Magic V 137 Optional Components F the Eltdown Shards give a +5 insight bonus on skill checks to cast this ritual Skill Checks Knowledge history or Profession Yog-Sothothery philosopher
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Optional Components F (the Eltdown Shards give a +5
insight bonus on skill checks to cast this ritual)
Skill Checks Knowledge (history) or Profession
(Yog-Sothothery philosopher) DC 30, 1 success
Range 100 miles
Targets up to 20 Yithians
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
This ritual alerts members of the great race of Yith in
the caster’s own time to the caster's location and desire
to make contact The ritual cannot contact such beings
in the future or past, only members of the great race
who have mind-swapped with a “native” intelligent
creature in the present
The Yithians gain familiarity with the caster as
if they had firsthand knowledge (for the purpose of
scrying and similar spells) and familiarity with the
caster's location as if they had seen it once (for the
purpose of teleport and similar spells) The Yithians
otherwise gain no special ability to travel to the caster
or communicate The Yithians may choose to approach
and interact with the caster if such interaction seems
safe, productive, and interesting They will terminate
persistent or irritating casters they do not trust by
whatever means at their disposal From negative
experience, Yithians are wary of being interrogated and
tortured for their vast knowledge, and their knowledge
of all time makes them adept at judging whether any
particular caller will prove such an interrogator
CREATE ELDER SIGN
School abjuration; Level 3
Casting Time 1 hour (2 phases of 30 minutes;
automatically fails if interrupted)
Components V, S
Optional Components F (a rendering of the Elder Sign
gives a +2 insight bonus on all ritual skill checks), F
(the Celeano Fragments or another source of all three
renderings give a +5 insight bonus on all ritual skill checks
and increases casting time to 3 hours in 2 phases of 90
minutes)
Skill Checks Knowledge (arcana) or Profession
(Yog-Sothothery philosopher) DC 15, 1 success (diagram);
Knowledge (planes) or Profession (Yog-Sothothery philosopher) DC 15, 1 success
Range touch
Diagram Elder Sign of any size on object touched; for every
5 feet of its radius, increase the diagram skill check DC
by 1
Target object touched Duration permanent Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
Backlash The drawer of the Elder Sign gains one temporary
negative level (Fortitude save DC 15 to remove)
This ceremony creates an Elder Sign on the touched object An Elder Sign is immune to the attacks, spells,
and abilities of a Great Old One, Outer God, or creatures bound to their service (including species like deep ones or tcho-tcho), and they may not touch or
pass through an object with the Elder Sign Generally,
an Elder Sign is destroyed after being within 30 feet
of a Great Old One or Outer God for more than 5
continuous rounds Note that since only the Elder Sign itself has immunity to various alien horrors, its
protection may be unreliable For example, a shield
with the Elder Sign drawn on it would not be affected
by a Great Old One’s attack, but the monster could still strike the bearer if it avoids striking the shield
Engraving the sign upon a door or on an archway will prevent such creatures from passing through the portal
DRAGON ASCENDING
School necromancy; Level 5 Casting Time 1 full-round action Components V
Optional Components F (the Necronomicon gives a +10
insight bonus on casting skill checks)
Skill Check Knowledge (nature) or Profession
(Yog-Sothothery philosopher) DC 15 + target's HD, 1 success
Range close (25 ft + 5 ft./2 levels) Target essential salts created by ritual Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no Backlash none
Failure none
This brief incantation restores the salt created by
essential salts to life as described in that ritual.