Custom Blood Magic: Ritual

Ptah is the god of craftsman, and ultimately the deity responsible for the creation of everything.  A lector priest may call upon this aspect of Ptah to enhance the apparent quality of an item.  By combining a bit of blood, sand, and crude oil into a mixture, then praying over the resulting concoction for 30 minutes, the caster creates the Milk of Set know as The Blessing of Ptah.

This ritual allows the user to enhance an object or substance already produced, improving it's apparent quality. When the concoction is poured over an object, it's "apparent quality" is improved by two levels. This does not actually improve the traits or functionality of an item, it only improves the apparent levels of the Crafts ability use to make the item.  If multiple types of Crafts were used on creating the item, this ritual affects the Crafts skill most closely associated with it's physical form and appearance.

System:
Crafting the Milk of Set requires simple ingredients. Anyone may apply the Blessing of Ptah to an item, using the gold colored oil to polish the item and then wiping it clean. The item appears to be made two crafts levels higher than it was actually made with, up to a maximum Craft rating of x10.  The item only appears to be higher quality.  It does not receive any special benefits for it's higher craft rating beyond looking like a higher quality item.  Even a trained craftsman cannot see through the deception.  The effect lasts for one lunar cycle, and can be extended another cycle by applying the Milk to the item at any time before the effect wears off.  There is no limit to the number of times the effect can be extended, but multiple uses of the Blessing of Ptah and similar magical effects to do not stack.

Approved by Setite Coord on April 2nd, 2020.