Dark Rituals
Elemental Alignments
These are objects like foci that are aligned to an appropriate element, such as pearls for water or a lava rock for fire.
Novice
Black Spot
Incantation: “Ego damnant hoc homo in tenebris”
Ingredients: Summa Wand, a water Aligned Object, a piece of the body of the target (nails, hair, blood)
Circle: 10’
Band Mark: “Ego damnare”
Level Effect: level of the Innominatam called to the target
Description: This Ritual marks a target with an invisible beacon that calls to the Innominatam. Until the target passes through the Graveyard (dead or alive) or undergoes a Dispel or Disenchant ritual, Innominatam in the area will attack them always and first. In other words, an Innominatam that would normally lurk and wait to attack will attack immediately. This call only affects Innominatum of level equal to or less then levels in this Ritual. The Target wears a black headband with “Consumat” written on it.
Summon
Incantation: “Ego vocare quod non debet dici”
Ingredients: a Aligned Object for each of the seven elements, 1 pint of blood/ 1 claret
Circle: 10’
Band Mark: “Ego Voco”
Level Effect: Level of the Innominatam Summoned
Description: This ritual summons a Innominatam into the ritual Circle. This ritual however does not control the Innominatam, who will behave as it normally would once it had formed in the Circle. The Innominatam summoned will be the level of levels the Caster has in this Ritual. If summoned within the protection of a Name Stone, the Innominatam will wail in pain and attempt to destroy the Name Stone or flee its influence. Whichever is closest, and the easiest means of ending its suffering.
Cheat Kharon
Incantation: “Cum hoc ego reddam non theloneo.”
Ingredients: a Aligned Object for each of the seven elements, 1 Core, grave soil
Circle: 10’
Band Mark: “Ego Theloneo.”
Level Effect: Amount of health recovered upon resurrection
Description: This ritual once cast allows a target (generally the caster) to Die and Resurrect without passing through the Graveyard. The Caster makes a circle of their seven Aligned Object with a single Core in the center which they smear with grave soil while speaking the incantation. The Soil Soaked Core vanishes, paying the Graveyard toll in advance for the target. Therefor the next time the target dies, they will Resurrect immediately, without need to travel to the Graveyard. Each level in this spell adds to the amount of health the target will have when recovered.
Wand of Death
Incantation: “Non ego hoc unum latus meum relinquas”
Ingredients: a Aligned Object for life, a summa wand
Band Mark: “Ego servabo"
Level Effect: Number of Resurrections per day
Description: This simple spell raises another from the dead instantly, no core loss, no Death Quest. The caster must touch their summa wand to the target while speaking the incantation. The caster reaches into the Dark Realm and pulls the target right back into their body. The target resurrects to full health.
Manipulate Elements
Incantation: “Meae tenebrae elementis imperare possunt”
Ingredients: a Aligned Object for each element to be manipulated, a summa wand
Band Mark: “Ego Flecto "
Level Effect: About a cubic foot of element per level
Description: This incantation allows the Dark Mage to control a bit of one of the seven elements. They may move it, mold it, shape it, take it out of something else or put it into something. It is mentally taxing, so it requires a Determination to be spent for each casting.
Dark Portal
Incantation: “Volo ire illuc”
Ingredients: Summa wand, Fireplace ash, Feather
Band Mark: “Ego fallere procul”
Level effect: 100ft per rank, allows the caster to go into the dark realm
Description: Open a dark portal that allows the caster to travel up to 100ft per rank by passing through the dark realm
Share Senses
Incantation: “ut sensus tui serviant mihi”
Ingredients: summa wand, a piece of the target, a body part related to the sense you wish you share
Band Mark: “exploratorem”
Level effect: Share one sense of the target for one minute per rank
Description: As the piece of your target and the body part are consumed by the ritual the caster finds themself seeing through the eyes of their target, the target is none the wiser.
Dark Call
Incantation: “Ego Autem Vocationis Caput”
Ingredients: Honey comb, A piece of Copper, Summa wand
Band Mark: “Ausculto”
Level Effect: Caster hears their name spoken once, They may hear a few words to a few sentences around their name per rank
Description: The Caster can hear their name when spoken by someone they have met. They may hear a few words to a few sentences around their name per rank or add an additional name per rank, This spell must be re-cast each time it is triggered.
Dark Defense
Incantation ”Et Sanguinem Superstes Sim”
Ingredients: Caster’s Blood, Summa Wand
Band Mark: “Pertinacia”
Level Effect: Base Protection added
Description: Increase Protection by 2 per rank+Health consumed by this spell, Health consumed in this way cannot be healed while the spell is active, claret cannot be used in place of health.
Dark Blast
Incantation: “umbrae consumunt hostes”
Ingredients: Summa wand, arrow head, string
Band Mark: “surculus”
Level effect: three damage per rank
Description: Fire off a blast of pure darkness dealing 3 damage per rank
Adept_________________________
Suffer.
Incantation “Volo te pati”
Ingredients: Summa wand, Weapon that has causes wounds
Band Mark: “Dolor Lator”
Level effect: Cause ten seconds per rank of agony to everyone wounded in the current encounter.
Description: Those afflicted by this spell feel as though they are being wounded by the weapon used across their entire body at once for the duration of the spell. It does no real damage however the pain is excruciating enough the targets cannot speak or move during the duration, only able to wail in pain.
Impenetrable Black
Incantation: “ego sum tenebrae immobiles”
Ingredients: an Aligned Object for each of the seven elements, a black mirror
Circle: 10’
Band Mark: “Ego immobile”
Level Effect: Count of 30 the Area of Impenetrable Black persists for
Description: This ritual conjures a 10’ radius of an undulating black mass. Often referred to as the Void, is it often used in worship of the Innominatam. Inside of the radius, truly nothing can penetrate, not light, not weapons, not air. Victims who have survived describe it as being suffocated and crushed at the same time, although the Void does not crush any objects.
Stygian Draught
Incantation: “Ego exprimendum in vita a te”
Ingredients: an Aligned Object for each of the seven elements, 1 Core, 1 container (if storing it)
Circle: 10’
Band Mark: “Ego Vita”
Level Effect: Number of days the effect remains
Description: By using this ritual, a core crystal is crushed into a foul thick black liquid. This liquid can be stored for 1 day after that it degrades into fouled water. For every level the creature that the Core came from, the Draught will give a point in any measurable trait (except Core). Want to be stronger? Gain a point in Strength. Desire power? Gain a rank in a spell. The effect remains for a day for each level in this spell.
Doppelganger
Incantation: “Facies Tua Mea Est Ad Usum”
Ingredients: A piece of the target, one core, Summa Wand
Band Mark: “Ego Celare”
Level Effect: Days transformation lasts per rank
Description: Take the form of the person whom you used a piece of in this spell, you sound and look exactly like them, however you do not gain their knowledge or skills, Clear sight with a higher rank than your cast will see through your transformation but other visual forms of distinguishing will not work
Shadow Puppets
Incantation: ”Sit i pupa obumbratio”
Ingredients: Summa wand, A spider, a heart
Band Mark: “pupa dominus”
Level Effect: Number of tasks each puppet can do or number of puppets
Description: Create a shadow puppet and give it one simple command per rank, can instead create one additional puppet per rank
Master rank effect: Puppets become indistinguishable from a real person and are able to think and behave as the caster wishes when created
Dead Men Tell Tales
Incantation: “Mortui respondebit vocatus”
Ingredients: Summa wand, heart, piece of target’s corpse
Band Mark: “Mortuus loqui”
Level effect: Number of answers a corpse must answer honestly
Description: When cast upon even a small piece of a corpse the spirit of that person is forced to answer ranks questions honestly to the best of their abilities
Live Trap Lily
Incantation: “Surge puer meus”
Ingredients: a Aligned Object for Death and Earth, the Bones and ichor of a fallen Innominatam, 3 Bodies
Band Mark: “hortulanus”
Level Effect: level of the Live Trap Lily created- Damage of its bite.
Description: This Ritual raises a carnivorous plant that is somewhat intelligent, but most importantly, hungry. The plant body is roughly humanoid when out of the soil, able to walk in a slightly swaying motion with a brightly colored bulbous head that is all mouth. Unlike many other forbidden rituals, this creature will answer to the caster that rose it, so will all of its Seedlings. Once the Live Trap Lily has been fed 3 bodies it will start spreading seeds. If the seeds land on the remains of a once living creature, they will sprout into Seedlings. The Seedlings lack the flowering head, but otherwise resemble a humanoid plant. The Lily and its Seedlings will actively hunt living creatures and carry the seeds in their bite. Those killed by them will sprout plants and slowly become Lilies themselves. Once fed three pounds of flesh both Lilies and Seedlings will root and rest for about a day. Lilies will send out new seeds and Seedlings will split into two. They level up when they rest, but the new seedlings start out at the original level in this Ritual. Live Trap Lily venom is potent, counted as one rank higher than the creature, but in order for it to not simply create more Seedlings, it must be heated first.
Shadow Heart
Incantation: Cum hoc pergam usque ad mrotem
Ingredients: 1 Core, Dark ardor, 1lb of clay, A piece of themself
Band Mark: occultatum cor
Level Effect: Health the mage ressurects at
Description: The dark mage places at least 1 of their core and some dark ardor in a hidden place. Should their physical form be destroyed, they can resurrect from this.
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REAP
Incantation: “Ego transire forbiden linea et accipere a vobis, quod non debet accipi.”
Ingredients: 1 subdued Sentient Creature, a Aligned Object for each of the seven elements.
Circle: 10’
Band Mark: “ego furtum”
Level Effect: Number of Core points that can be taken.
Description: There are some lines that are not supposed to be crossed. This Ritual is exactly one of them. Core is a physically crystalized point of Soul. It appears as a clear crystal with red streaks inside. It is said that if you stare deeply enough into depths that you can see memories of the creature it was before. That being said, the temptation is great. When a creature dies in the Discarded World, if it returns through the Graveyard it does so with one less Core Point. This wears away a soul, that only has so many chances, but if you had someone else’s Core, you could trade that for a life instead. And for those intent on trading the stolen Core, its base rating is 25 Yon MULTIPLIED by the creatures Level. Therefor a Level 5 Creature’s Core would be worth 125 Yon EACH.
The Ritual itself is fairly simple. The Caster needs their target to be subdued; restrained, unconscious or dead (at least 1 Core Remaining) all work, they simply can’t be able to move much. The Caster places the Aligned Objects in a circle around the target and speaks the incantation as a whisper to the target while touching at their heart. Core points equal to the level in this Ritual, or the maximum the target had, may be Reaped this way. The Caster, or Casters may Reap from more than one target in the same circle as long as they fit in the 10’ ritual circle.
Undead Drone
A body completely drained of all of it’s Core using this Forbidden Ritual will raise as an undead. They are stiff and move in a disjointed jerky manor. They will be marked with a black sash that reads “non mortui.” They will seek out and attack anything that moves, other than those who have stolen Core and Innominatam. They are immune to hits, except for Faith and Fire (Call "Immune"). They are relentless, tireless and always hunting. They will continue to hunt until they are destroyed. They hit for the same as they did alive, and generally still carry their weapons and armor from their life, however they cannot cast any form of spell or shapeshift
Heart stopper
Incantation: “cesset cor tuum et cerebri diem”
Ingredients: Summa Wand, humanoid heart pierced by summa wand, humanoid brain, 1 Core
Band Mark: “ego occisus”
Level effect: kill one person you touch per rank
Description: the casters hands become completely black until all uses are used, during this time the caster can touch someone barehanded and simply kill them outright
Steal Memories
Incantation: “Ut Tua Memoriam Facti Mei Ad Usum”
Ingredients: Summa Wand, A piece of the target (blood, hair, etc), a brain
Band Mark: “Mems Furem”
Level Effect: Take one memory from the target per rank, you can either store the memory in a pre-prepared jar of dark liquid or directly take it for yourself
Description: The target feels a piercing pain in their head as a memory is ripped from their mind and given to the caster to either store or consume
Death Beckons
Incantation: “Mors venit iis qui suam salutem neglegunt”
Ingredients: Summa wand, Hourglass, broken pocket watch
Band Mark: “Mors tarda”
Level effect: Reduce duration by 10 seconds, cannot be reduced under 10 seconds total
Description: When cast on a living target via spellball, begin counting down from 100, at the end of this count the target dies instantly, unless they are healed or the caster dies before the spell ends.