Light of the Silvery Moon Ritual

E/F/M:

This Ritual of varying duration of casting mates one of the various forms of Exclusive or Inclusive Pentacles in the indicated Area, surrounding the point determined by the practitioner. 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 provided for by the practitioner. The caster and any associates must remain within the Pentacle at all times, or else the protection (or the Pentacle itself, if temporary) is negated. Inclusive Pentacles keep whatever is inside the radius locked therein. The types of Pentacles which may be used. and. their effectiveness, are listed ,bellow:

All Pentacles keep out spirits, and at the casters option, the Pentacle may also serve in addition to keep out: (1) Heka (DR as listed) with a Resistance strength determined by the caster through additional Heka investment at time of activation. No more Heka can be Invest. than the tot. of the casters S TRAIT (SM CATEGORY if a Partial Practitioner) plus 2 x STEEP (in this Sud-Area) in points For details of how a Pentacles STR is applied in defending against heka .tacks, see Chapter 4 of this book (2) Heka (as above) and Partial Physical Manifestations (1 DR harder). (3) Heka. (as above) and Partial and Pull Physical Manifestations (2 DRs harder). However, for each doubling of Casting duration 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, whichever is the lesser (less favorable) modification.