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determines the DC for the Arcana check to see throughyour deception. The Arcana check DC to determinethat an item is magical is the higher of the item’s normalDC or the result of your Arcana check made as part ofthis ritual.The ritual’s effects last for 24 hours.Optional Focus: You can extend the duration of thisritual indefinitely by leaving the item near a small, jeweledeye of gold and ruby wrapped in a silken blindfold.The blindfolded eye is a focus worth 100 gp. As long asthe item remains within 20 squares of the focus, the AuraMask remains in effect. You can hide or protect the ritual’sfocus in any way you like, as long as it remains withinrange. A single focus can maintain up to five Aura Masksor False Auras (page 85) on five separate items, as long asthey are all close enough to the focus.Chamber ofVulnerabilityYou slowly exhale, watching as the destructive energyof your breath swirls about in a miniature maelstrom ofdeadly potency. In a matter of moments, the tempest sinksinto the floor, as though absorbed by the world itself.Level: 20Component Cost: 5,000 gpCategory: Warding Market Price: 25,000 gpTime: 30 minutes Key Skill: ArcanaDuration: 24 hours (special)Special: You must possess an innate breath weaponYou cause creatures in a warded area to gain vulnerabilityto whatever damage type you deal with your breathweapon. (A red dragon, for instance, would bestowfire vulnerability with this ritual.) Any time an intrudertakes damage of the appropriate type, it takes the extradamage.Your Arcana check determines the size of the areawarded, as well as the extent of the vulnerability.Arcana Check Result Warded Area Vulnerability9 or lower Burst 1 510–19 Burst 3 520–29 Burst 5 530–39 Burst 8 1040 or higher Burst 12 10You are automatically immune to your own Chamberof Vulnerability. In addition, you can designate anynumber of other ritual participants as being immune also.When you perform the ritual, you can also designate oneor more categories of creatures that are immune to theritual’s effects. You can define these categories by obviousphysical characteristics (such as height, weight, orbody shape), creature type (such as dragon), creature race(such as blue dragon), or obvious equipment (such as acreature wearing a specific signet ring).The ritual’s effects last for 24 hours.Optional Focus: You can extend the duration of thisritual indefinitely by keeping a focus in the vicinity. Thisritual focus is a small fanged mouth carved of ivory andsilver, worth 2,500 gp. The Chamber of Vulnerability lastsas long as the focus remains within the area of effect. Youcan hide or protect the ritual’s focus in any way you like,as long as it remains within range.Disorienting PortalYou inscribe a series of glowing sigils around the doorframe, keeping your desired destination firmly in mind.The doorway fills with a hazy vision of the destination.When you step through the door, you emerge at the targetedspot.Level: 10Category: TravelTime: 10 minutesDuration: SpecialComponent Cost: 400 gpMarket Price: 1,000 gpKey Skill: ArcanaYou create a shortcut across the world. Other than asdescribed here, this ritual functions like Linked Portal(Player’s Handbook, page 307). The teleportation circlemust be inside a doorway or similar opening that connectsto another doorway or opening within 50 squares(250 feet), which you designate when you perform theritual. The doorways can each be up to 4 squares inwidth. As part of performing the ritual, you must adornthe door frame or perimeter of the portal with varioussigils and runes.Your Arcana check determines how long the portalremains open and how well hidden it is (if you choose tomake it secret).84CHAPTER 2 | DM’s Guide to DragonsArcana Check Result Duration19 or lower 1 day20–39 3 days40 or higher 5 daysERIC DESCHAMPS