Tablet of Destiny is one of the most powerful vampiric relics of cainite mythology.
Overview
According to the Enûma Elish, the Tablet of Destiny were the laws for mankind, set down by Enoch himself. What those clay tablets actually contained is a matter of much speculation. After his embrace, Hesiod believed them to contain an early account of the Book of Nod.
Monçada and Beckett thought it was a chronicle of blood powers, explaining all of Enoch's magics (which, according to legend, included the capability to break blood oaths at will, and remove the Potence from ghouls).
But these are mere legends, all as likely to be true as the Malkavian Anatole's tale that Enoch's tablet contained the detailed future of every cainite who had been or would be, from Caine's punishment through the Time of Thin Blood.
In any event, it is said that Ishtar tried to take this item from Ennoia, which led to a bitter feud between the two Antediluvians, nearly causing the Toreador destruction twice.
How I run it for 2nd Rev
Tablet of Destiny
According to the Enûma Elish, the Tablet of Destiny were the laws for mankind, set down by Enoch himself. What those clay tablets actually contained is a matter of much speculation. After his embrace, Hesiod believed them to contain an early account of the Book of Nod.
Activation
Only one person can be the holder of the Tablet of Destiny, you don’t have to keep it on you; it’s yours until you die the true death. Then the first person to spend a blood point in to it is the new holder.
Characteristics
Unlocks the 13 Discipline of Caine;
1. Animalism
2. Chimerstry
3. Dementation
4. Dominate,
5. Necromancy "Mortuus Path"
6. Obeah
7. Obfuscate
8. Obtenebration
9. Potence
10. Presence
11. Protean
12. Quietus
13. Serpentis
The first dot in any can be pay for with 9 XP the rest are at current rating x 5
Bane.
1. All other Disciplines are at current rating x 7 even if clan. This will include your clan disciplines.
2. My precious, to give this item to someone else you need to make a Self-Control/Instinct Difficulty 7. Fail you lose a point from the virtue, botch the item loses its magic powers.
3. To Read to book of Nod you must be able to read Cuneiform.
References
- Clanbook: Toreador Revised, p. 15-16