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A blood athame is a special knife, similar to a metamagic rod, that a character can use when casting a ritual to apply a metaritual feat to that ritual.  Doing so, however, comes at a price in blood.  There is one blood athame for each metaritual, and each type of blood athame comes in different strengths (which determine the strength of the ritual to which it may be applied). 

When not being used to cast a ritual, a blood athame is a masterwork dagger.  A blood athame of a given strength may be used to augment a ritual of the given strength or less (for example, a lesser blood athame can be used when casting any lesser, least, or minor ritual).

Blood Athame: Empower
Price: 1500gp (minor), 3000gp (least), 9000gp (lesser), 30000gp (greater), 65000 gp (advanced)
Body Slot: -- (held)
Caster Level: 17th
Aura: Moderate; (DC 19) no school
Activation: --
Weight: 1 lb
Effect: You can cast up to three rituals per day as though they were effected by the Empower Ritual feat, without increasing the casting time or the number of charge slots they require.  Using this blood athame requires voluntarily taking 1 point of Constitution damage, which may not be reduced or prevented in any way.
Crafting Prerequisite: Craft Ritual Item, Empower Ritual

Blood Athame: Heighten
Price: 1000gp (minor), 2000gp (least), 6000gp (lesser), 20000gp (greater), 50000 gp (advanced)
Body Slot: -- (held)
Caster Level: 17th
Aura: Moderate; (DC 19) no school
Activation: --
Weight: 1 lb
Effect: You can cast up to three rituals per day as though they were effected by the Heighten Ritual feat, without increasing the casting time or the number of charge slots they require.  Doing so only increases the DC of the ritual by +1.  Using this blood athame requires voluntarily taking 1 point of Wisdom damage, which may not be reduced or prevented in any way.
Crafting Prerequisite: Craft Ritual Item, Heighten Ritual

Blood Athame: Maximize
Price: 3000gp (minor), 6000gp (least), 18000gp (lesser), 60000gp (greater), 140000 gp (advanced)
Body Slot: -- (held)
Caster Level: 17th
Aura: Moderate; (DC 19) no school
Activation: --
Weight: 1 lb
Effect: You can cast up to three rituals per day as though they were effected by the Maximize Ritual feat, without increasing the casting time or the number of charge slots they require.  Using this blood athame requires voluntarily taking 2 points of Strength damage, which may not be reduced or prevented in any way.
Crafting Prerequisite: Craft Ritual Item, Maximize Ritual

Blood Athame: Quicken
Price: 5000gp (minor), 10000gp (least), 30000gp (lesser), 100000gp (greater), 200000 gp (advanced)
Body Slot: -- (held)
Caster Level: 17th
Aura: Moderate; (DC 19) no school
Activation: --
Weight: 1 lb
Effect: You can cast up to three rituals per day as though they were effected by the Quicken Ritual feat, without increasing the number of charge slots they require.  Using this blood athame requires voluntarily taking 3 points of Intelligence damage, which may not be reduced or prevented in any way.
Crafting Prerequisite: Craft Ritual Item, Quicken Ritual

Blood Athame: Widen
Price: 1000gp (minor), 2000gp (least), 6000gp (lesser), 20000gp (greater), 50000 gp (advanced)
Body Slot: -- (held)
Caster Level: 17th
Aura: Moderate; (DC 19) no school
Activation: --
Weight: 1 lb
Effect: You can cast up to three rituals per day as though they were effected by the Widen Ritual feat, without increasing the casting time or the number of charge slots they require.  Using this blood athame requires voluntarily taking 1 point of Charisma damage, which may not be reduced or prevented in any way.
Crafting Prerequisite: Craft Ritual Item, Widen Ritual

Ritual Incense
Incenses store the power of a ritual, similar to how scrolls store the power of a spell. Incenses can be used by a character to cast a ritual, even if he or she does not know the ritual or is unable to cast rituals at all. Casting a ritual from an incense still requires some of the caster's blood, but is cast at the caster level of the incense and does not count against the caster's limit of rituals charged. Once discharged, an incense-cast ritual has a duration equal to 1 round per caster level, and a save DC based on the strength of the ritual. Each strength of ritual has a minimum caster level to be stored in an incense. A ritual incense has a market price of 25gp per caster level, multiplied by an amount based on the strength of the ritual. Each incense can be used only once.

                  Minimum
Ritual     Save   Caster    Market
Strength   DC     Level     Price

Minor      11     1st       25gp*CL
Least      14     5th       75gp*CL
Lesser     17     9th       125gp*CL
Greater    20     13th      175gp*CL
Advanced   23     17th      225gp*CL

Crafting an incense requires the Craft Ritual Incense feat, the ability to cast the chosen ritual, and a ritual caster level at least as high as the incense's caster level. A ritual incense cannot store rituals modified by metaritual feats.


Ritual Glyph
A ritual glyph is a magical sheet of cloth with the arcane symbols required for casting a particular ritual scribed upon it (either embroidered, or drawn with specially prepared inks, paints, or dyes).  A glyph is identical in function to an incense for the same associated ritual, except that a ritual glyph can be used once per day and can only be associated with rituals of greater strength or less.  A ritual glyph has a market price of 400gp per caster level, multiplied by an amount based on the strength of the associated ritual; crafting a glyph requires the Craft Ritual Glyph feat, the ability to cast the chosen ritual, and a ritual caster level at least as high as the glyph's caster level. A ritual glyph cannot store rituals modified by metaritual feats.

                  Minimum
Ritual     Save   Caster    Market
Strength   DC     Level     Price

Minor      11     1st       400gp*CL
Least      14     5th       1200gp*CL
Lesser     17     9th       2000gp*CL
Greater    20     13th      2800gp*CL

Blood-Drinking
A Blood-Drinking weapon absorbs the blood of creatures it damages. Whenever it deals at least 1 point of damage to a living creature, it absorbs 1 point of damage worth of blood from the wound. This does not cause additional damage. The wielder can then use the blood stored in the weapon as part of casting a ritual, as though it was his or her own. A Blood-Drinking weapon can stored up to 3 points of damage worth of blood for every point of enhancement bonus it possesses. This property cannot be applied to projectiles, but projectile weapons can absorb blood remotely through the projectiles they launch.
Aura: CL 5th, faint universal
Price: +2000g
Crafting Prerequisites: Craft Ritual Item, Bloodstained Ritual, Minor Circle of Blood

Blood-Draining [Synergy]
A Blood-Draining weapon deals an additional 1d6 points of damage from blood loss on every attack that deals at least 1 point of damage to a living creature.
Aura: CL 10th, moderate universal
Price: +1 bonus, must be applied to a weapon with the Blood-Drinking property.
Crafting Prerequisites: Craft Ritual Item, Bloodstained Ritual, Least Circle of Blood

Blood-Siphoning [Synergy]
A Blood-Siphoning weapon deals an additional 1d10 points of damage from blood loss on every successful critical hit that deals at least 1 point of damage to a living creature, plus an extra 1d10 for every point of critical multiplier above x2 (2d10 for a x3 weapon or 3d10 for a x4 weapon).
Aura: CL 12th, strong universal
Price: +1 bonus, must be applied to a weapon with the Blood-Drinking and Blood-Draining properties.
Crafting Prerequisites: Craft Ritual Item, Bloodstained Ritual, Lesser Circle of Blood

Charged
A charged weapon increases its enhancement bonus by +1 for every 5 rituals the wielder has charged at any time, rounded down, to a maximum bonus of +5.
Aura: CL 18th, strong universal
Price: +3 bonus
Crafting Prerequisites: Craft Ritual Item, Ritual Power, Lesser Ritual of Prowess

Charged
Charged armor and charged shields increase their enhancement bonus by +1 for every 5 rituals the wielder has charged at any time, rounded down, to a maximum bonus of +5.
Aura: CL 18th, strong universal
Price: +2 bonus
Crafting Prerequisites: Craft Ritual Item, Ritual Power, Lesser Ritual of Deflection

Ritual Focus
Each Ritual Focus armor is created to improve a single, specific ritual. When the wearer discharges the chosen ritual, he or she adds the armor's enhancement bonus to the ritual's caster level and save DC. In addition, while the wearer has the chosen ritual charged, the armor also grants an insight bonus to the wearer's AC based on the strength of the ritual; +1 for a minor ritual, +2 for a least ritual, +3 for a lesser ritual, +4 for a greater ritual, or +5 for an advanced ritual.
Aura: CL 3rd, faint universal (minor); CL 6th, moderate universal (least); CL 9th, moderate universal (lesser); CL 12th, strong universal (greater); CL 15th, strong universal (advanced)
Price: +1 bonus (minor); +2 bonus (least); +3 bonus (lesser); +4 bonus (greater); +5 bonus (advanced)
Crafting Prerequisites: Craft Ritual Item, ability to cast the chosen ritual

Ritual Storing
Ritual Storing armor can store the power of one or more rituals within it, allowing the wearer to discharge it. A stored ritual does not count against the caster's limit of charged rituals. In order to store a ritual of Lesser strength or higher, the armor must have a number of rituals of lower levels stored within it, much like a ritual caster. While the ritual caster must wear the armor while casting the ritual to be stored, it can be worn (and the rituals discharged) by anyone once charged. Discharging a ritual from a suit of Ritual Storing armor always takes at least a move action, unless the normal action to discharge it would be longer. Ritual Storing armor has 3 charge slots and can store up to Lesser rituals.
Aura: CL 9th, moderate universal
Price: +2 bonus
Crafting Prerequisites: Craft Ritual Item, Lesser Ritual of Good Hope

Least Ritual Storing
Least Ritual Storing functions as Ritual Storing, except that it only has 2 charge slots and can only store up to Least rituals.
Aura: CL 9th, faint universal
Price: +1 bonus
Crafting Prerequisites: Craft Ritual Item, Least Ritual of Good Hope

Greater Ritual Storing
Greater Ritual Storing functions as Ritual Storing, except that it has 5 charge slots and can store up to Greater rituals.
Aura: CL 13th, strong universal
Price: +4 bonus
Crafting Prerequisites: Craft Ritual Item, Greater Ritual of Good Hope