Candle of Rage

Level 4.

This is constructed much like the Curse Candle, save that the brains and bones must come from a man who died violently, and that nightshade is substituted for pepper. By burning the candle for 20 minutes each night while concentrating on the victim, the caster may influence the victim's emotional state. The most common result is to drive the target into a rage, but other options exist.

System: The Candle of Rage itself does not require any expenditure of vitae to create, but each 20 minutes of use costs the magician one blood point. Every night the candle is burned, the victim may resist with a Willpower roll (difficulty 8) against the wangateur's casting roll when the candle was created. Success indicates that the candle has no effect that night, but the magician may try again the following night. If the ritual functions, the victim finds the difficulty of all Self-Control rolls (or Courage or Conscience, if the caster chooses to go for an emotional state other than rage) raised by 2 for the night. This often results in a great deal of bloodshed as the victim loses his temper or frenzies on a regular basis. The candle may be burned a number of times equal to the caster's successes on the casting roll.

The Candle of Rage will effect mortals or other creatures that do not normally frenzy. These enter into a near mindless, berserk rage, though they gain none of the benefits normally associated with a Kindred frenzy, Targets that do not have a Self-Control Trait (such as animals) should instead roll a dice pool equal to half their Willpower (round up).