Wax Seal

Wax seals are commonly used to bind and sign documents in the Dark Medieval period.

Overview

While custom forbids breaking the seal on a document meant for someone else's eyes, it does happen. However, any Scion of sufficient progress on their road can create a seal that is somewhat more resistant to prying eyes.

The Scion simply drips a few drops of her vitae onto the wax before applying the seal. The player then rolls the character's Road rating (difficulty 7). Thereafter, if anyone except the intended recipient of the letter attempts to break the wax seal, they must roll willpower (difficulty 7) and gain more successes than the Scion did. The would-be spy can attempt this as an extended action, building up the courage to break the seal, but if at any time they fail a Willpower roll they must wait until the following day (or night) to try again. While attempting to break the seal, the spy feels as though they are being watched by a powerful being, and knows that they are breaking a trust by trying to break the wax.

A Scion must have a Road rating of 8 or more to create such a seal. If the Scion possesses the Sound of a Breaking Oath Discipline technique, the breaking of a seal will trigger that power.

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