Ritual of Awakened Hunger

This sinister and gory ritual is performed by those twisted few who wish to embrace Undeath to the deepest of its depravity—to become a Ghal.
*Type Magic Ritual; School Necromancy
*Prerequisite Alignment Any Evil; Character Level 7th; Faith must worship Dealazel or Kuulvaniz or Vorixael; Skill Knowledge (Religion) 5 ranks; Special Must not be immune to negative levels
*Components one helpless or willing intelligent creature, divine offerings (8,000 gp), Ghal Draught (5,250 gp; see description), Netheran incense (500 gp), ritual circle paint (2,000 gp); Total Cost 15,750 gp
===Description===
The helpless or willing creature (hereafter referred to as the sacrifice) must lay face-up on a flat surface. A ritual circle must be drawn around the sacrifice, a process which takes an hour and requires a Knowledge (Religion) check (DC 18). The ritualist need not be the one to draw the circle, but failure wastes the ritual circle paint. When the incense is lit, the ritual begins and cannot be stopped without wasting the incense. The incense burns over the course of 30 minutes, during which time the ritualist must pray to Dealazel, Kuulvaniz, or Vorixael, burning divine offerings to them and beseeching them for the blessing of unlife.
When the incense finishes burning, the ritualist must consume the Ghal Draught, a Wondrous Item requiring a Craft (Alchemy) or Spellcraft check (DC 24) to create. The Ritualist need not have been the one to create the Ghal Draught. The Ghal Draught grants the ritualist a bite attack that lasts for 1 hour and deals (1d4 + 1/2 the ritualist's Str modifier) damage and cannot be used to coup de grace, but gives the ritualist one permanent negative level every 1d3 rounds. This bite attack does not replace a superior bite attack if the ritualist already possesses one. The Ghal Draught has no effect on any creature who does not willingly drink it in order to undertake this ritual, other than sickening them for 1 round.
Using only their bare hands (or any claw attacks, if the ritualist possess them) and bite attack, the ritualist must consume the innards of the sacrifice while they still live. The ritualist may use any abilities (including non-damaging spells and powers) they have to assist them in this process, but may not use any manufactured weapons, and may not be aided in damaging the sacrifice by any other creature. The ritualist alone must reduce the sacrifice to a negative hit point total equal to double their Constitution score, before finally consuming the sacrifice's heart, as a move action. If the ritualist succeeds in consuming the sacrifice's heart before the negative levels kill them, the ritual is successful, and they will rise at the next midnight as a Ghal. Otherwise, the ritual fails, and the Ghal Draught's effects kill the ritualist to no benefit.
Category:Magic
Category:Magic Rituals
Category:Necromancy Rituals