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Archives of Nethys

Archives of Nethys

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ImprisonmentRitual 8

Uncommon Mythic 
Source War of Immortals pg. 160
Cast 1 day; Cost reagents to construct the magical prison worth a total value of 800 gp × the target’s level; Secondary Casters 6
Primary Check Arcana (mythic) or Occultism (mythic); Secondary Checks Crafting, Society
Range 10 feet; Target(s) 1 creature of up to 16th level
You perform a ritual to imprison a creature in one of several forms. While some versions of this ritual offer all the forms, others include only a single form or only a few of them. Whichever form you use, the effect can't be counteracted, though it can be ended by freedom. Some forms of imprisonment can be ended by other means. Because the ritual requires the target to remain within 10 feet at all times, it typically requires you to subdue the target first.
  • Chains You bind the creature with chains, rendering it unable to use any actions other than to speak. Other creatures that attempt to approach, harm the chains, or free the trapped creature in any way must succeed at a Will save or be unable to do so forever. The chains have Hardness equal to 5 × the imprisonment ritual's spell rank and double that many Hit Points. Destroying the chains frees the target.
  • Prison You render the creature completely unable to leave a particular confined area or structure of your choice, such as a jail cell or sealed cave. The magic also prevents the creature from damaging its prison, either directly or indirectly, to break free. If the creature's prison is entirely destroyed by some external force, the creature is freed, though for some larger or natural prisons, this might be unfeasible.
  • Slumber You put the creature into an eternal sleep. This is a sleep effect. The creature ceases aging and doesn't require food or drink. A single sincere physical display of affection from a creature who genuinely loves the target—whether romantically, filially, or otherwise—frees it from the slumber.
  • Temporal Stasis You send the creature into a state of suspended animation outside the flow of time. The creature doesn't grow older and can't be affected by any effect from within the normal timestream. While casting this ritual, you can optionally name any amount of time for the stasis; after this duration elapses, the stasis ends. Unlike other forms of imprisonment, temporal stasis can be counteracted by a dispel magic or haste spell.
  • Object (9th or 10th rank) You either shrink the creature to an inch in height or transform it into an insubstantial form whose body trails away into wisps below its head. Either way, you trap it inside a bottle, gem, jar, lamp, or similar container. The creature ceases aging and doesn't require food or drink. The creature is still aware of its surroundings and can move within the container and speak, but it can't use any other actions. Destroying the container kills the target rather than freeing it.
  • Oubliette (10th rank only) You entomb the target in a state of suspended animation deep beneath the surface of the ground and out of tune with reality so that it can't be reached by any means. You also prevent most magic from revealing the location where the imprisonment occurred. Powerful magic, such as the wish ritual, can reveal the location of the imprisonment, but even such magic can't free the target from the oubliette; only a 10th-rank freedom ritual can do so.


Critical Success You imprison the target. You can either use a form of imprisonment that usually requires a spell rank 1 higher than your ritual or impose an –2 circumstance penalty to any checks for freedom rituals that would free the creature.
Success You imprison the target.
Failure You fail to imprison the target.
Critical Failure You imprison yourself and the secondary casters in the same way you intended to imprison the target.