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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mal Malenkirk" data-source="post: 5001208" data-attributes="member: 834">[sblock=OOC]Well, we know the 'Heart of Darkness' is there and that Rinch tried to retrieve it.But he died without telling what he knew.  You don't know what the heart looks like and from what ship it was seized or when.Right now it is exactly like the Lost Ark from Indiana Jones, lost in a huge government warehouse.  Needle in a haystack.[/sblock]It seems obvious that whatever his orginal nature, the Usurper is now tied to the shadow realms.  You discover not one but two rituals that show promises.First, the ritual of Radiant Severance.  If performed over a recently diseased body it will cut the ties between a sould and its earthly anchor.  Montroya learns the ritual.You discover another interesting rituals; Purging the soul.It turns out that by fighting Rinch, your body has been tainted by his shadowy energy.  It's nothing serious, you would get cleaned up naturally within the week.  But you can use it to your advantage; The ritual 'Purging the Soul' cleans up all this taint and then attune you to its particular signature; when you face Rinch again, you will be stronger.[sblock=OOC]'recently diseased' translate to 'Must start Within 2 rounds'.  So the one to perform the ritual must be within three moves of him at the point of death.Radiant SeveranceDuration:  One minuteKey Skill:  Religion5 +  Disrupted for a month15+ Disrupted for 6 month25+ Disrupted for a year35+ permanent (The item used to link the soul to the world becomes useless)This doesn't work on a Lich.  It works specifically only on creatures with a [Shadow] descriptor that reincarnate freely by using a physical anchor. Purging the SoulKey skill : Religion (no check)Duration : one hourEffect; you purge the trace taint that your body endured during your last confrontation with the Usurper's minions and transform it into positive energy that will harm him.To work, you need to have been exposed to one of the Usurper's minion energy and then fight him again within the week.  Then, whenever an attack includes that minion (Rinch), all attack rolls and damage gains a +2 enhancement bonus (Remember that if you are using a +1 weapon/implement, the attack already has a +1 enhancement bonus and it does not stack).These are so specific that I won't try coming up with a level and a market price.You likely will never have to uses these again (And by the time you have +2 weapons/implements you won't care about Purging the Soul anayway even if you find yourself in the same situation)[/sblock][sblock=OOC]More later.  But the next step is obviously tracking down Rinch again now that you know how to spot him (at least for a while)[/sblock]</blockquote>

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