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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WanderingMonster" data-source="post: 1399417" data-attributes="member: 573">Thank you for all your input!I think that I have a really nasty surprise in store for the PCs.  I was already leaning in one direction, and all the suggestions just really pushed me towards what I was already considering. I'm pleased that this campaign has taken off.  We've had a long hiatus with a very dark time when it looked like we'd never game again! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" />  You guys have also solidfied my resolve to make a story hour, and I hope I can live up to the expectations.  Just so you know what the ritual was, here's the incantation the alchemsit was trying to cast: Forge the NeggwroughtConjurationEffective Level: 8thSkill Check: Knowledge (arcana) DC 21, 4 successes; Craft (blacksmithing) DC 21, 4 successes Failure: ReversalComponents: V, S, M, F, XP, B, SCCasting Time: 11 hours, 6 minutesRange: CloseTarget: A single devilDuration: PermanentSaving Throw: NoneSpell Resistance: NoThis incantation summons a specific devil and binds it forever in a knot of mystical black chains known as the Neggwrought.  The spell renders the fiend helpless: it is unable to move or use any of its spell-like abilities.  The caster(s) are immune to any supernatural abilities the devil may use.  This spell does not ensure that the devil will be cooperative, truthful, or deferential towards the caster.  In fact, the opposite is likely to be true.  The devil only receives half its SR against spells cast by the caster of forge the Neggwrought. The Neggwrought is impervious to damage and magic of all kinds.  It cannot be dispelled, and wish cannot free the fiend.  Only the caster can free the devil, and to do that would be certain death.Failure: If the caster fails, he is bound by the Neggwrought forever, and usually taken prisoner by the fiend he tried to bind.Material Component: An unbroken circle of diamond powder worth 5,000 gp.; 13 pure souls; the true name of the devil to be bound.Focus: A 666-link chain made of cold iron.XP Component: 1,000 XP.Backlash: Casters are exhausted after completing the incantation.Extra Casters: 13 required to harvest the pure souls as the caster binds them to the chain. I won't spill all my secrets (I have to save something for the story hour), but I will say that the origins of the spell are in the legend of Aelora and Gulrath.  The goddess Aelora bound her nemesis, a devil named Gulrath, in the Neggwrought for 10,000 years.  But the spell only binds devils—from his prison, Gulrath found a way to acquire worshippers until he became...more. Thanks again!</blockquote>

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