User:MisterSinister/Pact Magic/Ritualist

The Ritualist
Fluff: When Paradox separated time and not-time, some possibilities had to be excluded. This exclusion continued with each subsequent First One, each of which removed more possibilities from the universe. However, these possibilities weren't 'removed' - simply shunted to an alternate non-reality, outside the scope of First One, Nega-Being or Un-Being. This alternate non-reality, lying outside the scope of even the bizarre realities of the Far Realm, was named the Unverse by the scholars of the time, and was believed unaccessible. Even the First Ones couldn't reach it - they built the wall so well, that even they didn't know how to break it down.

Then came the war between the First Ones and their direct opposites.

This conflict was such a powerful assault on reality that the walls built between the multiverse and the Unverse began to fall apart. While the departure of the First Ones, and the inexplicable disappearance of the Un-Beings and Nega-Beings, stopped the walls shattering altogether, the angels left behind to look after the multiverse found that they could not close the holes in the walls that already existed. Worse still, these holes gave access to the universe to the beings in that strange non-reality, allowing them to manifest as perceptions only. These became nicknamed 'spirits' by those who could not tell them apart from ordinary ghosts. Despite significant additional research on the matter, this moniker has stuck - a fact that has helped those who practice pact magic hide their craft.

These 'spirits' wanted to manifest in the multiverse, as it let them experience something far different to the cold, bleak non-existence that they have been consigned to. Doing so, though, is difficult, as they require an 'anchor' in the multiverse, which is properly versed in communicating with them, and able to 'call' them through the gaps in the wall that separates the multiverse and the Unverse. However, for everything there must be a give and take, and in order to keep a spirit within the multiverse, an agreement must be made between their summoner and the spirit - with more powerful spirits needing more powerful agreements. This is the basis of pact magic.

Unsurprisingly, the angels, who believed (and still think) that the walls existed for a reason, and if the First Ones saw fit to exclude spirits from the multiverse, that they had good cause to do so, suppressed as much knowledge of pact magic as they possibly could. With the Edict of Observation, this became far more difficult to do, especially with the angels having few direct followers or servants to follow up on rumours of pact magic use, and tomes of its practice. As a result, pact magic has flourished, but it is still widely misunderstood and often persecuted.

The Ritualist Class
Hit die: d8

BAB: Medium

Saves: Good Fort, bad Ref, good Will

Skill Points: 4 + Int

Skills: Bluff, Concentration, Craft, Decipher Script, Diplomacy, Gather Information, Intimidate, Knowledge (arcana, history, religion, planes), Listen, Perform, Profession, Search, Sense Motive, Spot

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Weapon and armour proficiencies: All simple, one martial. Light armour, no shields.

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