Editing Soul Shepherd (section)

===2nd: Feast for Hungry Ghosts===
''Prerequisites: Gnosis 5, Death 3''<br>
Blood is the life, and the dead hunger for it. When he spills blood, the Medium can ritually consecrate it to the dead. This works as per the spell "Devouring the Slain", with two modifications: the mage may choose to convert damage to Essence instead of Mana, and it can explicitly be used on animals -- if they are prepared correctly beforehand. Using it on an animal changes the casting time from 'instant' to 'extended': this extra duration is used to perform a ritual that secures the animal's metaphysical consent. When using it on an animal, the mage can only harvest a total amount of energy from that animal equal to either that animal's Size or the mage's dots in Death, whichever is lesser. The mage may absorb the released energy, or offer it to an attendant ghost as Essence: the energy may not be consumed without the mage's consent. If the mage allows a ghost access to this energy, it must consent to perform a service for him in exchange, as per the "Control Ghost" spell, with successes equal to the points of Essence consumed. If the mage has Death 4, this service's Duration may benefit from advanced prolongation. This attainment may only be used a number of times a day equal to the willworker's dots in Gnosis.<br>
''Optional Arcanum: Spirit 3''<br>
By filtering the the release of life-energies through his own magic, the mage can render the Essence produced by this attainment 'neutral' and palatable to all kinds of spirits. He may offer the Essence to a spirit on the same terms as to a ghost.