This Ceremony allows the Oblivion user to emulate waves of decay and entropy, rotting nearby inanimate objects and thwarting restorative effects.

Ingredients: At least one pound of rotting flesh, as well as a few ounces of nightshade, hemlock, snakeroot,  and the fresh stomach of a medium-sized animal or mortal (living or dead)

Process: The necromancer grinds up the herbs into a slurry with her own Blood. He then pours the mixture over the rotting flesh. The rotting flesh is then placed inside the fresh stomach. The necromancer then must carve open his abdomen and place the stomach inside her own undead body. She may then heal the wound with one Rouse check. 

System: For the rest of the night the necromancer may spend a standard action to corrode and blight anything she is touching with her flesh, rendering the item useless. In combat you may even destroy an item held by another character. To do so, she must win a Strength + Brawl challenge against a target character and, instead of doing damage to her target, she may destroy an object held or worn by her target. The blighting effect works immediately on items up to the size of a large book. Larger items take several turns or even longer, depending on their size and density. 

In addition, once per night, the necromancer may pierce her abdomen (and her false stomach) by spending a simple action to stab herself, doing one Normal Damage. The rotting flesh and horrible smelling mixture of herbs comes spilling out, filling the area with an awful spell of decay and rot. For the remainder of the combat scene, while within five steps of her, other creatures must spend double the normal cost to utilize any healing effects. In the case of vampires, two Rouse checks are required to mend wounds. All benefits of this Ceremony end after a combat scenario in which the false stomach was pierced in this way.  The effects of this Ceremony do not stack with other powers such as Aura of Decay.

Duration: One night