Atonement

Atonement
Ritual Rank 6 [Restorative]
Prerequisites: Divine Rank 6
Potency: 30
Components: Incense [Value: 25gp]
Focus: Divine Focus
Cost: 5 Resolve Burn (and 1 Karma from target)
Prep Time: 1 Hour
Cast Time: 1 moment
Target: One living creature
Effect: You spend an hour in meditation and prayer with the creature that wishes to atone, attempting to erase the sins and misdeeds written upon its soul. The creature must be honestly willing to atone for its wrongdoing in order to gain the benefits of this ritual. It is not uncommon to require a target to complete a challenge or quest to prove they have truly atoned for their deeds. At then end of the hour, the target must spend 1 Karma to achieve one of the following effects.
  • Redemption or Temptation: Allows a creature of an opposing alignment to willingly switch to your alignment. The creature must be honestly willing to make the change, and cannot be under the influence of any effects (magical or otherwise) which would cloud their decision. Creatures with a supernatural attachment to their alignment (like many Outsiders) cannot have their alignment changed in this way.
  • Reverse Magical Alignment Change: You may restore the target to its normal alignment if its alignment has been changed magically.
  • Restore Class: You may restore to a creature lost Divine class abilities that have been stripped due to averse transgressions if the target worships a deity of the same alignment as you.
  • Restore Prayers: You may restore prayers that the target lost access to, due to wrath incurred by your deity. They must be truly willing to atone, however, or you risk incurring your deity's wrath as well.