{"id":"vampire/power/ritual/dead-mans-hand","type":"power","system":"ritual","line":"vampire","name":"Dead Man’s Hand","sources":[{"source":"V20","page":191,"folio":183}],"entries":["The necromancer takes a rag stained in the blood, sweat, or tears of the intended victim. She takes a freshly severed human hand (which can come either from a corpse or a living “donor”) and closes it around","the rag. As the hand decomposes, so does the victim. His flesh bloats, turns gray and then green, then starts to slough off. The victim’s brain remains fresh until the very end, so he can see the maggots writhe in the putrescent rack of meat that once was his healthy body.","The necromancer makes the standard roll and spends two blood points for each point of {@attribute Stamina|V20} (and {@discipline Fortitude|V20}) possessed by the victim. The victim loses health levels according to the timetable below. Only the removal of the rag from the hand can stop the process. If this happens, health levels return, also according to the chart below.","Health Level Time Until Next Loss","Bruised 12 hours","Hurt 12 hours","Injured Six hours","Wounded Three hours","Mauled One hour","Crippled 30 minutes","Incapacitated 12 hours","Mortal characters who suffer more than 12 hours of incapacitation die, while Kindred who remain Incapacitated for more than 12 hours succumb to torpor."],"level":5,"family":"Necromancy","_qa":{"flags":[],"parser":"section_entries","confidence":0.9,"extracted":"2026-10-15","job":"v20-disciplines"},"_links":{"self":"/api/v1/records/vampire/power/ritual/dead-mans-hand","html":"/records/vampire/power/ritual/dead-mans-hand","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/vampire/power/ritual/dead-mans-hand/children","sources":[{"abbr":"V20","page":191,"folio":191,"title":"Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition"}]},"_db":{"title":"Dead Man’s Hand","props":[["Tradition","Necromancy"]],"parent_id":null,"level":5,"category":null,"summary":"The necromancer takes a rag stained in the blood, sweat, or tears of the intended victim. She takes a freshly severed human hand (which can come either from a corpse or a living “donor”) and closes it around the rag. As","tags":[],"children":[]}}