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-== Chat GPT Prompt for Rituals ==
-I am giving you the rituals chapter of Blades in the Dark. I want you to give me 10 example rituals that cover things like mapping an unexplored area, opening a planar portal, increasing the fertility of a large area of land, adding potency to a weapon to make it permanently magical, animating all the dead in a graveyard, and sanctifying a temple, keeping the powers of others out.
-Blades in the Dark is set in Duskvol, a dark fantasy setting. I am using this is a setting, World of Greyhawk, that in my version is similar to 15C Europe with magic. This magic comes in two kinds, rituals and powers. Rituals represent the slow magic often performed by organizations like churches. Powers is easier, more limited in scope, and on a personal scale.
-Here are the ritual rules from Blades in the Dark:
-Rituals
-A ritual is a lost art of sorcery from before the cataclysm. Unlike modern arcane techniques that utilize the scientific application of electroplasmic energies, rituals depend on strange occult powers and entities to realize their effects. To enact a ritual is to come into contact with these abyssal forces and entreat them to do your will. It is a practice not without considerable risk.
-FINDING A RITUAL SOURCE
-A PC with the Ritual special ability begins with one known ritual, already learned (answer the questions below to create it). To learn a new ritual, a PC must first find a source. A source may be secured as payoff from a score—perhaps you steal a ritual book when your crew robs the Museum of Antiquities. You might also secure a source as the goal of a long-term project—by consorting with cultist friends, studying ancient texts, or some other method you devise.
-LEARNING A RITUAL Once the source of a ritual is found, you may undertake a long-term project to learn the ritual. Most rituals will require an 8-segment progress clock to learn. The player and the GM answer questions about the ritual to define what it will do in play and what is required to perform it (see below). The player records these answers in their notes for future reference.
-Ritual Questions
-. GM asks: “What does the ritual do and how is it weird?” Player answers.
-. Player asks: “What must I do to perform the ritual, and what is its price?” GM answers. A ritual takes at least one downtime activity to perform and inflicts stress on the caster according to its magnitude. If performance of the ritual is dangerous or troublesome in some way, it requires an action roll (usually Attune). A ritual may also have additional costs, such as a sacrifice, rare item, the start of a dire progress clock, etc.
-. GM asks: “What new belief or fear does knowledge of this ritual and its attendant occult forces instill in you?” Player answers.
-Example Ritual Answers
-Player: “The ritual wards a person so that the ghosts of their victims cannot find them. It's weird because... as long as the ward is in place, the person sometimes weeps tears of black blood.” GM: “Spend a downtime action to prepare a mixture of tobacco, dream smoke, and crematory ash from a victim—which the target then smokes. You take at least 3 stress when you perform the ritual, which will be its quality for a fortune roll when it's challenged by a spirit—so you might want to take more stress to make it more potent.” Player: “Gotcha. My new fear is what will happen if the spirits figure out where the wardcame from and turn their vengeance on me, instead.”
-PERFORMING A RITUAL
-To perform a ritual, you must have the Ritual special ability, then follow the method outlined by the answers to the ritual questions. Most rituals will take one downtime activity to complete, though the GM may call for two (or more) downtime activities for very powerful or far-reaching rituals. Some rituals may be partially performed during downtime and then fully manifested at-will later by completing the last incantation or ritual action. In this case, simply make a note that the ritual has been “primed” and may be unleashed at a later time. When you perform a ritual, you take an amount of stress as established by the ritual questions, according to the magnitude of the forces brought to bear. The GM uses magnitude as a guideline for setting the stress cost—it may be higher or lower at their discretion to better describe the nature of the ritual. Some claims and special abilities also reduce the stress cost for ritual casting (like the Cult's Ancient Obelisk claim). Rituals take time to cast. Use the duration examples on the magnitude table to reduce the stress cost based on the time needed, generally no less than an hour. The GM may also tick a progress clock when you perform a ritual—to advance the agenda of an arcane power or entity, or to show the steady approach of a dark outcome that is a consequence of the ritual's use. If a ritual is dangerous or troublesome to perform, make an action roll (usually Attune) to see if unpleasant consequences manifest. If a ritual has an uncertain effect then a fortune roll should be made to see how well it manifests. Because a ritual is a downtime activity, you may spend coin 1-for-1 to increase the result level of your fortune roll (this represents the expenditure of expensive or rare ritual materials). If a ritual is both dangerous and uncertain, then both rolls may be called for. Each performance of a ritual is a unique event, and may not always work the same way each time. The GM or players may call for a round of questions to establish a ritual anew. Rituals are a way to bring in a wide variety of arcane effects into the game. Use with caution! If you ever go overboard, address the questions again to establish new weirdness and costs if things have gotten out of hand. The abyssal forces are not playthings and cannot be considered a reliable or safe source of power.
-SAMPLE RITUALS
-Ghost Map: This ritual enchants a specially prepared map so it reveals the position of all spirits across the district. An individual spirit may be Studied on the map to glean some details about it. The caster takes 4 stress when it's performed (range: across the district, quality of information: good, minus extra time: a few hours). As an example; another GM might judge the magnitude differently.
-Portal to the Depths: This ancient song calls upon the power of the leviathans to open a small gateway to the great Void Sea (somewhere within a few blocks of the ritual site). Anything caught near the portal is swamped by cold, black water and drawn with hideous strength into the abyss. This ritual is very dangerous, involving arcane contact with a leviathan's demonic power (desperate action roll). The caster takes 6 stress and ticks a 4-segment progress clock: “Seduced by the Leviathan's Song.”
-Give me 50 rituals on themes such as healing, restoring lost limbs. Teleport to distant locations, divination, building a wizard's tower, temple,  wall, or fortification. Merging separate creatures into one chimera. resurrection. Reshaping the landscape. Create large caves. Create dungeons. Create new life.
-Give me all of this in a code box in mediawiki format, with this format. You can also use these rituals a model for new ones:
-==== The Cartographer's Eyes ====
-'''Effect:''' This ritual reveals the unseen features of an unexplored area, mapping out the terrain and potential dangers with eerie accuracy. The map appears on a surface prepared with enchanted ink.
-'''Weird Aspect:''' The caster temporarily loses their vision, instead "seeing" the landscape as a mental imprint while their eyes glow faintly.
-'''Cost:''' You must sacrifice a map of a well-explored area to erase the known in favor of the unknown. The caster takes 3 stress.
-'''Belief/Fear:''' The ritual leaves the caster feeling disconnected from reality, fearing they are becoming more attuned to the land than to the people around them.

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