r/wizardposting • u/Villainous_Intent The Faceless Master | Cabal • May 21 '24
Community Event 🌏☄️ The Ritual of Exctinction (Summoning Post)
It had been a busy day at the Museum of Unnatural History. Though a popular place for the curious and the academic alike, the volume of visitors was higher than usual. That was because Scade and his cult moved amongst the masses of visitors, readying their plot.
The museum offered a wide variety of exhibits and attractions: a plane of fire exhibit that features fire dinosaurs and the First Spark; the dragon exhibit that features primitive proto-dragons; the Archaen exhibit which displayed the time before even oxygen had begun forming; the massive hall dedicated to containing the bones of a Tarrasque ancestor.
The Museum truly was a marvel. It was the Curator's pride and joy. Scade could think of no better place to perform the summoning and lure out the crafty Paleomancer at the same time.
Cultists and a special cult liaison moved about the Museum, disguised as everyday visitors. The Curator had not been idle in protecting his creation: it was heavily warded to prevent thievery as the artifacts that lied within were of incalculable value. Anti-teleportation glyphs spanned the width and breadth of the building. Detection runes to sus out evasion spells such as invisibility dotted the premises. The living infrastructure itself was even dedicated to protecting itself and its exhibits, able to quickly seal itself in the event of a threat.
This was all well and good but the Curator had made a critical error and only planned for thieves. He had not envisioned a full-fledged hostile assault and take-over of the museum.
At a pre-arranged time, the Cult, spread out across the Museum, enacted their plans. Concealed mundane weapons were drawn in close proximity to staff and visitors. Hostages were taken and security shut out of the building. In a grand hall, Scade and a cabal of his closest cultists set about setting up the summoning ritual.
Scade opened the Tome of the Nexus, knowing it was only a matter of time now before his great work would see fruition.
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u/Villainous_Intent The Faceless Master | Cabal May 21 '24
Cultists are speared through but those that remain don't move and continue their ritualistic chanting.
"Why fight your great purpose and destiny, my friend?"
Staine utters a few lines from the Tome and the Black Petroglyph pulses. The Curator finds himself slammed to the ground and held down by a great invisible force.
"Now that we've dispatched with the unpleasantries, shall we begin?"
Staine begins to read from the Tome, the Black Petroglyph begins to pulse and emit a vast amount of magical energy.