Post by burningtorso on Oct 22, 2014 17:24:45 GMT -6
These are some rituals I wrote up for my home campaign.
In the unlikely chance that a GM would allow a Sorcerer PC to perform these rituals, I decided to post them here.
I removed all home campaign specific details and the more horrific details from the descriptions.
Please note, there are some sacrifice details in the descriptions.
Here is the four step ritual process to become a Carcosan Mummy!
Name: Obsequious Sycophantic Exaulting for the Dark Emissary's Blessing
By means of this ritual the Sorcerer attempts to gain the blessing of Nyarlathotep to begin his/her path to becoming an Undead Mummy. The begin this ritual, the character must sacrifice a trusted companion. For game terms, this cannot be a simple henchman or slave. This must be another player character. The two characters must have had a minimal of conflict between each other (GM determines acceptable amount of strife) and the Sorcerer must have sacrificed at least one point of
CHA. If the target is successfully assassinated and the appropriate ritualistic sycophantic exaultings of Nyarlanthotep and his greatness (as well as the greatness of the Outer Gods) is
chanted for the next twelve hours immediately following the murder. The Sorcerer then must make a pilgrimage to the shores of the lake in Hex 1716. There, the Sorcerer must sacrifice a traveler (who they must capture by themself) who was traveling in the Radioactive Desert alone. The sacrifice must be performed on the Full Moon. The target must be a Carcosa human. The victim must have also been restrained in silver chains which have been mined from Hex 1909.
The victim is then sacrificed by drowning in the waters of the lake in Hex 1716 in the silver chains they have been restrained in, including a weight fashioned of the ultra-telluric iron the crater in hex 2401. If the ritual is performed successfully, an Avatar of Nyarlathotep known as 'The Shuddering Flesh of the Outer Dark' will rise from the lake and bless the Sorcerer. If failed, this avatar of Nyarlathotep will shamble to the lake shore and consume the Sorcerer for their failure. Failing
that, a group of Nyarlathotep cultists will pursue the fleeing Sorcerer.
Name: Consecration & Preservation of the Essential Organs
By means of this ritual the Sorcerer can prepare his/her organs for the transformation into the state of Undeath, by first preparing a fluid bath with the Formulae 'Fluid of Preservation'. (See page 13 of Realms of Crawling Chaos, if you have that book) The character then must successfully perform the incantation of this ritual, which also require that they have first successfully performed the 'Obsequious Sycophantic Exaulting for the Dark Emissary's Blessing' ritual. If successful, the Sorcerer is able to remove their own organs while exaulting Nyarlanthotep in a ritualistic fashion. Once the Sorcerer has removed his/her vital organs that will be placed in the 'fluid of preservation' in ornate, prepared decorative urns that must be made by a master craftsman. These will preserve the functions of the organs while removed from the Sorcerers body for a limited time and allow the Sorcerer to function without them present within his/her body. This will be equal to CON days, after which the Sorcerer will perish unless the 'Funeral Transmorgification fo the Unliving Flesh' has been performed.
Name: Funeral Transmorgification of the Unliving Flesh
This ritual is the second state of a Sorcerer beginning the process of transforming into an Undead Mummy. The Sorcerer must first have successfully performed the ritual 'Consecration and Preservation of the Essential Organs' before undertaking this ritual. The Sorcerer must personally construct a funeral casket of no less than 10,000 gp value, (which at end of the ritual is transmuted to dust.) The funeral casket is consecrated with the blood of a white woman of no older than age 20, a green man of no older than age 30 and a blue woman of no older than age 40. A procession of willing cultists of Nyarlanthotep must be found and convinced to participate in a funeral procession for the Sorcerer's mortal form. The Sorcerer is placed into the casket while performing incantations and praises to Nyarlanthotep, while 30+ Nyarlanthetep cultists chant the accomplishments of the Sorcerer in a funeral march over a 10 mile stretch of desert in the Radioactive Desert. If the funeral march is interrupted, the ritual fails and the Sorcerer must perform it again, so it is advised to hire a group of combatants to prevent anything from interrupting the ritual. If the ritual is failed three times in a row, an Avatar of Nyarlanthotep flies down from the stars and carries off the Sorcerer to his demise at the center of the Universe. Otherwise, if the ritual is successful, the Sorcerer ends his mortal life. If the cultists do as requested and the Sorcerer's casket is burried in the Radioactive sands, the casket after 2D4 days will turn to dust and the dust will preserve and animate the character's body into a Mummy. After which, the character has CON days to recover and replace his/her preserved organs into his/her body before it disentegerates into dust. At this point, the character should begin work on the 'Ornate Construction & Ensorceling of the Sarcophagus'.
Name: Ornate Construction & Ensorceling of the Sarcophagus
This ritual allow the sorcerous Mummy to construct the sacred Sarcophagus that will serve as a place of rest and restoration of the Mummy's undead form when he/she is damaged. It will not prevent the inevitable crumbling of one's undead form after thousands of years, however it will allow the Mummy to delay that time. This ritual must begin on the full moon. To make use of this ritual, the Sorcerer must have already successfully performed the 'Funeral Transmorgification of the Unliving Flesh' ritual, having which become an Undead Mummy. The Sarcophagus and it's lid must be carved from the obsidian of the volcano in hex 1804, The Smoking Rift (Hex 1104), Mount Voormithadreth (Hex0402), or from black metallic debris from the radioactive city ruins of hex 0101. Any of those locations will provide suitable obsidian for the construction of the Mummy's Sarcophoagus. The main section and the lid must be carved from a single peice of obsidian by a master craftsman who must be a Dolm Man or Woman. The craftsman/woman must also be
ritualistly slain following the construction to consecrate the Sarcophagus and lid in the name of Nyarlanthotep with his/her blood. The Mummy Sorcerer then removed and places his/her preserved organs around the Sarcophagus. (Which must first have been prepared with the 'Concecration and 'Consecration and Preservation of the Essential Organs' ritual.) At this point the Mummy must seal him/herself inside the Sarcophagus until the new moon, dreaming the dark dreams and doctrines of Nyarlanthotep. At this point, the ritual is finished and the Sarcophagus will heal and restore the Mummy of damage at the rate of his/her CON bonus per day. The Mummy may have the Sarcophagus decorated as he/she wishes as long as the main construction methods mentioned above are followed.
In the unlikely chance that a GM would allow a Sorcerer PC to perform these rituals, I decided to post them here.
I removed all home campaign specific details and the more horrific details from the descriptions.
Please note, there are some sacrifice details in the descriptions.
Here is the four step ritual process to become a Carcosan Mummy!
Name: Obsequious Sycophantic Exaulting for the Dark Emissary's Blessing
By means of this ritual the Sorcerer attempts to gain the blessing of Nyarlathotep to begin his/her path to becoming an Undead Mummy. The begin this ritual, the character must sacrifice a trusted companion. For game terms, this cannot be a simple henchman or slave. This must be another player character. The two characters must have had a minimal of conflict between each other (GM determines acceptable amount of strife) and the Sorcerer must have sacrificed at least one point of
CHA. If the target is successfully assassinated and the appropriate ritualistic sycophantic exaultings of Nyarlanthotep and his greatness (as well as the greatness of the Outer Gods) is
chanted for the next twelve hours immediately following the murder. The Sorcerer then must make a pilgrimage to the shores of the lake in Hex 1716. There, the Sorcerer must sacrifice a traveler (who they must capture by themself) who was traveling in the Radioactive Desert alone. The sacrifice must be performed on the Full Moon. The target must be a Carcosa human. The victim must have also been restrained in silver chains which have been mined from Hex 1909.
The victim is then sacrificed by drowning in the waters of the lake in Hex 1716 in the silver chains they have been restrained in, including a weight fashioned of the ultra-telluric iron the crater in hex 2401. If the ritual is performed successfully, an Avatar of Nyarlathotep known as 'The Shuddering Flesh of the Outer Dark' will rise from the lake and bless the Sorcerer. If failed, this avatar of Nyarlathotep will shamble to the lake shore and consume the Sorcerer for their failure. Failing
that, a group of Nyarlathotep cultists will pursue the fleeing Sorcerer.
Name: Consecration & Preservation of the Essential Organs
By means of this ritual the Sorcerer can prepare his/her organs for the transformation into the state of Undeath, by first preparing a fluid bath with the Formulae 'Fluid of Preservation'. (See page 13 of Realms of Crawling Chaos, if you have that book) The character then must successfully perform the incantation of this ritual, which also require that they have first successfully performed the 'Obsequious Sycophantic Exaulting for the Dark Emissary's Blessing' ritual. If successful, the Sorcerer is able to remove their own organs while exaulting Nyarlanthotep in a ritualistic fashion. Once the Sorcerer has removed his/her vital organs that will be placed in the 'fluid of preservation' in ornate, prepared decorative urns that must be made by a master craftsman. These will preserve the functions of the organs while removed from the Sorcerers body for a limited time and allow the Sorcerer to function without them present within his/her body. This will be equal to CON days, after which the Sorcerer will perish unless the 'Funeral Transmorgification fo the Unliving Flesh' has been performed.
Name: Funeral Transmorgification of the Unliving Flesh
This ritual is the second state of a Sorcerer beginning the process of transforming into an Undead Mummy. The Sorcerer must first have successfully performed the ritual 'Consecration and Preservation of the Essential Organs' before undertaking this ritual. The Sorcerer must personally construct a funeral casket of no less than 10,000 gp value, (which at end of the ritual is transmuted to dust.) The funeral casket is consecrated with the blood of a white woman of no older than age 20, a green man of no older than age 30 and a blue woman of no older than age 40. A procession of willing cultists of Nyarlanthotep must be found and convinced to participate in a funeral procession for the Sorcerer's mortal form. The Sorcerer is placed into the casket while performing incantations and praises to Nyarlanthotep, while 30+ Nyarlanthetep cultists chant the accomplishments of the Sorcerer in a funeral march over a 10 mile stretch of desert in the Radioactive Desert. If the funeral march is interrupted, the ritual fails and the Sorcerer must perform it again, so it is advised to hire a group of combatants to prevent anything from interrupting the ritual. If the ritual is failed three times in a row, an Avatar of Nyarlanthotep flies down from the stars and carries off the Sorcerer to his demise at the center of the Universe. Otherwise, if the ritual is successful, the Sorcerer ends his mortal life. If the cultists do as requested and the Sorcerer's casket is burried in the Radioactive sands, the casket after 2D4 days will turn to dust and the dust will preserve and animate the character's body into a Mummy. After which, the character has CON days to recover and replace his/her preserved organs into his/her body before it disentegerates into dust. At this point, the character should begin work on the 'Ornate Construction & Ensorceling of the Sarcophagus'.
Name: Ornate Construction & Ensorceling of the Sarcophagus
This ritual allow the sorcerous Mummy to construct the sacred Sarcophagus that will serve as a place of rest and restoration of the Mummy's undead form when he/she is damaged. It will not prevent the inevitable crumbling of one's undead form after thousands of years, however it will allow the Mummy to delay that time. This ritual must begin on the full moon. To make use of this ritual, the Sorcerer must have already successfully performed the 'Funeral Transmorgification of the Unliving Flesh' ritual, having which become an Undead Mummy. The Sarcophagus and it's lid must be carved from the obsidian of the volcano in hex 1804, The Smoking Rift (Hex 1104), Mount Voormithadreth (Hex0402), or from black metallic debris from the radioactive city ruins of hex 0101. Any of those locations will provide suitable obsidian for the construction of the Mummy's Sarcophoagus. The main section and the lid must be carved from a single peice of obsidian by a master craftsman who must be a Dolm Man or Woman. The craftsman/woman must also be
ritualistly slain following the construction to consecrate the Sarcophagus and lid in the name of Nyarlanthotep with his/her blood. The Mummy Sorcerer then removed and places his/her preserved organs around the Sarcophagus. (Which must first have been prepared with the 'Concecration and 'Consecration and Preservation of the Essential Organs' ritual.) At this point the Mummy must seal him/herself inside the Sarcophagus until the new moon, dreaming the dark dreams and doctrines of Nyarlanthotep. At this point, the ritual is finished and the Sarcophagus will heal and restore the Mummy of damage at the rate of his/her CON bonus per day. The Mummy may have the Sarcophagus decorated as he/she wishes as long as the main construction methods mentioned above are followed.
