Casting Merit

Casting Merit

Casting -

2 Point Merit Anarch Thaums - Punk/New Age/Animist/Hacktivist

Clan - Koldonic/Hermetic/Dur- An- Ki/Sadhana/Akhu/ Necromantic/

Sect - Sabbat

Infernal - Dark Thaum

This merit must be learned before a character can cast any Thaumaturgy. A character can take this multiple times for different magical styles. Any character can qualify for Punk, New Age, Hacktivist, and Animist casting styles. Each casting style is a separate Merit.

If your clan has blood sorcery in-clan, you get the corresponding merit for free. (Obertus get Koldunism, Tremere get Hermetic, Assamite get Dur-an-Ki, etc.) These must be learned in character if you are not a member of one of those clans.

Dark Thaumaturgy is learnable by anyone but involves a pact with a demonic force and has a Price

• Dur-An- Ki casting uses the Animism list + Quietus. Cannot cast if grappled or unable to move.

• Sadhana casting uses the New age list + Chimerstry. Anyone affected by their spells is allowed a willpower retest Defensively, even on attacks that would not usually offer one.

• Akhu uses the Punk list + Immanence of Set. Cannot cast if their mouth is covered or they are silenced