaging the Vessel of Transference]] will result in the container being filled with a single chunk of garnet, while a bleeding wound would result in a stream of small crystals falling to the floor. It might be amusing to witness Theft of Vitae used: A torrent of ruddy red gemstones flies from the victim, hitting the caster in the mouth (no damage, but what a surprise!).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Bruce</name></author>
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		<title>Bruce at 02:00, 16 January 2014</title>
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		<updated>2014-01-16T02:00:09Z</updated>

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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 20:00, 15 January 2014&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#800000;&amp;quot;&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Description:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; In their battles with the Tremere, Medieval Assamites learned the hard way that they were no longer the only masters of the power of vitae.  Their enemies had learned to turn the power of vampiric essence against the vampire who had spilled it.  Even a few flecks of blood spilled by a victorious warrior could spell his ruin if the Tremere&amp;#039;s sneaking allies were able to scavenge the battlefield later.  Worse, the Tremere had learned to steal vitae with a touch, or even from afar, either to strengthen themselves in battle, or effect the ruin of their enemies later.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#800000;&amp;quot;&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Description:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; In their battles with the Tremere, Medieval Assamites learned the hard way that they were no longer the only masters of the power of vitae.  Their enemies had learned to turn the power of vampiric essence against the vampire who had spilled it.  Even a few flecks of blood spilled by a victorious warrior could spell his ruin if the Tremere&amp;#039;s sneaking allies were able to scavenge the battlefield later.  Worse, the Tremere had learned to steal vitae with a touch, or even from afar, either to strengthen themselves in battle, or effect the ruin of their enemies later.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#800000;&amp;quot;&amp;gt; As a defense, Assamite Sorcerers learned to crystallize the blood that fell from their warriors&amp;#039; battle wounds.  Based on Crystallize the Liquid Form (Path of [[Transmutation]] level 2), any blood that leaves the subject&amp;#039;s body immediately crystallizes and transforms into drops of pure, uncut garnet.  Obviously, it is impossible to feed vitae to ghouls while &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tears of Marduk&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is in effect.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#800000;&amp;quot;&amp;gt; As a defense, Assamite Sorcerers learned to crystallize the blood that fell from their warriors&amp;#039; battle wounds.  Based on Crystallize the Liquid Form (Path of [[Transmutation]] level 2), any blood that leaves the subject&amp;#039;s body immediately crystallizes and transforms into drops of pure, uncut garnet.  Obviously, it is impossible to feed vitae to ghouls while &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/ins&gt;Tears of Marduk&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is in effect.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#800000;&amp;quot;&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;System:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; This ritual can be cast on only one individual at a time. Regardless of whether the sorcerer is casting this ritual for himself, or another childe of Haqim, the steps remain the same. The sorcerer requires a garnet the size of his thumbnail, raw or worked (polished or faceted), it makes no difference. The caster must chant over the garnet for fifteen minutes, making sweeping gestures with his hands, and invoking djinn of water and stone. The sorcerer must drink from a victim sated with Khalif; when he feels the headiness of the Khalif laced blood, he must swallow the crimson gem. After an hour has past, he then cuts the object out of his belly, licks it clean and pockets the gem or if the ritual is for another Assamite, he hands the garnet over to the subject. If the ritual is successful, the possessor of the enchanted garnet is fully protected from having his or her blood stolen in liquid form for a number of night equal to the player&amp;#039;s successes on the casting roll.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#800000;&amp;quot;&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;System:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; This ritual can be cast on only one individual at a time. Regardless of whether the sorcerer is casting this ritual for himself, or another childe of Haqim, the steps remain the same. The sorcerer requires a garnet the size of his thumbnail, raw or worked (polished or faceted), it makes no difference. The caster must chant over the garnet for fifteen minutes, making sweeping gestures with his hands, and invoking djinn of water and stone. The sorcerer must drink from a victim sated with Khalif; when he feels the headiness of the Khalif laced blood, he must swallow the crimson gem. After an hour has past, he then cuts the object out of his belly, licks it clean and pockets the gem or if the ritual is for another Assamite, he hands the garnet over to the subject. If the ritual is successful, the possessor of the enchanted garnet is fully protected from having his or her blood stolen in liquid form for a number of night equal to the player&amp;#039;s successes on the casting roll.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#800000;&amp;quot;&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Errata:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; While the blood remains solid garnet indefinitely, it is still part of the vampire who lost it. While effects such as Taste of Vitae ([[Path of Blood]] level 1, and [[Blood Walk]] cannot be used, the garnet can be used for other mystic purposes. The size of the garnets depend on the rate at which the vampire is losing blood. [[Engaging the Vessel of Transference]] will result in the container being filled with a single chunk of garnet, while a bleeding wound would result in a stream of small crystals falling to the floor. It might be amusing to witness Theft of Vitae used: A torrent of ruddy red gemstones flies from the victim, hitting the caster in the mouth (no damage, but what a surprise!).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#800000;&amp;quot;&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Errata:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; While the blood remains solid garnet indefinitely, it is still part of the vampire who lost it. While effects such as Taste of Vitae ([[Path of Blood]] level 1, and [[Blood Walk]] cannot be used, the garnet can be used for other mystic purposes. The size of the garnets depend on the rate at which the vampire is losing blood. [[Engaging the Vessel of Transference]] will result in the container being filled with a single chunk of garnet, while a bleeding wound would result in a stream of small crystals falling to the floor. It might be amusing to witness Theft of Vitae used: A torrent of ruddy red gemstones flies from the victim, hitting the caster in the mouth (no damage, but what a surprise!).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Bruce</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<title>Bruce at 01:59, 16 January 2014</title>
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		<updated>2014-01-16T01:59:30Z</updated>

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#800000;&amp;quot;&amp;gt; As a defense, Assamite Sorcerers learned to crystallize the blood that fell from their warriors&amp;#039; battle wounds.  Based on Crystallize the Liquid Form (Path of [[Transmutation]] level 2), any blood that leaves the subject&amp;#039;s body immediately crystallizes and transforms into drops of pure, uncut garnet.  Obviously, it is impossible to feed vitae to ghouls while &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tears of Marduk&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is in effect.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#800000;&amp;quot;&amp;gt; As a defense, Assamite Sorcerers learned to crystallize the blood that fell from their warriors&amp;#039; battle wounds.  Based on Crystallize the Liquid Form (Path of [[Transmutation]] level 2), any blood that leaves the subject&amp;#039;s body immediately crystallizes and transforms into drops of pure, uncut garnet.  Obviously, it is impossible to feed vitae to ghouls while &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tears of Marduk&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is in effect.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#800000;&amp;quot;&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;System&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;:  Casting &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tears &lt;/del&gt;of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Marduk&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &lt;/del&gt;requires &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;that &lt;/del&gt;a &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;small piece of &lt;/del&gt;garnet &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;be frozen in a block &lt;/del&gt;of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ice&lt;/del&gt;. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;The caster must chant over the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;block &lt;/del&gt;for fifteen minutes, making sweeping gestures with his hands, and invoking djinn of water and stone. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; At &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;end &lt;/del&gt;of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;fifteen minutes&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;a vampire &lt;/del&gt;must swallow the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;block&lt;/del&gt;. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; Those without &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Eat Food]] merit must succeed in a Stamina roll, difficulty 8&lt;/del&gt;, or &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;they cannot keep it down&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ruining &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ritual&lt;/del&gt;. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;If the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;vampire succeeds in swallowing &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ice and &lt;/del&gt;garnet&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, they dissolve into his vitae, and the vampire &lt;/del&gt;is &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;then &lt;/del&gt;protected &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;against &lt;/del&gt;having &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;lost &lt;/del&gt;blood &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;used against him &lt;/del&gt;for &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;one &lt;/del&gt;night &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;per success &lt;/del&gt;on the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;standard &lt;/del&gt;casting roll.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#800000;&amp;quot;&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;System&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;:&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;This ritual can be cast on only one individual at a time. Regardless of whether the sorcerer is casting this ritual for himself, or another childe &lt;/ins&gt;of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Haqim, the steps remain the same. The sorcerer &lt;/ins&gt;requires a garnet &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the size &lt;/ins&gt;of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;his thumbnail, raw or worked (polished or faceted), it makes no difference&lt;/ins&gt;. The caster must chant over the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;garnet &lt;/ins&gt;for fifteen minutes, making sweeping gestures with his hands, and invoking djinn of water and stone. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The sorcerer must drink from a victim sated with Khalif; when he feels &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;headiness &lt;/ins&gt;of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the Khalif laced blood&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;he &lt;/ins&gt;must swallow the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;crimson gem&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;After an hour has past, he then cuts &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;object out of his belly&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;licks it clean and pockets the gem &lt;/ins&gt;or &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;if the ritual is for another Assamite&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;he hands &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;garnet over to the subject&lt;/ins&gt;. If the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ritual is successful, the possessor of &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;enchanted &lt;/ins&gt;garnet is &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;fully &lt;/ins&gt;protected &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;from &lt;/ins&gt;having &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;his or her &lt;/ins&gt;blood &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;stolen in liquid form &lt;/ins&gt;for &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;a number of &lt;/ins&gt;night &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;equal to the player&amp;#039;s successes &lt;/ins&gt;on the casting roll.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#800000;&amp;quot;&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Errata:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;While the blood remains solid garnet indefinitely, it is still part of the vampire who lost it. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;While effects such as Taste of Vitae ([[Path of Blood]] level 1, and [[Blood Walk]] cannot be used, the garnet can be used for other mystic purposes.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#800000;&amp;quot;&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Errata:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; While the blood remains solid garnet indefinitely, it is still part of the vampire who lost it. While effects such as Taste of Vitae ([[Path of Blood]] level 1, and [[Blood Walk]] cannot be used, the garnet can be used for other mystic purposes. The size of the garnets depend on the rate at which the vampire is losing blood. [[Engaging the Vessel of Transference]] will result in the container being filled with a single chunk of garnet, while a bleeding wound would result in a stream of small crystals falling to the floor. It might be amusing to witness Theft of Vitae used: A torrent of ruddy red gemstones flies from the victim, hitting the caster in the mouth (no damage, but what a surprise!).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;/del&gt;The size of the garnets depend on the rate at which the vampire is losing blood. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;[[Engaging the Vessel of Transference]] will result in the container being filled with a single chunk of garnet, while a bleeding wound would result in a stream of small crystals falling to the floor. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;It might be amusing to witness Theft of Vitae used: &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;A torrent of ruddy red gemstones flies from the victim, hitting the caster in the mouth (no damage, but what a surprise!).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Bruce</name></author>
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		<title>Bruce at 00:41, 16 January 2014</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;[[Level 3 - Storyline Rituals]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;; &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;/ins&gt;[[Level 3 - Storyline Rituals]]&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In their battles with the Tremere, Medieval Assamites learned the hard way that they were no longer the only masters of the power of vitae.  Their enemies had learned to turn the power of vampiric essence against the vampire who had spilled it.  Even a few flecks of blood spilled by a victorious warrior could spell his ruin if the Tremere&amp;#039;s sneaking allies were able to scavenge the battlefield later.  Worse, the Tremere had learned to steal vitae with a touch, or even from afar, either to strengthen themselves in battle, or effect the ruin of their enemies later.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#800000;&amp;quot;&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Description:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &lt;/ins&gt;In their battles with the Tremere, Medieval Assamites learned the hard way that they were no longer the only masters of the power of vitae.  Their enemies had learned to turn the power of vampiric essence against the vampire who had spilled it.  Even a few flecks of blood spilled by a victorious warrior could spell his ruin if the Tremere&amp;#039;s sneaking allies were able to scavenge the battlefield later.  Worse, the Tremere had learned to steal vitae with a touch, or even from afar, either to strengthen themselves in battle, or effect the ruin of their enemies later.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;As a defense, Assamite Sorcerers learned to crystallize the blood that fell from their warriors&amp;#039; battle wounds.  Based on Crystallize the Liquid Form (Path of [[Transmutation]] level 2), any blood that leaves the subject&amp;#039;s body immediately crystallizes and transforms into drops of pure, uncut garnet.  Obviously, it is impossible to feed vitae to ghouls while &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tears of Marduk&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is in effect.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#800000;&amp;quot;&amp;gt; &lt;/ins&gt;As a defense, Assamite Sorcerers learned to crystallize the blood that fell from their warriors&amp;#039; battle wounds.  Based on Crystallize the Liquid Form (Path of [[Transmutation]] level 2), any blood that leaves the subject&amp;#039;s body immediately crystallizes and transforms into drops of pure, uncut garnet.  Obviously, it is impossible to feed vitae to ghouls while &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tears of Marduk&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is in effect.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;System&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;:  Casting &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tears of Marduk&amp;#039;&amp;#039; requires that a small piece of garnet be frozen in a block of ice.  The caster must chant over the block for fifteen minutes, making sweeping gestures with his hands, and invoking djinn of water and stone.  At the end of fifteen minutes, a vampire must swallow the block.  Those without the [[Eat Food]] merit must succeed in a Stamina roll, difficulty 8, or they cannot keep it down, ruining the ritual.  If the vampire succeeds in swallowing the ice and garnet, they dissolve into his vitae, and the vampire is then protected against having lost blood used against him for one night per success on the standard casting roll.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#800000;&amp;quot;&amp;gt; &lt;/ins&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;System&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;:  Casting &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tears of Marduk&amp;#039;&amp;#039; requires that a small piece of garnet be frozen in a block of ice.  The caster must chant over the block for fifteen minutes, making sweeping gestures with his hands, and invoking djinn of water and stone.  At the end of fifteen minutes, a vampire must swallow the block.  Those without the [[Eat Food]] merit must succeed in a Stamina roll, difficulty 8, or they cannot keep it down, ruining the ritual.  If the vampire succeeds in swallowing the ice and garnet, they dissolve into his vitae, and the vampire is then protected against having lost blood used against him for one night per success on the standard casting roll.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Errata:  While the blood remains solid garnet indefinitely, it is still part of the vampire who lost it.  While effects such as Taste of Vitae ([[Path of Blood]] level 1, and [[Blood Walk]] cannot be used, the garnet can be used for other mystic purposes.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#800000;&amp;quot;&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Errata:&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &lt;/ins&gt; While the blood remains solid garnet indefinitely, it is still part of the vampire who lost it.  While effects such as Taste of Vitae ([[Path of Blood]] level 1, and [[Blood Walk]] cannot be used, the garnet can be used for other mystic purposes.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The size of the garnets depend on the rate at which the vampire is losing blood.  [[Engaging the Vessel of Transference]] will result in the container being filled with a single chunk of garnet, while a bleeding wound would result in a stream of small crystals falling to the floor.  It might be amusing to witness Theft of Vitae used:  A torrent of ruddy red gemstones flies from the victim, hitting the caster in the mouth (no damage, but what a surprise!).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The size of the garnets depend on the rate at which the vampire is losing blood.  [[Engaging the Vessel of Transference]] will result in the container being filled with a single chunk of garnet, while a bleeding wound would result in a stream of small crystals falling to the floor.  It might be amusing to witness Theft of Vitae used:  A torrent of ruddy red gemstones flies from the victim, hitting the caster in the mouth (no damage, but what a surprise!).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Bruce</name></author>
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		<title>Shadow Cat at 23:49, 14 January 2014</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Errata:  While the blood remains solid garnet indefinitely, it is still part of the vampire who lost it.  While effects such as Taste of Vitae ([[Path of Blood]] level 1, and [[Blood Walk]] cannot be used, the garnet can be used for other mystic purposes.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Errata:  While the blood remains solid garnet indefinitely, it is still part of the vampire who lost it.  While effects such as Taste of Vitae ([[Path of Blood]] level 1, and [[Blood Walk]] cannot be used, the garnet can be used for other mystic purposes.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The size of the garnets depend on the rate at which the vampire is losing blood.  [[Engaging the Vessel of Transference]] will result in the container being filled with a single chunk of garnet, while a bleeding wound would result in a stream of small crystals falling to the floor.  It might be amusing to witness Theft of Vitae used:  A &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;stream &lt;/del&gt;of gemstones flies from the victim, hitting the caster in the mouth (no damage, but what a surprise!).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The size of the garnets depend on the rate at which the vampire is losing blood.  [[Engaging the Vessel of Transference]] will result in the container being filled with a single chunk of garnet, while a bleeding wound would result in a stream of small crystals falling to the floor.  It might be amusing to witness Theft of Vitae used:  A &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;torrent &lt;/ins&gt;of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ruddy red &lt;/ins&gt;gemstones flies from the victim, hitting the caster in the mouth (no damage, but what a surprise!).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Shadow Cat</name></author>
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		<title>Shadow Cat: Created page with &quot;;Level 3 - Storyline Rituals  In their battles with the Tremere, Medieval Assamites learned the hard way that they were no longer the only masters of the power of vitae.  ...&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;;&lt;a href=&quot;/Vampire/index.php/Level_3_-_Storyline_Rituals&quot; title=&quot;Level 3 - Storyline Rituals&quot;&gt;Level 3 - Storyline Rituals&lt;/a&gt;  In their battles with the Tremere, Medieval Assamites learned the hard way that they were no longer the only masters of the power of vitae.  ...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;;[[Level 3 - Storyline Rituals]]&lt;br /&gt;
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In their battles with the Tremere, Medieval Assamites learned the hard way that they were no longer the only masters of the power of vitae.  Their enemies had learned to turn the power of vampiric essence against the vampire who had spilled it.  Even a few flecks of blood spilled by a victorious warrior could spell his ruin if the Tremere&amp;#039;s sneaking allies were able to scavenge the battlefield later.  Worse, the Tremere had learned to steal vitae with a touch, or even from afar, either to strengthen themselves in battle, or effect the ruin of their enemies later.&lt;br /&gt;
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As a defense, Assamite Sorcerers learned to crystallize the blood that fell from their warriors&amp;#039; battle wounds.  Based on Crystallize the Liquid Form (Path of [[Transmutation]] level 2), any blood that leaves the subject&amp;#039;s body immediately crystallizes and transforms into drops of pure, uncut garnet.  Obviously, it is impossible to feed vitae to ghouls while &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tears of Marduk&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is in effect.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;System&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;:  Casting &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tears of Marduk&amp;#039;&amp;#039; requires that a small piece of garnet be frozen in a block of ice.  The caster must chant over the block for fifteen minutes, making sweeping gestures with his hands, and invoking djinn of water and stone.  At the end of fifteen minutes, a vampire must swallow the block.  Those without the [[Eat Food]] merit must succeed in a Stamina roll, difficulty 8, or they cannot keep it down, ruining the ritual.  If the vampire succeeds in swallowing the ice and garnet, they dissolve into his vitae, and the vampire is then protected against having lost blood used against him for one night per success on the standard casting roll.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Errata:  While the blood remains solid garnet indefinitely, it is still part of the vampire who lost it.  While effects such as Taste of Vitae ([[Path of Blood]] level 1, and [[Blood Walk]] cannot be used, the garnet can be used for other mystic purposes.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The size of the garnets depend on the rate at which the vampire is losing blood.  [[Engaging the Vessel of Transference]] will result in the container being filled with a single chunk of garnet, while a bleeding wound would result in a stream of small crystals falling to the floor.  It might be amusing to witness Theft of Vitae used:  A stream of gemstones flies from the victim, hitting the caster in the mouth (no damage, but what a surprise!).&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Shadow Cat</name></author>
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