Dissection ritual

	Dissection ritual
Requirements:	10th Circle
Difficulty:	None
Type / Skill:	ritual / thanatology
Use Cost:	-
Description:	The Dissection ritual is purely an educational and training tool performed on corpses which have not yet been `SKIN`ned or otherwise ritualized.
Effect:	Teaches Thanatology and First Aid.
Messaging:	Success: You carefully position the corpse and make a cut across its length, opening up the viscera for your inspection. Using your knife as a probe, you trace the lines of the corpse, cutting into where vital fluids once flowed. You learn something both of the <creature> and the Great Work through the examination. Success (Redeemed): With a moment's hesitation, you reflect on the Immortals and Their will, and you respectfully use your knife to lay bare the innards of the <creature>. In the arrangement of organ and viscera, you feel a faint connection to the divine, a tainted glimpse into their plan filtered through the vile lens of your knife. Tracing the connection, you learn something of Them and Their designs. Failure: You realize after a few seconds that you don't have enough thanatological expertise to trace the lines of this corpse's former life force.

Notes

When used on the corpse of a formerly living being, it teaches a mixture of Thanatology and First Aid. When used on the corpse of a formerly undead being, it teaches pure Thanatology.
This ritual does not generate Divine Outrage.
Safe for Redeemed necromancers.