Editing Relics & Rituals (section)

=Chapters=
It all starts with the seven [[Prestige Class]]es you'll meet in the [[Ghelspad]] gazetteer: '''Blood Witch''', '''Crypt Lord''', '''Incarnate''', '''Penumbral Lord''', '''Sea Witch''', '''Summoner''', and '''Vigilant'''. Of these the Crypt Lord is notable for evolving into a [[lich]] at the end of his dark path. The Penumbral Lord becomes important as a member of a semi-villainous cabal. The Vigilant is a government-sponsored [[ranger]]; [[Monte Cook]] liked this guy so much he will propose to bring him into [[Arcana Unearthed|Diamond Throne]]. And Cook will be turning the Witches into a full-on [[sorcerer]] replacement.

Next up: spells, [[Vancian Casting]] style. This book offers over ''a hundred pages'' of these bloody things. Several spells here overlap (not to say, plagiarise) what you remember from two (or three) editions of the D&D ruleset - there's a Feign Death in here, for instance. Clearly R&R meant these as a replacement, not a complement.

The most original contribution - and the contribution casting the longest shadow over 3.x / d20 D&D generally - is assuredly the Ritual Magic. R&R details them over two (2) chapters: the first six-page chapter explains what a Ritual is, and the next chapter details them over sixteen more pages. We're not sure ''why'' these chapters are dual; White Wolf gotta white wolf, we guess. Anyway a Ritual isn't necessarily an epic spell but it is a ''long lasting'' spell, with a long lasting effect. One example of a Ritual is consecrating a Marriage. (Given Western divorce-rates maybe that's not all that bad an idea.) We'll see ''Arcana Unearthed'' using this template as well, and the [[Epic Level Handbook]] in 3.5 mainline.

Then, Magic Items. There are... a ''lot'' of these, well over fifty pages; at the end of it, Tattoo Magic, which Monte will be porting over to his [[Eldritch Might]] series. Then, "Relics" (mostly [[artifact]]s): twenty pages of those, minor then major. Again: this book, relative to the 3e baseline, is more replacement than complement. White Wolf are driving home that Scarn is ''not'' [[Greyhawk|your daddy's RPG setting]] so has its own slate of magical goodies.