Custom Blood Magic: Ritual

Advanced Ritual

Created in an effort to protect holy sites,  this ritual is enacted in a manner similar to that of Ward versus Pishacha, but creates a circle centered on the caster into which a Pishacha cannot pass without being burned. The circle can be made as large and as permanent as the caster desires, as long as she is willing to pay the necessary price.

System: The ritual requires three blood points of fallen Pishacha blood. The caster determines the size of the warding circle when it is cast; the default radius is 10 feet/3 meters, and every 10-foot/3-meter increase raises the difficulty of the Mental check by one, to a maximum of +9. The player spends one blood point for every 10 feet/3 meters of radius and rolls. The ritual takes the normal casting time if it is to be short-term (lasting for the rest of the night) or one night if it is to be long-term (lasting a year and a day).

Once the warding circle is established, any Pishacha who attempts to cross its boundary feels a tingle on his skin and a slight breeze on his face. If the Pishacha attempts to press on, he must succeed in a Willpower challenge versus the caster's recorded Willpower at the time of casting (retest Occult or similar).

Failure indicates that the ward blocks his passage and inflicts three levels of aggravated damage, and his next attempt to enter the circle is at +1 Willpower difficulty. If the Pishacha leaves the circle and attempts to enter it again, he must repeat the challenge. Coming or going from the circle causes the same results, thus it is possible to trap a Pishacha within the circle, providing they are not willing or able to cross the boundary.