I want to give my players an incantation/ritual inspired by Lovecraft's tale The Cats of Ulthar. All I can think of is either summoning a cat swarm or a divination similar to commune with nature, but it works with one urban area (basically you ask cats about the city).
I want to introduce my players to incantations, and encourage them to create some, but low level incantations aren't very interesting for a heavy urban setting with lots of intrigue.
Lovecraft's tale and how the cats pop up in other stories inspired me to have a homebrew city where cats can't be killed. Now to add some magic to it.
Are you asking for other ideas, or do you want to be walked thru creating a ritual?
Are you asking for other ideas, or do you want to be walked thru creating a ritual?
Other potential ideas. Creation is easy. Long, but easy.
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Perhaps something like soulswitch, though with any cat rather than a familiar.
Cats are associated with ill-wishes and might be the vector for a ritual curse.
If you could get an effect like nine lives that'd be well worth the time and effort of a ritual. An NPC with this ritual could be famous and/or a very frustrating enemy.