This ritual charges the caster with the energy of a particular element.

After performing this ritual, the caster can throw an infinite number of bursts of elemental energy. Each burst of energy causes the amount of damage listed in the table below; the caster throws a spell packet and states the amount of damage followed by the type of damage; “Four Fire” for example.

Only one spell packet can be thrown at a time.

This damage is physical and therefore can be blocked by shields and any defense that stops physical attacks, such as the Invulnerability spell, but not by the Negation spell.

The type of damage associated with each element is shown in the chart below.

Note that healing damage does not heal the target, however, undead who are effected by normal damage will take double damage. The caster can choose to cast this ritual upon themselves, upon
another character, or upon an item. If cast on themselves or another character there is no In Game representation of the ritual.

If this ritual is cast upon an item, a temporary item card must be made to indicate the magical nature of the item. As with other rituals that create magical items, the item is indestructible so long as the ritual lasts.

A Ritual of Embedding is not needed to make an item with a Ritual of Elemental Energy 1. If this ritual were to become permanent, it would give the caster the ability to invoke this ritual once per Event; the charge would last for 1 hour.

This ritual magically protects an area for the duration of the ritual.

The area of effect may be any one building or room within a building.
A building is defined In Game as any structure – man made or natural – that has at least three walls and a roof.

Out of Game, “lesser” structures that are defined as buildings can be warded.
For example, a pavilion at an Event is deemed to be the Armory by the Marshal, this structure would be wardable by the character.

When a ward is cast, it embeds itself in the walls, floor, and ceiling of the warded area; even if the physical structure is damaged, the ward will remain.
After it is created, the ward’s caster can lower the entire ward by touching it and willing it down; when the caster ceases to touch the ward, it automatically goes up again.

When the caster creates a ward, they may designate portals, or openings, in the ward.
A random word chosen by the caster at the time of the ritual will cause an entrance to open when the word is spoken at an audible level in front of the entrance. This word will not affect any of the other entrances to the ward unless it is spoken loudly enough so that it can be heard at another entrance.

When the word is spoken, the entrance will lower momentarily; it will stay open as long as anyone or anything more than a pound is placed in the opening. When an entrance is no longer blocked, it closes automatically.

Each designated entrance must be indicated on the Martial Notes, along with the ward word.
To indicate the presence of a ward, the caster should place garland, yellow duct tape, glow rope, or some other suitable indication of a ward at each entrance to the structure.

Anything over the ward that is not over a designated portal when the caster raises the ward is ejected from the warded area in the direction it entered.
A lowered ward will stay down if anything is placed across the ward’s designated portal; when the portal is no longer blocked, the ward goes up again.

Ward rituals of the same type do not stack, therefore two Rituals of Warding cannot be cast on the same building or room, but a room can have a Ritual of Warding Versus Life and a Ritual of Warding.

Wards of the same type can share one common wall.

Duration: 6 Skill Cycles, Inclusive
This ritual creates a sorcerous defense that protects a character as an Invulnerability spell and will stop a Kill spell – even one augmented by Warlockery.

After the Ritual of Defense is expended; it resets
itself after 5 minutes.

The caster can choose to cast this ritual upon themselves, upon another character, or upon an item.
If cast on themselves or another character there is no In Game representation of the ritual. If this ritual is cast upon an item, a temporary item card must be made to indicate the magical nature of the item. As with other rituals that create magical items, the item is indestructible so long as the ritual lasts.

A Ritual of Embedding is not needed to make an item with a Ritual of Defense.

The player should call “Ritual of Defense” when they invoke this defense.

This ritual allows the caster to control any lesser undead within a 50 foot radius and that are within Line of Sight.

This radius moves with the caster.
Lesser undead which are given commands will continue to follow those commands after they leave the radius of control unless directly controlled by another character.

Undead within 10 feet of the caster of this ritual may not be controlled by anyone else; the ritual’s power suppresses the power of any other Necromancy spell.
Should two Rituals of True Undead Control come in conflict, then the closer caster wins.

Follower of the Light and Servant of Darkness skills that effect undead will override this ritual until the caster is able to re-establish control.

All undead in the area of effect are under the caster’s control as long as the undead are inside the area of effect.
The caster may give any number commands during this time. Should someone else control theundead, turn the undead or new undead enter the area, the caster must re-invoke the ritual to gain control.

The effects of this ritual last till the end of the current Skill Cycle.
If Ritual of Permanency is cast, then this ritual is effective all the time.

In order to use this ritual, the caster should call “Invoke Ritual of True Undead Control”.

This ritual dispels all active low magic spells – even ones augmented with Warlockery, all Nature Magic spells and all Spell Singing spells on the target character or item; or any one Ritual below 3rd Rank.

Spells that create an effect and are no longer active such as undead created by the Necromancy School or ritual are not affected by this ritual.

The caster of the ritual should declare the ritual being dispelled, however if the caster fails to do so then the target, if it is able to, must chose an available ritual to be dispelled.
For example, a character has a permanent Ritual of Faith Shield and a temporary Ritual of Alchemy Shield and Spell Shield. This ritual is cast upon that character, but no ritual is specified by the caster. The target player has to choose either the Alchemy or Spell Shield; they cannot choose the permanent Faith Shield, as this is not a viable target of the ritual.

This ritual allows the caster to place up to three spells of Rank 1 into an item.

All the spells must be from the same school and can be invoked once each per Skill Cycle.

Spells cast into the item need to be declared and recorded on the item card to be either Invokable or Castable.
This ritual cannot be combined with any other ritual except any Ritual of Attunement.

The spells to be embedded can come from the caster or another character who has to be either a participant or caster in the ritual; it cannot come from an item or scroll.

If two or more sorcerers are casting this ritual together, one or both of them can cast some or all of the spells into the item.
The exception to this is lost magic. In order to embed a lost spell into an item, the Sorcerer casting the ritual must know the spell being embedded and must use twice the amount of Mummy Dust normally required.

The item to be enchanted must be worth 5 silver pieces per charge. It the item is made Invokable, the ritual requires double the normal amount of Mummy Dust. This is in addition to the increased amount needed for embedding lost spells.

This ritual turns a character into a Death Knight, Death Mage, or Death Assassin, a skeletal greater undead creature.

The Death Knight, Death Mage, or Death Assassin is under the control of the caster of the ritual.

The player of the character who died must now play the newly created undead creature. The greater undead follows all the normal rules for their Death Count, however should they die, their body turns to dust. The player takes one Death on their character card and may now go attempt resurrection.

Unlike the undead creation spells of the Necromancy school, the undead created by this ritual can last longer than 6 Skill Cycles inclusive.
The player of the undead character is therefore obligated to play the creature until it is destroyed, or until two months have passed since the ritual was cast.

Only when the undead creature is gone can the player’s character be resurrected.
This ritual can be cast on a dead body or on a living character by delivering a Killing Blow at the end of the ritual. This ritual requires the body of the character to be turned into a Death Knight, Death Mage, or Death Assassin, the body of a different character cannot be substituted. Should the ritual fail, and all components consumed, then the dead body is destroyed. If a living character was the target of this ritual, then there is no added effect and the character should continue their Death Count normally.

Death Knight, Death Mage, or Death Assassin last until destroyed or two months – the month the ritual was cast and the following month – if the target character can resurrect.
If the character is unresurrectable, then this ritual is permanent until the undead is destroyed.

This ritual makes an item attuned to the body of the user such that the item must remain on their person.

The item must remain in physical contact with the user or an item in contact with the user for example, a scabbard, a pouch, a gloved hand, etc.
If the attuned item is in contact with the user through another item, and that item is broken, then the attuned item immediately returns to the user.
If the user is resurrected in a Healer’s Circle, they will resurrect with the item in their hand.

The ritual requires the presence of the person the item is to be attuned to and a small quantity of that person’s blood.
More than one person may be attuned to an item using this ritual, all of whom must be present during the entire ritual.
Any number of people may be attuned, but only specific individuals not variable groups can be attuned. The person(s) to be attuned are targets of the ritual.

Even if a character becomes unresurrectable, the attuned item will remain with the body.
If the body is ever destroyed, then the item attunes itself to the ground at that spot. If there is another character the item is attuned to, that character may come and take the item from either the body or the ground.
At Plot’s discretion, the attunement may be broken or shifted and the item brought back In Game if the player has not played that character for more than 6 months.

When this ritual is cast on an item, it becomes unbreakable.

It cannot be destroyed by Shatter, Blast, Giant Strength, or similar skills or abilities. When the attunement wears off, the item returns to its normal status.

For this ritual, both the item and the user are the targets of this ritual, and should the ritual fail and all components expended, the item and user are unaffected.

With this ritual the caster creates a magical 5 foot wide by 10 foot high gate. The gate leads to the location where the ritual was originally cast.

This ritual can only be placed upon the caster and cannot be cast into an item or onto another character.

The gate opens when the caster calls upon the power of the ritual (invokes the ritual). The caster must spend 15 seconds laying down a 5 foot long piece of garland indicating the opening of the portal. The character can be interrupted in the same ways the casting of a spell is interrupted. If the character is interrupted, the portal fails to open and the charge is not expended.

The gate may be opened anywhere the caster chooses with the following limitations:

–The gate must be vertical and the size and shape of the gate will conform to the available space.

-The gate automatically closes when the caster has passed through it, therefore the caster cannot be followed into the gate.

Up to two other characters – so long as they can fit through the gate – or up to 600 lbs of material may go through the gate before the caster.
Players should put on white headbands and go to the location where the ritual was cast immediately.

The caster may choose to close the gate at any time.
Regardless, the gate will close in 30 minutes if the caster does not go through or chooses to close it.

If the caster is still in their Death Count, they can be dragged through the gate. If three people go through before the caster, then the gate closes.

The gate is one way and has only one face.
Once the caster invokes the ritual, that side is the doorway; the opposite side is impassible and appears as a solid glowing wall.
Any character attempting to pass through the wrong side of the portal will simply be stopped as if they tried to pass through a solid wall.

If this ritual is made permanent, then the caster can invoke the ritual once per Skill Cycle.

This ritual tears the soul from the body and sends it into the void forever.

The process is remarkably painful to the victim and should be role-played accordingly.

All of the character’s marbles become black and they are permanently un-resurrectable.
The character is unable to ever be turned into an undead of any type by any means.

While the ritual is being cast, the ritual holds the target character inplace and they cannot move until the ritual is ended. If the ritual fails or is interrupted, the character is free to act and suffers no ill effects.

This ritual cannot be embedded with Ritual of Embedding or Ritual of Permanent Ritual Embedding.

This ritual allows the caster to summon a level five Fire, Water, Air, Earth, Life or Death Elemental who will perform any number of tasks for the caster.

Any task not completed in the 90 minute duration will be left undone and the elemental will return to it’s home plane.

If the Ritual of Elemental Summoning is made permanent, then it the Elemental may be summoned once per 6 Skill Cycles inclusive by the caster.
A specific elemental can be summoned if the caster has its essence.

The control the caster has over the elemental is similar to the control over a greater undead – the elemental knows it has been summoned and is under the casters control and while it must obey the caster it must only obey the letter of the order.

Note: A Plot Marshal must be informed before this ritual is performed so that they may get an NPC to play the elemental.