Eldritch Rituals
Hello everyone and welcome back to another exciting Foursaken Feature, where we bring you new and exciting adventure ideas for your fourth edition game. This week, as you all should be aware, is Mythos Week, and I have some new rituals for you to enjoy.
Calling
Level: 11 Component Cost: 1000 gp
Category: Binding Market Price: 10,000 gp
Time: 1 hour Key Skill: Arcana and Religion
Duration: Special (see text)
You summon a dangerous creature from beyond the mortal realms. By means of this ritual, you summon to your location any aberrant creature of your level or lower. When you call the creature, make an Arcana check; if your result exceeds the summoned creature’s level by 10 or more, it obeys your commands and acts during your initiative according to your direction. Attempting to control an elite creature in this way imposes a -2 penalty to your Arcana check, and attempting to call a solo creature in this way imposes a -5 penalty. If your Arcana check fails to control the creature, then the summoned creature attacks you immediately, if able. Regardless of your Arcana check, summoned creatures appear in an empty square adjacent to the caster. After the success or failure of your Arcana check is determined, make a Religion check. The summoned creature remains in the mortal realm for a number of hours equal to ½ your Religion check before returning from whence it came.
Contact Nyarlathotep
Level: 16 Component Cost: 100 gp
Category: Divination Market price: 9,000 gp
Time: 1 hour Key Skill: Arcana
Duration: Special
You contact one of the dreaded great old ones to consult on the events of the future. Upon casting this spell, you can ask a single question using no more than 500 words. If the ritual is performed correctly, the god-like being known as Nyarlathotep answers your question. These answers are always highly detailed and quite specific, usually consisting of at least 1000 words. However, it should be known that Nyarlathotep is among the cruelest and most dangerous entities, and he may not be entirely truthful with the ritual caster. When you use this ritual, your DM makes an Arcana check for you in secret; the percent chance of receiving a true answer from Nyarlathotep is equal to twice the result of this check.
Far Travel
Level: 21 Component Cost: 5000 gp
Category: Travel Market price: 100,000 gp
Time: 24 hours Key Skill: Arcana
Duration: Special (see text)
By way of this ritual, you enable yourself to travel at immense speeds in any direction, regardless of barriers. Make an Arcana check; for a number of hours equal to the check result you can move at a speed of 100 miles/minute in any direction, even through solid barriers and vacuums. In order to move in this fashion you must travel at least 100 miles. You cannot move in this way during combat.