Spirit Search

by Yann Golanski

Level

4

Time required

2 hours

Duration

until next evening

Components

Hair / nail clipping/ personal item belonging to the target, 2 blood points of the caster and ground hazelnuts.

Description

During this ritual the caster burns the item belonging to the terget and mixes the ashes with the ground hazelnuts and his blood. The runic name of the target is then repeated in a interlocking pattern over the casters' shaven head (not including the ears but over the eyelids). The final half an hour is spent in a meditative trance.

Once the ritual is completed the caster will be aware of the direction and distance of the target to him if the target is within 100 miles. Within this distance the caster can easily lead himself to the target. If the target is staked then the spirit is dormant and a perception+Auspex roll is req'd every 1/2 hour to keep track of it.

If the target dies during the duration of the ritual the caster will be aware of this and a wits+Auspex roll is req'd to place the body before the spirit leaves it.

If the target is dead before the ritual is operative then no information as to the spirits whereabout can be obtained. If the target is staked before the ritual is completed the it can be found in the normal way.

If the target is further away than 100 miles but within 1000 then only hazy information as to its whereabouts can be otained.If the target is more than 1000 miles away a perception+Auspex roll (diff. 8) can be made to discover if the target is alive or dead but no other info. can be obtained.