Custom Kuei-jin: Ritual
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Drawing from the arts of Yang Demon Command and the Rite of Inauspicious Object,
the Heavenly Rite of Zhurong seeks to expand the capabilities of the Divine Devils to greater
degrees. Binding the mightiest of Yomi Wan's minions, those who have fallen from the Celestial
Order, and imprisoning them in order to deny their foe soldiers and power.
System: To start this ritual the Devil Tiger must first find a worthy demon through appropriate
roleplay. Finding a worthy demon requires utilization of the Demonology ability or by contacting
other demons to use them in the hunt. Hunting the demon is a Mental vs 12 traits retest Occult,
upon successfully finding the demon they must then go into battle against it. They then perform
a ritual that takes an hour after the Devil Tiger has found and beaten the demon into
submission. The spirit may be of any order of the Triat, but it must be a corrupted form as those
serving the Celestial Order are immune to this.
DEMON REFERS TO BANES, NOT EARTHBOUND OR
FALLEN.
To bind the demon is a Social Chop vs 15 traits retest Intimidation.
The object the demon is bound into must be suitable to the type of demon, or its purpose must
be suited to it, a demon of war will not abide being bound into an object of peace, unless it can
be - and is - used for violence. The object must also be made of specific materials - for such
things can only be bound in prisons copper, bronze, and jade.
The demon can also only be bound into an object of excellent Craftsmanship (Craftsx4
or better), as nothing else will be suitable for its prison.
This ritual must take place in a Yang Dragon Nest.
This ritual is used to create a 聖功武 Shèng gōng wǔ, (lit. "Divine-made weapon" =
fetishes).
These are prisons first and foremost, and the prisoners want out. Whenever these items
are activated there must be a simple test based on your Hun rating vs 5 traits, on a failure the
demon bound within the item is freed and it is angry. There is no negotiation, it is immediately
combat.
You can only carry as many of these items as half your current P’o rating rounded down.
The power of these items is the true temptation, however, and when it is deactivated the
Kuei-Jin needs to test for Shadow Soul to not be overwhelmed by their P’o to keep the item
active to continue using its power for themselves.