{"id":"vampire/power/ritual/weight-of-shadows-level-1-abyss-mysticism-ritual","type":"power","system":"ritual","line":"vampire","name":"Weight of Shadows (Level 1 Abyss Mysticism Ritual)","sources":[{"source":"RotB","page":39,"folio":38}],"entries":["For the rest of the evening, the caster may concentrate and control naturally occurring shadows, making them move, act, or otherwise obey the caster’s commands. So long as the caster takes no other action, they may thus control any shadow that is not currently being controlled by another individual.",{"type":"header","text":"System","level":4},"This ritual only allows the caster to control natural shadows, not shadows created by {@discipline Obtenebration|V20}. Shadows controlled by the caster can gain or lose a small amount of size (thus a woman’s shadow could be made look like a man’s, but a dog’s shadow could not). Only one such shadow may be controlled at a time. The Storyteller is the arbiter of what kinds of shadows are simply too large for this power to affect (such as the shadow of a skyscraper). The effects of this ritual last until the next sunrise.","Side Effect: Shadows are drawn toward the caster, and when not controlled, will attempt to move toward from her, even to the point of bending against the light. The caster gains the Flaw Eerie {@npc Presence|V20} (with the above descriptor) for the duration of this ritual’s effects. (V20, p. 495)."],"_qa":{"flags":[],"parser":"headed_entries","confidence":0.9,"extracted":"2026-10-12","job":"rotb-rituals"},"level":null,"_links":{"self":"/api/v1/records/vampire/power/ritual/weight-of-shadows-level-1-abyss-mysticism-ritual","html":"/records/vampire/power/ritual/weight-of-shadows-level-1-abyss-mysticism-ritual","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/vampire/power/ritual/weight-of-shadows-level-1-abyss-mysticism-ritual/children","sources":[{"abbr":"RotB","page":39,"folio":39,"title":"Rites of the Blood"}]},"_db":{"title":"Weight of Shadows","props":[["Tradition","Abyss Mysticism"],["Duration","until the next sunrise"]],"parent_id":null,"level":1,"category":null,"summary":"For the rest of the evening, the caster may concentrate and control naturally occurring shadows, making them move, act, or otherwise obey the caster’s commands. So long as the caster takes no other action, they may thus","tags":[],"children":[]}}