[4E] Some Rituals my players want

[Hzurr]

So, one of my PCs (the wizard, named "Berry" for short) just found out that there's a contract out on his life. The party has already had to fight off assassins twice, and are about to start tracking down the person who put out the contract, so they come up with the following plan:

- Disguise Berry, so he won't attract attention as they travel to the town where the assassins are based out of
- disguise the body of one of the assassins they defeated as Berry, and spread the word that they killed him, and want to collect the reward.

In order to do this, they were hoping to use rituals (one to disguise Berry to look like...anyone, and one to disguise the dead assassin to look like him). This seems reasonable to me, however I don't have a really good feel for the level/cost/duration that this ritual should be. We came up with some rough ad-hoc rules at the end of the last session, but I was wondering if anyone else had a better idea of what these should look like?

Thanks!

----Edit----
the PCs are all 10th level at the moment, if that helps.

[Shadwen]

Have it require the whole group to do it...they each have to sac 10 temp hp, and torch the body of a (something fun that would extend the session) in a fire and each of them have to pay a total of 1500 gp for the other stuff required...also the assassin should have a mark on his body face or chest or other wise and this feller who is disguising himself has to carry that mark forever.

Ritual failure:

Shockwave knocking them off thier feet...killing the two who were in the ritual..the others have to roll a check to see if any shrapnel gets them.

[Kurald Galain]

Ritual failure:

Shockwave knocking them off thier feet...killing the two who were in the ritual..the others have to roll a check to see if any shrapnel gets them.

Yeah, that's not really how rituals are supposed to work in 4E.

The easiest method is probably to take a potion of mimicry (level 7) or a hat of disguise (level 10). If you really want rituals, then the closest match are the hallucinatory ones in the PHB, so that would be ~2000gp for the book, ~200gp per usage, duration of 24 hours, and everyone who sees the illusion gets to make an insight check to see what's really there.

[Moff Chumley]

Snip

Um, this is D&D 4e. Not any other 4e out there.

[Mando Knight]

If Berry only needs to be disguised for about an hour each day, he's got the Disguise Self level 6 utility power available to him.

However, you want a ritual for this, which I think is reasonable for long-term abilities and illusions. I'm basically building this one ad-hoc based on Disguise Self and Hallucinatory Item. Hallucinatory Item, as-is, should cover disguising a corpse as Berry.

Extended Disguise Self
You create a disguise for yourself that improves your ability to hide among others for an extended period of time.

Level: 6
Component Cost: 50 gp, Special
Market Price: 360 gp
Key Skill: Arcana
Category: Deception
Duration: Varies (see text)

You make yourself and perhaps others appear different, as per the power Disguise Self (Wizard Utility 6, PHB 162). The duration of the effect and number of participants affected depends on your Arcana check, as below. Each affected participant can choose their altered appearance individually, and can end the effect on themselves as a minor action. Using this ritual requires at least one participant in the ritual to expend a use of the Disguise Self Utility power.

{table=head]Arcana Check Result|Effect
9 or lower|1 hour, can alter one participant
10-19|6 hours, can alter two participants
20-29|12 hours, can alter four participants
30-39|24 hours, can alter six participants
40 or higher|Permanent until dispelled, can alter all participants[/table]

[Sinfire Titan]

Judicious application of the Heal skill can probably be used to surgically alter the corpse, and if he can find some means of getting a long-term mundane disguise he can pull it off fairly easily for cheap.

[The New Bruceski]

Find an assassin corpse with a similar build, dress him in the wizard's identifying clothes, blunt instrument to the face.

[Aron Times]

If Berry only needs to be disguised for about an hour each day, he's got the Disguise Self level 6 utility power available to him.

However, you want a ritual for this, which I think is reasonable for long-term abilities and illusions. I'm basically building this one ad-hoc based on Disguise Self and Hallucinatory Item. Hallucinatory Item, as-is, should cover disguising a corpse as Berry.

Extended Disguise Self
You create a disguise for yourself that improves your ability to hide among others for an extended period of time.

Level: 6
Component Cost: 50 gp, Special
Market Price: 360 gp
Key Skill: Arcana
Category: Deception
Duration: Varies (see text)

You make yourself and perhaps others appear different, as per the power Disguise Self (Wizard Utility 6, PHB 162). The duration of the effect and number of participants affected depends on your Arcana check, as below. Each affected participant can choose their altered appearance individually, and can end the effect on themselves as a minor action. Using this ritual requires at least one participant in the ritual to expend a use of the Disguise Self Utility power.

{table=head]Arcana Check Result|Effect
9 or lower|1 hour, can alter one participant
10-19|6 hours, can alter two participants
20-29|12 hours, can alter four participants
30-39|24 hours, can alter six participants
40 or higher|Permanent until dispelled, can alter all participants[/table]

My name is Joseph Silver, and I approve of this ritual.

[Kylarra]

Find an assassin corpse with a similar build, dress him in the wizard's identifying clothes, blunt instrument to the face.

I support this.

[LibraryOgre]

Find an assassin corpse with a similar build, dress him in the wizard's identifying clothes, blunt instrument to the face.

Actually, we've already got those. Two of the assassins we killed were eladrin, and one conveniently had his head bitten off by a grell.

[Hzurr]

Extended Disguise Self
You create a disguise for yourself that improves your ability to hide among others for an extended period of time.

Level: 6
Component Cost: 50 gp, Special
Market Price: 360 gp
Key Skill: Arcana
Category: Deception
Duration: Varies (see text)

You make yourself and perhaps others appear different, as per the power Disguise Self (Wizard Utility 6, PHB 162). The duration of the effect and number of participants affected depends on your Arcana check, as below. Each affected participant can choose their altered appearance individually, and can end the effect on themselves as a minor action. Using this ritual requires at least one participant in the ritual to expend a use of the Disguise Self Utility power.

{table=head]Arcana Check Result|Effect
9 or lower|1 hour, can alter one participant
10-19|6 hours, can alter two participants
20-29|12 hours, can alter four participants
30-39|24 hours, can alter six participants
40 or higher|Permanent until dispelled, can alter all participants[/table]

Hmm...I like this. This is just about exactly what I was looking for.

Actually, we've already got those. Two of the assassins we killed were eladrin, and one conveniently had his head bitten off by a grell.

Yep. Good times...