VISIT SOUL PRISON: COST 10 XP

This ritual allows the Ankida to visit and converse with a soul trapped within a physical object,Once inside, the Ankida can remain as long as she wants and leave at will, either into the material world or the spirit world.

Primary Lore: Lore of the Realms ◉◉ Secondary Lore: Lore of Paths ◉◉ Primary Lore: Lore of Portals ◉◉

RESTRICTIONS: The Ankida must possess a favorite or often-worn token of the trapped soul — a wedding ring, a wristwatch or a pipe, for example.

SYSTEM:

• ROLL: GRIMNORIE RELIC POOL

• DIFFICULTY:

• TORMENTED  11+ GRIMNORIE  TORMENT  

• REGULAR       Must exceed the Torment difficulty by +1

SUCCESS

If the spirit does not wish the Ankida  to enter the prison a contested Willpower roll to counter the effect  can be made.

The ritual creates a virtual “room” that both demon and mortal can interact in and that engages all five of the senses. The two spirits can see, hear, speak, smell and touch, and the “room” can be altered in any way the Ankida wishes, becoming a garden one moment or a fiery furnace the next. 

TORMENT: The presence of the Ankida  ruptures the object in which the spirit is kept, and it might break it.

Roll Ankida’s Torment score Difficulty 12+

Each success inflicts one health level of damage to the object, unless it is a powerful item In addition, the spirit itself suffers great pain and tries to resist the visitation as much as it can.

Variations: A variation of this ritual preys on the trapped spirit’s memories to craft the environment of the ritual’s “meeting room.” This taste of the familiar is useful for putting the spirit more at ease and making it more willing to communicate, as well as providing a powerful incentive to persuade
the spirit to cooperate with any future endeavors. Add Longing ◉◉

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PRENATAL GUARDIAN: 50XP (Free To Members of The Blood Of Coteb Aspect for Obvious Reasons)

Before the war, one of the functions of the Angels of the Deep was to protect children growing in the womb. Few, however, had the time or even desire to do so during the darker days of the war. This ritual was developed to provide a similar function, in order to assuage the guilt felt by some Defilers (though others used it as a tool of propaganda and control over the human population). It was also one of the few rituals relating to birth not developed in the Palace of Sighs, so it has escaped the terrible reputation of similar effects. (In the confusion of the modern fallen, though, the distinction may be lost.) There are rumours that monstrous demons and even Earthbound continue to refine this ritual as a means of creating superhuman vessels for themselves or their still-imprisoned superiors, sometimes using isolated villages to breed scores of altered children for their experimentations.

Primary Lore: Lore of Transfiguration ◉◉ Secondary Lore: Lore of Storms ◉◉ Primary Lore: Lore of The Flesh ◉

RESTRICTIONS: Must be cast upon a pregnant woman within one week of conception. 

SYSTEM:

• ROLL: GRIMNORIE RELIC POOL

• DIFFICULTY:

• TORMENTED  11+ GRIMNORIE  TORMENT  

• REGULAR       Must exceed the Torment difficulty by +1

SUCCESS

Each success protects against a negative influence on the growing fetus. Such an influence might be the transmission of a disease or poison from the mother’s body, the development of a congenital disease or even miscarriage. When the baby is born, any remaining successes not used will increase the baby’s potential Attributes

These rituals can create child prodigies whose talents far exceed those of their peers, creating a potential resource for unscrupulous fallen. This ritual can be cast more than once during the one-week period after conception, but the successes do not stack. Instead, the roll with the highest number of successes is used. It can be cast only once per day per woman. If the woman is bearing more than one child, then each is affected, but the number of children is subtracted from the number of successes.

TORMENT: The high-Torment version of this ritual creates a soulless twin of the unborn child. Instead of shielding the child from disease or malformation, these evils are passed onto the twin, yet the power of the ritual ensures that the twin will survive its deformities and be born as a feral, bloodthirsty monster. Like the low-Torment version of this ritual, extra successes increase this twin’s Attributes, so it is possible that the infant can emerge fully formed (and lethally capable) from the womb.

Variation: One form of punishment inflicted on human women was to curse them with bearing an animal (usually a goat). Replace Flesh ◉ with Lore of the Beast ◉. Note that the animal grows at the same rate and to the same size as a human baby, making it a (very slow) way to produce giant-sized animals. The animal chosen may create other complications, at Storyteller discretion.

NOTE: Children cannot be played in Nocturne, However these progeny may with permission of Admin be introduced as adults at a later time, Or via use of time acceleration be reared in a haven where time passes much faster.

NOTE 2: As this ritual affects unborn children seek the mothers consent first.

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TIME WATCH: 10XP

This cruelly demanding ritual was conceived as a means of obtaining a warning of an enemy’s actions. What better watchdog than one that reacts to events a full minute before they occur? Of course, for maximum benefit the “watchdog” should be intelligent and articulate. Human beings subject to this rite accompanied dangerous sorties and were kept at sensitive positions such as fortresses and legion headquarters. For the humans themselves it was exhausting and ultimately maddening, but there was still no lack of willing volunteers.

Primary Lore: Lore of Patterns ◉◉◉◉ Secondary Lore: Lore of Humanity ◉◉◉

RESTRICTION: The ritual requires a willing participant. The process must be explained to her and she must agree, though subtle forms of misdirection as to the long-term costs of the ritual are allowed. After agreeing once, the subject can be used again without her consent.

SYSTEM:

• ROLL: GRIMNORIE RELIC POOL

• DIFFICULTY:

• TORMENTED  11+ GRIMNORIE  TORMENT  

• REGULAR       Must exceed the Torment difficulty by +1

SUCCESS

The subject remains under the influence of the ritual for an hour per success.

The subject is physically present among the caster and can be led, fed, even injured but is unaware of any outside stimulus. She perceives her surroundings and companions as they will be one minute into the future and reacts accordingly. This perception includes all five senses, but does not include her own movements in the near future. Her actions are carefully observed by her “handler” and interpreted for signs of danger. For the subject, this ritual is disorientating in the extreme. Although she is technically aware of her situation, if she is moved, fed or restrained in real time, she is utterly unable to comprehend it. At most, she is aware that something prevents her from moving. She is equally unable to interact with future time. Her companions do not respond to her, she cannot move things or eat, and although things such as explosions or gunshots do not harm her, they seem completely real. Her reactions, of course, are what her keepers are looking for. At the expiration of the ritual, the subject is extremely disoriented for a period of time equivalent to the duration of the ritual effect.

In Game turns this effect allows those watching the subject to ADD the rituals successes to their Initiative ranking and void any -ambush- powers that would have otherwise taken them by surprise, they have already witnessed the potential attack 1 minute in the future and so are prepared.

TORMENT: After the ritual has concluded, the recipient is subject to random fluctuations of time — sometimes normal, but up to a minute forward or backward. This side effect lasts for a number of days equal to the Ankida’s Torment score.

Variations: It is possible for the Ankida to link her mind to that of the subject add Firmament ◉◉. The Ankida remains aware of her real time surroundings and can communicate what she sees, but she is otherwise unable to move or act for the duration.

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 FRUIT OF PERFECTION:  Cost 50 XP

This ritual creates a fruit that can be used to impart courage and insight. It was developed in an attempt to inspire humanity before the rebellion. Otherwise it is known as the Apple Of Eden, The Forbidden Apple, Or the Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. It can be any fruit however.

Primary Lore: Lore of The Wild  ◉◉ Secondary Lore: Lore of Radiance ◉◉

RESTRICTIONS: A mature fruit tree is required. 

SYSTEM:

• ROLL: GRIMNORIE RELIC POOL

• DIFFICULTY:

• TORMENTED  11+ GRIMNORIE  TORMENT  

• REGULAR       Must exceed the Torment difficulty by +1

SUCCESS

• One success means that fruit eaten from the ritual tree makes the recipient immune to fear and supernatural forms of mind-control.

• Two successes mean that the recipient adds one dot to her Intelligence.

• Three successes means that the recipient adds one dot to each of her Mental Attributes.

• Four successes mean that the recipient can add +1 to all rolls.

• As many pieces of fruit are grown as the Ankida has Faith, each of which can affect one person.

• The fruit loses its effectiveness within one hour of being Picked or Consumed.

• If someone eats two pieces of the fruit, the effects do not stack.

TORMENT: The high-Torment effect of this ritual subtracts dice from the relevant traits or dice pools.

Variations: There is said to be a version of Fruit of Perfection that was developed during the war. It has the same effect, but it also makes the recipient of the effect more sensitive to the spirit realms as well as the natural one. Add The Lore Of  Realms ◉

NOTE: This fruit does not work on undead or fera.

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BOUNTIFUL HARVEST: COST 20XP

This ritual was designed to create lush gardens in place of barren wastelands, providing sustenance for the host’s mortal flocks in times of need.

Primary Lore: Lore of The Wild  ◉◉ Secondary Lore: Lore of The Earth ◉ Lore of Storms ◉

RESTRICTIONS:  A small Sigil must be drawn into the earth with a small quantity of loam (Top Soil). 

SYSTEM:

• ROLL: GRIMNORIE RELIC POOL

• DIFFICULTY:

• TORMENTED  11+ GRIMNORIE  TORMENT  

• REGULAR       Must exceed the Torment difficulty by +1

• RADIUS:         10 meters per success centered on Sigil.

• DURATION:     1 Scene.

SUCCESS

A lush garden blooms into life within the affected area, with thick grass, small streams and tall, fruit-bearing trees. This garden can sprout in an area where one couldn’t normally exist — in deserts, snow fields, parking lots or toxic waste dumps.

The water, vegetables and fruit created by the ritual are normal and nutritious in every way.

The garden exists for a single scene. At the end of that time the water dries up and the plants wither into dust.

If the Ankida wishes, however, the garden can be made permanent by spending a point of faith. It must be tended like any other garden afterward if it is to survive, though.

Those with the fruit of perfection ritual can find fruit trees here!

TORMENT: The high-Torment version of this ritual does not create gardens, but lifeless wastelands. All water and vegetation within the affected area dries up and withers away, not to return again until the next blooming season. By spending a point of faith  the effects of this ritual become permanent, creating a blighted area where nothing will ever grow.

Variations: None

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RAIN OF FROGS: 20XP

The origins of this ritual are lost, but its persistence in human legend suggests its purpose was to bewilder and distract those who witness it. It i s possibly derived from a creation ritual that populated an area with animal life in the manner of a farmer scattering seed.

Primary Lore: Lore of The Winds  ◉◉◉ Secondary Lore: Lore of The Beast ◉◉◉ Lore of Awakening ◉◉

RESTRICTIONS: At least two frogs of complementary sexes are required for the ritual. 

SYSTEM:

• ROLL: GRIMNORIE RELIC POOL

• DIFFICULTY:

• TORMENTED  11+ GRIMNORIE  TORMENT  

• REGULAR       Must exceed the Torment difficulty by +1

• RANGE:         1 Mile per Success

• RADIUS:         1 cubic meter per success centered on Sigil.

• DURATION:     1 Turn per success.

SUCCESS

Each success creates a cubic meter of frogs for aerial distribution.

The frogs are actually brewed in the air, a combination of living creatures and the pure idea of multiplying frogs.

The velocity of the falling frogs is automatically such that they can survive the fall, and they cause no damage upon impact. The duration of the rain is only a matter of minutes, but the consequences will be hopping around indefinitely.

TORMENT: The frogs secrete a toxin that can harm or even kill people who come into contact with them. The usual symptoms include spreading paralysis and difficult breathing. Victims who handle the frogs suffer one level of bashing damage unless a successful Stamina roll (difficulty 16+) is made each hour after exposure. The effects of the toxin last for a number of hours equal to the Ankida’s Torment score.

Variations: The variety of creatures that this ritual can be adapted for is limited only by size. A frog is pretty much the maximum weight. Rains of worms, spiders and even fish have all been rumored at one time or another. The Ankida simply switches the creatures required for the ritual

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STORM’S FURY: COST 60 XP

This ritual allowed the Angels of the Deep to pummel their foes with the full fury of a raging storm, directing it as an extension of their will and leaving their allies unscathed.

Primary Lore: Lore of Storms ◉◉◉◉ Secondary Lore: Lore of The Firmament ◉◉◉ Lore of The Winds ◉◉ Lore of Humanity ◉◉

RESTRICTIONS: This ritual must be performed under an overcast sky. A silver bowl containing salt water must be placed before the Ankida.

SYSTEM:

• ROLL: GRIMNORIE RELIC POOL

• DIFFICULTY:

• TORMENTED  11+ GRIMNORIE  TORMENT  

• REGULAR       Must exceed the Torment difficulty by +1

• RANGE:         1 Mile per Success

• RADIUS:          Half a Mile per Ankida's faith.

• DURATION:     1 Scene

SUCCESS

1 point per success are subtracted from the dice rolls of every being within the storm’s area of effect except the Ankida’s friends or allies. The storm This ritual manifests itself as a raging thunderstorm regardless of the climate and season in which the ritual is performed. The effect of this ritual lasts for the duration of a single scene. Beings caught within the area of effect may roll Stamina + Resolve Difficulty 12+. Each success reduces the individuals penalty by 1

TORMENT: The effects of the high-Torment version of this ritual are terrible indeed, creating a raging tempest of hellish lightning and acid rain. The successes rolled when determining the effect of the ritual become points of  lethal damage  that is inflicted every turn for each character caught within the storm — friend and foe alike.

Variations: Toward the end of the war, the Silver Legion developed a version of this ritual that could be centered on a specific individual, provided the Ankida knew the individual’s name. Increase Winds to ◉◉◉  and Humanity to ◉◉◉

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RAIN OF BRIMSTONE COST 60 XP

This terrible ritual calls down a rain of burning sulfur onto the Ankida’s foes.

Primary Lore: Lore of The Earth ◉◉◉◉ Secondary Lore: Lore of Flame ◉◉ Lore of The Winds ◉

RESTRICTIONS: A lump of sulfur, a lump of phosphorous and a lump of iron must be placed before the Ankida.

SYSTEM:

• ROLL: GRIMNORIE RELIC POOL

• DIFFICULTY:

• TORMENTED  11+ GRIMNORIE  TORMENT  

• REGULAR       Must exceed the Torment difficulty by +1

• RANGE:         100 meters x Ankida's Faith can be chosen as center of effect

• RADIUS:         10 meters x Ankida's faith

• DURATION:     1 turn, the Ankida must make a Stamina + Performance roll, Difficulty 12+ Each turn he wishes ritual to continue

SUCCESS

The total number of successes becomes points of  bashing damage  applied to every person and structure within the affected area.

Individuals or objects are affected each turn that the ritual continues. Individuals may attempt to dodge into cover (Under a car, into a nearby building etc) Roll Dexterity + Athletics Difficulty 12+ Successes rolled for the ritual.

TORMENT: The high-Torment effect of this ritual mixes fragments of blazing rock along with the rain of sulfur, setting flammable objects alight and inflicting lethal instead of bashing damage.

Variations: None.

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BEAST TONGUE: COST 10 XP

The demons of the Sixth House had easy access to the minds and hearts of the animals with which they worked, but their human allies had no such advantage. The ability to converse with animals in tactical situations was invaluable to the Rabisu, and the Beast Tongue ritual was developed to extend this ability to the mortals who aided them. The animals the Devourers worked with were almost always ordered not to harm a certain group of designated humans, to allow the mortals to talk with the animals in the absence of the Devourers without risking life and limb.

Primary Lore: Lore of The Beast  ◉◉ Secondary Lore: Lore of Humanity ◉

RESTRICTIONS: A sigil must be drawn with a solution infused with woodbine and robin. ( Photinia plant)

SYSTEM:

• ROLL: GRIMNORIE RELIC POOL

• DIFFICULTY:

• TORMENTED  11+ GRIMNORIE  TORMENT  

• REGULAR       Must exceed the Torment difficulty by +1

• TARGETS:      Successes x Ankida's Faith amount of individuals can be gifted with the beast tongue.

• DURATION:    1 hour per Ankida's faith

SUCCESS

Once it takes effect, the subjects can converse with any natural animal that is ordinarily capable of communicating with others of its kind.

The animal will perceive the ritual subjects to be communicating with it as others of its kind would. The ritual’s effects last for a number of hours equal to the Ankida’s Faith score.

TORMENT: The ritual’s subjects can still communicate with animals, but their “speech” comes out hostile and aggressive. Animals will react as if threatened to anything the subjects say while affected by the ritual.

A mortal or demon must rely on a Manipulation + Animal Kinship roll difficulty 10 + Grimnorie Torment  to overcome this effect and be understood normally.

Variations: Increasing the Humanity rating to ◉◉ causes animals who are being spoken to by a ritual subject to be naturally predisposed in her favor, regardless of whether they have been previously commanded  to be friendly.

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WILD PATH: COST 30XP

Speed and mobility on the field of war were essential for victory. Where others used their wings, many Ninurtu used the plants they had nurtured from infancy to burgeoning adulthood. Using the Wild Path ritual, Devourers could step into a stand of trees and step out a mile away, an unpleasant surprise to the enemy with their backs turned.

Primary Lore: Lore of The Wild  ◉◉◉◉ Secondary Lore: Lore of Paths ◉◉

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RESTRICTIONS: The subjects of ritual must stand within a sigil, which must be inscribed in a natural clearing in a copse of trees or forest.

SYSTEM:

• SPEND  1 Point Of Faith

• ROLL: GRIMNORIE RELIC POOL

• DIFFICULTY:

• TORMENTED  11+ GRIMNORIE  TORMENT  

• REGULAR       Must exceed the Torment difficulty by +1

• RANGE:        1 mile per Ankida's Faith from Sigil

• TARGETS:      1 Mortal or Demon per success rolled.

• DURATION:   12 hours

SUCCESS

During the duration of the ritual  period the affected subjects can step into one tree and emerge from another just as if they had traversed a path. This effect works anywhere within the range of the ritual. In effect, the ritual spontaneously creates paths for the beneficiaries of the ritual between the trees in the ritual’s area of effect, as and when the paths are needed. If a subject tries to step out of a tree that is outside the area of the ritual’s influence, she is automatically diverted to the nearest tree that is within the range of the ritual sigil.

Characters Stepping from tree to tree need to Identify the correct tree to step out of Roll: PERCEPTION + ACADEMICS( Survival): Difficulty 14+

If the roll fails, the person steps out of a random tree in the ritual’s area of effect.

TORMENT: If the ritual is affected by Torment, the demons’ taint irritates the trees and provokes resistance.

Stepping into a tree requires a Willpower roll to push one’s way past the Torment-induced barrier.

ROLL :COMPOSURE + RESOLVE

DIFFICULTY 12 + GRIMNORIE TORMENT

Variations: None

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FOG OF WAR: COST 10XP

The Fog of War was developed to hide groups of demons and their mortal allies from enemy troops. The ritual summons evanescent swirls of fine cloud and mist that subtly billow around the Ankida and his companions. With nothing so vulgar as a puff of smoke, the group vanishes from mortal sight and even becomes hard to spot by other demons.

Primary Lore: Lore of The Winds  ◉◉◉ Secondary Lore: Lore of Humanity ◉◉◉

RESTRICTION: The Ankida must draw a sigil around the group of subjects with a maidens’ veils soaked in tears.

SYSTEM:

• ROLL: GRIMNORIE RELIC POOL

• DIFFICULTY:

• TORMENTED  11+ GRIMNORIE  TORMENT  

• REGULAR       Must exceed the Torment difficulty by +1

• SUBJECTS:     1 individual per Ankida's faith may be concealed by the cloud

• DURATION:   1 hour per success.

SUCCESS

Mortals: The ritual conceals the Ankida and his allies from the sight of mortals. The players of each mortal who should see the hidden group may make a Willpower test against difficulty 16+. If he achieves more successes than the ritual casting did, he can perceive the group normally (though such perception does not magically reveal the group to any viewer other than that individual mortal).

Supernaturals : The ritual does affect the perceptions of supernatural , but to a much smaller degree. A supernatural  can see the concealed group if she succeeds on Perception + Wits roll difficulty 10+ Ankida’s Faith. 

TORMENT: When Torment affects this ritual, the fog it creates is ominous and menacing. The figures within are obscured by the billows, but the cloud itself is anything but discreet. Shot through with angry gray and red streaks, it looks like a thundercloud in miniature. Enemies who come into contact with the fog are scalded by its venom. It inflicts the Ankida’s Faith score points of lethal damage on any non-concealed person entering the cloud.

Characters wishing to avoid the cloud roll Dexterity + Athletics Difficulty 10+ Grimnories Torment. A character entering combat with a concealed character automatically suffers the damage as they can't enter the cloud and NOT take damage.

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