Dark Thaumaturgy: Rego Manes

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Dark Thaumaturgy: Rego Manes

Baali, Tremere

This may be the oldest of all the Paths. It dates back to pagan times preceding civilization, when the spirit world was closer to the physical world. Though many ancient vampires know this Path's secrets, infernalists have turned it to its most potent use the raising of Hell itself. A demon who answers the infernalist's call may remain on Earth until the sun rises or until it hears church bells.

The older, pagan version of this Path is called Rego Mentem and allows the summoning of the spirits of nature rather than infernal creatures.

System: This Path has two powers. The first allows damage to be inflicted upon any spirit (demonic or otherwise) through ritual incantation (the player rolls Path rating as a damage Dice Pool against the target; this damage is resisted with Willpower rather than Stamina). The damaging powers of this Path take place immediately upon their use, and only require a few spoken words to enact.

Secondly, this Path allows the infernalist to summon beings from the spirit world. Rego Manes rating determines the power of a summoned demon.

The number of successes gained determines how much control the infernalist has over what he calls up:

Successes	Result
Botch	The demon is angered by the infernalist's clumsy attempts, and attacks.
Failure	The ritual is wasted and cannot be attempted again that night.
1	The demon attends, but listens to the infernalist only if it can benefit. It may leave at will.
2	The demon arrives and listens to requests, and answers simple questions.
3	The demon is well disposed toward the infernalist, and answers questions with some accuracy.
4	The demon is willing to serve the infernalist on simple tasks.
5	The demon is pleased with the summoning and serves the infernalist faithfully for the night.