Martyr's Icon

Martyr's Icon is an artifact.

Overview

The practice of creating Icons (images of saints and other religious figures) is common to the Eastern Church in these nights, but many people (and Cainites) enjoy the presence of a pleasant bit of art. The Martyr's Icon, which may be crafted by any Prodigal with an advanced understanding on her road, is artwork with a purpose. A Martyr's Icon is usually a small painting or figurine. Typically, it is a rendition of a former victim of the vampire's own feeding, or else an image of Abel. The individual is always depicted in some beatific pose. Often, he is smiling.

After creating the Icon (with the use of the appropriate Crafts field of expertise) the Prodigal may attempt to empower it against the wiles of the Beast and those who embrace its ways. The Cainite may "activate" the Martyr's Icon by letting a single blood point before it (symbolically returning some of what she has taken). The player rolls her Road rating (difficulty 8). For one night per success, the Icon guards the Cainite's abode (an area up to the size of a large house) against those who wallow in the Beast's depredations. Those who walk a road other than the Via Humanitatis suffer a + 2 difficulty to all actions that would defy the particular moral code (the main Road of Humanity or appropriate path on that road) of the Prodigal crafter while within that area.

Any Prodigal with a Road rating of 8 or more may attempt to create a Martyr's Icon.

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