{"id":"mage/power/rote/burnt-offerings","type":"power","system":"rote","line":"mage","name":"Burnt Offerings","sources":[{"source":"HDYDT","page":51}],"entries":["By using {@sphere Prime|M20} 2, a mage can pull a single point of Quintessence from an object that’s being ritually destroyed as part of a sacrifice. Despite the phrase “burnt offerings,” that object could also be broken (like a glass smashed under-foot at a Jewish wedding); dissolved in acid; dropped in the sea; scattered into the wind as ashes or dust; buried without intentions of digging it back up; or otherwise surrendered to the act of sacrifice.","By combining {@sphere Matter|M20} 2 with {@sphere Prime|M20} 2, you could draw out one Quintessence point per success on your {@system Arete Roll|BoS|Arete roll}. In either case, the Effect is coincidental – people can’t see the Quintessential energy unless they have the {@sphere Prime|M20} Sphere, although someone might sense the energy-transfer if she’s got {@ability Awareness|V20}. In either case, the act of giving up that object is an essential part of the spell. No sacrifice, no Quintessence."],"tags":["hdydt","feat"],"_qa":{"flags":[],"parser":"headed_entries","confidence":0.9,"extracted":"2026-10-12","job":"hdydt-feats"},"level":null,"_links":{"self":"/api/v1/records/mage/power/rote/burnt-offerings","html":"/records/mage/power/rote/burnt-offerings","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/mage/power/rote/burnt-offerings/children","sources":[{"abbr":"HDYDT","page":51,"folio":51,"title":"How Do You DO That?"}]},"_db":{"title":"Burnt Offerings","props":[],"parent_id":null,"level":null,"category":null,"summary":"By using Prime 2, a mage can pull a single point of Quintessence from an object that’s being ritually destroyed as part of a sacrifice. Despite the phrase “burnt offerings,” that object could also be broken (like a","tags":["feat","hdydt"],"children":[]}}