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Keith: /* Animism */

2026-01-26T01:41:42Z

Animism

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	===Settite Sorcery===		===Settite Sorcery===
	The sorcery of the Settites is to Hermeticism what Taboo is to a Necromantic Authoritarianism: It uses the same principles and twists them in ways that should, according to a Hermetic, render them useless. Setite Sorcery is a term usually used in ignorance; Setite spells are closely guarded secrets and few outside the clan know of them in any detail. The term is never used within the clan.		The sorcery of the Settites is to Hermeticism what Taboo is to a Necromantic Authoritarianism: It uses the same principles and twists them in ways that should, according to a Hermetic, render them useless. Setite Sorcery is a term usually used in ignorance; Setite spells are closely guarded secrets and few outside the clan know of them in any detail. The term is never used within the clan.

Bruce at 07:42, 19 January 2026

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	* -- '''[[Thaumaturgy Paths]]'''		* -- '''[[Thaumaturgy Paths]]'''
	* -- '''[[Thaumaturgy Rituals]]''' (Includes ''Dur'An'Ki'', and other Hermetic sorceries)		* -- '''[[Thaumaturgy Rituals]]''' (Includes ''Dur'An'Ki'', and other Hermetic sorceries)
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	=== [[Dur'An'Ki]]: Assamite Sorcery ===		=== [[Dur'An'Ki]]: Assamite Sorcery ===
	From a purely functional standpoint, the blood magic		From a purely functional standpoint, the blood magic
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	point and all rituals take triple the normal time and		point and all rituals take triple the normal time and
	require one extra success for any desired result.		require one extra success for any desired result.
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	===[[Necromancy]]===		===[[Necromancy]]===
	Of all schools of magic, Necromancy least deserves the moniker "blood magic." Only the fact that many vampiric bloodlines, most notably the Giovanni, pursue the school ties Necromancy into blood sorcery. Even vampiric practitioners rarely rely on the power of their own blood to power their magic, relying instead on elaborate ritual and behavior, even when not actively using magic, to bend the universe to their wills. Indeed, vampiric necromancers have more in common with mortal practitioners than they do with other vampiric sorcerers.<br>		Of all schools of magic, Necromancy least deserves the moniker "blood magic." Only the fact that many vampiric bloodlines, most notably the Giovanni, pursue the school ties Necromancy into blood sorcery. Even vampiric practitioners rarely rely on the power of their own blood to power their magic, relying instead on elaborate ritual and behavior, even when not actively using magic, to bend the universe to their wills. Indeed, vampiric necromancers have more in common with mortal practitioners than they do with other vampiric sorcerers.<br>
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	In contrast, Necromancers who use the principle of ''Taboo'' literally "shock" the universe into conforming to their will. Such twisted souls often cast themselves in opposition to religions that prohibit traffic with the dead. It can be said that Taboo is the "quick and dirty" version of Necromancy: In order to achieve greater results, the Necromancer must sink to ever more depraved acts. In so doing, he forgoes the ability to ever use the principle of Authority. For some, the result is a destructive spiral into corruption, ultimately leaving the jaded Necromancer unable to further shock himself and the universe, and thus incapable of further magic.<br>		In contrast, Necromancers who use the principle of ''Taboo'' literally "shock" the universe into conforming to their will. Such twisted souls often cast themselves in opposition to religions that prohibit traffic with the dead. It can be said that Taboo is the "quick and dirty" version of Necromancy: In order to achieve greater results, the Necromancer must sink to ever more depraved acts. In so doing, he forgoes the ability to ever use the principle of Authority. For some, the result is a destructive spiral into corruption, ultimately leaving the jaded Necromancer unable to further shock himself and the universe, and thus incapable of further magic.<br>
	Authority may be somewhat slower, its rituals requiring more ceremony to establish the Necromancer's credentials. Learning and performing Taboo rituals strips the Necromancer of that Authority, but can possibly have drastic effects: It is more shocking when a priest rapes a boy than when a confirmed pedophile does so. At best, the Authoritarian must undergo some drastic form of penance to regain his authority and thus the ability to use the sorcery he knows. It is possible that an act of Taboo may be so vile as to forever taint the once-pure Authoritarian.		Authority may be somewhat slower, its rituals requiring more ceremony to establish the Necromancer's credentials. Learning and performing Taboo rituals strips the Necromancer of that Authority, but can possibly have drastic effects: It is more shocking when a priest rapes a boy than when a confirmed pedophile does so. At best, the Authoritarian must undergo some drastic form of penance to regain his authority and thus the ability to use the sorcery he knows. It is possible that an act of Taboo may be so vile as to forever taint the once-pure Authoritarian.
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	===Animism===		===Animism===
	''Koldunism'' and ''Ogham'' are examples of primal, spirit based magic. Practitioners have been embraced from native and ancient populations around the world. Shamans are often reliant only on a few local spirits. The underlying principle is that spirits intervene in the physical world to effect the casters will.<br>		''Koldunism'' and ''Ogham'' are examples of primal, spirit based magic. Practitioners have been embraced from native and ancient populations around the world. Shamans are often reliant only on a few local spirits. The underlying principle is that spirits intervene in the physical world to effect the casters will.<br>
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	*: [[Ogham]]		*: [[Ogham]]
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	===Settite Sorcery===		===Settite Sorcery===
	The sorcery of the Settites is to Hermeticism what Taboo is to a Necromantic Authoritarianism: It uses the same principles and twists them in ways that should, according to a Hermetic, render them useless. Setite Sorcery is a term usually used in ignorance; Setite spells are closely guarded secrets and few outside the clan know of them in any detail. The term is never used within the clan.		The sorcery of the Settites is to Hermeticism what Taboo is to a Necromantic Authoritarianism: It uses the same principles and twists them in ways that should, according to a Hermetic, render them useless. Setite Sorcery is a term usually used in ignorance; Setite spells are closely guarded secrets and few outside the clan know of them in any detail. The term is never used within the clan.
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Bruce: /* Dur'An'Ki: Assamite Sorcery */

2026-01-19T07:40:24Z

Dur'An'Ki: Assamite Sorcery

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	* -- '''[[Thaumaturgy Rituals]]''' (Includes ''Dur'An'Ki'', and other Hermetic sorceries)		* -- '''[[Thaumaturgy Rituals]]''' (Includes ''Dur'An'Ki'', and other Hermetic sorceries)

	=== Dur'An'Ki: Assamite Sorcery ===		=== [[Dur'An'Ki]]: Assamite Sorcery ===
	From a purely functional standpoint, the blood magic		From a purely functional standpoint, the blood magic
	that the Assamite sorcerer caste practices differs little		that the Assamite sorcerer caste practices differs little

Bruce: /* Hermetic Sorcery */

2016-05-23T00:41:45Z

Hermetic Sorcery

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 * -- '''[[Thaumaturgy Rituals]]'''  (Includes ''Dur'An'Ki'', and other Hermetic sorceries)
 ===[[Necromancy]]===

Keith at 20:24, 20 May 2016

2016-05-20T20:24:14Z

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	===Akhu: Senef Hekau===		===Akhu: Senef Hekau===

	In the Dark Ages, Hermetic Mages, sensing the weakening of Magick, climbed their path to immortality through vampire Vitae, and lost in the way their mastery of True Magick. Working hard (perhaps with external help...), they rebuilt their power through the power of the Vitae, and became of the the most feared Clan of the Kindred because of an Hermetic tradition-based Blood Magic, Thaumaturgy.		In the Dark Ages, Hermetic Mages, sensing the weakening of Magick, climbed their path to immortality through vampire Vitae, and lost in the way their mastery of True Magick. Working hard (perhaps with external help...), they rebuilt their power through the power of the Vitae, and became of the the most feared Clan of the Kindred because of an Hermetic tradition-based Blood Magic, Thaumaturgy.

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	The third are the surviving vampire bloodline whose Founder, a True Mage in her mortal life, had created what was called Senef Hekau, the Blood Path to Power...		The third are the surviving vampire bloodline whose Founder, a True Mage in her mortal life, had created what was called Senef Hekau, the Blood Path to Power...
	;[[Senef Hekau]]		;[[Senef Hekau]]

			===Akhu: Thot-Hekau===

			Thot-Hekau was the first attempt by mortal priest-magicians to enable mortals to wield some mesure of the divine power. Less restrictive than Neter-Hekau when it came to Awakening, it was the magic of the common people. Magic everyone could learn and use. Despite the fact some mage-priests (among them the priesthood of Ra and Ptah) looked with contempt at this, no one could deny almost all magical amulets and formulae were of Thot-Hekau.

			Simply put: The Magic of Egypt was Hedge Magic.

			;[[Thot-Hekau]]

Keith at 20:16, 20 May 2016

2016-05-20T20:16:35Z

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	Some magic relies not on understanding but on belief. Priests (to use a common title) invoke the power of belief and believers, and their spells are more unto prayer than the spells of Necromancers and Hermetics. Each religion relies on an entirely different set basic principles, that can seem extremely bizarre to practitioners of more "scientific" schools of magic. Priests worship and channel the energy of vastly different powers, and the magic of each religion is incompatible with that of the others.<br>		Some magic relies not on understanding but on belief. Priests (to use a common title) invoke the power of belief and believers, and their spells are more unto prayer than the spells of Necromancers and Hermetics. Each religion relies on an entirely different set basic principles, that can seem extremely bizarre to practitioners of more "scientific" schools of magic. Priests worship and channel the energy of vastly different powers, and the magic of each religion is incompatible with that of the others.<br>
	Some examples are the ''Abyss Mysticism'' of the Lasombra, the Islamic magic practiced by the ''Hajj'' sect of Nosferatu, pre-Colombian Nahuallotl, and possibly the ''Akhu'' practiced by priests of Set.		Some examples are the ''Abyss Mysticism'' of the Lasombra, the Islamic magic practiced by the ''Hajj'' sect of Nosferatu, pre-Colombian Nahuallotl, and possibly the ''Akhu'' practiced by priests of Set.

			===Akhu: Senef Hekau===
			In the Dark Ages, Hermetic Mages, sensing the weakening of Magick, climbed their path to immortality through vampire Vitae, and lost in the way their mastery of True Magick. Working hard (perhaps with external help...), they rebuilt their power through the power of the Vitae, and became of the the most feared Clan of the Kindred because of an Hermetic tradition-based Blood Magic, Thaumaturgy.

			Milleniums before, before its temples were deserted by disanchanted priesthood, Egypt was the Land of Magic. The wisest among the mortals came to Egypt to learn about the power of the Ancients, unknowing of the fact few remembered the Path of Power to learn, and fewer would even mention it... And fewer would be able to teach anything useful.

			Only three groups were able to show some proof of the greatness of the Two Land's Hekau. The first are the Followers of Set, practicing a bastardized version of the Path to Power, taking the magical energy from mummified corpses. The second are the Shemsu-Heru, Mummies generating their own Sekhem, but because of their innate limitation, unable to use Hekau's High Spells.

			The third are the surviving vampire bloodline whose Founder, a True Mage in her mortal life, had created what was called Senef Hekau, the Blood Path to Power...
			;[[Senef Hekau]]

Keith: /* Animism */

2015-10-22T02:33:30Z

Animism

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	===Animism===		===Animism===
	''Koldunism'' and ~~the~~ ''~~Lhiannan~~'' are examples of primal, spirit based magic. Practitioners have been embraced from native and ancient populations around the world. Shamans are often reliant only on a few local spirits. The underlying principle is that spirits intervene in the physical world to effect the casters will.<br>		''Koldunism'' and ''Ogham'' are examples of primal, spirit based magic. Practitioners have been embraced from native and ancient populations around the world. Shamans are often reliant only on a few local spirits. The underlying principle is that spirits intervene in the physical world to effect the casters will.<br>
	Spirit Thaumaturgists interacting with spirits specific to traditions with which they are not familiar suffer up to a +2 difficulty to their magic - they risk offering offense by assuming that different spirits share too much in common with the ones they know well.		Spirit Thaumaturgists interacting with spirits specific to traditions with which they are not familiar suffer up to a +2 difficulty to their magic - they risk offering offense by assuming that different spirits share too much in common with the ones they know well.

Keith: /* Animism */

2015-10-22T01:00:48Z

Animism

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	===Animism===		===Animism===
	''Koldunism'' ~~is only one of many~~ examples of primal, spirit based magic. Practitioners have been embraced from native and ancient populations around the world. Shamans are often reliant only on a few local spirits. The underlying principle is that spirits intervene in the physical world to effect the ~~shaman's~~ will.<br>		''Koldunism'' and the ''Lhiannan'' are examples of primal, spirit based magic. Practitioners have been embraced from native and ancient populations around the world. Shamans are often reliant only on a few local spirits. The underlying principle is that spirits intervene in the physical world to effect the casters will.<br>
	~~Shamans (Or Koldun)~~ interacting with spirits specific to traditions with which they are not familiar suffer up to a +2 difficulty to their magic - they risk offering offense by assuming that different spirits share too much in common with the ones they know well.		Spirit Thaumaturgists interacting with spirits specific to traditions with which they are not familiar suffer up to a +2 difficulty to their magic - they risk offering offense by assuming that different spirits share too much in common with the ones they know well.

			*: [[Koldunic Sorcery]]

			*: [[Ogham]]

	===Settite Sorcery===		===Settite Sorcery===

Keith: /* Settite Sorcery */

2015-10-21T22:48:33Z

Settite Sorcery

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	*: [[Nahuallotl]]: the sacrificial South American blood magic of the [[Tlacinque]] bloodline, unknown to Western vampires.		*: [[Nahuallotl]]: the sacrificial South American blood magic of the [[Tlacinque]] bloodline, unknown to Western vampires.

	*: [[Sadhana]]: a vampiric version of Hindu sorcery, ~~practised~~ by the Daitya and other Indian vampires.		*: [[Sadhana]]: a vampiric version of Hindu sorcery, practiced by the Daitya and other Indian vampires.

	*: [[Wanga]]: the sorcery of the heretical Serpents of the Light, based on Haitian ~~Voudon~~ and other Afro-Caribbean folk magic.		*: [[Wanga]]: the sorcery of the heretical Serpents of the Light, based on Haitian Voudun and other Afro-Caribbean folk magic.

	===Religious Magic===		===Religious Magic===

Keith: /* Settite Sorcery */

2015-10-21T22:48:01Z

Settite Sorcery

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	*: [[Setite Sorcery\| Akhu]]: Set's perversion of traditional Egyptian magic, practised by lector-priests of the mainstream clan.		*: [[Setite Sorcery\| Akhu]]: Set's perversion of traditional Egyptian magic, practised by lector-priests of the mainstream clan.

	*: [[Nahuallotl]]: the sacrificial South American blood magic of the [[~~Tlacique~~]] bloodline, unknown to Western vampires.		*: [[Nahuallotl]]: the sacrificial South American blood magic of the [[Tlacinque]] bloodline, unknown to Western vampires.

	*: [[Sadhana]]: a vampiric version of Hindu sorcery, practised by the Daitya and other Indian vampires.		*: [[Sadhana]]: a vampiric version of Hindu sorcery, practised by the Daitya and other Indian vampires.