valuable information at the right moment. Of course if you can't cast those spells or rituals, you can always cultivate allies who can. What may be more useful

means Artefacts are affected by SHATTER, but can be repaired with the Mend spell Artefacts can only be permanently destroyed with the Words of Ending ritual

mists of time. Magical scholars broadly agree that the incantations and spells magicians use today may have begun as rituals and were slowly refined and

is, the slower and more insidious it tends to be. Examples: the weakness spell, Withering Touch of Frost, Crumbling Flesh and Withering Limbs, Hungry Grasp

involved in combat, instead supporting their fellows with ritual magic, support spells, their skills as an artisan, or most often as some sort of magical healer

lad is full of pluck and so on and so forth and knows quite a few useful spells. You'll recognise him because he has very recently cut his hair very short

personal mana. Although the spells are powerful, we decided on balance that they are not as powerful as similar two point spells, like paralysis and empower

We've simplified the rules wording to make it clear that you can't cast any spells or contribute to any rituals while under the effects of weakness. The previous

poison, but once identified the cumulative effects are treated easily by a spell or a physician with access to marrowort. An apothecary with access to an

world of Empire has significant magical healing. The five magical herbs and spells such as heal, purify, and restore limb mean that many injuries or illnesses

found a target within fifteen minutes of the completion of the ritual, the spell automatically rebounds and they are targeted by the power of the curse themselves

roseweald poisoning, and the effect can be quickly removed with a purify spell, or application of an infusion of bladeroot. An apothecary with access to

Arcane Mark using the detect magic spell. If the outcome is disputed then the Prefect of the Conclave will repeat the spell. Any member of an order may call

results of Marrowort poisoning, and it is easily treated with the purify spell or the application of a dose of Imperial roseweald. An apothecary with access

provided a game benefit like additional hits or the ability to cast more spells. Hearth magic will often change how you think or feel, it might make you

to the Lost Seeker, Bright Eyes Gleam in the Depths, and the detect magic spell. The light of the Day realm dispels illusions, reveals secrets and shatters

possesses secret knowledge. She is rarely the butt of a joke, and she may spell the doom of a foolish or unwise character, or the final punishment of a wicked

special ability to recognise potions they cannot make. The detect magic spell is no use in identifying potions or their effects; they are herbal effects

the ability to use the detect magic spell once during the next ten minutes without requiring you to know the spell or expend any mana. Recipe: Two drams

The ritual ends at the start of winter. This spell is intended to be cast at the Winter Solstice. If the spell is cast later in the year, then money that

referee to do admin in the field, such as bonding a magic item, casting spells or rituals, then the referee will be able to do that for you, once they've

on soldiers and the common citizenry of the Empire. Examples: The Empower spell, Glorious Crown of Enchantment, Sutannir's Promise, Noble Mien of the Hawk

undermine the important political intrigue - but there are very effective spells and rituals that allow you to talk to the dead. It's relatively easy to

imminent conjunctions, and how to combine that information with divinatory spells and reams of intelligence to determine how the conjunction might best be

ritualists access to spells the coven do not know that are desperately valuable. A group of ritualists with no knowledge of spells such as heal or purify

is only possible to reach the Hall of Worlds by using the operate portal spell or an equivalent magical ability while standing in the Imperial Regio. Likewise

Common spells such as weakness, or heal require the caster to be close enough to touch the target or else use an implement to deliver the spell. Ritual

understand all the familiar helpful spells. Only a small number are familiar with warlike incantations however. Spells such as weakness or repel were generally

thief-taker. Magician can be useful, the spell Voice for the dead can come in very handy, and there are various divination spells that might be useful to you. But

Rafael Barossa D'Apulian who then paid for it to be codified at the Loom of Spells and will pay for it to enter Imperial lore. Outcome: Passed. Silver Tongue

character who has purchased the magician skill is able to cast some basic spells and dedicated spellcasters are able to learn many more. If you are playing

not possible to use just any item in this manner however; the detect magic spell will explicitly indicate if an item can be used as a focus for Whispers through

full of dancing lights and flitting shapes. Under the influence of this spell, a marshland or fen can become a lethal deathtrap; invaders find themselves

mark can be detected by a detect magic spell cast on the character for that specific purpose (a detect magic spell cast for any other purpose does not reveal

enchantment effect at a time. The target gains the ability to cast, the spells shatter, weakness, and paralysis as if they knew them. They also experience

character. If you retrain an extra recipe skill or extra spell then the appropriate recipe or spell will be dropped at the same time. If you retrain a realm

VENOM status if they were affected. This effect will not work if the purify spell would fail to remove the VENOM effect for any reason. The target is not subject

a single scroll which may be used in conjunction with the operate portal spell to request information from the Celestial Library. The emissary must indicate

return at 14:00 on Sunday to auction this season's access to the Loom of Spells at the regio. Sanvar Isk is very upset about certain allegations that have

pouch, from which the existing spell was refined and specialised. One of the main advantages it has over the night pouch spell, beyond the difficulty of opening

reply. If the letter is important enough, the recipient may arrange for this spell or a variant to be used to deliver a message of their own, or they may (depending

landskeepers are written with a degree of hostility towards those ritualists and spell casters who are not landskeepers but have remained part of a Marcher household

cast their mend spell, and describe the magic as a "leaden weight" that they must work twice as hard to move as when performing the spell without the benefit

To strengthen their ancestors, they invoke their presence when casting spells and rituals, allowing their forebears to draw a little of the power of their

hunting is likely to follow them. Within a decade, most areas affected by this spell will have been effectively emptied of natural animal populations which can

difficult to predict the amount of blood that will be recouped from this spell. It is clear that the more ingots or measures of special materials have gone

you cast, or swift cast, the heal spell you may do so without spending any mana. You must be able to cast the heal spell to use this power. Materials: Crafting

will tolerate their subject nations learning some of the more simple battle spells and little more. In total they have only a few dozen rituals - none of which

vile creatures, or "Spites" are armed not with teeth and claws but with spells and weapons ordering the Empire to withdraw in the name of the Grand Enchantrix

an interest in, and the ability to offer enhancements to, the night pouch spell (and by extension the ritual Secrets for the Shadow Courier). Some magicians