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  Spells that draw upon evil powers or conjure creatures from evil-aligned planes or with the evil subtype should have the evil descriptor.

  Occult Rituals

  • eternal apotheosis
  • fiendish transformation
  • trial of the sixteenth step

  Spells

  • agonize
  • animate dead
  • blade of dark triumph
  • blasphemy
  • blood transcription
  • contagion
  • corruption resistance
  • create greater undead
  • create undead
  • curse water
  • death candle
  • death knell
  • defile armor
  • desecrate
  • dispel good
  • divine vessel
  • dread bolt
  • eldritch fever
  • enemy’s heart
  • epidemic
  • excruciating deformation
  • false resurrection
  • fleshworm infestation
  • follow aura
  • greater contagion
  • greater false resurrection
  • greater interrogation
  • interrogation
  • ki leech
  • lesser animate dead
  • magic circle against good
  • mass pain strike
  • necromancer’s army
  • nightmare
  • pain strike
  • plague carrier
  • plague storm
  • protection from good
  • retribution
  • sentry skull
  • shadow projection
  • shared suffering
  • summon accuser
  • summon infernal host
  • symbol of pain
  • undine’s curse
  • unhallow
  • unholy aura
  • unholy blight
  • unholy ice weapon
  • unholy ice
  • unholy sword
  • vision of hell
  • wracking ray

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  • Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Ultimate Magic

  SECTION 15

  • Anger of Angels, Copyright 2003, Sean K Reynolds.
  • Book of Fiends, Copyright 2003, Green Ronin Publishing; Authors: Aaron Loeb, Erik Mona, Chris Pramas, Robert J. Schwalb.
  • Monte Cook’s Arcana Unearthed, Copyright 2003, Monte J. Cook.
  • Path of the Magi, Copyright 2002 Citizen Games/Troll Lord Games; Authors: Mike McArtor, W. Jason Peck, Jeff Quick, and Sean K Reynolds.
  • Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook, Copyright 2010, Paizo Publishing, LLC; Author: Jason Bulmahn, based on material by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, and Skip Williams.
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  • The Book of Hallowed Might, Copyright 2002, Monte J. Cook.
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  • Angel, Movanic Deva from the Tome of Horrors, Revised, Copyright 2002, Necromancer Games, Inc.; Author: Scott Greene, based on original material by E. Gary Gygax.
  • Brownie from the Tome of Horrors, Revised, Copyright 2002, Necromancer Games, Inc.; Author: Scott Greene, based on original material by E. Gary Gygax.
  • Daemon, Ceustodaemon (Guardian Daemon) from the Tome of Horrors, Revised, Copyright 2002, Necromancer Games, Inc.; Author: Scott Greene, based on original material by E. Gary Gygax.
  • Daemon, Derghodaemon from the Tome of Horrors, Revised, Copyright 2002, Necromancer Games, Inc.; Author: Scott Greene, based on original material by E. Gary Gygax.
  • Daemon, Hydrodaemon from the Tome of Horrors, Revised, Copyright 2002, Necromancer Games, Inc.; Author: Scott Greene, based on original material by E. Gary Gygax.
  • Daemon, Piscodaemon from the Tome of Horrors, Revised, Copyright 2002, Necromancer Games, Inc.; Author: Scott Greene, based on original material by E. Gary Gygax.
  • Froghemoth from the Tome of Horrors, Copyright 2002, Necromancer Games, Inc.; Author: Scott Greene, based on original material by E. Gary Gygax.
  • Ice Golem from the Tome of Horrors, Copyright 2002, Necromancer Games, Inc.; Author: Scott Greene.
  • Iron Cobra from the Tome of Horrors, Copyright 2002, Necromancer Games, Inc.; Author: Scott Greene, based on original material by Philip Masters.
  • Marid from the Tome of Horrors III, Copyright 2005, Necromancer Games, Inc.; Author: Scott Greene.
  • Mihstu from the Tome of Horrors, Revised, Copyright 2002, Necromancer Games, Inc.; Author: Scott Greene, based on original material by E. Gary Gygax.
  • Nabasu Demon from the Tome of Horrors, Copyright 2002, Necromancer Games, Inc.; Author: Scott Greene, based on original material by E. Gary Gygax.
  • Necrophidius from the Tome of Horrors, Revised, Copyright 2002, Necromancer Games, Inc.; Author: Scott Greene, based on original material by Simon Tillbrook.
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  • Sandman from the Tome of Horrors, Revised, Copyright 2002, Necromancer Games, Inc.; Author: Scott Greene, based on original material by Roger Musson.
  • Scarecrow from the Tome of Horrors, Revised, Copyright 2002, Necromancer Games, Inc.; Author: Scott Greene, based on original material by Roger Musson.
  • Shadow Demon from the Tome of Horrors, Copyright 2002, Necromancer Games, Inc.; Author: Scott Greene, based on original material by Neville White.
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  ]; Level 9
• Casting Time 9 hours
• Components V, S, M (incense made from ground-up bits of undead creatures), F (phylactery worth at least 120,000 gp), SC (at least 1, up to 21; see text)
• Skill Checks Knowledge (arcana) DC 34, 3 successes; Knowledge (religion) DC 34, 3 successes; Spellcraft DC 34, 3 successes
• Range primary caster
• Duration instantaneous; see text
• Saving Throw none; SR no
• Backlash All secondary casters take 20d6 points of damage. Those slain are reduced to dust.
• Failure The primary caster becomes a forsaken lich, doomed to inevitable destruction in 1d10 days.

The primary caster must begin this incantation at dusk. The ritual must be performed in a place of significance to the caster and is typically the site where she began her descent into evil, or a site where she committed a great atrocity. Unlike other occult rituals, the secondary casters are simply fodder for the necromantic energies unleashed by the aspiring lich; they do not contribute to the ritual beyond taking the damage of the ritual’s backlash. Unlike with normal occult rituals, these secondary casters do not need to be willing participants, but they do need to be within close range of the primary caster for the duration of the ritual. For every seven secondary casters, the ritual’s level is reduced by 1 (to a minimum of 6th level), the casting time is reduced by 1 hour, and the number of skill checks required decreases by one. When reducing the ritual’s level in this manner, the primary caster can choose which check or checks are eliminated. The primary caster also receives a +1 bonus on the required skill checks for every four secondary casters, as normal.

Casting this ritual funnels raw and very painful necromantic energy through the primary caster, possibly eviscerating all of the secondary casters in the process. Successful completion of the ritual allows the primary caster to transfer her soul into the phylactery, forever sealing it within the magical receptacle and turning her into a full-fledged lich.