Mephistophelean Minx

Koldunism Level 1

Old wives tales tell of inherent perils of allowing a cat near sleeping children for fear that it will suck out the child's soul. The koldun casting this ritual substantiates these tales by enlisting any small feline into his service, as the cat will search out any sleeping individual it finds and mystically draw out some of his soul.

System: The player makes a normal activation roll. By feeding a cat one point of his blood, the koldun brings the feline into temporary servitude. Once the blood is fed to the cat and the ritual is cast, the cat will immediately seek out any child in the area who is asleep. The cat will then crawl up to the victim's face and mystically draw out some of his spiritual "essence." This essence will funnel through the cat, acting as a conduit to the koldun, who will then temporarily gain a point of Willpower that may be spent at any time during the night. This Willpower must, however, be spent in the same night it was stolen, otherwise the "essence" will mystically dissipate and return to its rightful owner. Every point of blood spent in feeding the cat spurs it to visit another victim, resulting in another point of temporary Willpower. Willpower gathered in this way may not exceed the koldun's permanent Willpower Trait.

Alternatively, the koldun may feed one point of blood to multiple cats, thereby reducing the amount of time he must wait for one cat to complete multiple tasks.
Storytellers may decide how much time it takes for the feline to hunt down a suitable slumbering victim. A child who has had her essence stolen for three nights in a row dies before waking the next day.