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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mesh Hong" data-source="post: 4879384" data-attributes="member: 73463">This is pretty much what I was going to suggest, I might do it slightly differently. Step 1: Once in combat, unless they have spent time before hand researching a solution to the problem. Every turn (until success) each PC with the Arcana or Religion skill makes a DC20 Arcana or Religion check as a free action. On success they realise they can use the dragons blood to counteract its darkness ability for a short while. Step 2: They need a sample of the dragons blood. A PC who has hit the dragon with a melee attack must be standing adjacent to the caster and either may spend a minor action to wipe some on the casters hand. (for simplicities sake no more blood can be taken from that weapon until it hits the dragon again) Step 3: In combat skill challange. DC18 Arcana or Religion check as a move action, 3 successes required before 3 failures; on the third success the sample of blood is expended and 1 ally within 5 squares can see through the dragons darkness (in the same way the dragon can) for 1d4+2 rounds, on failure the sample of dragons blood is wasted. Variants:1: You could give an added bonus explained through the empowering effect of the dragons blood where any character under the influence of the ritual also gains a +1 bonus to hit the dragon with all attacks. 2: You could remove the 1d4+2 rounds duration and change it to until the end of the encounter, but I would not recommend this as it may be more exciting to have a 3 to 6 round window of opportunity before needing the ritual refreshed. Saying that 6 rounds is quite a long time.</blockquote>

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