The mage rips soul from body and possesses the target’s now-vacant form, leaving the victim and the mage’s former
body dead. The spell is a means of prolonging life and also of obtaining a newer, younger, fitter body. Some mages also
see it as an opportunity to experiment: obtaining a body of a different sex, race or the like in order to see how “the
other half” lives (and dies, for that matter).
The mage can cast this spell on a given target only once. If the spell fails, that target is forever immune to any further casting by that mage (although not by others). The mage obtains the subject’s Strength, Dexterity and Stamina, and any physical Merits or Flaws, retaining all other traits. The subject’s spirit is destroyed although, at the Storyteller’s discretion, the spirit may survive as a ghost (and likely a vengeful one at that).
Free Council Rote: Life-Transfer
The body is just a vehicle for the mind and spirit, and techné allow the unseating of an existing “occupant” so a new life-force can inhabit a body. For the Nameless rebels, this techné held the added benefit of erasing their former lives: appearance, flesh and bone, and allowing them to start anew away from the pursuit of their enemies.
