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Message: <blockquote data-quote="greyscale1" data-source="post: 4419795" data-attributes="member: 65303">Dark Residuum:A strange mirror of ordinary Residuum, Dark Residuum has many interesting anti-magic properties. Rarely found naturally occuring in the Shadowfell, Dark Residuum Is most often created using the Corrupt Residuum ritual. Dark Residuum has appears as a deep burnished silver dust that gives off a faint glow - similar to that of a weak blacklight.Dark Residuum is worth the same amount of gold as normal Residuum. Dispite being far rarer, it is generally less all around useful than normal Residuum.Dark Residuum may not be used in rituals other than the ones specified here.Dark Residuum Rituals:Corrupt ResiduumLevel: 5Component Cost: SpecialCategory: CreationMarket Price: 200gpTime: 10 MinutesKey Skill: Arcana (No Check)Duration: PermanentSifting Residuum through your cupped hands, you gradually twist the silvery light of the dust into a shadowy reflection of its former self.The component cost of this ritual must always be payed entirely in Residuum, the amount of Dark Residuum you receive is equal to the amount of Residuum you begin with.Enchant Cursed Magic ItemLevel: 5Component Cost: SpecialCategory: CreationMarket Price: 200gpTime: 1 HourKey Skill: Arcana (No Check)Duration: PermanentThis ritual is identical to the enchant magic item ritual except that it can only create cursed items (covered later).The cost of this ritual must be payed entirely in Dark Residuum.Cursed items always disenchant into Dark Residuum.Dark Residuum FieldLevel: 5Component Cost: SpecialCategory: CreationMarket Price: 200gpTime: 1 Minute per squareKey Skill: Arcana (No Check)Duration: Permanent until removed.While in many ways unlike a ritual, Dark Residuum Field requires knowledge and practice to perform correctly.Seeding the ground with Dark Residuum, you create a field that interferes with all forms of teleportation and hinders certain magics in its area.Seeding normal ground in such a way costs 50gp worth of Dark Residuum and 1 minute of time per square. Any ground that has an existing teleportation effect on it (teleportation circle, certain spells, etc) takes 200gp worth of Dark Residuum and 10 minutes per square.Squares seeded with Dark Residuum Field can not be teleported into or out of. Any effect that would attempt to teleport into or out of a seeded square immediately fails and is lost, leaving the user where they were. Existing teleportation areas must have all of their squares covered or they continue to function unhindered, however, if the teleportation is between two connected 'nodes' only one of the nodes has to be completely covered for the effect to cease functioning.In an undisturbed or well-tended area with a hard floor, one usage of Dark Residuum Field may last forever. Seeded Dark Residuum cannot simply be swept up, however, a significant cleaning effort (at least 30 minutes of scrubbing per square) can remove the field - this requires no knowledge or training. On looser ground such as snow, loosely packed dirt, or gravel Dark Residuum Field can only be expected to last up to a week, conditions permitting. The field can be destroyed by high force winds or very heavy rain, or if the ground it is set on is significantly destroyed (shoveling the snow would do the trick, etc).Dark Residuum Field is mostly used in prisons the contain eladrin or arcanists, or in vaults, treasure troves, and the like. Nobility and other important/rich figures may have their private chambers seeded to protect from assassins.Detecting a field requires a DC 25 perception check in bright light, DC 20 check in dim light, and DC 10 check in total darkness. Detection is automatic upon failed teleport. After detection the field may be identified with a DC 25 Arcana or Religion check.</blockquote>

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