Mystic Circle Ritual

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This Ritual creates on of the various forms of exvlusive pentacles in an area surrouding the caster . The exclusive pentacle serves as protection for the personas inside also enabling further casting without interruption by outside forces if a door for such is porvided for by the practitioner times or else the protection or the pentacle itself it temporary is negated . the tpes of pentacles which can be created and their effectiveness are listed bellow. All pentacles keep out spirits and at the caster option the pentacle may also serve in additon to keep out. (1) Heka DR as listed with a resistance strength determined by the mystic through additional heka investment at time of activation . No more heka can be invested than the total of the casters S TRAIT plus 2x the mystiucism STEEP in points. For details of how pentacles STR is applied in defending against heka attcks see chapter 4 of this book . (2) Heka as above and partial physical manifestation s 1 DR harder. (3) Heka as above and partial and full physical manifestataion (2 DRs harder . However for each doubling if casting perofrmance time time spent preparing and working on the pentacle the difficulty rating is decreased by one step up to three steps easier or hard DR which ever is the least favourable. This ritual may be performed in conjuction by several personas wiht STEEP in mysticism in order to lend heka or STEEP to the casting.