Incantations
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Incantations, like rituals, are elaborate ceremonies designed to bring about powerful effects. However, while rituals require a caster level and accomplish their feats through gestures, chanting, and the use of expensive components, incantations have no required caster level and could involve chanting, gesturing, dancing, building elaborate machines, sacrificing gnomes under a full moon, carving the name of god onto a stone and dropping it into a bottomless well, or any number of other possible conditions.

Incantations are a completely different type of magic from anything else presented on this site. Where other magic uses caster levels and spell points, incantations use skill checks. Where other magic is reliable, broad, and generally carries no risk for the caster, incantations are often costly, dangerous, and very specific in what they accomplish. There are no class requirements to using most incantations, and virtually anyone can use an incantation if they are willing to pay the high cost of success and risk the even higher cost of failure.

The Role of Incantations

More so than any other form of magic presented on this site, incantations are almost completely defined by their role in the campaign.

Rituals and Advanced Talents are both designed to be player driven forms of advanced magic: if a player possess the planeshift ritual and has the gold to cast it, he may sojourn the planes as often as he sees fit. With an incantation, on the other hand, a player may only know how to visit a specific plane and might only be able to do so one day a year or only when they fulfill a special requirement, such as holding the heart of a recently slain black dragon. Using an incantation is often a very special event, and entire quests and adventures could revolve around performing—or stopping—an incantation from being used. Usually, incantations serve one of three purposes: plot device, party aid, and flavor.

Plot Device: Incantations are often very specific, both in effect and requirement. Through incantations, a GM can allow the party to raise the dead, travel across worlds, or speak to spirits in ways that do not upset the rest of the game world. Alternatively, villains could summon ancient demons, turn a city to stone, or place a king in an eternal slumber without necessarily being too high level for the party to handle. No matter what the story demands, an incantation can be crafted to fit the requirement.

Party Aid: Sometimes a party lacks something the GM feels they need. This could be a method of healing or tracking, a means for long-range communication, or a party scout. Through incantations, a GM can give a party new abilities that change the way they play, from giving them the ability to summon a spirit scout, to letting them heal their wounds at night without need for the Life sphere. In this way, incantations can become a treasure more valuable than gold and definitely worth a quest or two to acquire.

Flavor: Incantations allow a GM to customize the place of magic in their world, mixing setting, plot, and character together in ways other magic systems simply cannot contain. In the case of low-magic worlds or horror-themed games, incantations could even completely replace other magic systems, adding a sense of wonder and danger to magic that extends beyond what many consider ‘traditional’ gameplay. Indeed, incantations do not need even strictly to be magic; it is an easy thing to adapt the incantation rules to cover meditative trances, risky medical procedures, or the creation of steam-powered technological wonders, if that is the feel a particular world demands.

Discovering Incantations

While rituals and spells have clear-cut rules for player-conducted research, there are no universal rules for discovering incantations, as each incantation is something wholly unique unto itself. Players may discover an incantation in an ancient library, as part of the rites of a hidden temple, in an old nursery rhyme or children’s tale, or among a blacksmith’s notes detailing his last, greatest creation. Incantations might be found as treasure or might require the party to quest in search of secret knowledge.


Using Incantations

To use an incantation, a creature must meet all of its included criteria. While the exact rules and requirements differ from incantation to incantation, every incantation has the following basic components:

Casting Time: Every incantation has a casting time, which could range from a matter of minutes to several days or more.

Components: Most incantations require some variety of components, such as focus, material, somatic, and verbal components. In addition, some require secondary performers (abbreviated SP in an incantation’s description).

Secondary Performers (or Secondary Casters): Incantations often require multiple participants to successfully complete them. However, only one participant can be the primary performer. Secondary performers can attempt skill checks in place of the primary performer. However, performers cannot use the aid another action to assist in required skill checks. Incantations can be performed with more performers than necessary, so if certain participants cannot continue, others can replace them.

Skill Checks: Every incantation lists a series of skill checks that must be successfully made in order to complete the incantation. Each incantation lists how many successful checks are required to cast it. Unless otherwise specified, you attempt a skill check every 10 minutes; failing a check means the incantation takes an additional 10 minutes to complete. Often, an incantation’s required skill checks can be performed in any order. Occasionally, however, a particular sequence is required either in total or in part. In this case, the required skill checks will be labeled with “in order” in the incantation description. Any of the checks listed after this label must be performed in the same sequence listed; any listed before this label may be performed in any order either before or after the entirety of the sequenced checks. For example, in the case of “Skill Checks Knowledge (arcana) DC 20, 1 success; in order—Sense Motive DC 20, 1 success; Bluff DC 20, 3 successes; Survival DC 20, 3 successes,” you must attempt 1 Sense Motive check, followed by 3 Bluff checks, and then by 3 Survival checks. However, the lone Knowledge (arcana) check may be performed either before the Sense Motive check or after the last Survival check.

Backlash and Failure: Many rituals include some sort of backlash that affects you whether the incantation was successful or not. In addition, if the caster fails two consecutive skill checks, the entire incantation fails. Failing to cast an incantation still expends all material components and always bestows additional consequences.

Failed Incantations

If two consecutive skill checks are unsuccessful—even if made by different performers—the incantation fails. If an effect is listed in an incantation’s description specifically for failure, it targets the performer that failed the second check (in addition to a possible backlash). There are many possible consequences for failure, with the most common listed below.

  • Attack: A summoned creature attacks you—and likely everyone else nearby.
  • Augment: Instead of destroying the target as it was supposed to, the incantation makes the target more powerful.
  • Betrayal: Though the incantation seems to succeed, the subject of the incantation—or even you—actually undergoes a dramatic alignment change. For the next 1d6 minutes, the subject’s alignment becomes the extreme opposite of what it was previously (for instance, lawful good becomes chaotic evil, or chaotic neutral becomes lawful neutral; a neutral subject randomly becomes lawful good, lawful evil, chaotic good, or chaotic evil). The subject generally tries to keep its new outlook a secret.
  • Damage: You or the target takes damage as the consequence of failure.
  • Death: Someone dies. This is usually you or the target. Some incantations allow a saving throw to avoid this consequence of failure.
  • Delusion: You believe the incantation worked, but actually, it had no effect—or a very different one from that intended.
  • Falsehood: The incantation (typically a divination) provides you with false results, but you believe it to be true.
  • Hostile Spell: You are targeted by a harmful effect, specified in the incantation’s description.
  • Mirrorcast: The incantation has the opposite effect of what was intended.
  • Reversal: The incantation affects you rather than the intended target.

Special Rules

Interrupting Incantations: Incantations take a long time to perform, but they are not as delicate and exacting as other forms of magic. You do not provoke attacks of opportunity while performing them, and you can even pause the ritual for a short time in order to fight, use magic, or take other actions. However, for each round the incantation is interrupted, the DC of all subsequent skill checks to complete the performance increases by 1.

Time spent during the interruption of an incantation does not count toward its casting time.

Saving Throws: If an incantation allows a save, the formula to calculate the save is included in the incantation’s description.

Spell Resistance: When attempting magic skill checks to overcome spell resistance, divide the incantation’s skill check DC by 2 to find its effective MSB. (For opposed checks, use the default DC for the incantation’s sphere modified by any bonuses or penalties listed in the incantation for the opponent’s roll; divide this value by 2.) Use this value even if you are a caster.

Taking 10: As long as you are not threatened or distracted, you may take 10. However, incantations with backlash components or similarly harmful aspects count as threats, preventing you from taking 10. You may never take 20 when attempting to complete an incantation.

Escalating Incantations [Cata. HB]

Incantations are oftentimes singular events, but multiple instances of the same incantation can sometimes build upon each other. If an incantation can be escalated, it can be performed multiple times in separate locations within a certain time interval to achieve a greater effect. When an incantation is completed, those performing the incantation can choose whether to activate the incantation’s base effect or to delay the incantation’s effects until the other incantations needed to create an escalated effect are completed. The new incantations presented below utilize the mechanic of escalation, while several existing incantations have been revised to accommodate them.

At GM discretion, certain incantations could be escalated even further, with multiple performances being able to affect events on a planetary or even galactic scale.


Creating New Incantations

While there are rules for player-driven research for both rituals and spellcrafting, creating new incantations is exclusively the realm of the GM (although it is possible for players to attempt the creation of an incantation under strict GM supervision). Creating new incantations can be a difficult balancing act: if an incantation is too difficult, too costly, or too dangerous, players may avoid using it altogether, while if an incantation is too easy, players may use it endlessly. Likewise, while some low-magic games leave the players with little option but incantations, in other games the players may have access to so many advanced talents and rituals that they do not need to rely on incantations except for the most pressing of circumstances. As such, judgment and common sense should always be used when creating new incantations; all numbers and values given below should be seen as guidelines rather than hard rules.

As a rule of thumb, each incantation should have at least one aspect (high DC, expensive component, extremely-specific effect or requirements, strong backlash or risk of failure) to discourage overuse; each use of an incantation should feel like a major event, if not the focus of its own adventure. While incantations may be as varied and unique as the GM desires, the following guidelines will help balance new incantations.

Determine Sphere

When creating an incantation, first decide which sphere or spheres it most thematically resembles. Each sphere has a specific DC associated with it that serves as the base skill check DC. If an incantation combines themes from multiple spheres, choose the most important one to determine the incantation’s base DC, and add 1/3 of the DC of the other spheres to the total DC.

Each summary below specifies the range, target, duration, and other aspects of an incantation associated with a particular sphere.

Alteration
Skill Check DC 32; Range close; Target one creature; Duration minutes; Saving Throw Fortitude negates (or harmless); SR yes

Blood
Skill Check DC 32; Range close; Target one creature; Duration minutes; Saving Throw Fortitude negates (or harmless); SR yes

Conjuration
Skill Check DC 30; Range close; Target one creature; Duration hours; Saving Throw Will negates (harmless); SR yes (harmless)

Creation
Skill Check DC 30; Range close; Target one 20-ft. cube of matter; Duration hours; Saving Throw Will negates (harmless); SR yes (harmless)

Dark
Skill Check DC 30; Range medium; Area 20-ft. radius burst (or 1 person for meld); Duration minutes; Saving Throw none or Fortitude negates (harmless); SR no or yes (harmless)

Death
Skill Check DC 34; Range close; Target one or more creatures or corpses; Duration instantaneous; Saving Throw Fortitude negates (or none); SR no

Destruction
Skill Check DC 32; Range close; Area 5-ft. wide bolt or 20-ft. radius burst; Duration instantaneous; Saving Throw Reflex half; SR yes

Divination
Skill Check DC 30; Range long; Target personal; Duration minutes; Saving Throw none; SR no

Enhancement
Skill Check DC 32; Range close; Target one creature or 20 cubic feet of matter; Duration minutes; Saving Throw Fortitude negates (or harmless); SR yes

Fate
Skill Check DC 32; Range medium; Area 5-ft. wide bolt or 20-ft. radius burst; Duration instantaneous; Saving Throw Reflex half; SR yes

Fallen Fey
Skill Check DC 32; Range close; Target one creature; Duration minutes; Saving Throw Fortitude negates (or harmless); SR yes

Illusion
Skill Check DC 32; Range touch; Target one living creature or 20 cubic feet of matter; Duration minutes; Saving Throw Will disbelief; SR yes

Life
Skill Check DC 32; Range medium; Target 1 creature; Duration instantaneous; Saving Throw Fortitude negates (harmless); SR yes (harmless)

Light
Skill Check DC 30; Range medium; Area 20-ft. radius burst; Duration minutes; Saving Throw None; SR yes

Mind
Skill Check DC 32; Range close; Target one living creature; Duration minutes; Saving Throw Will negates; SR yes

Nature
Skill Check DC 30; Range close; Area 20-ft. radius burst; Duration minutes; Saving Throw Reflex negates; SR yes

Protection
Skill Check DC 32; Range close; Target one or more creatures, no two of which can be more than 30 ft. apart; Duration minutes; Saving Throw Will negates (harmless); SR yes (harmless)

Telekinesis
Skill Check DC 32; Range close; Target one or more creatures or objects, no two of which can be more than 30 ft. apart; Duration minutes; Saving Throw Will negates; SR yes

Time
Skill Check DC 32; Range close; Target one or more creatures, no two of which can be more than 30 ft. apart; Duration minutes; Saving Throw Fortitude negates; SR yes

War
Skill Check DC 32; Range close; Area 20-ft. radius burst; Duration rounds; Saving Throw Fortitude negates (harmless); SR yes (harmless)

Warp
Skill Check DC 30; Range close; Target one creature; Duration instantaneous; Saving Throw Fortitude negates; SR yes

Weather
Skill Check DC 32; Range medium; Area 20-ft. radius burst; Duration minutes; Saving Throw none; SR no

Modify DC

For the next step, determine what adjustments, if any, are required of the base DC, factoring in the specifics of your incantation (see Table: Modifying Incantations for a list of how certain factors change the skill check DC). Use this list as a guideline for modifications that are not listed, such as new backlash effects.

Table: Modifying Incantations
Factors Check DC Modifier
Skill Checks
Requires checks involving more than one skill -1
Casting Time
1 hour between checks -1
Casting time is restricted (such as, only during full moon) -4
Casting time is severely restricted (such as, only during lunar eclipse) -8
Focus and Material Components
Expensive material component (500 gp) -1
Expensive material component (5,000 gp) -2
Expensive material component (25,000 gp) -4
Expensive focus (5,000 gp) -1
Expensive focus (25,000 gp) -2
Extra Performers
10 or fewer secondary performers -2
11-100 secondary performers -6
101 or more secondary performers -10
Range
Touch to close/close to touch +2/-2
Close to medium/medium to close +2/-2
Medium to long/long to medium +2/-2
Area
Doubling area/halving area +3/-3
Target
Unwilling target must be helpless -2
Limited targets (by Hit Dice, creature type, and so on) -3
Single target to multiple targets +4
Duration
Rounds to minutes/minutes to rounds +2/-2
Minutes to hours/hours to minutes +4/-2
Hours to days/days to hours +6/-2
Days to permanent or instantaneous/permanent or instantaneous to days +10/-4
Saving Throw
None (or harmless) to save partial/save partial to none (or harmless) +2/-2
Save partial to save negates/save negates to save partial +2/-2
Spell Resistance
Yes to no (or harmless)/no (or harmless) to yes +4/-4
Backlash
Per 2d6 points of damage -1
Performer is exhausted -2
Per negative level performer gains -2
Performer reduced to -1 hit point -3
Performer infected with disease -4
Backlash affects secondary performers too -1
Lesser Incantations
Per incantation effective level less than 6th -2

Set Level

Finally, set the effective level of the incantation. Incantations are comparable to spells and rituals, and have the same level system (0-9). When determining the level of an incantation, it is often useful to compare it to spells or rituals to determine an appropriate level. Or, if comparing it to its base sphere, assume a level of 1/3 the needed caster level +1 per spell point required. This effective level determines a number of aspects of the incantation, such as how many total successes are required, save DCs, and sometimes its range and duration.

Skill DC: For every level an incantation possesses below 6th, decrease its starting DC by 2. The minimum DC for an incantation is 8 + (2 x level of the incantation). This equals a DC 10 for 1st level, DC 12 for 2nd level, DC 14 for 3rd level, DC 16 for 4th level, and DC 18 for 5th level.

Total Successes: Equal to the incantation’s effective level.

Save DC: 10 + incantation’s effective level + the principle caster’s casting ability modifier.

Duration and Range: When determining the duration, range, and other variables, assume a caster level of twice the incantation’s level. Duration and range are determined as usual: if a duration is given in minutes, it will have a duration of 1 minute per caster level. If the range is medium, it will have a range of 100 feet + 10 feet per caster level. Thus, a level 5 ritual with a duration of minutes and a range of medium would have a duration of 10 minutes, and a range of 300 feet. These details are often specified in an incantation’s description. If not, assume a caster level of twice the incantation’s level and use the same formula a similar spell would use. For example, an incantation with a duration of minutes would last 12 minutes as it is effectively a 6th level ritual. The same incantation with a range of medium can affect a target up to 220 feet away.

Opposed Checks

Some incantations use opposed ability or skill checks instead of checks with static DCs. Creating these incantations is almost identical to creating ones with static DCs; you must still choose the sphere and use the same default values, however, replacing the starting DC in this case with an opposed check, such as Bluff vs. Sense Motive or Disguise vs. Perception. When modifying the incantation, instead of applying adjustments to a static DC, apply adjustments to the target’s check result. For example, if creating an incantation that required an opposed Bluff vs. Sense Motive check, if you increased the duration from minutes to hours, you would then apply a +4 adjustment to the target’s check result. This means the opposed check would now be your Bluff result vs. the target’s Sense Motive result +4. If, instead, you reduced the duration from minutes to rounds, you would apply a -2 adjustment to the target’s Sense Motive check. In an incantation description, using the current example, an opposed check would be designated “Bluff vs. Sense Motive +4”. The skill or other quantity that you use is the first listed, in this case Bluff. The one you are opposing uses the second skill or the other quantity listed, in this case Sense Motive. Any modifier listed for you or your opponent is applied to the respective checks.


Sample Incantations

Blacken the Sky [Cata. HB]

You wipe the sun from the sky, setting down an endless night over the area.
Sphere Darkness; Level 8
Skill Checks Knowledge (arcana) (DC 36) 2 successes, Knowledge (geography) (DC 36) 2 successes, Knowledge (nature) (DC 36) 2 successes, Survival (DC 36) 2 successes
Casting Time 1 hour (cast within an hour of a solar eclipse)
Components V, S, F (a spire of obsidian worth 20,000 gp)
Secondary Casters 9
Area 50 miles
Duration permanent, see text
Saving Throw none; SR no

Description
This incantation creates an immense shroud of darkness over a region. The area affected by this incantation is treated as if it is under an eternal starless night, with no sunlight or starlight breaking through the shroud. Over the long term, this may have consequences regarding what creatures are capable of surviving in the area.

In order for this incantation to be ended, the obsidian spires used in its performance must be found and destroyed (they possess hardness 9 and 400 hit points).

Backlash The primary caster and any secondary casters suffers 2 negative levels.

Failure The primary caster and any secondary casters gain the sunlight vulnerability universal monster trait. This can be removed with a wish or miracle spell or similarly powerful magic.

Escalation If this incantation is completed in 5 locations over the course of a year (being performed under a solar eclipse in each instance), the range of the effect extends to the entire planet. In addition, light sources are repressed, with all forms of light (including magic) increasing illumination by one step less than they normally would (minimum 0 stages).

Blood Moon [Cata. HB]

As warped magic sets in across the land, the people and creatures turn against each other.
Sphere Mind; Level 7
Skill Checks Intimidate (DC 30) 4 successes, Knowledge (religion) (DC 30)
Casting Time 1 hour (must be cast during a full moon)
Components S, V, M (a blood sacrifice of at least 40 Hit Dice worth of creatures)
Secondary Casters 9
Area 50 miles
Duration 8 hours
Saving Throw Will partial; SR yes
Description
The moon glows blood red over the affected area, driving those within it to intense violence against each other. All creatures in the area must succeed at a Will save or have their attitudes towards all other creatures drop by two stages. This is reduced to a one-stage drop on a successful save, although regardless of success the attitude of affected creatures cannot be improved for the duration of the incantation.

Whenever a creature spots a creature they would be hostile towards, they must succeed at a Will save. On a failure, they become antagonized* towards that creature, with the Sense Motive DC being set at the primary caster’s MSD + their casting ability modifier.

Backlash The primary caster and all secondary casters take 2d6 points of bleed damage.

Failure The primary caster and all secondary casters see their minds reduced to a bestial state, taking as much as Intelligence damage required to set their Intelligence score to 1.

Escalation If this ritual is performed in 6 places more than 49 miles apart simultaneously, the area of the incantation extends to all locations on the planet where the full moon is visible. In addition, antagonized creatures gain a +4 morale bonus on all damage rolls and take a -4 penalty on Sense Motive checks to end the antagonized condition.

Call Extraplanar Being

With proper research and suitable payment, anyone can call upon the denizens of the planes.
Sphere Conjuration; Level 3rd
Skill Checks Knowledge (nature or planes) DC 15 + 1 per Hit Die of called creatures 2 successes, Knowledge (arcana) DC 15 + 1 per Hit Die of called creatures 1 success.
Casting Time 1 hour
Components S, M (25 gp worth of powdered silver per Small-sized creature that will fit in the circle, a Medium creature counts as two Small creatures, a Large creature counts as two Medium creatures, etc.)
Target A number of Hit Dice of outsiders
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw Will negates; SR no
Description
The performers may call upon a powerful creature from another plane. Calling takes one of two forms: allies and hostiles. If you call a servant of an extraplanar being with which you have a strong connection (i.e., a cleric calling a servant of its god) they are considered an ally. All other creatures are considered hostiles, regardless of their disposition towards the caster. GMs have the final say in whether or not a character is capable of calling allies. The caster level of this ability is equal to (the Knowledge check DC-10)/2.

If the target is of the fey type, use Knowledge (nature); if of the outsider type, use Knowledge (planes). To call a target, the primary performer must choose a location within close range for them to appear (often a diagram per the Summoning Diagram incantation or Diagram advanced talent), the Hit Dice of the creature (or creatures), requiring 1 Knowledge (nature or planes) check, and the kind of creature to be called must be known and stated (the second Knowledge (nature or planes) check). If the primary performer wishes to call a specific individual, he must use that individual’s proper name (doing so increases the DC of the Knowledge (nature or planes) check by 10). Multiple creatures may be called with one use of this ability (up to 3 at once) but the combined Hit Dice of all called creatures cannot exceed the chosen Hit Dice total. If successful, the performers call the creatures as the Call Planar Creature advanced talent.

Note: Many evil-aligned creatures will accept payment in blood instead of wealth, even behaving as allies if a blood price is offered. For every 25 gp cost, 1 Hit Die worth of creatures must be killed. Creatures with an Intelligence score of 3 or higher count as twice their listed Hit Dice for this purpose. These creatures must be killed within a specially prepared magic circle (no cost to create, but requires at least one hour to draw; maximum radius 5 feet per caster level). So long as the magic circle remains intact, any caster may use Hit Dice collected within it to power their magic, spending the collected Hit Dice as if it were gold to power their rituals. The life and essence alternate ritual costs (see optional pricing section) may also be appropriate for some creatures, at the GM’s discretion.

Backlash
All performers are fatigued. If already fatigued, they instead become exhausted. If exhausted, they fall unconscious for 1d4 hours.

Failure
All performers gain 1 permanent negative level. Additionally, the target is aware of the identities of all the performers and may seek revenge or chastisement if it chooses. The target may choose to appear but is completely unbound and may act as it chooses.

Commune With Nature

Sphere Divination; Level 5th
Skill Checks in order Knowledge (nature) DC 20, Knowledge (geography) DC 20, Knowledge (nature) DC 20, 1 success each.
Casting Time 1 hour
Components V, S, DF
Target personal
Duration 10 minutes
Saving Throw none; SR no
Description
Skill checks are made on the day of a solstice or equinox inside a druid’s hallowed stone circle, which are made once every 20 minutes. Attempts on performing the incantation outside the required location or day increases the skill check DC by +20, usually resulting in failure.

Secondary performers may aid in this incantation, while not required, sufficient secondary performers decreases all the skill check DCs by an appropriate amount.

Upon successfully completing the incantation, the performers suffer from the effects of backlash and have ten minutes (the incantations duration) to each ask for one useful piece of advice in response to a question concerning a specific goal, event, or activity that is to occur within one week per performer. The advice can be as simple as a short phrase, or it might take the form of a cryptic rhyme or omen. If any of the performers does not act on the information, the conditions may change so that the information is no longer useful.

Backlash
Primary and secondary performers become exhausted after the completion of casting the incantation.

Failure
All performers receive backlash consequences and are immediately attacked by a summoned animal, elemental, fey, or vermin creature whose challenge rating is equal to 2 + the Hit Dice of the highest performer.

Demonseal

While most often used to close planar rifts between the human world and more hellish dimensions, it may be used to close rifts between other planes as well. While this incantation may be used to permanently close other permanent portals or planar gates, the incantation is usually considered too costly for something so minor.
Sphere Protection or Warp; Level 8th
Skill Checks In order: Craft (calligraphy or stonemasonry) DC 50 3 successes, Knowledge (planes) DC 50 4 successes, Perform (oratory or sing) DC 50 1 success
Casting Time 2 hours
Components S, V, F (3 gemstones worth 5,000 gp or more each, or a single gemstone worth 25,000 gp or more)
Target 1 rift or tear between planes
Duration 100 years
Saving Throw none; SR no
Description
To begin the incantation, Craft checks are made to inscribe the focus (or foci) with runes. Runestones made in this fashion must be inscribed in the presence of the planar rift to be sealed shut. Knowledge (planes) checks are then used first to determine the proper placement of the focus (or foci), and to determine the best language used to seal the planar tear. To bring the incantation to a close, the Perform check is used to chant the sealing chant. If 100 or more secondary performers aid in this incantation, decrease the skill DCs by 10.

Upon successfully completing the incantation, the focus will begin to glow and begin to orbit the location of the now closed rift (unless affixed to a structure of some sort). The rift will remain shut for 100 years or until all foci used during this incantation are removed. Any focus crafted during this incantation may be reused (if present) to reseal a rift that they were used to shut without having to craft new runestones. A single runestone may be removed with a successful magic skill check from the Telekinesis or Warp spheres vs. a MSD of 30; alternatively, a runestone may be removed by force with a successful Strength check DC 50.

Backlash
The primary performer and any secondary performers become exhausted immediately after performing the incantation.

Failure
The planar rift or tear instead opens further, causing 2d4+1 creatures native to the other plane to appear (whose individual CR is equal to the highest level performer +1), which are unfriendly (if not hostile) toward the performers.

Dissolution of Spirit [Cata. HB]

Legends exist of people who lack fear or feeling, beings whose resolve cannot be corrupted but whose will has been completely swallowed. This state is said to be obtainable through a powerful ritual.
Sphere Mind; Level 6th
Skill Checks Diplomacy (DC 36) 2 successes, Intimidate (DC 36) 2 successes, Sense Motive (DC 36) 2 successes
Casting Time 1 hour
Components S, V, M (an enchanted chain worth 50 gp wrapped around each creature to be affected)
Secondary Casters 3
Target Up to 100 creatures within medium range
Duration permanent
Saving Throw Will negates SR Yes
Description
Commonly used to create unflinching and unrelenting soldiers, workers, or disciples, this incantation permanently strips the targets of their feelings and mental blocks. Those affected become immune to charm, fear, emotion, and morale effects and gain a +4 bonus to saving throws against pain effects, sleep effects, and any effect which would cause them to be stunned.

Backlash Primary performer and all secondary performers take 2d4 points of Charisma damage.

Failure Primary performer and all secondary performers have their Wisdom and Charisma scores reduced to 1. This is considered ability drain.

Escalation If this incantation is performed at least four times over the course of a month in different locations at least 10 miles apart from each other, it can affect any number of creatures contained within the shape created by the sites of the incantations and does not require a chain for each creature, but rather requires a special chain used in the incantation worth 20,000 gp. The final incantation must be performed in the very center of the shape.

Eternal Spirit’s Corruption [SB:UatIF]

The spirit is corrupted, causing it to wander restlessly when divested of its body, though tied to its phylactery.
Sphere Death; Level 8
Skill Checks Spellcraft (DC 34), 2 successes; Knowledge (arcana) (DC 34), 2 successes; Knowledge (religion) (DC 34), 2 successes
Casting Time 12 hours
Components V, S, M (wax, candles, one suitable corpse which has not been warded against undead possession, see text), F (a phylactery worth at least 80,000 gp)
Secondary Casters 1 or more, see text (cannot perform checks for primary caster)
Duration instantaneous, see text
Saving Throw none; SR no
Description
The primary caster places their completed phylactery on top of a corpse whose creature type matches the primary caster (ex. human primary caster with a humanoid corpse). By creating a ring of wax and soot and arranging candles around the circle’s perimeter, the primary caster must chant hymnals to undeath as their soul is slowly siphoned into the phylactery. This process dampens the primary caster’s capacity for emotions and empathy. If the primary caster is benefiting from any morale bonuses after they complete the second skill check, these bonuses are suppressed. For every 4 secondary casters, the incantation’s casting time is reduced by 1 hour (to a minimum of 4 hours) and the primary caster receives a +1 bonus on skill checks made to complete the incantation.

When the incantation is completed, the primary caster’s spirit leaves its body and possesses the prepared corpse, turning the primary caster into a full-fledged lich (see Undead Bestiary).

Failure The primary caster dies and their phylactery’s magic is ruined, dispelling it as a worthless ornament (of whatever value the base item was created). Any attempts to resurrect the primary caster must succeed at a magic skill check against a MSD 30.

Special A lich who used this incantation to achieve lichdom does not reform normally and relies on corpses for its rejuvenation. After being destroyed, the lich must find a suitable corpse within 1d10 days within 10 miles of their phylactery. After finding a suitable corpse, the time remaining until the lich reforms is reduced by half (minimum 1 day), after which the lich gains full control over that corpse as their own body. Corpses properly buried and warded against undead possession cannot be claimed by a lich in this manner. The corpse must be the same type as the lich’s former type (such as a humanoid lich claiming humanoid corpses or a dragon lich claiming dragon corpses). A lich will often seek out the bodies of the recently slain or improperly buried to claim as their body, or may hold bodies in their lair as a contingency measure. This alters the rejuvenation ability of the lich template.

Fimbulvinter

Some say the world will end in ice, the entirety of it turned to glaciers and tundra, with little growing and ravenous predators roaming the land. And there are some who believe it is their destiny to bring about this wintry end. By invoking ancient sagas and investing a menhir with their own life force, they believe they can cover the world in a shroud of frost. They may be right.
Sphere Weather; Level 9th
Skill Checks in order—Knowledge (religion) DC 38 4 successes, Craft (stonework) DC 38 1 success, Perform (oratory) DC 38 4 success
Casting Time 9 days (cast during a time of war)
Components V, S, F (monolith of semi-precious stone worth 30,000 gp)
Area special
Duration instantaneous
Description
After the recitation of the saga is finished, the menhir glows briefly with a cold blue light and instantly begins chilling the air around it. The temperature within 5 feet of the menhir immediately drops to severity level 5, regardless of prevailing conditions. This area expands by 5 feet per round until it reaches a 100-foot radius, and then expands by 5 feet per hour until it covers the entirety of the plane it is on. In addition, predatory animals within the area gain a +6 bonus to Strength and a +4 bonus to Constitution, and are hostile to all creatures other than animals. This has no effect on animal companions or similar bonded creatures.

The temperature within the area can be lowered as normal, but raising the temperature requires a magic skill check against a DC of 31. It attempts a magic skill check against any magical effect that would raise the temperature in the area once per minute; its magic skill bonus is +20. The effect cannot be dispelled, but destroying the menhir immediately ends it. The menhir is a Colossal object with hardness 8 and 1000 hit points. It regains 25 hit points each round and takes no damage from acid, cold, electricity, or fire and cannot be moved by any means short of deific force (such as represented by a miracle or wish).

Backlash Primary performer and all secondary performers are reduced to 0 hit points.

Failure Primary performer and all secondary performers are reduced to -1 hit point, and 2d12 winter wolves appear and attack them, devouring their corpses if they die.

Escalation If this incantation is performed as a series of six incantations in one month, each with their own distinct menhir, the area around each menhir drops to severity level 7 and spreads at a rate of 10 feet per round until it reaches a 10-mile radius (after which it expands at 10 feet per minute until the planet is covered). Predatory animals gain the boreal and giant templates in addition to the normal benefits of this ritual.

Impenetrable Dome

Sphere Protection; Level 5th
Skill Check In order: Knowledge (engineering) DC 24 4 successes, Knowledge (planes) DC 24 1 success.
Casting Time 50 minutes
Components S, V, F (4 stone structures such as menhir, obelisks, or statues worth a minimum of 5,000 gp each)
Effect 2 mile radius barrier of force centered on the primary performer
Duration 10 hours
Saving Throw None; SR Yes (harmless)
Description
Knowledge (engineering) checks are made once every 10 minutes (one per stone) verifying the correct angular positioning of their placement in relation to the other stones and the epicenter to which the primary performer stands. As many as four secondary performers may aid in this incantation, taking upon themselves a single negative level from that which the primary performer would suffer. Once each of the stones is placed, the primary performer positions themselves according to the current zodiac positioning with a Knowledge (planes) check. Each performer (primary or secondary) must then without magical coercion willingly and freely state that they offer themselves up as sacrifice.

Upon successfully completing the incantation, a barrier of force (similar to that created with the Protection sphere) is created centered on the primary performer (but will remain where the incantation is cast and will not move, even if the primary performer moves). The barrier has 100 hit points and refreshes at the beginning of each round until the duration of the incantation has expired. If the barrier is cast on a mobile landmass (such as a floating island), the barrier will move with the mobile landmass, remaining centered to where it is cast.

Backlash
The primary performer takes 4 negative levels (-1 per secondary performer, of which takes the negative level upon themselves).

Failure
If you fail 2 consecutive checks, the incantation still functions but only affects a radius of 600 feet with only 50 hit points per round, with a duration of 1 hour. In addition, the primary performer takes 4 negative levels and all secondary performers take 2 negative levels each.

Gamble with Lady Luck [SB:UatIF]

The clatter of dice, the shuffling of cards. A direct challenge to a queen of games.
Sphere Fate; Level 8
Skill Checks 13 checks, see text; 7 successes
Casting Time 13 hours
Components V, S, F (a deck of cards worth 10,000 gp)
Duration instantaneous, see text
Saving Throw none; SR no
Description
The primary caster must begin this incantation in any gambling den, casino, or other appropriate place a specially made deck of cards on a table and declaring their intent to gamble with Lady Luck herself. A spectral apparition of a well dressed and jolly woman will appear at the other side of the table, whereupon the primary caster gambles with this woman. Over the 13 hours the primary caster competes with the apparition, the GM rolls a 1d6 each hour, choosing a skill or ability check from the results. If the same result is rolled consecutively, the GM should choose a different skill from the options:

1. Strength: DC 30 Climb or Swim
2. Dexterity: DC 30 Acrobatics, Disable Device, Escape Artist, Fly, Ride, Sleight of Hand, or Stealth
3. Constitution: DC 15 Constitution
4. Intelligence: DC 30 Appraise, Craft (any), Knowledge (any), Linguistics, or Spellcraft
5. Wisdom: DC 30 Heal, Perception, Profession (any), Sense Motive, or Survival
6. Charisma: DC 30 Bluff, Diplomacy, Disguise, Handle Animal, Intimidate, Perform (any), or Use Magic Device

These checks represent various games, bets, feats of skill and cunning, or sheer luck the primary caster completes during their showdown with the apparition. GMs are encouraged to think of interesting ways to represent various games based on the skill checks that may appear, such as an Appraise or Perception check during a game of cards, a Constitution check during a knife game, or even more ridiculous circumstances at the GM’s discretion. The primary caster cannot receive help or assistance from anyone else when attempting these checks or fail the incantation.

After 13 hours, if the primary caster has succeeded on at least 7 of the 13 checks, the apparition will walk to the primary caster, caressing their face gently before dissipating into thin air, whispering “Now let’s see what else you can impress me with”. The primary caster gains the evasor ex fortuna lich template and an amount of kismet in their starting kismet pool equal to the number of checks they succeeded on. The primary caster must choose their first condition for the Elude Fate effect from the powers that be special ability.

Failure The primary caster becomes permanently cursed with the evasor ex fortuna lich’s luck’s abandon special attack. This curse cannot be removed by any means and bypasses any immunity to curses the primary caster may possess and often leads to a quick death.

Heart of Death [SB:UatIF]

The still beating heart, placed in its case, to pump the blood that is no more for days eternal.
Sphere Death; Level 8
Skill Checks in order: Spellcraft or Heal (DC 34), 2 successes; Knowledge (arcana) (DC 34), 2 successes; Knowledge (religion) (DC 34), 2 successes
Casting Time 8 hours
Components V, S, M (magical embalming regents worth 500 gp), F (a phylactery worth at least 80,000 gp)
Secondary Casters 1 or more, see text (cannot perform initial checks for primary caster)
Duration instantaneous, see text
Saving Throw none; SR no
Description
The primary caster must begin this incantation in the view of the moon, and is often in a place of significance to the primary caster. By tearing out their still beating heart and embalming it, the heart is then placed and sealed inside the chosen phylactery. This process is extremely painful, oftentimes maddeningly so. After the heart is removed (following the second Spellcraft or Heal check), the wracking pain of the incantation causes the primary caster to take a -4 penalty on all subsequent skill checks to complete the incantation. For this reason, they often entrust the remaining steps to participating secondary casters. For every 3 secondary casters, both the primary caster and secondary casters receive a +1 bonus on skill checks made to complete the incantation.

When the incantation is completed, the still-beating heart is forever sealed within the phylactery and turning the primary caster into a full-fledged lich (see Undead Bestiary) as a wave of necrotic energy is released by the primary caster, causing all secondary casters to suffer the backlash effects.

Backlash Any secondary casters suffer 2 permanent negative levels.

Failure The primary caster becomes a forsaken lich (Pathfinder #48: Shadows of Gallowspire pg. 82), doomed to crumble away as dust in 1d10 days.

Special A lich’s phylactery completed using this incantation can be detected by lifesense, as the still-beating heart continues to pump magical essence within the phylactery.

Lifesurge [Cata. HB]

Life energies swell uncontrollably throughout the area.
Sphere Life; Level 8
Skill Checks Heal (DC 35) 2 successes, Knowledge (nature) (DC 35) 2 successes, Knowledge (planes) (DC 35) 2 successes, Spellcraft (DC 35) 2 successes
Casting Time 6 hours
Components V, S, F (the corpse of a plant creature of at least CR 15)
Secondary Casters 17
Area 1 mile
Duration permanent, see text
Saving Throw Fortitude partial SR yes
Description
Healing power fills the area, causing all healing effects to be cast at +2 caster level. Creatures who enter the area are healed for 2d8 points of damage + the primary caster’s caster level and receive this healing again for every 8 hours they remain in the area. Any healing that creatures receive above their maximum hit points is gained as temporary hit points which last for 2d6 hours. Any creature who possesses more temporary hit points than their maximum number of normal hit points is immediately exposed to a disease known as twisted fecundity.

At GM discretion, this incantation may also have an effect on local plant or animal life, causing it to grow or reproduce more rapidly.

In order to end this incantation’s effects, the corpse used in the incantation must be found and destroyed, at which point the incantation’s effects ends.

Backlash The primary caster and any secondary casters suffer 4 negative levels.

Failure All casters become affected with twisted fecundity.

Escalation This incantation can be performed 7 times within a month. If so, the area expands to up to 50 miles, the caster level improvement from this effect increases to +4, and the healing increases to 5d8 + the primary caster’s caster level every hour. However, saving throws against twisted fecundity are made every hour and the DC of the disease increases by 10.

Twisted Fecundity

Type disease, injury or inhales; Save Fortitude DC equal to the DC of Lifesurge ritual
Onset 1 day, Frequency 1/day
Effect 1d4 Dex damage and 1d4 Cha damage and target is fatigues; Cure 3 consecutive saves
Whenever a creature would take Dexterity or Charisma damage exceeding their respective ability scores, their body is destroyed and 1d4 living creatures emerge from their corpse. These creatures can be of any type (oftentimes embodying certain personality elements of their "host") but cannot have a CR greater than the afflicted creature's CR -1 and typically possess the mutant template.

Petition [Alienist HB]

Sphere Divination; Level 5
Skill Checks Knowledge (dungeoneering) (DC 33) 1 success, Knowledge (geography) (DC 33) 2 successes, Sense Motive (DC 33) 1 success
Casting Time 10 minutes
Components V, S, M (a sacrifice worth 500 gp per Hit Die of the strongest creature you wish to contact)
Area entire planet
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw none SR no
Description
This incantation sends out a powerful signal targeting all creatures which fall under a specific category (such as all creatures, all creatures of specific species, all creatures of a specific alignment, all creatures not of a specific alignment, or all members of a specific adventuring party) chosen as part of casting this incantation (you may specify multiple categories in the kind of creature you are targeting). These creatures are all alerted to the location in which you performed this ritual but do not know who performed the incantation or even what creatures besides themselves were contacted. A creature who is contacted with this incantation gains a +10 bonus to Knowledge (geography) checks to find the location where the incantation was performed and is considered familiar with the location for the purpose of scrying.

Failure A random creature or category of creatures of equivalent CR to those you tried to contact receives the signal.

Escalation If this incantation is performed at least eight times over the course of a week, the range extends from the planet to the entire plane that the caster is on (or a smaller range such as a solar system or galaxy if the caster desires).

Petition The Fates

By contacting beings outside of space and time you may contract a power that will aid you or those you know in accomplishing a quest.
Sphere Fate; Level 9th
Skill Checks Knowledge (history) DC 35 2 successes, Knowledge (planes) DC 35 2 successes, Knowledge (religion) DC 35 2 successes; in order—Diplomacy DC 35 2 successes, Linguistics DC 35 1 success
Casting Time 1 hour (cast at the start of a rare cosmic event)
Components V, S, M (three sculpted idols worth 10,000 gp each).
Target Primary performer
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw none; SR no
Description
Those that research ‘The Fates’ may find that a certain numerology exists that can be used to count the days leading up to a particularly rare astrological event (such as a planetary alignment involving multiple solar systems) (the Knowledge (history) checks). Through further research, one may determine the exact hours that the cosmic event will occur (the Knowledge (planes) checks).

After finding the exact day and hour of the cosmic event, the primary performer must seek out three idols which the Fates will both appreciate and entice them to appear (the Knowledge (religion) checks). At the hour of the cosmic event one must call out in a loud voice toward the celestial spectacle offering up the three idols (Diplomacy checks). If the Fates are pleased, they will offer the primary performer a single wish, to be worded with no more than 35 words. Examples of what an appropriate wish may do include any of the following:

  • Grant 5 temporary spell points and talents of the primary performer’s choice (with a caster level equal to their character level with these talents) for 24 hours.
  • Undo the harmful effects of a sphere talent or ability on a target the primary performer names.
  • Swing the tide of a battle in your favor by raising fallen allies to continue fighting (but will fall again after 24 hours).
  • Moving you and your allies, with all your and their gear, from one plane to a specific locale through planar barriers with no chance of error.
  • Protect a city from an earthquake, volcanic eruption, flood, or other natural disaster.

While wishing for other things is possible, if given a particularly wordy or complicated wish the fates may choose to fulfill the wish in their own time, or may require the primary performer to work to bring the wish to pass (i.e., the wish will not occur without effort on the performer’s side). This incantation counts as a miracle or wish for the purposes of spell effects or abilities that require them.

Backlash
Because the incantation requires overwhelming energy that alters reality, the primary performer instantaneously loses 2 limbs chosen at random by rolling a 1d4 twice (1: Right arm; 2 Left arm; 3: Right leg; 4: Left leg); primary performers whose anatomical structure is not strictly humanoid, or otherwise lack the appendage to be lost may instead lose alternative limbs such as wings, additional legs, or multiple tentacles. Primary performers who lack limbs altogether may have reality altered causing them to lose people or other objects of sentimental worth. Attempting to negate backlash through non-instantaneous polymorph effects will result in the angering of the Fates, causing the incantation to fail. Limbs lost due to backlash may only be fully restored through a miracle, wish, or similar effect.

Failure
Those that fail 2 consecutive Knowledge checks fail to perform the incantation correctly, thus resulting in the failure of the beings of fate to answer their call, but no material components are wasted. Those that fail 2 consecutive Diplomacy checks fail to strike a bargain and, as punishment for the arrogance and insult, any secondary performers are instantaneously slain, and the Fates take the three idols with them. Those that fail the Linguistics check find their wish to be corrupted with a very different result than what was intended.

Planar Seal [Cata. HB]

You isolate a realm from the rest of the multiverse.
Sphere Protection; Level 9
Skill Checks Knowledge (arcana) (DC 37) 2 successes, Knowledge (planes) (DC 37) 3 successes, Knowledge (religion (DC 37) 2 successes, Use Magic Device (DC 37) 2 successes
Casting Time 3 weeks
Components S, M, F (the corpse of an outsider of at least CR 21 which is mounted atop a desecrated altar)
Secondary Casters 118
Area 10 mile radius
Duration Permanent (see text)
Description
This incantation severs a realm’s connections to all other planes of existence. While in the area of effect, creatures cannot use any teleportation or planar travel effects or summon creatures. Divination effects which rely on information resources from other planes (such as commune or contact other plane) do not function in the area.

At GM discretion, certain other effects may be placed upon characters who draw power from an extraplanar source such as a deity. Creatures who die in the area of a planar seal may not have their souls pass on, perhaps rising as undead or outsiders in time.

In order for this spell to be undone, the altar containing the outsider corpse must be found and destroyed (such altars typically possess hardness 10 and 500 hit points). Once this occurs, the effect of the planar seal ends.

If specific outsiders’ corpses are employed in this incantation, it may be possible to create versions of a planar seal which only affect specific planes.

Backlash All casters suffer 10d6 points of untyped damage.

Failure 1d8 outsiders of CR 20 (or more outsiders who would make for 1d8 CR 20 encounters) emerge to punish or destroy the performers of the incantation.

Escalation If this incantation is performed thirteen times across a planet over the course of ten years, the effects extend to the entire planet.

Ragnarok

Through sacrilege, blasphemy, and murder, you call upon the lower planes to bring about destruction and an infestation of fiends.
Sphere Destruction; Level 9th
Skill Checks Knowledge (planes) DC 27 4 successes, Knowledge (religion) DC 27 5 successes
Casting Time 8 hours (cast during the new moon)
Components V, S, M (35,000 gp worth of good-aligned magic items, sacrifice of 13 creatures with Intelligence of at least 3).
Secondary Casters 12
Area 1-mile radius
Duration instantaneous and 18 days, see text
Saving Throw Reflex half, see text; SR no
Description
After a night-long depraved ritual involving the profaning of good-aligned relics and culminating in the torture and sacrifice of thirteen sentient beings, a massive burst of infernal energy washes out from the site of casting. All creatures within one mile (including all surviving casters) take 10d6 profane damage (Reflex half). Good-aligned beings take an additional 5d6 damage. Immediately after, a 90-foot radius portal (as the Warp advanced talent) opens to one of the lower planes, chosen by the caster. 2d10 balors, olethrodaemons, or pit fiends, as appropriate to the chosen plane, emerge immediately and attack any beings they come across (including all surviving casters). These may be followed by any other fiend native to the chosen plane. The portal closes in 18 days, but any fiends who have come through it remain.

Backlash Six randomly selected secondary casters die.

Failure Primary caster and all secondary casters die and their souls are dragged to a lower plane. They can never be returned to life by any means.

Special This incantation can be modified as if by Extend Spell by doubling the material component and casting time, Empower Spell by tripling the material component and casting time, Maximize Spell by quadrupling the material component and casting time, or any combination of these.

Escalation If this ritual is performed as a series of 12 rituals over the course of a year (one for each new moon), the damage is dealt to all creatures within 1,000 miles and the portal is permanently open rather than closing. Additional groups of creatures whose total strength is similar to the original 2d10 creatures that came from the portal emerge every 30 days. Other incantations may be performed or artifacts used to close the portal.

Reincarnate

Sphere Life; Level 4th
Skill Checks in order Survival DC 23, Knowledge (planes) DC 23, Diplomacy DC 23, Survival DC 23, Heal DC 23, Knowledge (nature) DC 23, 1 success each.
Casting Time 1 hour
Components V, S, SP, M (oils and herbs worth 500 gp)
Range 45 ft.
Target 1 dead creature
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw none; SR no
Description
Skill checks are made inside a druid’s hallowed stone circle, which are made once every 10 minutes. Attempts on performing the incantation outside the required location increases each skill check DC by +20, usually resulting in failure. Secondary performers may aid in this incantation, while not required, a sufficient number of secondary performers decreases the skill check DCs by the appropriate amount.

Upon successfully completing the incantation, the performers of the incantation bring back the spirit of the target dead creature into another body, provided that the subject’s soul is willing to return. If the subject’s soul is not willing to return, the incantation does not work; therefore, a subject that wants to return receives no saving throw.

Since the dead creature is returning in a new body, all physical ills and afflictions are repaired. The condition of the remains is not a factor. So long as some small portion of the creature’s body still exists, it can be reincarnated. The magic of the incantation creates an entirely new young adult body for the soul to inhabit from the natural elements at hand.

A reincarnated creature recalls the majority of its former life and form. It retains any class abilities, feats, or skill ranks it formerly possessed. Its class, base attack bonus, base save bonuses, and hit points are unchanged. The reincarnated creature’s ability scores depend on the new body. First eliminate the subject’s racial adjustments (since it is no longer necessarily of his previous race) and then apply the adjustments of their new race to its remaining ability scores.

It is possible for the change in the subject’s ability scores to make it difficult for it to pursue its previous character class. If this is the case, the subject is advised to become a multiclass character or to retrain its existing class levels. The target creature’s new race must be of the same Race Point (RP) Power Level equal to or lower than its previous race. For the purpose of this incantation, all core races are considered to have the Standard (1 RP - 10 RP) Power Level (even though dwarves have a RP value of 11). If the target does not have a race point value to begin with, the GM determines if the target falls under one of the three RP Power Levels. If the target does, the creature may be reincarnated under a race within that point range, otherwise the incantation fails in the beginning without expending the material components, backlash, or other penalties.

Backlash
Primary and secondary performers each take 1 temporary negative level lasting 24h.

Failure
The results of failing this incantation are dependent on which skill check the incantation failed:

Survival checks (either), the soul of the primary performer becomes lost and thus dies (the performer may still be raised normally).

Knowledge (planes), Falsehood - continue with the incantation as if the Knowledge check was successful, and should the rest of the incantation be successful, you do not reincarnate the spirit of the target, but rather that of a random creature. Diplomacy, the primary performer fails to convince the creature’s spirit from leaving at this time. It may still retry the entire incantation later or use other means of raising the deceased.

Heal, Falsehood - continue with the incantation as if the Heal check was successful, and should the rest of the incantation be successful, you reincarnate the spirit, but it dies inexplicably after 1 hour. You may still retry the entire incantation later or use other means of raising the deceased.

Knowledge (nature), the new body for the retrieved spirit is frail - continue with the incantation as if the Knowledge (nature) check was successful. The target receives a permanent -2 racial penalty to Strength, Dexterity and Constitution, stacking with any other racial penalties the new creature may have. These additional penalties can only be removed by using miracle or wish.

Race Points (RP)
Below are the Race Point Power Level values. Refer to Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Advanced Race Guide for more information on the Race Point system or values for expanded races.
Power Level Race Point (RP) Range
Standard (1 - 10 RP)
Advanced (11 - 20 RP)
Monstrous (21 - 30 RP)

Rite Of Waking Slumber

To have the aid of a master magician at a difficult time may come with a cost, though that cost need not be taxing, and one’s life may be richer afterward for the gamble. Those who dare the risk may become an agent… for a week, a year, a lifetime, or a moment… of a mage versed in a tradition passed from the elves to the dwarves and merfolk and on to the arcane lords of other lands where magic and warfare go hand in hand.
Sphere Mind; Level 6th
Skill Checks Knowledge (arcana) DC 26 1 success, in order— Heal DC 26 1 success, Bluff DC 26 1 success, Craft (alchemy) DC 26 2 successes, Bluff DC 26 1 success
Casting Time 6 hours
Components V, S, M (alchemically treated wine worth 200 gp, drunk during the incantation), F (diamond prism, silver chalice, and tattoo equipment collectively worth 2,000 gp)
Range touch
Target one living humanoid, giant, or monstrous humanoid
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw no; SR yes
Description
One who has convinced a sufficiently powerful magician to perform the Rite Of Waking Slumber to this ritual is subjected to a six hour procedure wherein the performer exercises the muscles of their target, places them into a highly suggestive state, creates and administers an alchemically treated wine (which the target must drink), and implants post-hypnotic suggestions. During the procedure, the performer also incorporates alchemical inks into a tattoo somewhere on the target’s body, which acts as both a conduit for the initial placement of the magic and as the basis for a mental bond between the performer and target. Other aids, usually courtiers or acolytes of the performer, are required to assist the performer in gathering magic and perfecting the alchemical treatments.

Traditionally, the target has agreed to perform some service in exchange for another, and the abilities imparted through this incantation (accessible via the waking sleeper prestige class, which the target now qualifies for) can often aid with these services. However, the first service is often tending to the suddenly vulnerable master when their health drops incredibly at the end of the rite. Rarely, at the end of the rite the target will try to betray the performer while they are in this weakened state, though the assembled acolytes and other measures may be taken for the security of the caster.

Backlash
The performer of the ritual is wracked with the magical energy wrought from the martial power new locked in the mind of the target, reducing their current hit points to -1.

Failure
Failure on the Knowledge (arcana) check causes a buildup of mental energy that causes 3d6 points of damage to both the target and performer. Failure on the Heal check causes the performer’s handiwork at working the target’s muscles and pressure points to be off, leading to the target being paralyzed for 1d4 days. Failure on either Bluff check means that the post-hypnotic suggestions did not settle properly, and bestows a rampant paranoia upon the target, effectively giving them the opposite alignment for 1d6 minutes at the conclusion of the ritual, likely tied to a desire to attack or sabotage the performer.

Failure on either Craft (alchemy) check means that there was something wrong with the wine or inks used in the incantation, and the target is afflicted with blinding sickness.

Ritual Of Resurrection

Performing a ritual to restore life to the dead is a complicated thing — and it is not guaranteed that you’ll be able to bring them back. Or at least, not that you’ll bring them back the same way. That said, a well-stocked laboratory can at least allow you to make the attempt, if you’re willing to slave away for hours.
Sphere Life; Level 5th
Skill Checks in order-Craft (alchemy) DC 24 1 successes, Heal DC 24 4 successes
Casting Time 5 hours
Components S, V, M (500 gp worth of oils and medicine, to be used in the revival process)
Target One dead creature
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw Fortitude (harmless); SR yes (harmless)
Description
By brewing a concoction that was rumored to restore life to the dead, you can attempt to revive the fallen. The process takes hours, as the medicine must be injected carefully into every square inch of the body in painfully small increments, and deal with the tremors and complications that arise during the process.

Each check takes one hour to complete, as the concoction needs precise amounts of heat, stirring, and sitting before the next step can occur. Once the brew is finished, needles are used to inject the brew into the body, and the body must be carefully monitored. The smallest misstep can mean wracking pain for the victim, and possibly even brain damage.

Success, however, allows the creature to return to life with one permanent negative level. (Or if the subject was 1st level, one point of Constitution drain.) The body must be relatively whole beforehand, or else it will still be missing all body parts that it was lacking in the first place.

Backlash
All performers are exhausted.

Failure
If one or two checks are failed, the target returns with the damaged soul template. If three checks are failed, the process does not work.

River Of Reverie

There exists a dream of a river, meandering through lands both real and imaginary. Believed to be related to the bounteous forces of the natural world, and tied to myths of the origin of willpower, this river is often sought by studious wielders of arcane power but rarely mastered. The chaotic and gentle flow is known by more fishermen and sailors than by wizards and incanters; in fact, only the calm, relaxed business of fishing seems appropriate for catching a dream, and then only with a specially prepared bait. While this structure of the mind flows through a consciousness, the maintainer of such a dreamscape gains a great defense against forces that act from beyond the grave though risks greater danger of facing a watery one.
Sphere Mind; Level 4
Skill Checks in order—Craft (alchemy) DC 18 1 success, Profession (fisher) DC 18 2 successes, Spellcraft DC 18 1 success
Casting Time 4 hours
Components S, M (aged cheese worth 150 gp to be alchemically treated and used as bait), F (masterwork heirloom fishing rod of darkwood worth at least 1,000 gp)
Range personal
Target self
Duration 8 hours
Saving Throw Will negates (harmless); SR yes (harmless)
Description
To perform this incantation, one must engage in a true act of fishing. First, one must alchemically alter the aged cheese into being the perfect bait for catching a dream. Then one must begin fishing at a suitably calm stream or river. Finally, once the dream takes the bait, one must use the fishing rod to channel the magical energies necessary to weave the dream into one’s own mind. The River of Reverie will always appear near the primary performer in their dreamscape, flowing through the land and providing a scenic view that always interposes itself between any undead creatures who enter the dreamscape. Any supernatural, spell-like, or extraordinary abilities employed by the undead creature to target the performer in their dreamscape automatically fail as if line of sight and line of effect were both blocked, and as if the target were out of range of the effect. However, the supernatural, spell-like, or extraordinary abilities of creatures with the aquatic subtype or water subtype automatically succeed against the performer. Spells or sphere-effects not related to the being’s nature are not affected by this.

Backlash
The performer is exhausted. If the incantation is a success, the caster only becomes exhausted once the duration expires.

Failure
If you fail the Craft (alchemy) check twice, the cheese is wasted and must be replaced. If you fail two consecutive Profession (fisher) checks, the dream of the River of Reverie gets away with the bait (which, again, requires the cheese to be replaced). If you fail the Spellcraft check, the dream of the River of Reverie gets away with the bait, the ever-losable cheese.

Steal Lifeblood

Sacrificing others is a time-honored way for the evil to postpone their judgment.
Sphere Blood; Level 5th
Skill Checks in order—Heal DC 25 (1 success per sacrificial victim), Knowledge (religion) DC 25, 3 successes.
Casting Time 1 hour
Components S, M (1 Hit Die of creature sacrificed per target Hit Die)
Target one willing or helpless living creature
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw none; SR yes
Description
The sacrificial victims, intelligent creatures (Intelligence greater than 2) at least 1 age category younger than the target, are exsanguinated (Heal) and the target bathes in their blood while dark powers are invoked (Knowledge (religion)). If successful, the target creature has its age category reduced by 1 (to the minimum age in that category), to a minimum of young adult. Penalties to physical ability scores from aging are lost. Bonuses to mental ability scores from aging are retained, though a creature cannot benefit from these bonuses more than once.

Backlash
All primary and secondary performers are fatigued.

Failure
All primary and secondary performers are exhausted. The target ages 1 age category (to the minimum age in that category). If the target is already venerable, it instead crumbles to dust. A blood construct of the largest size possible based on the sizes of the sacrificed creatures forms and attacks all performers until destroyed or until all performers are slain.

Stopgap to the Netherworld [Cata. HB]

The land becomes blighted such that the dead no longer stay dead.
Sphere Death; Level 7th
Skill Checks Knowledge (planes) DC 30 2 successes, Knowledge (religion) DC 30 3 successes, Spellcraft DC 30 2 successes
Casting Time 4 hours
Components S, M (monolith of obsidian worth 27,000 gp)
Area 1-mile radius
Duration Permanent
Description
From a powerful monolith tied to a dark god or other legendary patron, necromantic power floods the land, trapping the lives of all creatures on this side of the mortal coil. Whenever a creature dies in the area that this ritual has affected, it rises as a zombie or skeleton after 1d4 hours. In addition, all undead within the affected area gain a +2 profane bonus on all attack rolls, damage rolls, and saving throws. An undead creature created within or summoned into such an area gains +2 hit points per Hit Die. These bonuses do not stack with desecrate or similar spells. The effect cannot be dispelled, but destroying the monolith immediately ends it. The monolith is a Colossal object with hardness 8 and 1,000 hit points. It regains 25 hit points each round and takes no damage from acid, cold, electricity, or fire and cannot be moved by any means short of deific force (such as represented by a miracle or wish) but takes damage from positive energy effects as if it was undead.

Backlash All casters suffer 2 negative levels. This ignores any immunities to negative levels that undead creatures possess.

Failure Living casters are slain and resurrected as unrisenB6. Undead casters are permanently controlled by the patron entity the monolith was dedicated to as per the Command Undead feat.

Escalation If this ritual is performed eight times over the course of two months, the radius extends to 100 miles and creatures rise as more powerful and varied undead with a new CR no greater than their original CR +2 (what types of undead they rise as is left to GM discretion. Any undead which are destroyed in the affected area are restored to full hit points within 1d6 rounds of their destruction unless they are slain by positive energy, in the area of a impedance ward, hallowed totem, bless or hallow spell, a similar magical effect, or if its remains are sprinkled with a vial of holy water.

Summit The Chains Of Flesh [SB:UatIF]

Upon the temple of iron and sinew do they reside.
Sphere Death; Level 9
Skill Checks in order: Spellcraft (DC 34), 2 successes; Knowledge (arcana) (DC 34), 2 successes; Knowledge (religion) (DC 34), 2 successes; Strength or Constitution check (DC 18), 8 successes
Casting Time 12 hours
Components V, S, M (6 magically-treated iron bars worth 40,000 gp)
Secondary Casters 2 or more, see text (cannot perform checks for primary caster)
Duration instantaneous, see text
Saving Throw none; SR no
Description
The primary caster bends, welds, or otherwise affixes the magically-treated iron bars as shackles on its torso and limbs, engraving these bars with runes and fragments of their magical power. The primary caster must complete these engravings and bestowals of power without eating and begins to immediately starve when the sixth bar is locked around his body (following the second Knowledge (religion) skill check). The primary caster suffers 5d6 nonlethal starvation damage for each failed Strength or Constitution check made during this incantation. For every two secondary casters, the primary caster receives a +1 bonus on their Strength or Constitution checks made during this incantation.

When the incantation is complete, the primary caster gains the power lich lich template. Some power liches choose to continue to wear the iron bars they clasped to their body, while others easily burst out of them with their newfound musculature.

Backlash Any secondary casters suffer 6d6 nonlethal starvation damage as though affected by the Death sphere Hunger (ghost strike).

Failure The primary caster dies of starvation. If the primary caster is resurrected, they suffer a permanent -2 penalty to their Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution scores that can only be removed by a miracle or wish.

Summoning Diagram

Wise conjurers take precautions before calling on the denizens of other planes.
Sphere Conjuration; Level 3rd
Skill Checks Knowledge (planes) DC 15 + 5 per size category above Small 1 success, Knowledge (arcana) DC 15 + 5 per size category above Small 1 success.
Casting Time 1 hour
Components S, M (25 gp worth of powdered silver per Small-sized creature that will fit in the circle, a Medium creature counts as two Small creatures, a Large creature counts as two Medium creatures, etc.)
Target a number squares of level, empty ground sufficient to contain a creature of the circle’s size (1 square for Medium or Small creatures, 4 squares for Large, etc.)
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw none; SR no
Description
The primary performer spreads the powdered silver to make a summoning diagram, attempting the Knowledge checks to ensure the integrity of the circle. If successful, the result is a summoning diagram per the Diagram advanced talent of the Conjuration sphere. The diagram lasts until disrupted or the creature is released from the circle or banished, consuming the diagram.

A more permanent circle can be crafting by adding a Craft (jewelry) or other appropriate Craft or Profession skill for the diagram and another appropriate Craft skill for the material into which it will be inlaid (Profession (carpenter) for a wooden surface, Profession (stonemason) for a stone surface, etc.) at the same DC as the base checks. Doing so increases the cost and creation time of the circle by 5 times its base price and time, but it can be used any number of times.

Backlash
None

Failure
The diagram appears completed, but provides no bonuses. The performers are unaware of the failure and any creature in the circle is immediately freed and likely contemptuous of the performers’ incompetence, causing the performers to suffer significant increases in the cost to bargain for services (double base costs) if the creature does not choose to simply depart or attack.

Swap Bodies [Alienist HB]

Sphere Death; Level 6
Skill Checks Diplomacy (DC 26) 1 success, Heal (DC 26) 2 successes, Knowledge (dungeoneering) (DC 26) 1 success, Knowledge (nature) (DC 26) 1 success, Sense Motive (DC 26) 1 success
Casting Time 1 hour
Components V, S, F (a device made of rods and mirrors worth at least 8,000 gp)
Range touch
Target 1 creature
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw Will negates SR no
Description
This incantation allows the performer to permanently swap bodies with a touched target. The body switch brings about changes as if each character were actively possessing each other’s original bodies as 6th-level wraith characters using active possession on each other. However, the affected creatures are not considered possessing creatures while in these bodies; their new forms are their natural bodies for all intents and purposes from that point onward.

Backlash Both the caster and the target suffer 2 permanent negative levels as they struggle to adapt to their new bodies. Failure The partial merger severely damages both bodies, dealing 2d6 points of ability drain to each of their ability scores.

Escalation If this incantation is performed at least four thousand times over the course of a century, any number of willing creatures may swap bodies with targets anywhere on the same plane. This version of the incantation is typically only used when conducting a mass exodus of a people to some other world.

Temporal Menhir [High. HB]

Sometimes a druid requires knowledge lost to the passage of time. This incantation allows druids to use their hallowed druid circles to travel 200 years into the past to acquire this information first hand, and then return to their own century. Many others have attempted to instead use this incantation to change history, but more often than not found the task difficult, if not impossible, as most time travelers end up putting events in motion that create the timeline they wished to prevent in the first place.
Sphere Time; Level 9th
Skill Check in order Knowledge (geography) DC 26; Knowledge (religion) DC 26, Knowledge (history) DC 26, 3 successes each.
Casting Time 90 minutes
Components S, F, M (gemstone worth 500 gp)
Range touch
Target primary performer
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw Fortitude negates; SR yes
Description This incantation can only be used in a stone circle (with Knowledge (geography)). Failing to locate an appropriate area, causes the incantation to fail without any backlash or material components expended.

Once found, the primary performer must ensure that the stone circle has been hallowed by druids (with Knowledge (religion)). If the stone circle has not been appropriately hallowed, the land must be consecrated before the incantation may continue. The primary performer may choose to abandon the incantation at this time, without any backlash or material components expended. Once it has been determined that the location is a hallowed druid stone circle, the performer must verify that the stone circle is at least 200 years old (with Knowledge (history)).

If the hallowed druid stone circle is not that old, the incantation cannot continue, and must be abandoned (but without any backlash or material components expended).

If the performer can locate a hallowed druid stone circle that is at least 200 years old, the incantation may continue.

All that is required to complete the ritual is to press the material component (a gemstone worth 500 gp or more) into the focus (a magical menhir or trilithon). The performer is then instantaneously transported exactly 200 years to the past. Once the incantation has been successfully performed, the next time the incantation is attempted by the performer, it instead transports the performer exactly 200 years to the future (even if the performer attempts to use a different hallowed druid stone circle). Time spent in the past affects what year that the performer may return (For example, a 30 year-old druid in the year 500 uses the incantation to travel back to the year 300. After spending 50 years in the past, the druid performs the incantation again, returning to the year 550 as an 80 year-old). Only once the performer returns back to the future may the primary performer attempt to travel back to the past once more through use of this incantation.

The performer is unable to bring any magical or technological equipment when they travel through the stones using this incantation. Any magical or technological equipment melded into their person, or stored in an extra-dimensional storage, will find such objects no longer on their person, having been dropped in the previous timeline. The GM is the final arbiter on what constitutes as a technological item for the purpose of this incantation.

In addition, the performer can not bring with them more than a light load. The weight of any equipment stored within an extra-dimensional storage will count against their weight limit, and may prevent their travel through the stones until abandoned.

Backlash Each time that the incantation is used, the performer arrives exhausted.

Failure If the performer fails two consecutive Knowledge (geography) checks, the performer never finds the location of a stone circle. If the performer fails two consecutive Knowledge (religion) checks, the performer fails to determine if the stone circle was consecrated by druids. If the performer fails two consecutive Knowledge (history) checks, the performer fails to verify that the hallowed druid stone circle is at least 200 years old. Attempting to perform this ritual at a location that doesn’t meet all three of these prerequisites automatically fails.

Hallowed Druid Stone Circles
For the purposes of this incantation, a hallowed druid stone circle is any area where all of the following conditions have been met:

  • The area has been consecrated by a worshiper of nature (such as a druid or shaman, including any spherecaster who possesses the druidic magic casting tradition) through the hallow ritual (or similar spell or ability).
  • The area has a clearly marked circular perimeter marking the edges of the hallowed area.
  • The area has a minimum of one magical menhir or trilithon

The Motion Archival

Hidden far beneath the earth is a secret, ancient labyrinth; the dusty halls of the Ancestral Repository. Within its dizzying maze rest endlessly slumbering monsters, fabled treasures, forgotten mysteries, and the immortal guardians who watch over it all and keep it safe. Those in the service of these guardians know an incantation by which any object or entity of interest can be returned to the Repository from afar: The Motion Archival.
Sphere Warp; Level 4th
Skill Checks in order - Knowledge (arcana) DC 20 2 successes, Knowledge (local) DC 20 1 success, Diplomacy DC 20 1 success
Casting Time 1 minute
Components S, V
Target one creature or object
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw Will negates; SR yes
Description
Granted only to the allies of the Ancestral Repository, this incantation offers an object or creature to the Repository and requests that the immortal guardians take custody of it. The incantation uses a circle of blood to call the attention of the guardians to the target, which is then followed by a petition to one of the guardians.

The circle of blood must be created around the target at precise locations. Because of this, a creature targeted by this incantation must either be willing or helpless. Further, the circle must incorporate arcane symbols that give a short description of the target, and so creating the circle requires the two Knowledge (arcana) checks.

When the circle is successfully created, a link between the target and the Repository is formed. Within the circle, a mirage of the labyrinth can be seen, and a petition can be sent through it. The petition must follow a complex protocol and address a specific immortal guardian appropriate to the target being sent. Understanding this protocol and the proper guardian to address takes a Knowledge (local) check, and then a Diplomacy check to make a convincing petition.

After a successful petition, the target is teleported to the Repository.

Backlash
One willing performer (either primary or secondary) must take 2d6 damage as they provide blood for the incantation.

Failure
If you fail the initial Knowledge (arcana) checks, the incantation simply fails immediately as the link fails to form between the target and the Repository. Failing the Diplomacy check means the petition is rejected, and the target is not accepted by the guardians. If the Diplomacy check is failed by 5 or more, the incantation automatically fails if used on the same target again before one week passes.

Curiously, failing the Knowledge (local) check does not prevent the target from being teleported, but means incorrect protocol was used or the wrong guardian addressed. This typically results in censure by the guardians (treat them as unfriendly the next time they are encountered), but sometimes may result in stranger results, such as an object being lost in a dangerous or unknown part of the Repository, a transported villain appearing in an insecure area, or the target arriving in a way that disrupts or adversely affects other archived items.

The River Returns

The island city of Great Delta is a nexus of magic and water, countless rivers running into and from the lake it is built within. As the heart of all waterflows in the region, the city has a mystic link to even the most distant rivers. This link may be used by a clever and careful magician to travel swiftly back to Great Delta from far afield.
Sphere Warp; Level 6th
Skill Checks in order - Knowledge (geography) DC 22 1 success, Spellcraft DC 22 1 success, Swim DC 20 4 successes.
Casting Time 30 minutes
Components S, V, F (a river)
Target up to 8 willing creatures
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw none; SR no
Description
Developed by the water magi of Great Delta, this incantation allows a traveling magi or one of their allies to make their way back to the city. By calling upon the natural flow of water and the power held within the city rivers, this magic can link a nearby river to the distant rivers of the city, and so by swimming down the river an individual can instantly return to Great Delta.

First, one traveler must match the river used as a focus for the incantation with the most similar river found at Great Delta with a Knowledge (geography) check. Then one traveler must perform the arcane rite that links the two rivers together with a Spellcraft check.

Once the rite is complete, each traveler must enter the river and attempt four consecutive Swim checks to travel its currents and reach Great Delta.

Backlash
Swimming in the real and magical currents takes great effort. All travelers are exhausted.

Failure
If a performer fails the initial Knowledge (geography) or Spellcraft checks then the ritual simply fails. If one of the travelers fails two consecutive Swim checks then they do not arrive at Great Delta, and instead sink in the river used as a focus as if they had failed a Swim check by 5 or more.

Timeless Tontine

A pact sealed in blood, the target removed from time; a barrier perfect for something that otherwise cannot be killed.
Sphere Time; Level 7th
Skill Checks Heal DC 35, 1 success per performer, Knowledge (arcana) DC 35 1 success
Casting Time 1 hour
Components S, V, M (blood from all performers)
Target One creature or object
Duration see text
Saving Throw none; SR yes
Description
All performers shed their blood to form a pact, locking the target away outside of time for as long as they live. The target is removed from time as the Eject Time sphere talent until the death of the last performer.

Extracting the necessary blood inflicts 1 point of Constitution damage on each performer.

Alternatively, a Craft check of an appropriate type may be added, allowing each performer to bind an item as part of the ritual. In this case, the target does not return until all the objects are either reunited or destroyed. Amulets, rings, and swords are examples of appropriate items, though anything the GM believes is suitable may be used.

Backlash
Each failure on a Heal check inflicts 1 point of Constitution damage to the performer from which the blood was being extracted but fails to produce blood useable for the incantation.

Failure
If the target was a creature, for one year and one day the target may, as a standard action, direct the actions of any performers that can hear its directions, as the powerful charm version of the Suggestion ability of the Mind sphere with no saving throw.

If the target was an object, the creature (other than one of the performers) that currently possesses the object gains this ability.

Transfer Years

Death cannot be cheated, but he can be bribed.
Sphere Time; Level 5th
Skill Checks Heal DC 30 2 successes, Knowledge (arcana) DC 30 1 success
Casting Time 1 hour
Components S, V
Target Two willing or helpless living creatures
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw none; SR yes
Description
This ritual ages the primary target creature by 2 years per point that the lower of the two Heal checks exceeds the DC, and decreases the age of the secondary target (either the primary performer or a creature within 30 feet designated by the primary performer) by half the number of years added to the initial target. The initial target takes ability score penalties (but not bonuses) from aging as normal. The secondary target may reduce ability score penalties from aging, but retains any bonuses.

Bonuses do not increase with repeated aging and de-aging. The primary target must have more than half the Hit Dice of the secondary target or else simply turns to dust with no effect on the secondary performer.

Backlash
All primary and secondary performers are fatigued. Fatigued creatures are exhausted. Exhausted creatures fall unconscious for 1d4 hours and take 1d6 points of Constitution drain.

Failure
All primary and secondary performers age 1d4 x 10 years, taking penalties and gaining bonuses as appropriate. The primary target shifts to the young adult age category, with ability score adjustments as appropriate.

Translocation [Cata. HB]

A great area is warped elsewhere in the multiverse.
Sphere Warp; Level 8
Skill Checks Knowledge (geography) (DC 33) 4 successes, Knowledge (nature) (DC 33), 2 successes, Knowledge (planes) (DC 33) 2 successes
Casting Time 4 weeks
Components S, V, M (material from the location you intend to translocate the area to totaling a value of 30,000 gp)
Secondary Casters 120
Area up to 10 miles, centered on the place of casting
Duration Instantaneous
Saving Throw see text SR no
Description
This exotic ritual can be used to transport buildings or even entire nations across existence. Upon completion of the incantation, all objects, creatures, and terrain within the area of the incantation is transported to another location in the multiverse, swapping locations with whatever exists at the targeted location of the incantation (for example, this could cause two castles in different countries to swap places, a massive bomb to be transplanted with the throne of an archdevil, or an active volcano being transported to a remote island while transferring the island’s environment to where the volcano once was). If the area being translocated to is the domain of a creature whose Hit Dice exceed the MSB of the primary caster, such a creature is allowed a Will save to prevent any territory they control from being translocated.

Backlash The primary caster and all secondary casters become exhausted.

Failure The primary caster and all secondary casters are teleported to the location they intended to translocate to, although they do not bring anything with them save for whatever equipment they are carrying.

Escalation If this incantation is performed 12 times over the course of a year, the area expands up to a maximum size of an entire planet, star, or demiplane.


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