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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Phoenix" data-source="post: 2501414" data-attributes="member: 16166">[sblock]Ghost Listen check (DC 15) +21 - SuccessTaran Listen check (DC 15) +13 - FailureGhost Knowledge (arcana) check (DC 10/15/20) +15 - Basic SuccessGhost Spellcraft check (DC 28) +29 - Success[/sblock]As the two listen intently at the door Ghost's ears begin to pick up something dreadful.  The chant inside is something that he thought he would never hear spoken aloud, for his recent research into the cult of Hess Ne-el Il'ithuk had led him through various tomes of lore in lost nooks of the city.He had read small pieces of lore about the necromantic teachings of the Killi-kelli-hek tribe, with a handful of scholars theorizing that the dwarves were once powerful necromancers whose dealings with the undead drove them mad and to cannabalism.  One of the forbidden rituals that had been mentioned was the Urigarian Chant, and some of the passages that Ghost had read were being recited in the next room.The Urigarian Chant was, is, supposed to be a lost ritual that draws the soul's essence from living creatures and purifies it so that the drinker of the distilled essence can gain the powers of the victims for short periods of time.  The ritual leaves the victim alive, but without a soul.</blockquote>