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[[Setite Sorcery]]

Many Akhu rituals involve reading prayers from ''The Book of Going Forth by Night''.  For some purposes, the words themselves suffice.  Powerful rituals, however, demand the use of a specially consecrated scroll.  A sorcerer hand-copies the book in hieroglyphic script, on a scroll of authentic papyrus, using vampiric vitae for ink.  This generally takes a few years.  No one else may handle the copy until it is complete, and the copyist must avoid dirt, stains, blots or other impurities.  Consecrated copies of ''The Book of Going Forth by Night'' are worth large amounts of money or significant boons to a Setite temple.<br>
Apart from their absolute necessity in some powerful rituals, a consecrated ''Book of Set'' increases a lector-priest's chance of success at other rituals through its mere presence.  As a final magical effect, sunlight burns such scrolls to ash.<br>
A sorcerer may also use this highly extended ritual to inscribe other texts.  In this case, the resulting book burns in daylight but has no other magical properties.  The Setites use this aspect of the ritual to keep their sacred texts out of mortal hands.<br>
'''System''':  Inscribing the Book of Set requires the usual Intelligence + Occult roll (difficulty 4).  Failure indicates that the character did not observe some ritual condition while copying the text, or made too many errors.  The copyist does not have to use his own vitae, although this adds prestige to a copy.