spell Vile Extension

Vile Extension (Evil)

This spell is one of the evilest spells in creation, and also one of the most useful. By means of casting this spell, you can actually permanently alter what your actual age is.

Liber Mysterium
The Netbook of Witches and Warlocks
By Timothy S. Brannan and The Netbook of Witches and Warlocks Team

Transmutation

Level: Witch 9
Components: V S M
Casting Time: 1 full hour
Target, Effect, Area: Self
Duration: See below

Casting Vile Extension requires a ritualistic sacrifice of a virgin of the same sex as yourself, which takes place at the end of the spells casting time. Upon completion of casting the spell, the caster takes the same age as the target sacrificed. The normal penalties that the caster might incur for being of a particular age are negated, provided that the target was young enough for such bonuses. You still retain bonuses to mental ability traits.

The material component is a live humanoid that has already been through puberty, and an athame.

Mythical Context

Tithonus receives endless life in a Greek myth, but not everlasting youth. His story turns the desire to escape age into an unbearable bargain; it provides a fitting warning for a spell that tries to acquire youth at another person’s expense. See the classical account of Tithonus.

Historical Context

The British Museum holds Egyptian amulets bearing signs for life, endurance and long rule. These objects show historical hopes for longevity, not evidence of an effective age-transfer ritual. The original spell’s sacrificial violence belongs to dark fantasy and should be handled with clear table boundaries and consequences. See the British Museum’s royal life-and-endurance amulet.