Bane Damage / Ritual

The Bane Ritual has been re-written, as such so have the rules on what bane damage does been changed.

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This ritual can be used to imbue a weapon or non-weapon item with the properties of Bane.  When casting the ritual the caster must designate a specific race, sub-race, class or sub-class to be the target of the Bane.

When cast on a weapon, the weapon will swing +2 Bane damage against that particular class or race, and for every permanent SRP expended beyond 1 the weapon will do one extra point of Bane damage to the target up to a maximum of +4 Bane Damage.  Bane damage always effects the target regardless of weapon or damage immunities, and bypasses all soaks and thresholds of the target.

When cast on a non-weapon item, the item may be invoked once per period per permanent MP expended.  Invoking the item repels the target race or class a distance of 5 to 10 feet away from the item, and prevent them from coming within that distance of it while it is active.  Distance is dependent on permanent magic points used during creation, with 1 or 2 points repelling 5 feet, and 3 permanent repelling 10 feet.  In order to activate this Bane effect, the user must hold the item in hand above the waste and state, “Invoke Bane Against X,” and can take no other actions while using this Bane, if the invoker of the bane effect takes damage, the bane effect is interrupted.

If at any time the target of the Bane attempts to wield the Bane item they feel such immense pain that they must immediately drop the item.