Oneiromancy
The wellspring of the Sabbat's Path of Morpheus, Oneiromancy (the ancient Roman study of dreams) has become more popular in light of the demise of the Tremere antitribu. Many Tremere are turning their attention back to the divinatory path, hoping that its hazy glimpses will offer guidance in the apocalyptic nights to come. Use of any of these powers requires at least five minutes' worth of dreamlike trance (to be treated as the vampire's daytime sleep, with any related penalties if awakened before the power is completed). This path retests with the Occult Ability. This power requires the presence of a Storyteller or Narrator to provide results. Storytellers are encouraged to be deliberately vague when giving the results of these powers; no one ever said dreams had to be specific....
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basic Oneiromancy | |
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Portents | |
By piecing together remnants of her dreams, the thaumaturge may perform a reading regarding her immediate future. This power must be used immediately after awakening from the dreamtrance, and takes 10 minutes of meditation to collect all the fragments of information. If the thaumaturge succeeds in a Simple Challenge with the Storyteller, she may then be given a series of allegorical or symbolic images concerning one upcoming event in her unlife. Repeated use of this power may only result in the same images appearing over and over.
| Foresee |
This power allows the Warlock to delve directly into the mind of a sleeping individual, exposing shards of her unconscious mind. While Portents may only be used to foretell the future of the thaumaturge, Foresee allows the same kind of divination for someone else. The subject must be in the presence of the thaumaturge and asleep, although the thaumaturge may be Psychically Projected. If this power is performed on Kindred, the caster must spend a Willpower Trait in order to see the dreams and understand the results If the casting is successful, the Storyteller will then relate the dream- images regarding the target's future, as in Portents.
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intermediate Oneiromancy | |
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Dreamspeak | |
The oneiromancer can now send messages, warnings or even threats to a target through dreams. While these messages will blend seamlessly into the target's own dreams, he will remember them clearly upon waking. This power may be used upon anyone the thaumaturge has met, provided the target is asleep at the time. If successfully cast, the thaumaturge can insert a static dream-sequence no longer than five minutes into the sleeper's reveries. A thaumaturge may not haunt her target all night/day, but the image will recur at intervals until the target awakes.
| Augury |
Where Portents offers mere fragments, Augury allows for more explicit prophetic vision or a potential breakthrough in a problem. Through the course of a dreamlike trance, the oneiromancer may now travel through her mind into the collective unconscious. If the caster wins a Simple Challenge with the Storyteller, the Storyteller may give the thaumaturge a series of dream-images spawned either by the thaumaturge or someone the oneiromancer has previously contacted through Foresee or Dreamspeak (whichever the thaumaturge designates before casting). Dream divination is still an imperfect art and may
provide misleading symbols or information useless to the diviner - caveat emptor. This power may be used only once per night and only after the thaumaturge has prepared herself by at least 20 minutes of meditation. The Storyteller has final say on what information an Augury provides (or doesn't), and should not reveal things that could ruin a plot or chronicle.
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advanced Oneiromancy | |
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Reveal the Heart's Dreams | |
At this level of mastery, the thaumaturge gains astounding insights into others simply by observing them. If successful, the oneiromancer learns of the target's single guiding passion, or the thing he tears the most. The target must be within sight of the caster. For a mortal target, the caster spends a Willpower Trait and wins a Mental Challenge; a Kindred target requires the thaumaturge to spend two Willpower Traits and win the Mental Challenge. In either case, with success, the caster may ask for the target to reveal either his heart's dream or his deepest fears. These are not merely temporary passions, but go to the very well of the soul. Armed with such information, a thaumaturge can make the target an offer that's almost impossible to deny, or threaten him through his greatest fear (which may well result in frenzy). Storytellers should be present during the use of this power to ensure that the target of this power answers appropriately.