Unknown Armies

Rituals

Insect Repellant

When pescky insects bother you here's what you need to do.

Power: significant

Cost: 5 significant charges

Effect: Generates a blast that will kill all "insects" in a 1000 foot radius and establishes a insect-free zone. It's the ulitmate bug zapper, one that will kill fry any type of insect that happens to be within the vicinity.

Ritual Action: In the area you want to establish the "no fly zone" gather 13 spieces of live insects. Swallow them one by one, no biting or chomping on them. After swallowing one, take a tiny sip of any insect repellent and repeat "zzzub zzzib".

Upon swallowing the last insect, your zone will be established and all insects that are in the vicinity or enter this vicinity will perish.

Tim Bisaillon | profile | Apr 22, 03 | 10:57 am

Visitor Comments

5 Significant charges?

An entropomancer is going to risk death 5 times so he doesn't have to buy off?

Shouldn't it really be a minor ritual, unless, perhaps, you're fighting some kind of GIANT insect or are establishing a permanent no-insect area?

Neville Yale Cronten | profile | Aug 02, 03 | 1:04 am

I think that by the wording of the ritual it is a permanent no-insect zone.

Sir Cabhán | profile | Nov 18, 03 | 10:55 am

Correct me if I'm mistaken but magic school adepts can't learn ritual magic.

Bruce MacMonkey | profile | Feb 10, 04 | 12:24 pm

Yes they can. Anybody can. It's also easier for them to cast because they can spend the charges. Anyone can do it, but they have a lesser chance of it succeeding.

Neville Yale Cronten | profile | Feb 10, 04 | 12:37 pm

Right, now I remember. Anyone can cast minor rituals. But Adepts cannot perform Signif. Rituals. Thanks for helping get my head on straight. However your ritual looks like a Sig Ritual to me.

Bruce MacMonkey | profile | Feb 11, 04 | 7:53 pm

I think they can perform Significant Rituals, it's just that only people who practice Authentic Thaumaturgy can cast them off the top of their heads and charge up off of them without losing all their other charges. But I could be wrong. Where does it say it?I honestly don't recall it.

Neville Yale Cronten | profile | Feb 12, 04 | 11:48 pm

Tim - after reflection and a fruitless search through the various books I have but one thing to say: "Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa. I believe youe are right and I just misread. Thanks.

Bruce MacMonkey | profile | Feb 13, 04 | 12:08 pm