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{{#set:Summary=A replacement to for the BoVD sacrifice rules..}}

This rule is more or less a remake of the sacrifice rules found in [[Publication:Book of Vile Darkness|Book of Vile Dorkness]]. Firstly , a dark sacrifice is usually performed by a cleric or priest in order to garner the service of a dark deity, elder evil , or a fiend lord in a ceremony that last lasts for at least 1 full hour.

A dark sacrifice either require requires a [[SRD:Knowledge Skill|Knowledge]] (Religion), [[SRD:Knowledge Skill|Knowledge]] (The Planes) , or [[SRD:Knowledge Skill|Knowledge]] (Dungeoneering) check , based on the entity the sacrifice is made to. The sacrifice must be performed in a way that reflect reflects the entity in question. For example, by example if you make a sacrifice to [[Juiblex (3.5e Monster)|juiblexJuiblex]] , feeding the victim to an ooze it is a perfectly valid way to perform the sacrifice.

| +2 || class="left" | If conducted in front of a creature important to the entity (a outsider servant by , for example).

| +2 || class="left" | If conducted during a period of time important to the entity (dusk, a certain date , or a certain day of the week).

| +1 || class="left" | If the victim is the cleric of a an opposed deity.

| +1 || class="left" | If the victim is of a kind (race, class, etc.) particularly hated by the deity.

| +1|| class="left" | Victim offer offers itself to the entity (either by being duped, mind-controlled , or genuinely willing).

| +5 || class="left" | At least one participant has the [[Forbidden Knowledge (3.5e Feat)|forbidden knowledge]] feat and incur incurs wisdom [[SRD:Ability Burn|burn ]] as part of the ritual.

| -−10 || class="left" | Victim isn't sentient (additionally , the total sacrifice roll is capped at 15).

The sacrifice is only completed once the victim has been killed, if there is any interruption during the ritual , the total roll is made with a -−8 penalty. This can cause a sacrifice to be annulled for the merest accident or disturbance, ; better to delay it a bit than angering anger the entity with a botched ceremony. After the ceremony is completed , every active participant rolls the appropriate check, using the highest among them to determine the reward. Any choice in the reward is decided by vote of each participant , with the one who rolled highest as the tie breaker.

Other penalties and bonus bonuses may apply to the sacrifice roll (up to the DM), identifying . Identifying a unfavorable condition require requires a DC 15 knowledge check.

| 0 or Lower || class="left" | As 1, plus the entity is insulted and send sends forth minions to punish the blasphemer (EL 6).

| 1 || class="left" | All participant to participants in the ceremony take 1d6 vile damages damage and a -−1 penalty on all d20 roll rolls for 24 hours.

| 40 || class="left" | One Greater Effect or two Lesser Effects or three Least EffectEffects

| 50 || class="left" | As DC 40 or a single [[SRD:Limited Wish|''limited wish'']]. If the limited wish is chosen , the DC of this effect increase increases forevermore by 5 for all creature creatures who participated in the sacrifice.

When a sacrifice is well -made , the entity reward it rewards its followers, sometime sometimes generously. Some of the effect effects below are vague and their full extend extent is up for to the DM.

''Abundance and Prosperity:'' Servants of the entity gather food and wealth for the participant or a group of their choosing.

''Dark Artisan:'' The entity help helps in the creation of one or more magic item items worth 100 gp in total, ; the item radiate radiates evil instead of it its proper magical aura.

''Evil Sickness:'' A single creature of the participant's choice is struct struck by a [[SRD:Contagion|''contagion'']] spell (DC 20).

''Natural Divination:'' The entity show sign shows signs of the future to the participant, once . Once in the next 24 hours , each participant may observe natural phenomenons to gain an insight bonus on a single skill or ability check equal to his or her [[charisma]] modifier. Using this ability require requires 10 minutes of study and must be used within the next hour.

''Protection:'' The participant participants are protected as per [[SRD:Protection from Evil|protection from alignment]] (with an alignment of their choice) for 1 hour.

''Call Servant:'' The entity send sends one of it servant its servants with a CR equal or lower than highest CR among the participants, ; the servant's initial's attitude is friendly with the participant but not under their control. This is a [calling] effect.

''Dark Insight:'' One creature designated by the participant gain gains a [[Dark Insight (3.5e Variant Rule)|dark insight]] score of 0 if it didn't had have a dark isnight insight score , or increase it increases its [[Dark Insight (3.5e Variant Rule)|dark insight]] score by 2 (once per creature only).

''Dreamer's Insight:'' The entity send sends a vision of the participant's wishes to a creature or group of creature creatures through a [[SRD:Dream|''dream'']].

''Vision:'' One creature designated by the participant receive receives a [[SRD:Divination|''divination'']] and [[SRD:Vision|''vision'']] (caster level 20th) and take takes 1d10 point points of [[wisdom]] [[SRD:Ability Burn|ability burn]]. If it its [[wisdom]] reach 0 because of it ability this burn, the creature die dies horribly and messily. If the creature can't take [[wisdom]] burn , the request failfails.

''Call Avatar:'' As call servant , except the creature's CR is not limited to the CR of the participant. The called creature is typically of a CR no higher than 15 , but sometime sometimes the entity may make an exception and send a stronger or weaker creature. The entity itself or other creature with a CR of 21 or higher cannot be called with this ability .

''Call Multiple Servants:'' As call servant , except you can call a number of creature who creatures whose total CR is equal or lower than the highest CR among the participants.

''Dreamer's Demand:'' As dreamer's insight , except it also carry carries an [[Insidious Suggestion (3.5e Spell)|''insidious suggestion'']] to follow the message (DC 20).

''Malediction:'' A single creature of the participant's choice is struct struck by a [[SRD:Bestow Curse|''bestow curse'']] spell.

''Weather Control:'' As per [[SRD:Control Weather|''control weather'']] as a druid with the same caster level as the creature with the highest CR in among the participantparticipants.