User talk:TheTreeofWoe

• Wanga Paths/Rituals Information

Paths:

• Spirit Manipulation (Primary option) - Blood Sacrifice page 77, Clanbook: Followers of Set (Revised) Page 71 - "Spirit Manipulation is far and away the most popular path among Serpent of the Light magicians."
• Path of Blood - Blood Sacrifice page 77
• Path of Conjuring - Blood Sacrifice page 77
• Path of Curses - Blood Sacrifice page 77
• Corruption - Blood Sacrifice page 77, Clanbook: Followers of Set (Revised) page 71
• The Dry Nile (Blinding Chango) - Clanbook: Followers of Set (Revised) page 71
• The Snake Inside (Zarabanda's Malice) - Clanbook: Followers of Set (Revised) page 71
• The Flow of Ashe - Blood Sacrifice page 77
• Orisha's Fortune - Blood Sacrifice page 79
• Voice of the Wild - Blood Sacrifice page 79
• Lure of Flames - Blood Sacrifice page 75
• Weather Control - Blood Sacrifice page 75

Possibly others - "Several standard paths of Thaumaturgy are available to practitioners of Wanga. Particularly popular are..." - Blood Sacrifice page 77

Rituals: "...many wards and other defensive rituals, divinations, bone-related rituals (this seems a little on the nose) and those that are designed to cause injuries or consternation from a distance ("curse" rituals)." - Blood Sacrifice pg. 81

Level One:

• Brand of the Paramour (divination)
• Defense of the Sacred Haven (defensive)
• Imp's Affliction (curse)
• Learning the Mind Enslumbered (divination)
• Wake with Evening's Freshness (defensive/divination)
• Deflection of Wooden Doom (defensive)
• Devil's Touch (curse)
• Singing Charm
• Serenading the Kami (invoking the assistance of spirits)
• Sense the Mystical (divination)
• Illuminate trail of prey (divination)
• Widow's Spite (curse/consternation)

Level Two:

• Craft Garde
• Craft Gris-Gris
• Grandfather's Gift
• Craft Bloodstone (Divination)
• Jinx (Curse)
• Mourning Life Curse (Curse)
• Steps of the Terrified (consternation)
• Ward vs. Ghouls (ward)
• Warding Circle vs. Ghouls (ward)
• Bind the Accusing Tongue (consternation)
• Incantation of the Shepherd (divination)
• Blood Walk (divination)
• Eyes of the Night Hawk (divination)

Level Three:

• Bone of Lies (ugh... bone-related)
• Curse Candle
• Ori Sight
• Blood Allergy (curse/consternation)
• Cleansing of the Flesh (ritual purification, well within the purview of afro-american religions)
• Craft Dream Catcher (spirit-related)
• A Touch of Nightshade (Curse/Consternation)
• Ward vs. Fae (Ward)
• Warding Circle vs. Fae (Ward)
• Ward vs. Lupines (Ward)
• Warding Circle vs. Lupines (Ward)
• Mirror of Second Sight (divination)
• The Bottled Voice (curse/consternation)

Level Four:

• Candle of Rage
• Inferm Inert (Curse/Consternation)
• Return of the Heart (Curse/Consternation)
• Scry (Divination)
• Ward vs. Kindred (Ward)
• Warding Circle vs. Kindred (Ward)
• Firewalker (firewalking is a common test/feat in Afro-American mysticism)

Level Five:

• Enchant Talisman (Talismanic staves and swords are actually also a part of Afro-American magic)
• Cobra's Favor (...It has cobra in the name and the target imbibes herbs and snake venom)
• Shackles of Blood
• Ward vs. Spirits (Ward)
• Ward vs. Ghosts (Ward)
• Ward vs. Demons (Ward)
• Warding Circle vs. Spirits (Ward)
• Warding Circle vs. Ghosts (Ward)
• Warding Circle vs. Demons (Ward)
• Paper Flesh (Curse/Consternation)

...I might have missed a ritual here or there, given how disorganized WW's stuff is. Other possible paths that fit in with the Vodoun motif might include Covenant of Nergal and The Evil Eye from Dur-An-Ki, though Wanga already has ample ways to fuck somebody up with a curse...