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- compendium/src/pf2e/apg
- ritual/2
- ritual/area/misc
- trait/conjuration
- trait/uncommon
aliases: ["Unseen Custodians"]
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# Unseen Custodians *Ritual 2*  
[conjuration](rules/traits/conjuration.md "Conjuration School Trait")  [uncommon](rules/traits/uncommon.md "Uncommon Rarity Trait")  

- **Cast** 1 day
- **Cost** rare oils, salts, and herbs worth a total value of 15 gp
- **Secondary Casters** 2
- **Primary Checks** [Arcana](compendium/skills.md#Arcana) or [Occultism](compendium/skills.md#Occultism) (expert)
- **Secondary Checks** [Arcana](compendium/skills.md#Arcana), [Occultism](compendium/skills.md#Occultism) (whichever isn't used for the primary check), [Diplomacy](compendium/skills.md#Diplomacy)
- **Area**: 100 feet × 100 feet, up to 20 feet high

You create a site-bound, long-lasting [unseen servant](compendium/spells/unseen-servant.md) spell effect, forming entities of pure force to carry out basic tasks at a fixed location.

> [!success-degree] 
> - **Critical Success** The ritual creates six unseen servant. You don't need to concentrate on them, and they aren't [summoned](rules/traits/summoned.md "Summoned Creature Trait") [minions](rules/traits/minions.md "Minion Creature Trait"). You can spend an action, which has the [concentrate](rules/traits/concentrate.md "Concentrate Action & Ability Trait") trait, to command one to perform a basic task; it continues to perform the task until commanded again.
> - **Success** As critical success, but the ritual creates three unseen servants.
> - **Failure** The ritual fails to create any servants.
> - **Critical Failure** The ritual creates six unseen servants, but these creatures are [hostile](rules/conditions.md#Hostile) and capable of making fist [Strikes](rules/actions/strike.md) with an attack bonus equal to your skill modifier for the primary skill check, dealing `1d6` force damage. They attack you and your allies and attempt to break objects belonging to you and your allies within the area.

**Heightened (6th)** If destroyed, the unseen servants reform the next morning. The cost increases to 30 gp.

*Source: Advanced Player's Guide p. 245*