The Ritual of Peace provides some protection to all that would attend such events by acting as a shield against physical damage. Physical damage inflicted under a Ritual of Peace is slowed by the shielding effect and inflict only subdual damage. Subdual damage is bruising and shock damage and is recovered automatically ten minutes after the blow was struck. Subdual damage can reduce a location to zero hits but can never reduce a location to -1.
No weapon can cut a person's skin or inflict any actual damage to anything protected by the ritual unless specifically excluded from the Ritual of Peace. Weapons that inflict the damage through and crush function as normal under a Ritual of Peace but all damage they inflict is subdual.
A Ritual of Peace also protects against any form of attack that causes location damage and against any spell or special effect that causes location damage (with the exception of those noted below). Any method that kills without causing damage, such as some poisons, will continue to function through the Ritual of Peace, as do the damage effects, decay, harm, fatal and petrification and the third level spell mage bolt.
All forms of unliving remain outside a Ritual of Peace, as do some types of creatures with alien life patterns. Any creature that is immune to, or protected against, ritual level magic will also not be protected by a Ritual of Peace. Non-sentient creatures such as animals are not protected but any creature that is even vaguely capable of sentient thought is protected.. For example, a sheep or a dog can be killed in an area protected by a Ritual of Peace but trolls and orcs cannot.
If you wish to attempt to kill a target in an area protected by a Ritual of Peace, or wish to take a target outside of the are protected by the ritual to kill him, please arrange for a referee to witness the act. This prevents later claims that the kill was not done properly and the character was still alive. If you have any doubts about the protection provided by the Ritual of Peace, check with a referee.