The Sept, the order of Gnostic vampires of which Iris has been a member since her death, have priests who practice a form of what is, essentially, magic. The study of these "Gnostic Miracles" has been one of the major focuses of Iris's requiem ("requiem" being the fancy word for a vampire's "life" after their death/embrace). Mechanically, for those familiar with
Vampire: The Requiem canon, Gnostic Miracles are more or less identical to Theban Sorcery; however, a few rituals have been modified in name and/or flavor to better suit the Sept.
Each "miracle" is accomplished via knowledge of its ritual components and an act of will; technically, an academic understanding is more important than faith in getting it to work. (Granted, because of Gnosticism's emphasis on, well,
gnosis — which is to say, transcendence through knowledge — Sept priests and scholars might argue that faith and understanding are closely linked.) In terms of flavor, a miracle uses a ritual offering to invoke the principle of "as above, so below." The offering is consumed, and the miracle takes effect, with the speed with which this happens and the duration of the effect usually dependent on the skill of the
sorcerer miracle worker.
Mechanically, performing
totally not Theban Sorcery a Gnostic Miracle is accomplished with a pool using
Intelligence + Academics + Theban Gnostic Miracles, and by spending a point of willpower and the ritual's attendant offering.
Iris is an extremely skilled "miracle worker," capable of producing very powerful effects. She knows how to invoke the following "Gnostic Miracles":
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