{"id":"vampire/power/ritual/machine-blitz","type":"power","system":"ritual","line":"vampire","name":"Machine Blitz","sources":[{"source":"V20","page":241,"folio":233}],"entries":["Machines go haywire when this ritual is cast. It takes effect instantly and lasts as long as the vampire concentrates on it. This ritual may be used to kill car engines, erase flash drives, drain the battery of a cellphone, stop life-support machines, et cetera. Essentially, Machine Blitz stops any machine more complex than a rope-and-pulley. The thaumaturge must have a scrap of rusted metal in her possession for this ritual to work, though some vampires use a variant that requires a knot steeped in human saliva to be untied.","System: This ritual only stops machines; it does not grant any control over them. The effects of this ritual are invisible and appear to be coincidental."],"level":2,"family":"Thaumaturgy","_qa":{"flags":[],"parser":"section_entries","confidence":0.9,"extracted":"2026-10-15","job":"v20-disciplines"},"_links":{"self":"/api/v1/records/vampire/power/ritual/machine-blitz","html":"/records/vampire/power/ritual/machine-blitz","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/vampire/power/ritual/machine-blitz/children","sources":[{"abbr":"V20","page":241,"folio":241,"title":"Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition"}]},"_db":{"title":"Machine Blitz","props":[["Tradition","Thaumaturgy"]],"parent_id":null,"level":2,"category":null,"summary":"Machines go haywire when this ritual is cast. It takes effect instantly and lasts as long as the vampire concentrates on it. This ritual may be used to kill car engines, erase flash drives, drain the battery of a","tags":[],"children":[]}}