Tragic Youth

A ritual spell which turns back the clock on up to 10 individual targets, de-aging them to the age of their first great trauma.

To cast this ritual spell, you will need lots of blood, a pinch of sand, a sprinkle of sugar, a splash of wine and a strand of infernal hair OR a strand of celestial hair for each intended target.

This ritual also has vocal and somatic components, the caster reciting the following words while gesturing in mirrored circles;

“As young as pain, as old as weakness, strong in fear, brittle in pride, cast ye to thy hell, live again your agony.”

The ritual circle is drawn in blood with a pentagram in the middle of it and the arcanic runes for the words “Youth” “Death” “Pain” “Enlightenment” “Healing” “Birth” and “Old” written around the circle.

When the circle is drawn, splash some wine over it and sprinkle on the other components, then name your targets as you drop each strand of hair and begin reciting the vocal components while simultaneously acting out the somatic components.

The circle should start glowing with whitish blue light if the ritual is working, before beams of said whitish blue light shoot out and into the chests of the targets.

Targets must be within 5 feet of the circle, or they will be missed by the spell.

It's a con saving throw (DC 18), with a save seeing you shake the spell off but left stunned for 2 turns, and a fail seeing you knocked unconscious for a turn.

After falling unconscious, you awake at the age you were when your first great trauma occurred - unless you have experienced no such “great trauma”, and are then de-aged either by 1d20 years or to an age decided by your dungeon master.

(Your “great trauma” could be something like the death of a loved one, being betrayed, being abused or assaulted OR a near death experience etc.)

If rolling for years and you roll to de-age beyond the age of zero, you must roll a Con saving throw (DC 12) to see if the spell takes effect, disintegrating you, or not.

Someone disintegrated by this spell can not be brought back by normal means, they would have to be brought back using Wish or the True Resurrection spell.