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<blockquote data-quote="SweeneyTodd" data-source="post: 4258267" data-attributes="member: 9391">That's awesome. I'll assume the ritual in question acts as a scroll and the page crumbles into dust -- it's kind of the &quot;Quickstart Guide&quot; in the front of the DMG (Demon Mastery Guide). <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Alternately, a shard of a religious fragment, carved in stone, could be found in the ruined tomb of a long-dead wealthy merchant. It's a Raise Dead ritual. This fellow hoarded the thing all his life, hoping to cheat death... then died of old age after all. (Voila, a &quot;do over&quot; for the party in case they screw up and die at low levels, works even if they don't have a cleric, and it's a lot easier to tie into the campaign story than &quot;Um, I'm gonna reroll that so Bob can keep playing.&quot;&nbsp; )I dig the Cugel the Clever reference as well -- for some reason I'm imagining a charisma-based half-elf warlord with Skill Training:Arcana and Dilettante to give him just one in-combat spell that's not a bluff or trickery. He could &quot;lead from the rear&quot; with threats of mighty magic. Sort of a bard type, I suppose.*throws flash powder*&quot;Back, you bandits, lest you face my Excellent Prismatic Spray!&quot;*uses Magic Missle*&quot;And that's just a TASTE of my true power!&quot;&quot;...if they don't buy it, run.&quot;That seems to combine pretty well with purloined rituals and &quot;borrowed&quot; expensive material components. Man, now I want to play that guy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SweeneyTodd, post: 4258267, member: 9391"] That's awesome. I'll assume the ritual in question acts as a scroll and the page crumbles into dust -- it's kind of the "Quickstart Guide" in the front of the DMG (Demon Mastery Guide). :) Alternately, a shard of a religious fragment, carved in stone, could be found in the ruined tomb of a long-dead wealthy merchant. It's a Raise Dead ritual. This fellow hoarded the thing all his life, hoping to cheat death... then died of old age after all. (Voila, a "do over" for the party in case they screw up and die at low levels, works even if they don't have a cleric, and it's a lot easier to tie into the campaign story than "Um, I'm gonna reroll that so Bob can keep playing." ) I dig the Cugel the Clever reference as well -- for some reason I'm imagining a charisma-based half-elf warlord with Skill Training:Arcana and Dilettante to give him just one in-combat spell that's not a bluff or trickery. He could "lead from the rear" with threats of mighty magic. Sort of a bard type, I suppose. *throws flash powder* "Back, you bandits, lest you face my Excellent Prismatic Spray!" *uses Magic Missle* "And that's just a TASTE of my true power!" "...if they don't buy it,[I] run.[/I]" That seems to combine pretty well with purloined rituals and "borrowed" expensive material components. Man, now I want to play that guy. [/QUOTE]

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