Evocation [See text]; Level: 4th
| Components: | V, S, M, F (M: holy water, 500gp of silver dust, F: an altar, shrine, or other permanent fixture dedicated to the deity worth at least 5,000gp) |
| Secondary Casters: | Up to 5 |
| Casting Time: | 2 hours/stage (4 stages; 8 hours) |
| Skill Checks: | Academics DC 25, 2 successes; Theology DC 25, 3 successes |
| Range: | Touch |
| Target: | The altar used as the ritual's focus |
| Duration: | Instantaneous |
| Saving Throw: | None |
| Spell Resistance: | No |
| Backlash: | All casters become exhausted. |
| Failure: | All casters gain 1 temporary negative level and are unable to regain divine spell slots, uses of channel divinity, or other special abilities granted by their deity for a period of 1 week, after which they may regain spells and the temporary negative level is removed. This effect can be removed earlier through atonement. |
Although any mundane altar may be used to venerate a deity, the deity can be invoked to grant divine power to the altar, blessing any who pray there. The successful completion of this ritual permanently transforms an altar into a holy altar.
Failure to complete this ritual incurs displeasure from the invoked deity, which may incur additional hardships beyond the normal consequences of failure.
By using unholy water, this ritual can instead create an unholy altar.