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Message: <blockquote data-quote="weem" data-source="post: 5097300" data-attributes="member: 9470">I always try and find something it's similar to.I looked around a bit and the "Ajure" ritual had some elements that would be similar in yours I think. I don't want to just post the whole thing, so I will grab the specific pieces I was looking at...The ritual is about ordering an immortal entity to serve you. Yours is about getting questions answered, but there are similarities in the process involved I think.That might be something to consider adding to your wording (minus the "immortal" perhaps)? and of course, you are looking for this to be standard action so the "time necessary" will be different.So, this ritual addresses how you keep the creature there - yours might mention something as well so it's clear. Yours says "The enemy is helpless in your grasp and his resistance to your inquisition vanishes." But it would be good to know mechanically what that means. The reason being (for me) is this... can he walk away? If the answer is no, then you are keeping him there somehow, so what's stopping you from making him... follow you... walk off a cliff, etc.Yours doesn't have anything like this - may need it?Now, you are only asking to... ask some questions and have them answered, whereas this ritual is about controlling the being. So, this (skill challenge) may be more than you need to consider - but it might be something to consider (see "overall" below)So, if yours was using this skill challenge table, this line (or, 2-3 successes) would be about all you would need (5 minutes).Overall- Ajure is a 16th level ritual [Yours we don't know yet]- Ajure would require restraining the victim for 1 hour during ritual time [yours would instantly attack the victim's WILL and its not clear what keeps the victim there]- Ajure requires a skill challenge to even control the creature for 5 minutes [yours requires it to honestly answer questions, which in some cases could be far more dangerous to it than commanding it to do a 5 minute task]I dig the idea for sure - getting answers is awesome - but right now it seems a bit strong. I'm not great with balance aspects of the game, which is why I try and compare new stuff to currently "legal" stuff... i just don't read the rules often (I know what I need to know etc).Hopefully some others here can give more ideas/advice on making this workable!Welcome to ENW btw <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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