House of Splendid Isolation

House of Splendid Isolation
Ritual 18

At the conclusion of the ritual, a small area around the caster comes out of sync with reality, being pulled part of the way to the Far Realms, with the following effects:

1.No one can perceive events in the isolated area, in any way. Not with scrying, not with cameras, not by peering in the window. Anyone who tries to look into the area sees it as it would normally be when no one is there. Ie, if you use this Ritual in your bedroom, and someone walks by your window to try to look in, they see a perfectly empty, neat bedroom. (or a perfectly empty messy bedroom, as appropriate.)

2. The effect works in reverse as well. If you look from the isolated area to anywhere else, all you see is perfectly empty and devoid of life. So if you look out your window, you see an empty street. This effect starts to distort if you try and use it to scry. The further you go, the more distortions you see; the less the area appears as it really does and the more you start to see visions from the far realms. Attempting to scry truly distant areas could cause insanity. On the upside, your target won't notice you watching him.

3. While isolated, no attempt to record communication works. If you write a book while isolated, when you return the pages are filled with gibberish. Even memory may be a little dodgy.

4. The isolated area becomes a comfortable temperature. Any torches or lights in the area keep working indefinitely. The weather elsewhere does not effect you.

5. You can't effect anyone outside the area, and no one outside the area can effect you.

6. Anyone entering or leaving the effected area ends the ritual.