MET LARP SRD

Vampires descend into stagnancy as they move through their undead existence. A thaumaturge, however, is capable of drawing on practices of alchemy to enact some lasting changes. By infusing her own blood with crushed berries and flower petals from a belladonna plant, a vampire creates supernaturally imbued ink. Although this ink is traditionally used to apply tattoos by hand, some have been known to pour the decoction over a fresh brand, piercing, or other bodily augmentation. The augmentations made or bathed with this ink becomes semi-permanent, leaving a small connection between the thaumaturge and the marked until the vampire’s stagnant nature resumes control. 

This ritual can only be cast upon a willing target; supernatural coercion, such as Dominate, cannot be used to force a subject to become willing for the purpose of this ritual. 

To enact the ritual, you must spend 1 point of Blood to infuse the prepared ink with supernatural qualities. Afterward, while you are within six steps of a willing target currently undergoing a body modification process, such as tattooing, branding, or piercing, you can spend another point of Blood to activate the ink’s magical properties. You need not be the person administering the body modification to your target, but you must be within line of sight during or shortly after its application. If more than 15 minutes pass after the completion of the body modification, the ritual can no longer be used on the target.

For a year-and-a-day after activation, the target’s body modification cannot be removed, either by surgical processes such as laser tattoo removal, or by supernatural means such as vampiric healing or use of Vicissitude. For the same year-and-a-day duration, the character possessing the body modification is considered to be Familiar to you, even if more than 30 nights have passed since your last interaction. 

In addition, the character possessing the body modification can be targeted by any of your powers that would normally require line of sight, even if the target is not currently within your line of sight. Powers requiring Gaze and Focus function normally – you must still have the target’s Gaze and Focus if a power requires it. 

An Indelible Mark cannot be removed through non-magical means, but the modification can be covered up. For example, if the modification is a tattoo, the target can get another tattoo over the Indelible Mark in order to disguise; however, doing so does not cause the ritual’s power to prematurely end. One cannot remove an Indelible Mark by itself. Instead, the target can sacrifice the entire limb to which it is attached in order to temporarily cease the ritual’s supernatural effects. If the limb is somehow restored, such as by supernatural healing, the Indelible Mark will also be restored, magically reappearing at the next sunrise. Such a temporary cessation of effect does not change the ritual’s initial duration.

You can create a number of Indelible Marks equal to the number of dots you possess of the Occult skill. If you make an Indelible Mark that would take you above this limit, the oldest Indelible Mark you have active immediately ends.