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cssclasses: pf2e,pf2e-ritual
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- compendium/src/pf2e/b2
- ritual/7
- trait/evil
- trait/necromancy
- trait/rare
aliases: ["Ravenous Reanimation"]
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# Ravenous Reanimation *Ritual 7*  
[evil](rules/traits/evil.md "Evil Alignment Trait")  [necromancy](rules/traits/necromancy.md "Necromancy School Trait")  [rare](rules/traits/rare.md "Rare Rarity Trait")  

- **Cast** 1 day
- **Cost** valuable treasures from the target dragon's hoard worth a total value of 50,000 gp
- **Primary Checks** [Arcana](compendium/skills.md#Arcana) (master), [Occultism](compendium/skills.md#Occultism) (master), or [Religion](compendium/skills.md#Religion) (master)
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- **Requirements**: You must be an evil dragon.

You destroy the gathered treasures with your breath weapon or other powerful magic, then invoke necromantic energies before you feed upon the charred and melted remains. As you do so, negative energy courses through your flesh, automatically killing you. Each individual ravener's _ravenous reanimation_ requires three to five unique additional components. Whether or not you return as a ravener depends on the success of the ritual.

> [!success-degree] 
> - **Critical Success** You immediately transform into a ravener upon finishing the ritual; your soul ward starts at full Hit Points (equal to 5 × your level).
> - **Success** You rise as a ravener 24 hours after completing the ritual, as long as your body remains relatively intact. When you rise as a ravener, your soul ward starts at 1 Hit Point.
> - **Failure** You rise as a ravener husk 24 hours after completing the ritual.
> - **Critical Failure** You die.

*Source: Bestiary 2 p. 223*