Enfolding the Believers
Ritual · Vampire · Level 3
Kindred with multiple ghouls often find that jealousy over the regnant’s affections can lead to rivalry and conflict, and New Age vampire cult leaders find such discord counter-productive to the enlightenment they seek, hence this ritual. The sorcerer first prepares a quantity of some kind of liquid to which she adds one point of vitae per gallon of liquid. Red Kool-Aid or fruit punch works perfectly well for purposes of this ritual, although “drinking the Kool-Aid” has a sinister connotation in the context of New Age cults that some Kindred choose to avoid. The sorcerer must have her followers drink a quantity of the prepared liquid before leading them in an extended meditation exercise lasting at least one hour. If the ritual is effective, all of the followers acquire what is essentially a secondary blood bond to one another and to the group as an abstract unit.
System
The effects last for one week per success. Each follower still retains his normal blood bound loyalty to the regnant, but he will also experience strong feelings of love and affection to every mortal who participates in the ritual with him, no matter how many that may be. Each participant will also feel a strong sense of loyalty and devotion to the ideals and dogmas of the cult. It is still possible for conflict to erupt if two or more followers express genuine disagreement about the cult’s beliefs or the regnant’s desires, but if the regnant herself is on hand, such squabbles can be easily resolved. In addition to any other benefits of group loyalty, this ritual can also indirectly benefit the sorcerer herself. For every five people who are under the effect of this ritual and who are present to assist the sorcerer in her other occult activities, the sorcerer gains a +1 die bonus on all rolls pertaining to paths or rituals. This ritual has no effect on Kindred.