Blazing Shaft
This is a variant of Burning Blade that allows a thaumaturge to enchant a single arrow or other missile to do aggravated damage.
System: This ritual affects only missile weapons usable by humans: It does not affect boulders, ballista ammunition, or other siege weaponry. The caster must cut open his palm with the weapon, or a sharp stone if the missile to be enchanted is blunt, such as a sling bullet. This inflicts one level of lethal damage, which may not be soaked, though it may be healed normally. If the ritual succeeds, the missile is sheathed in a mystical flame that burns with a heatless green light. The flame can be obscured by a covering, and will not ignite other objects. The missile will inflict aggravated damage on whatever it hits the next time it is used. In addition, each success scored while casting adds one die of damage to the missiles attack (this is in lieu of the additional strikes granted by Burning Blade).
