Thaumaturgy

Traditionally, the first path taught is the Path of Blood (Rego Vitae). However, some Masters teach other paths to their childer first, depending on personal preferences and clan requirements. Different paths require different skills.

• Path of Blood (Rego Vitae)
  This path comes quite easily to the Tremere, which is partially the reason for its popularity.
  1. A Taste for Blood
  2. Blood Rage
     If the target or the Thaumaturgist have exchanged blood (either one way or two ways), the character does not have to touch the target. However, a blood point must be spent to activate this power
  3. Blood of Potency
     The only effects of this power are to raise the number of blood points you may spend and store within your body. If the effect ends and you still have more blood than you can store, it bleeds out through the skin
  4. Theft of Vitae
     The difficulty is 4 for inanimate sources, Willpower for humans and animals, and is an opposed roll for supernatural creatures (difficulty of the opposing current willpower). The target feels a mystical pulling towards the Kindred using this power.
  5. Cauldren of Blood
     This power does not require touch, only line of sight. Kindred may make a Willpower roll to cancel successes at difficulty 8. The Kindred using this power must spend a blood point.

• Lure of Flames (Creo Ignem)
  Each time flames are created by the Thaumaturgist, the player must roll Willpower against a difficulty of the power level + 3, and spend a point of blood. Once a flame has been created, the Kindred may spend an additional blood point a turn to keep it burning. The flame may be created anywhere within the line of sight, but requires a Perception + Alertness roll to place it with accuracy. A blood point spent and a Willpower roll at the power level + 4 will allow a Thaumaturgist some control of existing flames - while they cannot be made to leap at an opponent, they can be moved out of the way of the Tremere so he may escape a burning building. Each flame does as many aggravated levels of damage as the Kindred creating it scored successes

• Weather Control (Rego Tempesta)
  This path allows you to change the weather around you. The difficulty is the degree of the change + 2 - for instance, causing it to rain when the clouds above are heavy with rain would be difficulty 3, but drawing a thunderstorm down during a hot dry spell would be difficulty 9. The player rolls Manipulation + Survival at the estimated difficulty and spends a point of Willpower. A Manipulation + Subterfuge roll at difficulty 8 allows the caster to change the temperature by about 5 degrees per success in a fairly short period of time.

• Movement of the Mind (Rego Auram)
  This path allows the user to mentally control objects' motions. The player must spend a point of blood and make a Willpower roll at the difficulty of the weight + 3 - the maximum weight that can be lifted is restricted by the level of the path.
  1. 1 kg
  2. 10 kg
  3. 100 kg
  4. 250 kg
  5. 1/2 ton
  To manipulate the item, assume Wits for any Dexterity-like rolls and Int as Strength.

• Path of Conjuring (Creo Terram)
  Unless another ability suggests itself, Intelligence + Repair is the default roll to be made when conjuring. The difficulty of any roll drops by 2 if the caster has an item to copy.
  1. Summoning the Simple Form
     A bloodpoint must be spent to create the object, and a Willpower point for every extra turn that the object stays in existence.
  2. Permanency
  3. Magic of the SMith
  4. Reverse Conjuration
  5. Simalcrum

• Naptune's Might (Rego Aquam)
  By learning more about their own blood, Tremere can gain considerable power over its cousin, water.
  1. Eyes of the Sea
  2. Jail of Water
     The Kindred must mix a point of his blood into the water as he commands it
  3. Dehydrate
     This power actually causes Kindred to sweat blood - not just distressing, but potentially Masquerade breaking.
  4. Flowing Wall
     The Thaumaturgist drains a number of blood points into the water he wishes to make impenetrable while making a willpower roll (difficulty 6). The number of blood points depends on the size of the body of water - a small pond might only be one, an olympic swimming pool three - GM's discretion.
  5. Blood to Water
     

• Elemental Mastery (Rego Coporem)
  1. Elemental Strength
     By spending two willpower points and drawing upon the traditional strengths of the elements, the caster can increase certain attributes. He can draw on the quickness of fire, water's adaption to change, air's ability to see far, etc. If physical attributes are raised, the Thaumaturgist gains 2 extra points to be distributed - other attributes may only be raised by 1. Another willpower must be spent each turn to maintain this ability.
  2. Wooden Tongues
  3. Animate the Unmoving
     This power requires the expenditure of a blood point and a Willpower roll against difficulty 7. The object remains mobile for as many turns as the caster gained successes - however, this may be exteneded by expending more blood (each point spent allows for another successes with of turns).
  4. Elemental Form
     Spend a Willpower point if the form is mostly solid, or a bloodpoint if the form is mutable.
  5. Summon Elemental
     Blood must be spread over the element which will be used to form the Elemental.