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Reaver Ritual
Use: Once per ritual followed, but multiple rituals can be performed. Enables ritual performer to create a protector called a Lesser Black Reaver or a Black Reaver. This being is created for one purpose and will perform that function until destroyed.
Realm/Class of Conjuration: Summoning / Posession
Ritual Class: Channeling / Essence
Core User: Cleric / Magician
Effect Level: 40 (Lesser Reaver) / 60 (Reaver)
Note; Chance of success is lowered by 2.5 for every level the spell effect is higher than the caster.
Known List:
Necromancy – Evil Channeling
Gate Mastery – Closed Essence
Entity Summons – Evil Essence
Spell Level: 40 / 60
Power Invested: 60PP
Foci: A recently dead cadaver suitable for use in undead creation. The cadaver must be used within 1 week of its death or a willing Lycanthrope target
The sooner the cadaver is used in the ritual the bigger the bonus –
Within 1 day +40
Within 2 days +30
Within 3 days +20
Within 4 days +10
Within 5 days 0
Within 6 days -10
Within 7 days -20
A summoning circle or pentagram for the summoning of a suitable demon created for the purpose of summoning and holding a demon until compelled by the ritual.
Influence: 100 Gold Pieces adds +5; Jewellery worth 50 GP adds +5; 1 bottle Holy Water required.
A Battleaxe (Quality or Magical Bonus adds to the chance of Ritual Success)
A Suit of Full Plate Armour (Quality or Magical Bonus adds to the chance of Ritual Success)
Channeling skill bonuses and any items with Channeling adders
Ritual Ceremony:
- The Cadaver is arranged in the summoning circle or pentagram, or the circle / pentagram is drawn around the cadaver.
- Blood from the Cadaver is added to the ash used for the circle / pentagram.
- Armour and weapon are added to the circle axe in the cadavers hand, armour encasing the cadaver
- Gold Pieces and Jewellery heated to a temperature that melts the Gold and the Jewellery gets covered, in a brazier.
- A limb of the cadaver is placed in to the molten Gold.
- Brazier and melted together Gold, Jewellery and limb is then cooled by the Holy water
- The cadaver is then ready for the ceremony
- Cast the suitable Undead Creation Spell for the Reaver Desired
o Lesser Black Reaver requires a Class 3 or 4 Undead
o Black Reaver Requires a Class 5 or 6 Undead
- Master or Control the Undead
- Summon a suitable Demon
o Lesser Black Reaver Requires a Class III or greater Demon
o Black Reaver requires an Ordainer or a Demon Beyond the Pale (Class VI+)
- Master or Control the Demon
Six intelligent creatures join hands, with the required Power Points, and form a circle around the cadaver, and summoning circle containing the Summoned Demon.
The six creatures then walk slowly around the cadaver for 6 hours, saying in common, “You are assigned to Protect this place from all who enter. Destroy any who do not provide the (Code Word / Recognition Signal).” Or “You have been summoned to destroy our enemy (Name here)”
Failure or Taint:
Reaver will attack whoever is performing the Ritual.
The six intelligent creatures should have a total base level of 40 levels for a Lesser Black Reaver or 60 levels for a Black Reaver. For every level below the required, there is a 1% chance of failure. Example: 26 levels performing the walk, there will be a 14% chance of failure for a Lesser Black Reaver, which is tested every 2 hours, so 3 times for the full 6 hour ritual. There will be a minimum 1% failure rate.
Success:
After a successful ritual the Ritual Performer (RP) will have a Lesser Black Reaver or a Black Reaver (LBR / BR) that will perform one task as defined during the creation process. These creatures will never halt their duties, they will remain on post for centuries if assigned to guard a place.
Lesser Black Reavers and Black Reavers are found in Rolemaster Companion 1
