Clerical rituals

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Clerics have access to a plethora of rituals they can perform to please -- or appease -- the gods. Rituals primarily sustain Devotion in order to power the Communes. This is the standard message for a successfully completed ritual, regardless of any devotion gain:

You sense that you are as pure of spirit as you can be, and you are ready for whatever rituals might face you.

Non-Aligned Rituals

The vast majority of the rituals in game fall under this category. They aren't all necessarily 'neutral' rituals, but they display the devotion gain message of neutral rituals:

You feel that your gods have smiled upon you for your attempts to please them.

Generic Rituals

Holy Ground

These rituals can only be performed in a consecrated room, usually with an altar.

Acts of Humility

One who shows their humble desire to please the gods may learn that kneeling and praising the statue of a god of good standing will cause them to achieve some minor attention of the gods.

• In a room with a holy object such as an altar, KNEEL and KISS the object.

Offerings of Sacred Wyne

Offering the wyne of the gods unto them by pouring it unto their altar can bring about their pleasure.

• POUR sacramental wine, deep red wine, or blessed sacramental wine onto an altar.

Dance and Poetry

The gods are delighted by the dancing and recitation of their priests, and may grant their grace to those who do honor them in such ways.

• DANCE three times in a room with an altar.
  
• PLAYing or HUMing hymns and psalms.

Holy Recitation

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Menial Humility

Cleaning the altars of the gods can bring a kind smile from those who watch over the altars. Of course, one cannot use just any water to wash these altars, for to otherwise is sacrilege unto the sacred and profain!

• CLEANing dusty altars with holy water.

Offering of Destroyed Undead

• OFFERing holy water sprinkled undead skins on altars.

Miscellaneous

Prayer

Prayer unto our deities is, of course, always smiled upon!

• PRAYing to a god.

Visitation of Shrine

Visitation of shrines is recommended, if for no other reason than to become acquainted with those who you serve

• PRAYing on a pilgrim's badge.

Release from Greed

Tithing is encouraged.

• PUTting money into an almsbox.

Releasing the Undead

• Killing undead creatures.

Planting of Sirese

Sirese is the flower of the Cleric. Do all that you can to ensure its spread.

• GATHER the sirese seed, PLANT then SPRINKLE holy water on the room.

Note: The seed must be blessed before planting.

The Holy Bath

If you have found yourself unclean and in need of good cleansing, then take ye to a holy pool and there apply such herbs as are deemed by the gods to cleanse, and let yourself be cleansed.

• Holy bath in which two of chamomile, sage, lavender are RUBbed into the skin.

Preaching

Preaching on the greatness of our gods can bring about much favor and grace.

• PREACHing in front of other people.
• INVOKEing prayer parchments in front of other people.

Local Rituals

Zoluren

• MEDITATEing at the guild refectory.
• Filling the temple bath when it's not winter. (Requires the Bless spell)
• STUDYing the wall in the secret chamber of Urrem'tier's Eye.
• Eyes of the Thirteen ritual.
• Meditating at Eluned's Pool to become a fish.
• Reading the book at Hodierna's Solace
• Properly resurrecting a dryad.

Therengia

• READing Chadatru's book in Theren Keep.

Ilithi

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Qi'Reshalia

Ratha:

• TOUCHing the wires in Faenella's Temple.
• Feeding fish to the dolphin in Eluned's Temple.
• Using a dream candle in Damaris' Temple.
• Offering tarts at Glythtide's Shrine.
• Ritual of the cold metal altar.

Aesry:

• Offering fish and gems in the sand after digging a hole at the cove.
• Touching the correct Stone of the Cloud at an equinox or solstice.

Forfedhdar

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Aligned Rituals

Prayer Beads

This is a unique ritual that can be of any alignment, depending on the bead used.

Put the bead on a prayer bead chain

MEDITATE CHAIN (must be done in a holy room)

Light Rituals

The devotion gain message for light rituals:

You feel that the light gods have cast their benevolent gaze favorably upon you at your attempts to please them.

Eylhaar Pearl Ritual:

Cleanse the Zaulfung pearls at the Jackal's Maw.

1. Acquire an ebon jackal's heart pearl from the giant skeletal claws in Zaulfung.
2. Uncurse the pearl.
3. Take the pearl to Jackal's Maw to cleanse it.
4. Take the cleansed pearl to Jackal's Spirit.
5. RUB pearl to enter the spiritual plane.
6. Follow the path to Jackal's Rest.
7. PUT pearl in the monument.

Dark Rituals

The devotion gain message for dark rituals:

You feel that the dark gods have cracked a bleak smile of good favor at your attempts to please them.

Pleasing Drogor

The god of storms loves to receive gifts in his caves.

• Offering items to Drogor in the Aesry Sea Caves.

Aldauth Sacrifice Ritual

Kweld Gelvdael holds the secrets of Aldauth.

1. STUDY the basalt slab in Kweld Gelvdael until memorized.
2. Go to Vulture's Maw.
3. KNEEL and PRAY to Aldauth.