Amulet Ritual

E/F/M:

This Ritual of 5 ATs casting time enchants a previously prepared item enabling it to accept and repeat one sort of moderate protective Casting Effect. This protective Effect can either be activated by the item's owner or by a preprogrammed trigger. If a trigger is used, a continuous divinatory Casting must be linked to the amulet through this Ritual, and the conditions of the trigger based only on information given by that Casting Effect.

Upon successful activation, a second roll must be made against the caster's STEEP to complete this Ritual. The Difficulty Rating of this roll depends on the power of the desired amulet. The modifiers for this roll are as follows:

Table of Added Powers

Base DR and Modifiers

Casting usable 1 time/day no divination ability necessary, no additional Heka required

Base DR

Moderate

Divination Power - must be a minor continuous Casting also cast into the amulet during the creation process

+2 DRs

(Harder)

Every 20 points of Heka added to strengthen Effect Protection, Divination, etc.)

+1 DR

(Harder)

Each additional Time/Day amulet activates

+1 DR

(Harder)

Area of Effect instead of personal protection

+2 DR

(Harder)

Each 5 yards diameter for Area of Effect

+1 DR

(Harder)

Note that unless the Heka forger attempts to create an amulet with an Area of Effect, the protection granted by the item will only effect the persona wearing it, even if the protective Casting normally protects more than a single persona.

The protective and divinatory Castings associated with the amulet are treated as separate from Amulet Ritual when considering Heka Aperture limits. If a continuously active divinatory Casting is linked to the amulet, the Heka forger must expend 100 times the Casting cost into the item. This Heka must be spent within 1 BT/20 STEEP of the Heka forger (fractions rounded up), with no more Heka spent than the practitioner's Heka Aperture per CT. This time limit begins after the activation of the divinatory Casting.

A natural or regenerating Heka source is required to power this Ritual. The total Heka from this source must be sufficient to power a dedicated Reservoir for the protective Casting, multiplied by the number of times per day the amulet can function. If the amulet protects an Area, multiply the required Heka by 1 plus 1 for every 5 yards diameter it protects - i.e. a 10 yard diameter Area of Effect would require 3x the normal Heka. Hekalite is most commonly used as a Heka source.

Failure of the second roll means that the Heka forger will never be able to lay this Casting upon the item, though the regenerating Heka source may be salvaged and reused. Special Failure means that a worked or crafted object is ruined and is destroyed permanently.

This Ritual can not be cast with another Heka-Forging Casting, without the cojoining Effect of a Craft Mastery Casting.