Giovanni familiar with the Discipline of Thaumaturgy have augmented their abilities by creating new rituals. The use of Thaumaturgy, when combined with the necromantic knowledge of the clan, offers unique insights into the world beyond the Shroud. These rituals are activated just like normal Thaumaturgical rituals, with a roll of the caster's Intelligence + Occult (difficulty 4 + the level of the ritual).

Spirit Beacon (Level Two Ritual)
This ritual is designed to draw wraiths to a particular area. It requires the head of a man forsaken by God; this ghastly object acts as a beacon to all wraiths within the region. Giovanni who have seen these dreadful items in the Shadowlands say that an unholy radiance pours forth from the eyes, mouth and ears of the head, drawing wraiths like moths to a flame.

System: Obviously, this ritual requires a severed human head (though it is the Storyteller's discretion as to what constitutes "forsaken by God" in her chronicle). After the ritual is successfully conducted, any wraiths who view the hideous thing are almost irresistibly compelled to move toward it. Wraiths who wish to avoid the spirit beacon must make a Willpower roll against a difficulty equal to the Willpower of the Giovanni who enacted the ritual. A wraith who succeeds is free to leave (though she may be entranced once more if she looks upon the head again); a wraith who fails must attend the head and will refuse to leave. Wraiths under the sway of this ritual may try to break free of its power; Willpower checks may be attempted once per hour.

The ritual ceases to be effective at sunrise of the day following its invocation, though the head may be the focus of further uses of the ritual. Giovanni who use this power repeatedly are rumored to possess heads that have decomposed to mere skulls over their long periods of service.

Call upon the Shadow's Grace (Level Four Ritual)
Use of this invasive ritual allows the Giovanni to peer into the aura of death that surrounds all living beings. Those who are familiar with the subtleties of wraithly existence speak of the Shadow, the "dark side" of the wraith's personality. This ritual temporarily opens a channel for discourse with the nascent Shadow of its subject (which will fully emerge if the subject in question later becomes a wraith). Though not quite so powerful or malignant as the Shadow of a wraith, the Shadow of one who still walks the physical world can nonetheless reveal damning aspects of the person's actions, and may often drive the person to acts of desperation.

System: By enacting this ritual, the Giovanni brings the self-destructive aspects of her subject's psyche to the fore. If used successfully, this ritual causes its subject to reveal her darkest secrets to the Giovanni. The subject will reveal any plots in which she is involved, treacheries she has committed and lies she has told. The subject may resist with a Willpower roll against a difficulty equal to the caster's Intelligence + Occult. At the Storyteller's discretion, a botch may result in tremendous feelings of remorse and despair in the subject, which result in the subject's attempted suicide. Naturally, nothing may be learned in this situation.