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This ritual transforms the target into a bat similar to the level four Protean ability, Metamorphosis.
• Ingredients: A vial of rabid vampire bat blood, Kindred vitae acquired from a vampire with the Protean Discipline, and a string-suspended puppet crafted from bat bones.
• Process: The target must drink a vial of blood from a rabid vampire bat, mixed with Kindred vitae while the caster puppeteers the bone marionette.
• System: The caster produces two Rouse Checks’ worth of their blood (with associated rolls required), with the blood of a rabid vampire bat and gives it to the target to drink. The ritual is cast, and upon a successful ritual roll, the target is transformed into a bat per the Metamorphosis ability of the Protean discipline. The target may elect to resist this transformation ith a Stamina + Occult roll. If the target rolls more successes than the ritual’s practitioner, they prevent the transformation, while their Total Failure can leave them in a horrifically deformed, half-human, half-bat state.
The half-bat creature gains +2 Strength, +1 Dexterity, +1 Stamina, and +1 Presence up to a maximum of 5, but cannot communicate verbally, reduces its Manipulation to 0, and takes 1 aggravated Health damage for every turn exposed to bright light, artificial or otherwise. The ritual can be cast on both Kindred and humans and lasts for a full evening or until the caster dispels the ritual via a successful ritual test. The duration of Protean Curse can be extended by making a Rouse Check and a successful ritual roll at the beginning of each night the caster wants to maintain the ritual. A Critical Win for the practitioner doubles the duration of Protean Curse. The caster cannot use this Ritual on themselves.