Slashterpiece (Spoilers)

[Confuzzled]

Posts in the thread on Jeanette and Therese got me thinking: how did Therese make/paint/procure four paintings that incorporate a blood guardian if slashed in a particular sequence?

This is very much a thinking aloud sort of thread, as evidently the game doesn't provide answers (even when playing as a Malkavian!). Presumably the guardian and paintings are a particular form of Thaumaturgy (although I leave that to people better versed in the PnP world). Which would probably rule out Therese/Jeanette as the artist.

The other question is why do it? If the guardian only appears when the paintings are slashed, not exactly a subtle trap is it? So could the guardian have been summoned in another way? In which case, does Therese dabble in thaumaturgy a little?

Lots of fun questions for people to dig their teeth into if they choose, and it prevents us going OT in another thread!

[pdblake]

Originally Posted by Confuzzled

If the guardian only appears when the paintings are slashed, not exactly a subtle trap is it?

Not only that but they have to be slashed in a specific order IIRC, not even a very efficient trap. Though I did notice that if you slashed them in the wrong order each slash drained some blood. Can't remember if it caused damage or not though.

[shana]

If you slash the paintings in the wrong order they will repair themselves.

[Faust]

Yeah, this is another mystery the game doesn't explain. One can assume that she procurred the painting from a particularly talented Cainite who had utilized disciplines in the creation of the painting. Otherwise, she employed the services of the Tremere in adding a protection to the exhibit.

[roug3l3ad3r]

Slash them in the order they chronologically happened.