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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 4446137" data-attributes="member: 12731">Thank you all, and of course, especially to the esteemed Dr Hook! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile    :-)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" />I do understand the notion of "this ritual will only be used by the bad guy, so let's just have the DM say, presto, the ritual is there and does its stuff, end of ritual story!".However, that isn't very D&D is it? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile    :-)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" />In fact, detailing the evil rituals is exactly what you would have to do if you wish a more Lovecraftian feel for your campaign. ("All rituals are evil!" - just read the below listing, and you should instantly see what I mean. This stuff is gold! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile    :-)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" />.Here are the one's I've found in the Monster Manual. Not a bad haul for a single book not about rituals, eh? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile    :-)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" />Animate Chains, page 62.Animate Colossus, page 44.Animate Eidolon, page 101.Bind Sphinx, page 245.Conjure Aspect of Orcus, page 208.Create Aboleth Servitor, page 8-9.Create Dragonspawn, page 88.Create Flameskull, page 109.Create Guardian, page 149.Create Helmeted Horror, page 155.Create Skeleton, page 235.Create Sphinx, page 245.Create Vampire (See Dark Gift of the Undying)Create Wraith, page 266.Create Zombie, page 275.Call Angel of Vengeance, page 17.Death Knight, page 50. (See Soul Weapon below & DMG)Dracolich ritual.Give Warforged Sentience (See Eberron)Hag Dark Ritual, page 150. (general class of rituals)Lich ritual.Grigwartha's Create Boneclaw, page 37-38.Snaketongue Tranformations, page 272. (general class of rituals)Soul Weapon, page 51. (See Death Knight above & DMG)Summon Evistro, page 55.Summon Devil, page 60. (general class of rituals)Summon Elemental, page 105. (general class of rituals)Summon Flame Snake, page 241.Summon Gargoyle, page 115.Summon Harbinger Storm, page 125.Summon Wraith, page 266.Transform Into Bodak, page 36 & 197.Transform Into Ghoul, page 119.Vumerion’s Create Skull Lord, page 236.I make no claim these names are official.Adding to this, the Phoenix feather component to Raise Dead.Personally, one of the greatest boons about rituals, is if creators can create more powerful bodyguards than themselves. (The way spellcasters could summon weak useless creatures in 3E never made sense to me...)Perhaps you could have as-of-yet-undescribed rituals as an appendix to your file, Dr Hook? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile    :-)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /></blockquote>

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