Abyss Mysticism
Quote
"Stars, hide your fires"
"Let not light see"
"my black and deep desires."
-- Shakespeare's Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 4, Page 3
The Rituals
- Level One
- Pierce the Murk (PGHC 176-177)
- The Shadow of Hands That Serve (PGHC 177)
- Level Two
- The Heart That Beats in Silence (assumed ritual referenced in The Shadow Hands that Serve
- Transubstantiation of Essence (PGHC 177 - 178)
- Level Three
- Drinking the Blood of Ahriman (PGHC 178)
- Calling the Hungry Shade (PGHC 178-179)
- Level Four
- Reflections of the Hollow Revelation (PGHC 179)
- Level Five
- Whispers in the Dark (PGHC 179-180)
- Level Six
- Into the Chasm (PGHC 180-181)
- Level Seven
- Evocation of the Oubliette (PGHC 181)
- Level Eight
- Cry That Slays Light (PGHC 181-182)
- Evocation of the Damned (assumed ritual referenced in Evocation of the Oubliette.)
- Level Nine
Abyssal Research
- -- Written in Night Upon the Wall -- Level 1 -- A simple ritual that twist the local shadows into a message placed upon any flat surface. (Proposed by Bruce)
- -- To Divine the Stains of Night -- Level 1 -- An augury to detect residue of Abyss Mysticism on people, places and things.(Proposed by Bruce)
- -- The Lengthening Shadow -- This level one ritual is a basic tracking spell. (Proposed by Bruce)
- -- Night-Stones -- This ritual enchants a common stone to hold the rank 2 cloud of darkness called nocturne to be unleashed at the caster's whim. (Proposed by Bruce)
- -- Rorschach Test -- Level 2 -- A divinatory spell that influences victims to reveal their secrets. (Proposed by Bruce)
- -- Armorer of the Abyss
- -- The Transmogrification of the Night-Beast -- Level 3 -- An abyssal enchantment that transforms common everyday beasts into augmented guardians with some of the Lasombra's strengths and weaknesses. (Proposed by Bruce)
- -- Deepening the Shadows of the Unseen -- Level 4 or 5 -- All things that move in the light, cast a shadow, at least in their world. By invoking the Abyss, the mystic can grant more substance to a shadow that is normally imperceptible (like that of a ghost), and thus be able to see it in this world. (Proposed by Bruce)
