Cruac

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Crúac is the dehumanizing form of blood sorcery practiced by the Circle of the Crone. It is comprised of numerous rituals, all of which require some measure of blood sacrifice.

Cost

Uses of Crúac always cost at least one Vitae. Unless the text for a specific power (known as a ritual) specifies otherwise, assume that the cost is one Vitae. Vitae plays a very important role in the use of Crúac — it literally calls upon the power inherent in the Blood to fuel supernatural effects. Use of Crúac requires that the Vitae be "spent" in a visible or otherwise significant manner. For example, when a Vitae is spent for a character to activate a ritual, he likely has to cut himself with a dagger and bleed on the ground, activating the magic with the spilled Vitae (or through some other direct appeal to the power of the Blood). Unless noted otherwise, any use of Crúac breaks Obfuscate. If a character is already under the effects of Crúac, the same ritual can’t be used on her again for added effect.

Roleplaying Casting a Ritual

Crúac is not the sanitized version of the Old Ways that most mortals think of when they think of “pagan” practices. Whether wild and ecstatic or grim and vengeful, Crúac rituals are not very subtle, and the primal power and raw emotions on display are often as unsettling as they are intriguing for onlookers to behold. (This is a largely unintended but not entirely undesirable side effect, as far as the Circle of the Crone is concerned.) Ritualists frequently chant in a variety of old tongues, employ items of ancient ritual significance such as wands or prepared animal skins, and invoke the many different names of the divine beings Crúac pays homage to in its many forms. Ritual bloodletting over sacred designs or to create mystical patterns is also highly common.

Crúac Rituals

Cruac rituals can be found on this page for all the rituals on Suspire.org. Also, those which cannot be found in books and are character or Suspire created can be clicked on their appropriate link.