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The character transforms one substance or object into
another. It can be water into blood, for example, or a tree
branch into a snake, or a person into a pillar of salt. The
object or substance transformed becomes a perfectly normal,
mundane version of whatever it is. Transubstantiation
does not turn a frog into a Lupine, for example, though
it could change a frog into a wolf. The only limits on the
transformation are that it works only on objects smaller
than the caster, and that the product cannot simulate human
(or vampiric…) intelligence. That is, the same frog
could be transformed into a child, but the child wouldn’t
be able to have any intelligent discourse or even perform
many complicated activities since it’s just a frog turned into
the simulacrum of a child. The substance or object reverts
to its original form when the sun next rises (though a person
transformed into, say, ice and whose arm is broken off
has both portions of herself turn back to normal in different
locations, and swiftly bleeds to death).
If this power is used to affect another creature, the invocation
is contested, pitting the sorcerer’s Intelligence + Academics
+ Theban Sorcery against the subject’s Stamina +
Blood Potency (resistance is reflexive). The sorcerer must be
within arm’s length of the subject changed.
Offering: A drop of liquid gold

The character transforms one substance or object into another. It can be water into blood,
for example, or a tree branch into a snake, or a person into a pillar of salt. The object or
substance transformed becomes a generic, perfectly normal, mundane version of whatever
it is. Transubstantiation cannot turn a frog into a Lupine or a human into a Kindred, for
example, though it could change a frog into a wolf or a human into a bat. There are a few
additional limits on the transformation. It works only on targets of an equal or smaller Size
than the caster, and the result cannot simulate human or supernatural intelligence. In addition,
the result also cannot be larger than the caster unless several sorcerers participate.
That is, the same frog could be transformed into a child, but the child wouldn’t be able to
have any intelligent discourse or even perform many complicated activities since it’s just a
frog turned into the simulacrum of a child. Vampiric Disciplines cannot be used to possess
simulacra of living creatures. Lastly, unless the Storyteller specifi cally rules otherwise, this
ritual cannot be used to create sophisticated devices, extinct animals, rare elements or other
exotic creatures and substances. The ritual must result in a relatively mundane species or
material which appears in its normal state. Transubstantiating something into rock would
not for instance create lava. The substance or object reverts to its original form when the sun
next rises (though a person transformed into, say, ice and whose arm is broken off has both
portions of herself turn back to normal in different locations, and swiftly bleeds to death).
Supernatural creatures are unaffected by Transubstantiation.
If this power is used to affect another creature, the invocation is contested, pitting the
sorcerer’s Intelligence + Academics + Theban Sorcery against the subject’s Stamina (resistance
is refl exive). The sorcerer must be able to see the subject to be changed, be within arm’s
length of it, and in the case of an unwilling target, the victim must be completely restrained
or otherwise subdued for this ritual to work. Even sleeping targets will immediately awaken
to fi ght the power of this ritual. Objects held or worn by other characters cannot be changed
and attempts to use Transubstantiation on near-intangible objects such as air or ongoing
chemical reactions such as fi re usually fail.
At the Storyteller’s discretion, larger inanimate objects (but not living ones) may be transformed
using this ritual, but summoning the requisite mystical strength requires a number
of additional casters to participate in the ritual. Additional casters are defi ned as voluntary
participants who spend a Willpower point and somehow take part in the rite itself — holding
candles, drawing mystical symbols, chanting, et cetera. For every additional caster who actually
knows the ritual, every three casters who have at least Theban Sorcery 1 or every fi ve additional
casters who do not have any knowledge of Theban Sorcery (but still actively participate), the
maximum Size of the targeted object (or the resultant one) rises by two. No matter the number
or sorcerers, however, Transubstantiation can never affect objects larger than Size 15.
Offering: A drop of liquid gold