The Black Mass

The Black Mass. An evil ritual sacrifice shunned by the good of heart as an abomination to life. This spell creates a 10ft diameter circle on the ground which acts as the ritual ground to return a humanoid back into the material plane from death itself. Body and Soul. However it comes a costly price.

You must offer the correct sacrifice to a Deity for the spell to come into effect (Check below for Spell Components). Failure to give proper sacrifice might anger the Deity for which it is meant for. The spell only works with Deities of Evil Alignment. If a Caster is to perform this ritual with his/her deity as the conduit being of Good or Neutral Alignment, the Deity will seize to be at your aid and excommunicate you forever. 

The Caster of the Ritual must at least know the name of the deceased (having the body present helps with the success of the spell) and have a Deity chosen for the ritual in order to cast it. 

The spell has multiple components:

• Depending on the character level the Caster is trying to resurrect, the more souls it will require. 1 Soul per Level. (A Character of Level 6 - Will require 6 souls as a proper payment to the Deity. The caster can be the one to sacrifice the offerings but can be assisted by others who help ritual casting the spell. (Helps with success of spell and resurrection sickness)

Humanoids with a Soul must be Sacrificed during the Ritual as payment. 

Humanoids who are of Neutral or Evil Alignment are worth 1 soul each.

Humanoids of Good Alignment or any Humanoid that is willing to be sacrificed for this Ritual is worth 2 Souls.

Once the spell is complete, the sacrifice has been give and the body returned, the character/NPC will have to undergo the following changes: 

• The resurrected character or NPC's alignment is now Neutral Evil.
• The character/NPC's soul now belongs to the Deity who brought him/her back from death.
• The character must roll on Resurrection sickness tables to determine how the body came back and the success of the spell. This takes multiple things into account:
  1. How long has the body been dead
  2. Their religious alignment (was he already a follower of the deity)
  3. How many people partook in the casting of the ritual
  4. How many souls were offered as sacrifice. 
  5. Were the remains of the deceased placed on the ritual ground.
  6. Did the ritual take place on desecrated ground or a shrine dedicated to the Deity.