Rituals: U
2 rituals, from Unfettered Mark to Unseen Custodians.
Unfettered Mark · Unseen Custodians
Unfettered Mark
Ritual 8
Cast 1 hour; Cost rare inks and needles worth a total value of 100 gp × the spell level × the target's level (see text); Secondary Casters 0, to 10
Primary Check Crafting (master) or any (legendary); Secondary Checks any (see text)
Range touch; Targets 1 creature or self
Duration 24 hours until the magic fades
You tattoo the target with rare inks and create a magical tattoo called an unfettered mark. This particular version of the unfettered mark grants the target special powers to escape from the Black Whale and Shibaes (the demiplane that overlaps with the Black Whale). While Crafting is the easiest method for creating this tattoo, the artistry is less important than maintaining a feeling of freedom in your mind while performing the ritual. Because of this, you can use any skill as long as it holds a special significance to you.
A ranger who is at home in the woods, for example, could use a Survival or Nature check while creating the tattoo. If the target already has a successful unfettered mark currently active, the magic fades from the old tattoo and is replaced by the results of the new ritual.
The ritual can be performed alone or with the aid of up to 10 secondary casters. Each secondary caster must tattoo themself with their own tattoo and pay the full ritual cost to participate. Creatures currently held captive in the prison have a special relationship with the ritual: for each month they spend drawing memories of home on the walls of their cell, they can reduce the total cost of the ritual by 50 gp.
Critical Success The target and primary and secondary casters all gain the ability to leave Shibaes. To do so, they must leave the prison by swimming through the water or by riding in a vessel that is in contact with the water (such as a rowboat). When they reach the great whirlpool, they are pulled under as normal, but instead of being transported to the Flotsam Graveyard in Shoumeistai, they are immediately transported (as teleport) to a location in Shoumeistai of their choice. They also gain the benefits of water walk, water breathing, and resistance to electricity 10 for the duration of the ritual.Success As critical success, except the affected creatures don't gain the benefits of water walk and water breathing.Failure You create the tattoo but fail to imbue it with magic.Critical Failure As failure, but the tattoo also creates an unwholesome bond with the demiplane of Shibaes. For 24 hours, the target and the primary and secondary casters gain a fishlike appearance and are covered in a slimy membrane. They gain the ability to breathe both water and air, but their skin quickly dries out when on land. After 1 hour on land they become drained 1 and fatigued, conditions that can be removed only if they reenter water. Additionally, the membrane conducts electricity well, causing them to gain weakness 10 to electricity.AoE5, page 80.
Unseen Custodians
Ritual 2
Cast 1 day; Cost rare oils, salts, and herbs worth a total value of 15 gp; Secondary Casters 2
Primary Check Arcana or Occultism (expert); Secondary Checks Arcana, Occultism (whichever isn't used for the primary check), Diplomacy
Area 100 feet × 100 feet, up to 20 feet high
Duration 1 year
You create a site-bound, long-lasting unseen servant spell effect, forming entities of pure force to carry out basic tasks at a fixed location.
Critical Success The ritual creates six unseen servant. You don't need to concentrate on them, and they aren't summoned minions. You can spend an action, which has the concentrate trait, to command one to perform a basic task; it continues to perform the task until commanded again.Success As critical success, but the ritual creates three unseen servants.Failure The ritual fails to create any servants.Critical Failure The ritual creates six unseen servants, but these creatures are hostile and capable of making fist Strikes with an attack bonus equal to your skill modifier for the primary skill check, dealing 1d6 force damage. They attack you and your allies and attempt to break objects belonging to you and your allies within the area.Heightened (6th) If destroyed, the unseen servants reform the next morning. The cost increases to 30 gp.
Advanced Player’s Guide, page 245.