rite & Ritual

To me, there is no set piece more iconic to the dark ~Credits~

fantasy genre than The Ritual. The word Ritual
itself is powerful enough to conjure up all sorts
of juicy and delightful bits of macabre imagery.
Black-robed cultists shuffling towards a clandestine
midnight meeting... candles and glyphs drawn
in blood... orgies under the blood moon... and of
course - a dagger poised just so over the heart of a
soon-to-be human sacrifice.
I’m willing to bet that during your adventures in
Rûl, you’ve come across more than a fair few magic
rites - if only to stop them moments before they
summoned something ancient and powerful. Right?
This supplement provides rules to help your
Shadow of the Demon Lord characters perform their
own magical rituals.
WRITING, Design, and Layout:
L.E. Arias
editing & Proofreading: J. Alimi
ILLUSTRATIONs: L.E. Arias, S.N. Bickham
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This supplement also includes 40 new spells, many

of which are designed to work nicely alongside
Ritual Magic.

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 Ritual Magic
Preparations
To cast a spell as a Ritual, the caster must either
know the spell they wish to cast, or have access to an
Incantation or Ritual Scroll of the desired spell.
Rites
During the Ritual, the caster may perform Rites.
Rites are specific set of effects that change the caster’s
effective Power for the purposes of casting the Ritual
spell. All Rites are listed on pages 3 and 4 of this
document.

Secondly, before beginning the ritual, the caster must
first make sure they are prepared for the Rites they
intend to perform. Then, the caster begins the ritual
by taking an Action.
There are two different types of Rite - Power Rites and
Adjustment Rites. Power Rites have a cost, aftereffect,
or both. They raise the caster’s effective Power,
allowing them to cast spells that are powerful beyond
their normal means.

performing the Ritual Adjustment Rites instead lower the caster’s effective
Spell Rank Ritual Duration Power, but change the spell’s parameters in useful
0-1 5 minutes
ways.
2-3 30 minutes
By combining both Power Rites and Adjustment Rites,
4-5 3 hours
shrewd spellcasters can make the most out of their
6-7 6 hours
spellcasting abilities.
8-9 9 hours
10 12 hours
To perform a specific Rite, a spellcaster must learn the
Rite from a mentor or a Tome of Rites. Once learned,
Rituals have a minimum duration based on the spell’s
the Rite is known permanently.
rank. The ritual ends immediately if the caster casts
another spell during this time, or becomes silenced,
dazed, incapacitated, or stunned. The caster is
otherwise able to take actions during this time, and
Circumstances
likely needs to do so to do complete Rites. Besides employing Rites, other circumstances
can be exploited to increase a ritualist’s effective
Once the minimum duration is complete, the caster Power when casting a Ritual spell.
can use an Action to finish the ritual. If the spell’s
Rank is equal to or lower than the caster’s effective For example, performing the Ritual in places of
Power, the spell is cast successfully. great magical power, performing the Ritual under
the patronage of a powerful entity like a demon or
faerie lord, or performing the ritual during rare and
Casting the Spell significant events such as an eclipse or during the
breach of a demon prince. Circumstantial bonuses
When the ritual spell is cast, any adjustments caused
can grant any amount of effective Power, to the GM’s
by Rites are applied. If the spell is being cast from an
discretion.
Incantation, the incantation is consumed but the spell
is cast successfully without need for a challenge roll.
Exploiting rare circumstances is usually instrumental
to success with some of the most dangerous Rituals.
Any attack or challenge rolls made by the caster as
part of the spell are made with 2 boons. Any challenge
rolls made by affected creatures are made with either
2 boons or 2 banes, as the caster decides.

After the spell is resolved, the caster must then

contend with any Aftereffects from the Rites they
employed.

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 Power Rites
Rite of Assistance - gain 1 Power
Effect This Rite requires assistants, each of which
must have at least Power 1. For the Rite to be
successful, the combined Power or all assistants must
meet or exceed the spell’s rank.
Aftereffect The caster and each assistant takes 1d6
damage and gains 1d3 Insanity.
Rite of Blood - gain 1 to 3 power
Effect The caster must sacrifice the sanctity of their
own flesh for the sake of this Rite. To complete this
Rite, the caster chooses how much Power they wish to
gain, and then inflicts wounds on themselves, which
do not seem to affect them until the ritual is finished
or fails. The caster suffers the Aftereffect of this Rite
even if the Ritual fails.
Aftereffect The caster takes 2d6 damage per point of
Power gained. The caster cannot heal damage until they
complete a rest.
Rite of Devotion - Gain 2 Power
Effect This Rite requires gathering 10 believers per
rank of the Ritual spell. The believers must pray, or
otherwise show devotion during the duration of the
ritual. Only genuine belief and faith in a God, ideal,
or goal represented by the caster can fuel this Rite. A
caster can use this Rite only once per week, and only
spells from their religious tradition can be cast this
way.
Aftereffect The caster becomes impaired until they
spend an hour in prayer or meditation.
Rite of Geometry - gain 1 Power
Effect This Rite uses formal scholarship to amplify the
spell’s effect through the use of geometric patterns.
The Ritual must be cast in a location where the
required glyphs can be inscribed in chalk, salt, or
blood. This Rite can only be used if the caster knows
how to write High Archaic, and has discovered the
tradition of the spell being cast.
Aftereffect The caster must make an Intellect challenge
roll. On a failure, the caster cannot cast spells for 1 hour.
Rite of mind's horizon - Gain 1 Power
Effect This Rite requires the caster to ingest
psychoactive drugs worth 1 ss. The caster suffers the
Aftereffect of this Rite even if the Ritual fails.
Aftereffect The caster gains insanity equal to the Ritual
spell’s rank, or just half with a successful Will challenge
roll.
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Rite of Offering - Gain 1 to 3 Power
Effect This Rite calls for the use of expensive magical
offerings such as candles, crystals, incenses, or oils
to enhance the Ritual’s magic. Total offerings worth
at least the spell’s rank in gc grant +1 Power. Total
offerings worth twice the spell’s rank in gc grant
+2 Power, and total offerings worth three times the
spell’s rank in gc grant +3 Power. Offered items are
consumed.
Rite of Revelry - Gain 2 Power
Effect To perform this Rite, the caster must gather
at least 30 additional participants and distribute
to them 3 gc worth of alcohol and drugs. During
the Ritual duration, all participants, including the
caster, are whipped into a frenzy of debauchery and
lasciviousness. This Rite causes the Ritual’s duration
to increase by 3 hours, but the Ritual becomes much
harder to disrupt - the caster no longer needs to focus
on the ritual exclusively, and can even cast spells, be
stunned, fall asleep, or be incapacitated during the
ritual time as long as they are able to take an action at
the end of the ritual time to cast the spell, and fulfill
any other needed Rites.
Aftereffect The caster and all participants become
fatigued until they complete a rest.
Rite of Sacrifice - Gain 1 to 3 Power
Effect This Rite requires the murder of helpless or
willing mortal victims, and can be invoked only by
casters with 3 or more corruption. 1 Power is gained
for sacrificing any sapient mortal. 2 Power is gained
for sacrificing a sapient mortal with no corruption.
3 Power is gained for sacrificing a number of sapient
creatures equal to three times the spell’s rank (min. 3).
Rite of Soulcasting - Gain 3 Power
Effect This Rite requires the caster to weave a
fragment of their very soul into the magic. This is
a desperate act performed only by the foolish or
cornered. No particular actions are required to gain
the Power.
Aftereffect Roll 1d6. You suffer the corresponding effect,
and all lower-numbered effects.
• 1: The caster gains 1 Corruption.
• 2: The caster gains 1d6 Insanity.
• 3: The caster’s Strength is permanently lowered by 1.
• 4: The caster’s Will is permanently lowered by 1.
• 5: The caster falls catatonic for 24 hours.
• 6: The caster is killed as their soul is utterly destroyed.
 Adjustment Rites
Rite of Astral Projection - Lose 2 Power
Requirement This Rite can be used only when casting a
spell with a target or area. Invoking this Rite requires that
the caster take psychoactive drugs worth 2 ss.
Effect When the spell is cast, the caster’s soul briefly
projects to any point within sight, and the spell is cast as
if the caster was standing in that location.
Rite of The Candle - Lose 1 Power
Requirement This Rite can only be invoked when
casting a Utility spell that has a duration. Using this rite
requires use of a specially prepared candle worth 2 ss.
Effect The spell’s duration is increased. A duration of 1
minute becomes 10 minutes, 10 minutes becomes 1 hour,
1 hour becomes 8 hours, and 8 hours becomes 24 hours.
Spells with different durations go to the next duration
up.
Rite of The Doll - Lose 3 Power
Requirement This Rite can only be used with attack
spells that target a creature, and requires use of a control
doll.
Effect When the spell is cast, it targets the creature
to whom the control doll is bound regardless of their
current location. The Control Doll is destroyed after the
spell is cast.
Rite of The Drum - Lose 1 Power
Requirement This Rite can only be used with spells
that target an area. Invoking this Rite requires that loud
rhythmic music be played throughout the duration of
the Ritual.
Effect The size of the area targeted by the spell is
doubled.
Rite of echoes - Lose 1 Power
Requirement This rite requires spending materials
worth 1 ss for a Rank 0 spell, or 2 ss per spell rank
otherwise. This Rite can only be used if the caster
knows High Archaic, and knows the spell being cast.
Effect Upon casting the spell, the caster gains 1
Insanity but the spell’s casting is not expended.
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Rite of Ecstasy - Lose 1 Power
Requirements This method requires that two people
engage in sexual intercourse at the Ritual location.
The caster does not necessarily have to be one of
them, but they can be. This Rite can only be used
with Utility spells that affect only the caster or target a
creature.
Effect When cast, the spell instead affects both sexual
participants instead of the usual target.
Rite of preparation - Lose 1 Power
Requirement This Rite can only be invoked when
casting a Utility spell that is cast as an Action.
Effect When the Ritual is completed, the spell does not
immediately take effect and the casting is not expended;
instead the next time the caster would use this spell, they
may cast it as a Triggered Action. A caster can have a
number of spells prepared this way equal to their Power.
Rite of The Script - Lose 3 Power
Requirement Invoking this Rite requires that the caster
expend either an additional casting of the spell or an
Incantation of the desired spell. This Rite can only be
used on spells with a Target.
Effect Instead of its usual target, the spell targets each
valid target in a sphere with a 5-yard radius set within
medium range.
Rite of the Seal - Lose 2 Power
Requirement This Rite can only be used with spells that
affect only the caster or target a creature. If using a spell
that targets a creature, it must target the caster when
resolved. Using this rite requires drawing a seal on the
spell’s target, requiring rare inks worth 2 ss.
Effect When the spell is cast, it does not immediately
take effect. Instead a specific event, condition, or trigger
is specified at the time the ritual is completed - the spell
takes effect immediately as soon as the specific condition
is met. The triggering condition can be as general or
specific as the caster likes.
 New Spells
Air spells
DEVASTATION AIR ATTACK 6
Area A line, 30 yards long, 30 yards high, and 5 yards wide
originating from a point within long range
Duration 10 minutes
A powerful tornado appears at one end of the area and
moves along through it, dealing 8d6+6 damage to anything
whose space it enters. Each creature and unsecured object
damaged in this way is moved 3d6 yards in a random
direction; creatures affected this also fall prone. At the end of
each round for the duration, the tornado moves another 30
yards continuing in the same direction.
Alteration spells
TRANSMUTER’S APOTHEOSIS ALTERATION UTILITY 6
Duration 1 hour
For the duration, you gain the following benefits:
• Any damage you take is reduced by 5.
• You can use Alteration Spells that would require an Action
to cast as a Triggered Action instead.
• You gain a +2 bonus to an Attribute of your choice. You
may spend an Action to change which Attribute this
bonus applies to.
Special If this spell is cast as a Ritual, its duration is instead 12
hours.
Arcana spells
TALENT SURGE ARCANA UTILITY 2
You gain 1 use of any Talent whose activation or use is gated
to a certain number of times per rest based on your Power
score. Examples include the Oracle’s Divine Ecstasy talent or
a Psychic’s Psychic Power talent.
Special If this Spell is cast as a Ritual, you instead gain 1d3+1
uses of the talent.
RUSHED RITUAL ARCANA UTILITY 3
You may use this Spell when performing a Ritual to perform
the Ritual in half the usual required time.
Sacrifice You can expend a casting of this spell to cast
Empowered Magic.
WHITE WAND ARCANA UTILITY 4
Target Your Implement
Duration 1 hour
The target implement glows softly for the duration. During
that time, you may use it to cast Rank 1 attack spells you
know freely, without expending a casting. Once you cast 3
spells this way, the effect ends.
Special If a Ritual is performed to cast this spell, the Ritual
duration is reduced to 5 minutes.
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Battle spells
MANTLE OF THE SLAYER BATTLE UTILITY 6
Duration 1 hour
For the duration, you gain the following benefits
• Your attacks against demons, devils, monsters, spirits, and
undead are made with 2 boons and deal 2d6 additional
damage.
• You and your allies within medium range become immune
to the frightening and horrifying traits.
Special If a Ritual is performed to cast this spell by a creature
with less than 3 Corruption, the Ritual duration is reduced to
5 minutes.
Chaos Spells
CHAOTIC ASCENSION CHAOS UTILITY 6
Requirement You must know at least 3 other spells
Duration 1 minute
When you cast this spell, assign another spell you know to
correspond with a result of 1 or 2 on on a 1d6. Assign another
spell for a result of 3 or 4, and a third spell for a result of 5
or 6. When you cast this spell and at the beginning of each
round for the duration, roll 1d6. At any time during that
round, you may cast the corresponding spell as a Triggered
Action. Once you have cast three spells this way, the effect
ends.
Conjuration spells
CONJURE DEBRIS CONJURATION ATTACK 1
Area A sphere with a 2-yard radius centered on a point within
medium range
Duration 1 minute
You cause conjured debris to rain down on the area for the
duration. Each creature in the area when you cast the spell or
that is in the area at the end of a round must make an Agility
challenge roll. On a failure, it takes 1d6 damage. The ground
in the target area also comes difficult terrain for the duration.
As a Triggered Action, you can move the center of the area
up to 10 yards.
FALLING STAR CONJURATION ATTACK 7
Area A sphere on the ground with a 20-yard radius, centered
on a point within extreme range
Duration 1 minute
You conjure a large object high up in the atmosphere. At
the end of the duration it impacts in the center of the area.
The impact deals 5d6+10 damage to anything within 5
yards of the center of the area, and the resulting shockwave
deals 5d6+10 more damage to everything in the whole area.
Creatures may make an Agility challenge roll to take half
damage from each effect. Additional damage may be dealt
to creatures as structures collapse. If the target area was on
solid ground, it is covered by a swirling dust storm for 1 hour
(as in Tombs of the Desolation, page 23).

Curse spells
CURSE OF HATRED CURSE ATTACK 1
Target One creature within medium range
Make an Intellect attack roll against the target’s Will. On
a success, the target becomes cursed for 8 hours. While
cursed, the target gains 2 Banes to all Social rolls, and
children and animals are distressed in their presence.
CURSE OF IMPOTENCE CURSE ATTACK 2
Target One living creature with functional sexual organs
within short range
Make an Intellect attack roll against the target’s Will. On a
success, the target becomes cursed for 1 hour. While cursed,
the target makes Intellect and Will attack rolls and challenge
rolls with 1 bane, and its sexual organs become shriveled and
non-functional.
Attack Roll 20+ The curse lasts until you die or until you lift it
CURSE OF MADNESS CURSE ATTACK 3
Target One creature within medium range
Make an Intellect attack roll against the target’s Will. On a
success, the target gains 1d3 Insanity and becomes cursed
until they complete a rest. While cursed this way the target
gains one of the following quirks: Depression, Flashbacks,
Narcolepsy, or Nightmares.
CURSE OF TRAGEDY CURSE ATTACK 4
Target One living creature within short range
Make an Intellect attack roll against the target’s Will. On a
success, the target becomes cursed until they kiss someone
they love. The loved one must then make a Strength
challenge roll; they take 4d6 damage on a failure, or just half
on a success. If incapacitated by this damage, they die and
are raised 1d6 rounds later as a Zombie.
BLOODLINE CURSE CURSE ATTACK 6
Target A mortal creature within short range
Make an Intellect attack roll against the target’s Will. On
a success, choose one of the effects below. The target’s
children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and so on also
become targets, regardless of their current location.
• All targets gain a disease of your choice.
• All targets gain 3d6 Insanity, or half with a successful Will
challenge roll.
• All targets take 2d6 damage.
Destruction spells
TEAR TO SHREDS DESTRUCTION ATTACK 2
Area A cone, 3 yards long, originating from a point you can
reach
Take 3 damage. Each creature in the area takes 3d6 +3
damage as if struck by dozens of invisible razors. Each
creature in the area takes half the damage with a success
on an Agility challenge roll. Creatures wearing armor
automatically succeed on the challenge roll, but their armor is
destroyed.
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ANNIHILATION SHIELD DESTRUCTION ATTACK 7
Duration 1 minute
Take 8 damage. For the duration, all damage you take from
weapons and physical projectiles is reduced to 1. Missiles
and weapons that strike you are disintegrated into dust.
Creatures that touch you directly during this time (such as
with unarmed or natural attacks, or due to a Grab action on
your part or theirs) take 3d6 damage. If this damage causes
the target to become Injured or Incapacitated, the body part
that made contact with you is disintegrated.
Special If this spell is performed as a Ritual, the spell does
nothing when it is cast. Instead, if you take damage within
the next 8 hours, the spell’s effect and duration begin at that
time.
Death spells
PROGRESS DISEASE DEATH ATTACK 1
Target One living and diseased creature within short range
The target makes a Strength challenge roll. On a failure, the
takes 2d6 damage and if the target’s disease can progress, it
immediately progresses to the next stage. On a success, the
target just takes half damage.
CULL THE WEAK DEATH ATTACK 3
Area A sphere with a 4-yard radius centered on a point
within medium range
Roll 4d6. Each living creature in the area with a Health equal
to or less than the result is instantly killed. You heal 2 damage
for each creature killed this way.
FESTIVAL OF DEATH DEATH UTILITY 8
Area A 1-mile radius area around the ritual location
Duration 6 hours
For the duration, creatures in the area cannot heal damage
and cannot die. Any creatures that would die are noted to
be mortally wounded and inevitably die immediately upon
leaving the area or at the end of the spell’s duration. But
during the spell’s duration, mortally wounded creatures
seem to be powered by an unholy power - if they become
incapacitated, they heal damage equal to their health after 1
minute and can continue to act until the duration ends.
Special This spell must be cast as a Ritual, and must be cast
at night. The spell ends prematurely if true sunlight touches
the ground in any part of the target area.
Demonology spells
HORRID MASK DEMONOLOGY UTILITY 0
Duration 10 minutes, plus 10 more minutes for each point of
corruption you have.
Take 1 damage. Your body is covered in a shadowy morass
for the duration. Lit areas out to 1 yard around you become
shadows. Your appearance is distorted beyond recognition,
and even your voice becomes guttural and distorted. If you
have 3 or more Corruption, you gain the Frightening trait
against targets with 1 or less Corruption.
 DEMONIC GROWTHS DEMONOLOGY UTILITY 3
Duration 10 minutes, plus 10 more minutes for each point of
corruption you have.
Take 1d6 + 1 damage. You vomit up 1d3 Void Larva, which
are compelled for the duration. At the end of the duration or
when incapacitated, the Void Larva are destroyed.
Divination spells
WANDERING EYE DIVINATION UTILITY 1
Target A crystal ball, mirror, scrying pool, or other surface
appropriate for divination.
Duration 10 minutes
A floating magical eye then emerges from the target. The
Eye is a 1-inch diameter orb with spider-like legs, solid, has 1
Health, and speed of 14 (climber). It is invisible when standing
still, but can be seen when moving. For the duration, you can
Concentrate to direct the eye to move wherever you like,
and everything the eye sees is shown on the spell’s target.
The eye can’t pass through magical portals. At the end of the
duration, the Eye simply disappears.
Special If this spell is performed as a ritual, the duration is
increased to 1 hour.
REMOTE EAR DIVINATION UTILITY 2
Target Any size 1 or smaller object
Duration 8 hour
For the duration, you can hear as if you were standing at the
target’s location, but all sound is garbled and muffled. At
any time during the duration you can concentrate for up to
2 minutes to hear clearly, but the spell then ends when you
stop concentrating.
Fey spells
BROWNIE’S KNACK FEY UTILITY 0
Target A sphere with a 2-yard radius centered within short
range.
The target area is suddenly covered in a whirlwind of frothing
soap bubbles. Any creatures in the area are dazed for 1 round
but are thoroughly groomed; their body is cleaned and nicely
scented, all hair is shaved or trimmed as desired, and even
worn clothes are cleaned and pressed. Objects in the area
cleaned, sorted, and repaired. Dishes are cleared of leftovers
and neatly stacked, countertops are cleaned, books are
alphabetized, etc.
Special This spell must be cast as a Ritual.
ELFIN VEIL FEY UTILITY 1
Target One creature wearing clothes within short range
Duration Until next midnight or noon, whichever comes first.
The target’s outfit transforms into something beautiful and
elegant to the caster’s taste for the spell’s duration or until
the clothes are removed wholly from the target’s body. Even
rags can turn into elaborate suits or ball gowns. The creature
wearing clothes transformed this way makes attack rolls in
social situations with 1 boon, and gain a +2 bonus to Defense
while not wearing armor.
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TRANSPARENCY FEY UTILITY 2
Duration 1 hour
You become entirely invisible for the duration or until you
deal or take damage. Your clothes, belongings, and anything
you carry do not become invisible, instead seemingly floating
in mid air. If still wearing clothes, creatures make attacks that
target your Defense or Agility with 1 Bane instead of treating
you as Invisible.
UNICORN’S GRACE FEY UTILITY 3
Duration 1 minute
When the spell is cast, you teleport to an open space within
medium range. For the duration, you become immune to
disease, poison, insanity gain, and to spells from the Curse,
Death, and Forbidden Traditions. When the duration ends,
you heal damage equal to twice your Healing Rate.
Forbidden spells
CLEAVE FLESH FORBIDDEN ATTACK 2
Target One living creature within short range
The target’s body recoils as if hit by an invisible weapon.
Make an Intellect attack roll against the target’s Strength.
On a success, the target takes 2d6 +3 damage, and rolls 3d6
on the injuries table and gains the corresponding effect (see
Battle Scars page 2).
Attack Roll 20+ The target takes 2d6 more damage, and
instead rolls 4d6 on the injuries table.
DEVIL’S PASSION FORBIDDEN UTILITY 2
Duration 1 hour
You gain +5 bonus to Health for the duration. If a creature
has sexual intercourse with you while this spell is active,
you heal damage equal to your healing rate and the spell’s
duration is increased by 4 hours. However, that creature
gains 1d3 Insanity and becomes diseased with Incubus Pox.
Creatures with Incubus Pox are diseased, and must make a
Strength challenge roll with 1 bane each time they complete
a rest. On a failure, the creature gains takes a cumulative
–1d6 penalty to Health. After the third success, the creature
removes the diseased affliction and any penalties it gained to
Health from the afflliction.
Sacrifice You can expend a casting of this spell to cast
Obedience.
ARM OF THE TERMAGANT FORBIDDEN UTILITY 4
Duration 1 minute
When you cast this spell, one of your arms is suddenly
transformed into a large sword made of bone and sinew
for the duration. This sword attacks with 2 Boons and deals
2d6 damage on a hit, plus additional damage equal to your
Corruption. For the duration, you are also immune
to being Frightened or Compelled. At the end of the duration,
the sword sloughs off, leaving you with a bloody stump. You
can cast this spell again to grow a sword from that stump,
but it is otherwise permanently maimed.
Special If this spell is cast as a ritual, the duration is increased
to 1 hour.
 FLESH THAT FEEDS FORBIDDEN ATTACK 4
Duration Concentration, up to 1 minute
Take 1d6 damage. You vomit up a swarm of stinging insects
made of bits of flesh and bone; when you cast this spell and
each time you concentrate, the swarm deals 3d6 damage to a
creature within medium range. When you stop concentrating,
the effect ends and the swarm rushes back into your mouth
laden with its stolen blood. You heal 1d6 damage for each
round in which you damaged a living creature with this spell.
Nature spells
ROOT NATURE ATTACK 0
Target One living creature within medium range standing on
natural terrain
A small root shoots from the ground and grabs at the target.
Make a Will attack roll against the target’s Agility. On a
success, the target is immobilized for 1 round.
Attack Roll 20+ The target also falls prone.
PRAYER TO THE LAND NATURE UTILITY 4
Requirement This spell must be cast in natural locations of
symbolic or magical significance.
You pray to the spirits of the land and they aid you in turn.
You learn a spell of a rank you can cast, based on the location
in which you cast this spell. Spells are typically of the Nature,
Primal, Air, Earth, Storm, or Water Traditions. The specific
spell is determined by your GM. You gain a full set of castings
of this spell as based on your Power. You forget this spell
when you complete a rest.
Special This spell must be cast as a Ritual.
AWAKEN LESHY NATURE UTILITY 7
Target One tree, size 3 or larger, within medium range
The target tree is awakened and permanently becomes a
Leshy (Shadow of the Demon Lord, page 244). The Leshy is
disposed to be friendly and helpful, and will risk itself to aid
the caster for a task that helps protect its lands or nature.
It will not take actions that hurt its home or the natural
creatures that live there, nor tolerate such actions would-be
allies.
Necromancy spells
ENSLAVE SPIRIT NECROMANCY UTILITY 6
Requirements A container such as a bottle or even a skull,
and special inks worth 1 gc
Target One mortal creature, killed no longer than 24 hours
ago, that you can reach
As part of the ritual required to cast this spell, you expend
the required ingredients to prepare a special vessel called
a Soul Bottle, which has 5 Health and 10 Defense. This spell
calls the soul of the target creature into the Soul Bottle
and traps it, turning it into a Phantom with the Burned by
Sunlight trait (as a Wraith). The Phantom is a ghostly naked
reconstruction of what the creature looked like in life, and
it retains its thoughts and memories. If the Soul Bottle is
destroyed, the Phantom is instantly released and passes on
to whatever fate awaits its soul after death.
While the Phantom remains trapped in its Soul Bottle,
you can use an Action to summon the Phantom from its
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Soul Bottle or banish it back into the bottle, and can use
a Triggered Action to cause the Phantom to become
compelled until the end of the following round. The Phantom
is incapable of moving beyond short range of its Soul Bottle.
If the Phantom would become incapacitated, the soul is
shunted back into the Soul Bottle where it reforms after 2d6
hours and can be summoned again. The Phantom cannot
harm or even physically interact with a Soul Bottle.
Special This spell must be cast as a Ritual.
Sacrifice You may expend a casting of this spell as an Action
to heal 4d6 damage from a Spirit or Undead creature within
short range. That creature may then take an Action.
Spiritualism spells
SPIRIT OF COURAGE SPIRITUALISM UTILITY 1
Target One creature you can see within short range
Duration 1 minute
An ancestral spirit appears and enters the target for the
duration. During that time, the target has a +2 bonus to
Defense, and the target makes Will attack rolls and
challenge rolls with 1 boon. The first time the target takes
damage from a weapon, reduce that damage by 6, and the
spell’s effect ends.
Special If this spell is performed as a ritual, the duration is
increased to 1 hour.
SPIRIT OF POISE SPIRITUALISM UTILITY 2
Target One creature you can see within short range
Duration 1 minute
An ancestral spirit appears and enters the target for the
duration. During that time, the target cannot be charmed,
or compelled, and the target makes Intellect attack and
challenge rolls with 1 boon. The first time the target makes
a successful social roll to charm or seduce a creature, that
creature becomes charmed with the target for 1 hour or until
that creature takes damage.
Special If this spell is performed as a ritual, the duration is
increased to 1 hour.
Telepathy spells
TELEPATHIC BOND TELEPATHY UTILITY 2
Target One willing living creature within short range
Duration 1 hour or until you or the target choses to end the
effect.
For the duration, you and the target become linked. While
linked, you are each able to take an Action to experience
all sensory input currently being experienced by the other
creature. This causes you to become dazed until the end of
the following round.
 Teleportation spells
DISPLACED STRIKE TELEPORTATION UTILITY 2
You teleport to an open space you can see within medium
range. Then as part of casting this spell, you make an attack
with a weapon. You make the attack roll with 1 boon and
can use Intellect instead of the attack’s normal attribute.
On a success, the target takes 2d6 extra damage. After the
weapon attack is resolved, you teleport back to your original
location.
Time spells
SMASH THE CLOCK TIME UTILITY 5
After this turn, take two more turns. During each of these
extra turns, the following conditions apply:
• You can use both an action and move your speed.
• You cannot use an Action to cast or concentrate on a spell
during these turns.
• You automatically hit with any attacks you make during
these turns, but any damage you deal is halved.
• Other creatures cannot take Triggered Actions, Free
Attacks, or free reactions of any sort during these turns.
They are effectively immobile, unaware, and frozen.
New Items
Mage's robes
While wearing these robes made from enchanted
cloth, your magical powers are enhanced. When you
cast an attack spell, you make the attack roll with 1
boon, and creatures make challenge rolls to resist the
spell with 1 bane. They do not function if worn with
armor. Mage’s Robes are rare and cost 5 gc.
Ritual Scroll
Ritual Scroll function similarly to incantations. Each
scroll is dedicated to a particular spell, and allows a
caster to cast the spell using the Ritual Scroll - though
only as a Ritual. To successfully cast a spell using a
Ritual Scroll, the caster must expend any number of
castings whose combined Rank add up to the Rank
of the Ritual Spell. Unlike with an Incantation, the
Ritual Scroll is not expended. Ritual Scrolls cost as
much as an Incantation of the same Spell Rank.
Tome of Rites
Tome of Rites contain the details of how to perform
one or more Rites. Ritual Tomes are rare and cost 1
gc for each Rite they contain. They are often handed
down from master to pupil.