Ward of the Winged Sepulcher
Ritual · Vampire · Level 3 · “Ward of the Winged Sepulcher (Level 3 Gargoyle Ritual)”
The Gargoyle (or its master) can prepare the creature to provide temporary shelter from the damning rays of the sun. When the rays of the sun strike the caster’s skin, wings billow out and dramatically wrap around itself and anyone in the creature’s grasp. Both the caster and its charge are protected from taking sunlight damage until the sun sets the next evening.
System: The caster must prepare a small cube, half an inch in diameter, carefully cut from a tombstone marking an empty grave in a graveyard. Spending a blood point, he dabs each side of the cube with a drop of blood, whispering an incantation. The caster ingests the cube and the ritual lies dormant until the creature’s skin is touched by sunlight, at which point wings unfurl to protect the caster. The wing hardens to a stone-like substance and it is able to protect one person inside its space. If the caster does not already possess wings, the ward does one level of aggravated damage if only protecting the caster, two if protecting the caster and one other subject.