Glorious Sword of Haven

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Blood Treachery 89

From the arcane texts of the bizarre House (and family) Castrovinci comes this weapon against the Race of Caine. Pentacles of Mars and Enochian supplications to Michael, warrior Archangel and patron of the Sun, draw a lance of sunlight from elsewhere in the world with which to attack a vampire. More powerful mages can summon a literal shaft of light from Heaven, searing scores of massasa with holy illumination. Although the Rote is vulgar almost anywhere in the 21st century, it remains a valuable, if dangerous, trump for those members of the Order who have truck with vampires. (Mages who are known and wiped out by potent vampire servitors, as they are obvious threats.)

System: The Correspondence 2, Forces 2 version of the Rote summons a single slender beam of sunlight that must be directed at a vampire's exposed flesh in order to harm him. The more powerful variant of the Rote can draw a shaft of sunlight, around a city block in size, to the mage's location, spelling almost certain doom for any vampire in the vicinity (as well as decreasing the mage's odds for a long, happy life drastically thanks to Paradox). Note, however, that the mage must draw the light from somewhere, and he should familiarize himself thoroughly with the Time Zones before attempting this Rote.