MET LARP SRD

Grief is by its very nature intertwined with regret. Final separation brings with it a torrent of unexpressed thoughts and feelings, conversations lost, and words unspoken. Some pursue Necromancy in an attempt to alleviate these regrets, reliving a cherished relationship and thwarting death itself. This ritual allows you to write a letter to anyone, living or dead, and receive a reply. 

This ritual lets you summon a special type of wraith called a Harbinger who will take a prepared message to a dead individual. This must be a handwritten note prepared on 3 or few sheets of paper using ink mixed with 1 point of your Blood. When the ritual is cast, the wraith will appear and review the message and the information concerning the intended recipient to determine if it meets its approval. If it does, the wraith must then be paid to carry out its services. If the recipient lived a truly virtuous life the fee could be as low as a few common coins, while less virtuous souls require greater payment such as gold or other precious materials or stones. The typical vampire requires the equivalent of an expenditure of Resources x3 or greater. The Harbinger may raise or reduce its fee at the Storyteller’s discretion.

Through the power of the ritual, the Harbinger will be able to locate its recipient, wherever she may be, living or dead, and deliver the letter. The recipient will then have 24 hours to write a reply (writing materials are provided), which the wraith will review and return subject to the same limitations (the return fee is included in the initial payment).

The amount of time this takes is indeterminate. In game terms, the Storyteller will facilitate the process, reviewing and approving the content of each message. If the recipient is a deceased PC, the Storyteller may choose to contact her player. While in game terms the wraith is capable of finding anyone, it may refuse a request which the Storyteller deems unfit for her chronicle.

The message sent must be to a person of significance to the writer of the message. Writing a letter to an admired person who the writer never met will not meet the ritual’s requirements. In addition, in the event the recipient is or might be dead, neither of the messages may seek or disclose any information about the circumstances of the departed’s death. The Harbingers are uninterested in involving themselves in affairs beyond the shroud and will refuse any such requests. The message must also not seek or disclose any information as to the disposition of the departed soul, or any information that might inform the living about the nature of death and the afterlife. It is simply a personal letter; the kind she may have written before her death. 

You may only cast this ritual once every 6 months, though the Harbinger denying your request does not count as a casting. Those rare few who have mastered this ritual are known to demand exorbitant prices for its performance. There are no known instances of this ritual successfully contacting an Antediluvian or other being of extraordinary power; the Harbingers will simply refuse any such request.

The wraith that is summoned is brought forth by specific magical means. It cannot be compelled, coerced, followed, affected by powers, or summoned again. Any attempt to do so violates the ritual’s magic and the wraith will immediately disappear, unable to be affected.