All Spells of the Arts

This spell tells the caster whether he is currently in a Magic aura. It does not give any further information. Other spells do the same for other kinds of aura.

This spell produces a drop of lye that can burn a coin-sized hole in leather cloth or in parchment. If hurled at a living target, the corrosive substance can cause +1 Damage.

Causes a gentle light, bright enough to read by, to shine down from above and illuminate the area described by your encircled arms. Lasts as long as you hold your arms in a circle.

Charged Item, 0 Penetration, 1/day This spell captures a song or other music sung while a small stone is enchanted, and imprisons it within. The song is of a quality equal to the creator's Communication

This spell creates a ripe apple that lasts for two minutes, long enough to be gobbled down. The apple provides no nourishment; its pleasure is in the sweetness of eating it.

This sensory illusion makes target itchy. Tasks requiring Concentration or physical activity are penalized by –1.

If the laboratory complex is recovered by magi outside of House Tremere, the House has several ways of learning of it. They might be informed by Ferox or Fidelius. One of the Tremere magi knowledgeable about the Coeris defenses may spot or hear about a laboratory text, an enchanted item or other piece from the laboratory. The characters themselves may let it slip. In any of these cases, the House will do whatever is in its power to recover the resources from the player characters. House Tremere sees the laboratory, laboratory texts and enchanted devices as possessions of the House because they were created by the House and for the House using the House's resources, rather than by Hermanus for his own purposes using his own resources Only the vis in the laboratory is exempt from the House's claim. Recovery of the items, however, is not nearly as important to the House as maintaining the The caster removes a single important detail from his or her own memory. secrecy of their magic item designs and triggering actions. It is clear to the House that information is much easier to distribute than to destroy. The House will open up negotiations with legal arguments regarding their rights to their materials, coupled with tempting offers of access to books and vis. They will not make threats of immediate Wizard's War, for fear that frightened magi might make the Tremere's secrets public. House Tremere is willing to pay any reasonable price for the recovery of their secrets, and the assurance that the information will not be leaked in the future. Since the alternative is to significantly overhaul the defenses of Coeris, a "reasonable" price can be quite high. On the other hand, such an overhaul is necessary in any case; House Tremere is not so naive as to trust an agreement completely. Thus, they are willing to pay enough to buy time. Should the player characters not be willing to deal, House Tremere is willing to make life extremely hard for them until they do deal. If pressed, the Tremere should leave the nature of this difficulty vague, with the threat of Wizard's Wars implied only in the event that the characters do spread the secrets. In the case of House Tremere, assurance that their secrets are safe includes assurance that specifics of the triggering action have been removed from the minds of people who, in the opinion of the Tremere, should not have the information. The Tremere suggest that the spell Scraping Razor of Memory can be cast by nearly any magus spontaneously and very possibly can be cast as a non-fatiguing spell, perhaps using Ceremonial Casting and props while in a powerful aura (see Houses of Hermes: Societates page 59), thereby avoiding the possibility of botching. Before delivering payment the Tremere will wish for the involved parties to provide testimony to a Tremere Mentem expert or a neutral Quaesitor skilled in magical investigation. Prior to releasing any payment to the player characters, the Tremere will insist that the testifying character submit himself to spells such as Frosty Breath of the Spoken Lie or Ear of Truth (see Houses of Hermes: True Lineages page 73) in addition to spells to detect any magical tampering to the mind of the testifying character, such as Sight of the Active Magics. The Tremere realize that, legally, this must be done voluntarily by the testifying character and will make any reasonable arrangements to prove the purity of their intent, such as using a properly vetted Quaesitor of the testifying character's choosing or submitting to a similar interrogation by a neutral Quaesitor regarding their intent in this particular matter. The Tremere insist that the investigator ask the testifying characters not only if they know the information, but also questions such as, "Do you have any reason to believe that you've made plans that will allow you to recover the information?", "Do you know of anyone else who has the information?", and "If you had wished to fool the Tremere by secreting away the information somehow then erasing memory of the event from your mind, how do you think that you would have done it?" If all of these tests are passed, the Tremere believe that they have enough time to overhaul the defenses in a considered manner, and honor any agreement.

This spell ensures that all plants within the circle grow well. It has the same effect as The Bountiful Feast (ArM5, page 135), but is based on Ring Duration and Circle Target.

This spell must Penetrate the Magic Resistance of the target to be effective. This spell is intended to be cast through an Intangible Tunnel. Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (8), Two Seasons (6), Four Seasons (5).

By manipulating the target's stomach and groin muscles, this spell causes the target to release his water, resulting in a (usually) embarrassing situation. This spell does not target or create urine, so if the target has recently urinated, the spell has no effect. This cantation is unfortunately popular with many apprentices.

This spell gives the caster the auditory ability of a hare, granting her +1 on Perception rolls that involve hearing.

The caster gains the eyes of a hawk, which allows him to clearly see for vast distances. Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (8), Two Seasons (6), Three Seasons (6), Four Seasons (5).

Enchants a person or a music instrument to make clearer, sharper, and more-melodious sounds. A bard using this instrument often lures faeries to him.

This spell ensures that all plants within the circle grow healthily, and produce a good crop. The plants still mature normally, but when it comes time to harvest, all will produce the maximum amount of crops, of the finest quality the plant can produce.

Like The Physician's Eye, this spell determines the general health of the caster. It is useful in discovering if a common cold or recurring ache is actually something more severe.

You can smell silver, and follow the scent.

Tells you what kind of plant you are touching. You also get an image of it in its natural habitat. Works with plant products as well as with plants themselves.

Changes the target's memory of a detail into a similar, though different, memory. The target is no more sure of this manufactured memory than of the authentic one, so he may discover strange fabrications to be false.

This ward prevents any mundane pest from entering and absconding with the food growing within the protective boundary of the circle. If Maris finds that the ward has been bypassed and the food tampered with, it is an indication that something far more interesting than vermin has been in the area.

This spell slightly changes the color and cut of a leather jerkin, wool tunic, or fur cloak. In social situations where clothing is important, the caster gains a +1 bonus to any Etiquette or Charm roll the player has to make.

This ward makes it impossible for those lacking Magic Resistance to remove a book from the library, because the book cannot cross a circle inscribed on the floor, or around the single doorway. It is traditional for librarians to defend these wards by placing destructive magical items near the entrances with the triggering condition "tampering with the book ward."

This spell blurs the face and distorts the voice of the caster, so that she may not be recognized by anyone who knows her. The caster's sigil determines what form this disguise takes; Carolus of Tytalus, whose sigil is darkness, has his face cast perpetually in shadow and his voice echoing and deep. Harpax, whose sigil is multiplicity, acquires a new face every few seconds, and his voice changes randomly between accents and pitches. A magus with a particularly obvious sigil must create a more powerful version (+1 magnitude for higher complexity) to blur this distinction further.

Given an amount of linen or cotton cloth, the caster forms it into a garment according to her specifications. Typical garments made with this spell are the chainse or braies (see the Clothing of the Thirteenth Century insert) which are traditionally made of linen. A Finesse roll is necessary to determine the success of the craft magic; the Ease Factor is 9 for clothes of standard quality since it represents a day's work done in an instant. If the Finesse roll fails the caster is left with a useless pile of scraps of cloth. Creating a fabric of a different color than the raw material requires a supply of appropriate dye, but does not change the Ease Factor. Julia typically uses this spell to manufacture clothes out of the magical cloth that she makes (see Enchanted Items). If starting with raw flax or cotton fibers, this spell would have needed to use the level 5 Rego Herbam guideline "treat and process items made of plant products" given in Covenants, page 51. Julia has no need for this version, since her Faerie Blood allows her to effect the transformation from fiber to cloth anyway.

This spell causes an animal of Size +1 or smaller to lose all its fur. Several members of House Jerbiton find hairless cats beautiful, but their opinion is not shared by many.

The magus may transform a piece of glass into a finished form, as if a glassworker had shaped and formed it. The magus must succeed with a Perception + Finesse roll substituting for Craft: Glassworker against an Ease Factor at least 3 higher than the mundane Ease Factor. Failure reduces the glass to a slumped lump as if an incompetent beginner had worked on it. Note that in the thirteenth century, most glass is not particularly clear — making clear glass is an alchemical process, beyond a craft-spell. Glass often has bubbles and distortions unless a real expert works on it, with a proportionately high Ease Factor.

This spell animates a shoe, making it caper and jig under the caster's control. Cast on a shoe that someone is wearing, the spell causes the wearer to stumble.

This spell immediately dries the caster's clothing, which he must be wearing when this spell is cast.

This spell creates a handful of mud, useful for hurling at a target. Since this mud is magically created, it is resisted by Magic Resistance.

This spell causes leather goods to crack and wear, marring their appearance and bringing them closer to eventually breaking.

This spell is a counterpart to The Poor Performer's Reward. It hurls the ball of mud at a target.

This spell wards the caster from light breezes, redirecting them to blow around the caster and leave him untouched. It is ineffective against stronger winds.

The caster converts up to 10 fleeces into wool. The wool is cleaned, carded, and spun in a single round. This requires a Finesse roll against an Ease Factor of 12, since it replicates more than a week's work completed in an instant. Failure to achieve this Ease Factor leaves the wool hopelessly tangled and useless.

For the duration of the spell, the caster's sense of smell is as sensitive as a staghound's. Being a hunter through-and-through, Tolides frequently employs this spell to track down those who try to escape the punishment he has decided to deal them.

The target's voice is changed so that it is wholly different. This can duplicate the voice of a specific person known to the caster, or a particular accent he has heard before, or simply change the voice to be different than the target's own. This spell does not allow the target to speak a language that she does not know. An Intelligence + Finesse roll against an Ease Factor of 6 can accurately replicate an accent, and a 9 is needed to duplicate a specific voice. Someone more familiar with the person mimicked may still perpetrate the falsehood. This is also Persephone's favored spell used to humiliate an opponent she has bested in certamen — she often gives them an unnaturally squeaky or basso profundo voice. A leucrota is a mythical beast that can mimic the voices of men to lure them as prey.

This spell must Penetrate the Magic Resistance of the target to be effective. Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (8), Two Seasons (6), Three Seasons (6), Four Seasons (5).

When this spell is cast around a camp, it dims the blinding light of the desert sun. This allows grogs and animals to sleep more easily. Alexander uses it in conjunction with A Place of Recuperation when on expedition.

This spell, taught to apprentices initially as an amusing game that allows them to vandalize their immediate environment with acorns, becomes a surprisingly effective spell in adult combat. It allows the magus to fling at a target any single piece of wood that is within Voice range and that is smaller than a pace long, wide, and deep. The damage a piece wood does when it strikes a target ranges from +1, for small, blunt piece, right up to +10 for logs a yard across. Severin usually carries a special hip quiver of sharpened, unfletched arrow shafts, although he has lost this in faerie. An individual shaft does +4 Damage.

A thick fog forms around the magus, extending outwards for several paces. A breeze can push the fog around. The fog dissipates at its natural rate, and may be too thin to restrict sight within a minute.

This spells changes water into lamp oil. As earlier, a barrelful amount of water will produce a bucketful of oil.

The target stutters and slurs. Communication rolls made for the target are at –3, and he has a –6 penalty to spoken spellcasting (and an additional botch die). Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (10), Two Seasons (8), Three Seasons (7).

The targets' clothes seek out and bind themselves to the nearest other object, moving or not. If the members of a group are standing sufficiently close, this spell binds them together. The magic lasts just long enough for the clothes to bind themselves into knots, and then dissipates allowing the targets to free themselves by undoing or cutting the knotted cloth. While all of a target's surface clothing will writhe and seek out something to bind to, there is no guarantee that all of it can. If the clothes are close-fitting, or there is not enough slack in the garment, the cloth will simply flail for a moment and then fall dormant. If there is sufficient cloth but there is nothing within its reach, the target may still become bound up as his clothes wrap and tie themselves around his limbs. Affected targets suffer a –3 penalty to all subsequent rolls for physical actions, but can free themselves by either dedicating a round to cutting or tearing the clothing, or by spending two rounds working to untie the knots. Storyguides may wish to give other options to particularly large, strong, or dexterous characters. Until members of the target group have freed themselves, successive castings of this spell have no further effect.

As per the spell effect described on ArM5, page 129.

asleep or not. Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (10), Two Seasons (8), Three Seasons (7).

Refreshes a specific memory within the mind of the caster; as long as some fragment of it remains, this spell will restore it. Once refreshed, the caster can hold the perfected memory as long he concentrates. Studying the memory effectively creates a new one which does not fade when the spell expires. This spell was created to allow Quaesitors to perfectly recall spell sigils they encounter. The spell can be used to recall other details of a brief event, like faces or voices. This spell is often used to double-check identification.

Creates a breeze of fresh air that continually moves throughout a room, keeping the air continuously breathable even if the room is airtight. Rose of Jerbiton's version of this spell always causes the air to smell of roses. The breeze can be created outdoors, but there it has little effect.

The caster inscribes a circle that no normal beast will cross.

Created in conjunction with Be Rid the Tell Tale Smoke, this large circle spell is meant to be used around an encampment. The circle prevents iconic and echoic species from leaving the circle, making the encampment undetectable. Perfect for ensuring privacy in unfamiliar territories, it does leave the camp as a silent black area; this is normally enough at night, when everything is dark, and Conscientia does not see the need for additional illusions.

You can see as clearly through water as through air, for a single moment.

Makes water run off one object or creature, protecting the target and the target's apparel from dampness. The spell is broken if the target is submerged in water.

This spell extinguishes a fire. The caster must touch the flames. This spell is more popular with Flambeau apprentices, who often have enough Ignem Form Resistance to avoid being burned.

This spell enchants a person to remain at least comfortably warm regardless of how cold the environment is. Snow immediately melts off of the target's body, and moisture soon evaporates from both the target and his clothing. The target suffers no ill effects from normal extremes of cold weather. The spell also confers a +5 Soak bonus to resist damage caused by extreme cold, and a –5 Soak penalty to resist damage caused by extreme heat. Ease Factors of rolls to resist the environmental effects of heat are increased by 3 for characters affected by Coat of Prometheus.

Dries a person and his or her clothes.

A somewhat mischievous spell, Yestin devised this in order to give himself an unfair advantage over his mundane rivals. The target of the spell is a singer's voice (or the sound produced by a single musical instrument), and the spell allows the caster to pull that voice in all manner of directions. For example, it pulls notes higher, pushes them lower, draws them out longer, or cuts them off sharply. As the caster must anticipate the music or song as it is being performed, the spell requires a Finesse roll to affect the sound to a greater or lesser degree. On a high Finesse roll (9 or higher), the caster is able to change words within the song, or change entire chords within the music. At the lowest level, the caster is able to at least change some of the music to bad notes or add a croak in the voice. Finesse Roll: 3+ Effect: Causes occasional breaks in the voice or the random bad or missed note. Finesse Roll: 6+ Effect: The caster can choose to manipulate the performance such that it appears to simply be a good player on a bad night. The target voice might sound strained or croaky, and instruments may sound in need of tuning. Finesse Roll: 9+ Effect: The caster can make the singer sound tone deaf, flattening a performance or pitching the music off key. Finesse Roll: 12+ Effect: The caster achieves a fine level of control, and can even change words within a song to any other words of his choosing. If the caster is familiar with the song or the piece of music, he may add his Music score to his Finesse roll as there is less need to anticipate the performance. It may be possible to apply the spell to the spoken word, perhaps to an orator or a tutor as he addresses an audience, although Yestin has not yet experimented with this.

Grows 10 paces of vine from a moderate quantity of wood, or from fertile soil. The vine is extremely strong and pliable, suitable for use as rope.

Causes a non-living wooden object to rot and fall apart. Objects up to the size of a single door can be affected, but things that size take up to two rounds to decay. Usually, large chunks of wood start falling off the target, and slowly crumble to smaller and smaller pieces, until only dust is left. Ferramentum of Verditius's version of this spell is very orderly as per his wizard's sigil. The decay of the object starts from the top and continues to the bottom, leaving only dust as it goes.

Causes the target to stutter and slur words. Communication rolls are at -3. Spoken spells are at -6 to the spellcasting roll, and there is an extra botch die.

Causes a pole, staff, haft, or any other long, thin, non-living wooden object to bend and lash about wildly for a few seconds and then stop suddenly. A whirling staff strikes its holder and does +4 Damage, with a possible bonus if the weapon at the head of the pole hits the person.

The target takes no interest in you as long as you continue to concentrate, and do not threaten it. A carnivore treats you as if you were simply something it does not eat. It retains normal interest, however, in anyone else nearby.

Splashed onto a wall, Door in a Bottle dissolves away the stone into an instant exit. Using this potion for illegal purposes is, of course, highly discouraged.

This spell crafts a single woolen garment from either raw fleeces or from spun wool. This spell is suitable for producing a cotte, cyclas, ganache, bliaut, cappa, or chausses (see the Clothing of the Thirteenth Century insert). A Finesse roll is necessary to determine the success of the craft magic; the Ease Factor is 12 if raw fleece is employed, or 9 if the base material is spun wool. The clothes produced are of standard quality; increase the Ease Factor for particularly fine or complex craft. If the Finesse roll fails, the caster is left with a useless mess of wool. Creating a fabric of a different color than the raw material requires a supply of appropriate dye, but does not change the Ease Factor. Julia typically uses this spell to manufacture clothes out of the magical cloth that she makes (see Enchanted Items, later). She does not have a spell that directly creates mundane clothing of wool due to the difficulty (it would be a similar spell to Sturdy Mantle of the Traveler, earlier). Instead, it is much easier to simply create fleeces (see Shearing the Unseen Flock, later) and then craft

After many sleepless nights spent chilled to the bone, enough was enough. Slipping down to the lab to work at night, Conscentia developed this simple spell to keep her warm at night. This spell simply keeps your bed toasty warm until sunrise.

The target gains the eyes of a cat, which allow him or her to see in near darkness (but not in absolute darkness, such as a lightless subterranean cavern).

The target gains the eyes of a fish, which allow him or her to see clearly while underwater but only blurrily while out of the water.

The caster can see the Room that the person he touches is in. The spell can be used by a blind magus to "see," by moving around with his hand on the shoulder of a servant. It can also be used to see the location that an Intangible Tunnel-style effect terminates in. This spell only works if the person touched is actually in a Room. This spell must Penetrate in order to sense creatures with Magic Resistance. Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (10), Two Seasons (8), Three Seasons (7).

From each of the next ten footsteps the caster of this spell takes, nonflammable grease spreads out, leaving a slick area 10 paces wide. Dexterity stress rolls are required to remain upright whenever a character on the oil does something more challenging than walking. A roll against an Ease Factor of 6 is needed for the average maneuver, with Ease Factors of up to 15 needed to (for example) make a right turn at full speed on a smooth, greased surface. The duration is the length of time that the oil lasts. This spell was invented by a rather good-natured magus, and the gestures associated with the most common variations of the spell are as comical as the effects themselves. You stand first on one leg, and then the other, vigorously rubbing the bottom of each upturned foot, as if spreading on a salve.

This spell changes the inelastic nature of bone, making it elastic and able to be reshaped under pressure. The skull becomes as pliable as clay for the duration of the spell. Once this spell is cast, a human skull can be pressed into a book-shaped wooden frame. When the spell ends, the skull reverts to its inelastic property, but retains its new shape. If later used in an enchanted item, the reshaped skull still gives the magus the same Shape & Material bonus (ArM5, page 110). Base Level Interpretation: A base level 1 Muto Terram spell will change one property of dirt. The base level to create dirt is Creo Terram 1, and the base level to create stone is base level 3. A base level 3 Muto Terram would change one property of stone. Bone is harder than dirt but softer than stone, so a base level 1 would not be enough, but base level 3 would. Thus: Muto Corpus base level 3, change one property of bone. Required Lab Total: 1 season (10), 2 seasons (8), 3 seasons (7), 4 seasons (7) no longer protected by the ghost's Magic Resistance. Note that once the living corpse is created, the book does not have to touch the revenant to allow the ghost to control it.

When you cast this spell, you can smell one sort of plant, and follow the scent, as long as you continue to concentrate. You must have a sample of the type of plant you are looking for. A Perception stress roll against an Ease Factor of 6 is needed to follow the scent. If there is no plant of the relevant type fairly close by (close enough to smell), you smell nothing, although the spell still works.

The target becomes sleepy and falls asleep within a few seconds.

The target forgets meeting the caster. Prior contact between the caster and the target must be limited to a brief and relatively insignificant event occurring within the last day, and includes the casting of this spell. This spell is perfect for making a target forget seeing the maga overtly cast a spell, or causing a sentry to forget letting her through a gate. However, a person cannot be made to forget who stabbed him.

Gives you a hazy mental image of an animal you have an Arcane Connection to. Wounds caused by an animal are an Arcane Connection to that animal with a lifetime of a few hours. This spell can thus be used to find out what was responsible for an attack. All spells cast by Chavin of Tytalus can be recognized because they promote or advocate war or violence. In his version of this spell, the claws and teeth of the beast appear more dangerous.

This spell makes a single cloud on an overcast day release its moisture, causing a light drizzle.

Useful while traveling, or in delicate social situations, as a magus can simply pour a bit on even the most appalling food, and taste a delicious feast of his own devising. Adding a bit to the gruel in the soldiers' mess can make for a significant improvement in the men's morale.

Easily carried and completely inconspicuous, a Message in a Bottle is one of the most secure ways to deliver a clandestine message. When this potion is consumed, the drinker has a message of the creator's design flash through his mind. Very few people would even think to check a vial of liquid for a message, and fewer would be foolish enough to drink an unknown potion just to discover what the suspected message might be.

This spell changes water into wine. Changing water into a processed liquid reduces its size, and it takes a barrelful of water to produce a cup-sized amount of wine.

Note that this spell is of little use in a Wizard's War. However, it is a good way to attack a faerie if the magus has discovered an Arcane Connection to it (and can therefore open an Intangible Tunnel to the faerie). Similar spells can be used to attack creatures of other realms. Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (10), Two Seasons (8), Three Seasons (7).

A flame leaps up in your palm, which must be upturned for the spell's duration. The flame casts light like a torch, and can ignite very flammable items. It does no damage, and does not burn the caster.

Makes the wood of a door pliable, allowing the magus to bend it open regardless of most locks or bars.

Determines the general health of a single person. Specific afflictions appear to you as areas of yellow coloration on the person's body. A Perception + Medicine stress roll is required to identify unusual diseases. The Ease Factor is determined by the rarity of the disease.

Uncork this small bottle and you can steal the breath of an individual. The breath flows into the flask, which should be immediately corked. If the magus acts fast enough, the stolen breath can then be fixed as an Arcane Connection to the target.

Determines if the target is pregnant. The spell will fail if cast on a man. Clotho is the youngest of the three Fates.

You can see inside a room, as long as you can touch one of its walls. If the room is unlit or poorly lit, you can only see as much as you could if you were inside, but magical enhancements of your senses do apply. You may change your viewpoint within the room throughout the duration of the spell.

Rapidly warms the target with an internal heat. This can be used to quickly defrost an object, or, if applied quickly enough, to save an individual from freezing to death. When using this spell in conjunction with treating hypothermia, the Medicine roll receives a bonus of +5.

Pen +0, 1/day, Charged Item Any group of words written in the enchanted, colorless liquid becomes visible upon activating its magic, as the ink turns black for Diameter Duration.

This is a very simple spell, designed to teach apprentices Finesse. It allows magi to toss about small pieces of wood, and when played as a game, the idea is to make the pieces land on their ends (to practice Finesse) or form rickety piles, with the loser being the apprentice whose added stick makes the pile collapse. After apprenticeship is over, magi can use it to move wooden objects up to a pace across, at walking speed. (Base 3, +2 Voice)

When casting this spell, you typically hold your hands straight out from your body, place a known amount of Vim vis in your left hand (usually one pawn), and then place an unknown amount of vis in your right hand. After casting the spell, you may sense how heavy the unknown vis is in relation to the known, determining the number of pawns present. If you cast the spell without anything to measure the unknown vis against, you only have a very general idea of how valuable it is. The spell cannot be used to determine the amount of raw vis invested in an enchanted item.

Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (10), Two Seasons (8), Three Seasons (7).

A Momentary duration version of this spell would actually be sufficient to determine the distance and direction of the target. However, by concentrating for several rounds, the caster can also use this spell to estimate the speed and direction of the target (if the target is in motion).

You can tell what Art a supply of raw vis is connected to. To you, the vis appears to glow with an aura that is appropriate to the Technique or Form that the vis is associated with. Creo is white, Intellego gold, Muto constantly fluctuating, Perdo black, Rego purple, Animal brown, Aquam blue, Auram violet, Corpus dark red, Herbam green, Imaginem pearly blue, Ignem bright red, Mentem orange, Terram dark brown, and Vim silver. Some of the colors are very similar, but are easy to distinguish if the item is held steadily and studied for a few seconds.

This spell indicates to the caster if an animal within range is asleep. Care must be taken that the vocalization of this spell doesn't wake the beast, which is good practice in determining how loudly a caster has to speak in specific spell-casting situations.

An object of stone or weaker earthy material up to a pace across breaks apart.

This spell instantly awakens a target from sleep to alert consciousness. It does not work on someone unconscious from Fatigue-level loss or continuous magic. It will awaken someone who was magically put to sleep, as long as the magic that put the person to sleep has ended.

The target gains the slippery, slimy skin of an eel, which gives him a +6 bonus to his Defense Total against grappling attacks

One of the target's hands spasms, causing him to drop anything he is holding in it. It keeps spasming for as long as you concentrate.

A touch of a wall allows the caster to peer around the corner without entering the room. Great for sneaking down to the lab or the kitchen without being caught. This spell is designed to be cast forcelessly, as to not accidentally scry on another magus.

Makes the caster's hands and feet sticky for Sun duration, providing a +3 bonus to all climbing rolls; but can prove quite annoying otherwise. Appearance: He is a tall, man with a scraggily beard and pale skin; but he has a charming manner and a quick wit, which encourages the foolish to trust him. He favors dark clothing, especially deep cloaks which satisfy his dramatic flair. This slippery follower of Tytalus is an accomplished thief. Unbeknown to his sodales, Carolus occasionally sneaks out of the covenant at night to rob the rich. Sometimes he is a highwayman, at others he burgles rich merchants. He does not do it for the money - the covenant provides for all his needs - but for the thrill; it is almost an obsession for him. Naturally, his magic supplements his native skill; but even without magic he can get by perfectly well. He can squeeze his supple body through the smallest of gaps, palm other people's treasures with consummate ease, and melt into the shadows. When he brings his magic to bear, he is unstoppable. Furax favors the Form of Imaginem, but he does not neglect the other Arts; he takes a delight in accomplishing tasks with an inventive use of spells. All of his spells relate to his furtive night-time activities; providing disguises, bringing darkness and sleep, generating misdirection and foiling locks, and in fact, he knows few Imaginem spells, reserving his skill in this field to spontaneous magics to deal with whatever problems arise during one of his expeditions. His ability to cast his magic quietly and subtly has come in very useful on his night-time escapades. Although he knows nothing of his ancestry, Carolus suspects that he may be descended from faeries (or other creatures) who revel in darkness. Sunlight is painful to him - bright sunshine will burn him after an hour's exposure, but even normal daylight is uncomfortable. All actions should be penalized by 1 to 3 points, depending on the strength of the sunlight. Additionally, he has always been incapable of creating light or fire, and his magic waxes in strength during the hours of the night. However, he has not displayed any other symptoms of faerie blood, so perhaps there is some other power at work here.

You can taste all of the properties of any liquid or mixture of liquids. Unlike Touch of the Pearls, you can use this sense on any number of liquids during the duration of the spell, but you must taste the liquids in question.

Lets you see what the ashes you touch originally were, and how and when the object was burned. The latter two are divined from markings and signs in the ashes.

Hides the taste of any substance, liquid or solid.

A setting's worth of food or drink tastes and smells exactly as you designate.

This spell changes the color of a beast of up to Size +1. The color change only lasts a couple minutes, but is not restricted to any natural color an animal might possess. Green cats are a favorite at Durenmar.

This spell causes the target to lose all the hair on his head.

This spell spoils a plate of food.

This craft magic spell causes prepared ink to form words and images on a page. The ink is overlaid on guidelines already present on the page, such as chalk or charcoal sketches left by a copyist, or the result of a spell such as The First Furrow Guides the Second. The Group Target permits multiple colors of ink to be employed. The spell does not distinguish between writing and illustrations, copying both with equal skill. The caster must make an Intelligence + Finesse roll to determine the accuracy of the spell's copying. The Ease Factor is 9 for an easy piece of copying; for example, one color and no illustrations, typical of a book with a Quality of 6 or less. The Ease Factor is higher for more complex or detailed works typical of higher Quality; for a Quality of 7 to 9 the copying Ease Factor is 12, and for a Quality of 10 or more the Ease Factor is 15. If this roll fails, then the ink fails to form letters and simply makes a mess. A botch indicates that the text looks fine but is actually nonsensical, a flaw only discovered when the text is read for the first time; however, characters will not often be rolling stress die for this Finesse roll. Variants of this spell with higher Duration allow a magus to use this spell to make patterns on the page that correspond to the caster's words.

This spell animates a linen gown or dress to dance with the caster, who must maintain concentration while dancing (Ease Factor 9).

Patronus has used this spell over many years to warp himself. Each casting inflicts a single Warping Point on the caster, usually not enough to risk Twilight, but enough to produce a steadily increasing Warping Score, which he needs in order to finally achieve transforming himself into a faerie.

This spell conjures a carved wooden flute into the hands of the caster. The flute appears just as the caster wishes, although casting requisites are required for flutes decorated with materials belonging to forms other than Herbam, such as the animal horn often used for embellishments. Having only Concentration Duration, the flute is entirely magical and will disappear at the end of the spell's duration, essentially when Yestin finishes playing it. Yestin benefits from his Performance Magic Virtue when casting this spell, as the act of playing the flute stands in for his concentration.

Makes a fire burn brightly in shifting colors for an instant. Each being looking at the fire must make a Stamina stress roll against an Ease Factor of 6 or be blinded for one round by the multicolored lights.

The caster lays a piece of linen or cotton thread over a rent in any fabric and runs her finger over it; the cloth or leather is immediately repaired with a neat stitch. This Craft Magic spell requires successful Finesse roll against an Ease Factor of 6.

Pen +0, 1/day These forceps are using during birth, and temporarily reduce the size of the baby as it travels down the birth canal. This greatly speeds and eases the birth process, which means that there is less opportunity for disease-causing demons to wound either mother or child. If the forceps are used to assist birth, they guarantee the birth of a live baby, and prevent any injury or disease from befalling either mother or child due to the birth. (Effect: Base 3, +1 Touch, +1 Conc; Modifications: None)

This spell changes the nature of a fire so it does not produce smoke.

This spell creates a static copy of the caster, which sits on a stool and appears to be studying a book. The image is only visual.

This spell causes a female caster to adopt male physical characteristics. A similar spell (The Incubus's Trick) turns a male caster into a woman. Eye color, hair color, hairstyle, stature, build, and similar characteristics are not changed by this spell, so anyone familiar with the caster's original appearance can easily recognize her after the change (although the enchanted maga is sometimes instead assumed to be her own "twin brother"). The names of these spells derive from demons of lust who can change their gender.

This spell uses a target's clothes against him, twisting them into cords that then strangle the target for as long as the caster keeps concentrating. Using the deprivation rules in ArM5, page 180, the target must make a Stamina check every 5 rounds. Additionally, the target can attempt a Strength + Athletics stress roll against the caster's Dexterity + Finesse Simple roll in order to break the grip of the clothes. If the character is being helped, use the highest Strength + Athletics score and add 1 for each other person helping. The target can attempt a Brave Personality Trait roll against an Ease Factor of 9 in order to perform an action other than attempting to free himself from the grip of his own clothes. The caster must, as usual, succeed in Concentration rolls each round.

The touch of the caster causes a thread of animal or plant origin to decay, making the cloth it is holding together to come apart. The pieces of cloth can be sewn together again, so this is counted as damaging the garment rather than destroying it.

This spell allows the caster to make minor alterations to a finished tapestry or embroidered item, such as changing a subject's pose, improving a likeness, or rewording an embroidered phrase. The change is minor in relation to the whole, never making up more than a fraction of the item, but as this spell can act on large tapestries, the individual change may itself be quite large. The change retains the original character of the work, so the intrinsic workmanship cannot, in itself, be improved through this spell. The version known to Petalichus was handed down through generations of his confraternity. Casters who know this version may use their Weaver craft ability in place of Finesse when determining the quality of the effect. Magi who invent this spell, or learn it from another source, use Finesse as normal. A Herbam casting requisite is required for tapestries using plant-based thread.

The caster deflects one blow from a melee weapon of which he is aware. Since the magus actually touches the weapon, any additional effects of the blade — for example, a coating of poison, or a Blade of Virulent Flame still affect him. A casting requisite of Herbam is needed if the weapon is primarily wooden, such as a spear or staff. Hugh has mastered this spell, and uses it as a fast-cast defense.

Causes the target to forget one word of your choosing. The target cannot remember that word for the spell's duration, but afterwards he can come up with the word without assistance by making an Intelligence + Concentration stress roll against an Ease Factor of 9. If the target fails he may try again, but each additional roll adds +1 to the difficulty.

The target lets out a loud sneeze. Spellcasters who sneeze must make Intelligence + Concentration stress rolls against an Ease Factor of 12 to maintain concentration, and others get –1 on most activities at the moment of the sneeze.

Tells you whether a liquid you hold or touch is poisonous, just as a pearl sometimes does. Safer than Subtle Taste of Poison and Purity, as you don't have to taste the possibly poisonous liquid. In Verdan of Ex Miscellanea's version of the spell, poisonous liquids turn a faint green. According to his sigil, all his spells involve the color green.

Causes a fire to guiver a few seconds and then make a leap of up to 10 feet in any direction. A Targeting roll is required to hit a specific target. The flame stays at the spot it hits if it can burn there (see rules for fire damage on page 407). Otherwise, it simply scorches the spot and goes out (doing +5 damage).

The caster specifies a particular noise that then momentarily sounds in the vicinity of an object, place, or person to which the caster has an Arcane Connection. The spell cannot duplicate a voice or say words. Persephone uses this simple spell to trigger a number of different effects in the charged items she makes and distributes to her agents. Each item is keyed to trigger its effect upon hearing a commonplace noise, like a whine, a buzz, or a chirrup easily attributable to an insect.

Pen +0, 2/day constant effect Makes the lyre hard and flexible like good sheet metal. This gives a small penalty of –1 to music rolls. (Effect: Base 4, +2 Sun; +3 levels environmental trigger, +1 level 2/day, for a total of 14 levels)

Slowly moves a nonliving thing, like a mug, instrument, or small pouch of coins; it cannot oppose intentional resistance. Magi use this spell to manipulate things at a distance, but the spell cannot be used to pull something from a person's hand or to move something that is held. Casting requisites of an appropriate Form for the target are required.

This spell lets the caster speak directly into the target's mind for as long as he maintains concentration. Optional Rule: Learning Cantations in Play Most magi don't take the time to teach cantations to apprentices. It is not the most effective use of time and a younger apprentice will be limited in what she can learn. An optional rule is to let the repeated casting of a low level spontaneous spell become a formulaic spell. At some point in the apprentice's mind, casting the same spontaneous spell over and over again eventually becomes "known," the definition of a formulaic spell. Using this rule allows a player to spend adventure experience points on a spontaneous spell his character used in play to turn it into a formulaic. He must use the same spell repeatedly, at least as many times as the level of the spell. If this condition is met, the player can buy the spell with experience points earned from the adventure. The level of the spell determines its cost, at one experience point per level. If you use this rule, it should also be available to adult magi. However, adult magi can invent many cantations in a single season, and thus are unlikely to want to take advantage of the rule very often. The Dream Witches Some mothers threaten their misbehaving children with tales of bogeymen, horrible night creatures that devour bad girls and boys. A fairly common practice, the exact monster invoked differs by region, and depending where the family lives the traditional bogeyman might be goblins, bugbears, elves, or vampires. Apprentices soon realize that these traditional bogeymen are either fairly benign or easily managed through magic, and this psychological tool loses much of its impact. But there are worse creatures in the world than elves and bugbears. Instead of the traditional night creatures, a maga might frighten her misbehaving apprentice with the "dream witches," evil sorceresses in tattered cloaks who sweep into the apprentice's dreams and contort them into horrible nightmares. The threats vary; the dreamer is stripped of all intelligence, or his flesh is rent and torn, or perhaps the nightmare is so terrible that it bursts his heart. Most apprentices forget these tales after childhood. Few remember the horrible stories of their parentes, or if they do they scoff them off as simple children's fancies. But as with many legends in Mythic Europe, the dream witches actually exist, hidden within an esoteric Mystery Cult of the Order of Hermes, with powers not unlike those reputed to them.

An existing breeze follows you until you stop traveling for more than ten minutes. It causes phenomena you pass through (fog, haze) to follow you.

Pen 0, 3/day Tetrix can instantly awaken Julia with this power. Since he never sleeps himself, he is always on watch when she is resting. (Base 4, +1 Touch; +2 3/day)

Pen +0, constant effect This effect detects any fires in the laboratory larger than a lantern flame that are not in the fireplace or the product of the Facade of Pentecost power. (Effect: Base 2, +2 Sun; Modifications +1 level 2 uses per day +3 levels environmental trigger)

Pen +0, constant effect This effect can tell when the plant is in need of water.

Pen: 0, 24 uses per day This enchanted item is a mirror. When the device is activated, the image reflected on the mirror surface is frozen until the effect duration ends. This frozen image can be used as symbolic representation of anyone or anything depicted for a +2 Sympathetic Connection. As the reflected image of a character is a species, this spell does not need to Penetrate the Magic Resistance of the depicted characters. Note that strictly the mirror actually creates an image that depicts what it "saw," rather than truly freezing an image. Required Lab Total to invest effect: One Season (16), Two Seasons (12), Three Seasons (11), Four Seasons (10).

Pen +0, Constant Effect This simple effect changes any vocalizations made by the caster into a loud highpitched click, which allows the vocalizations of his Voice-Ranged spells to carry through the water. See Voices in the Ocean side bar.

Pen +0, constant effect Listens to the baby in the crib. When the baby starts to scream, the second effect is triggered.

Pen +0, 1/day This effect tolls the bell at each equinox and solstice through the year. (Effect: Base 2, +2 metal, +1 Diameter; Modifications: +3 triggered by Divine the Heavens' Aspect)

Pen +0, 1/day This effect tolls the bell at each significant phase of the moon, such as new, quarter, and full moons. (Effect: Base 2, +2 metal, +1 Diameter; Modifications: +3 triggered by Divine the Heavens' Aspect)

The Censer of the Unseen is an incense censer crafted of rock crystal; this item was opened with eight pawns of vis. It is enchanted with Room of Pleasant Incense, Ascertaining the Absence of Images and Herald of Imperative. There is one pawn of free capacity in this item. Constant effect A pleasant-smelling smoke constantly pours from the censer, filling the room. This smoke can be clearly seen but it can not be smelled by any creature with Magic Resistance. While clearly visible, the smoke does not significantly obscure vision. The smoke fills the target room but does not travel outside of it. (Effect: Base 1, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +1 complexity; Modifications, +1 level 2 uses per day, +3 levels environmental trigger)

Pen +0, constant effect This power slowly moves any liquids out of the chest over a period of minutes and prevents any liquids from slowly seeping or dripping into the chest (although the power is not strong enough to prevent liquids from being poured into the chest). (Effect: Base 1, +2 Sun, +2 Room; Modifications +1 level 2 activations per day, +3 levels environmental trigger)

Pen +0, Constant Effect As Cloak of the Duck's Feathers (ArM5, page 124).

Pen +0, Constant Effect Warms the wearer, shielding him from winter's harshest weather. Base 2, +2 Sun, +1 Touch; +1 2/day, +3 environmental trigger: sunrise/set)

Pen: +0, Constant Effect These enchanted lamps shine with an unending inner light equivalent to torchlight. The lamps generate neither heat nor smoke, which makes them ideal for lighting the ship. The Hermes has a number of these, as they are cheap and easy to produce, and most magi are able to create multiple lamps in a season, especially given the easily obtainable Laboratory Text. Required Lab Total: 1 season (18), 2 seasons (14), 3 seasons (12) If the effects are enchanted into lamps as described earlier, the project benefits from a +7 bonus to produce light, making the devices very easy to make. Given the low level of the effect, it is recommended that these lamps be lesser enchantments, which avoids the need to open each lamp for enchantment.

Any bodily organ placed inside is protected from putrefaction while it remains within the jar.

Pen +0, Constant Effect R: Personal, D: Sun, T: Touch The wand constantly collects information on the prevailing aura surrounding it. Both the supernatural realm and the intensity of the aura is detected through four effects, each dedicated to a particular realm. The information gathered is not relayed directly to the item's wielder but is used instead to trigger a further effect, described below, which avoids the danger of a constant source of Warping. (Effect: Base 2, +1 Touch Target, +2 Sun; Modifications: +1 for 2/day, +3 triggered at sunrise/set) Three other similar effects are also enchanted into the wand to detect Infernal, Magical, and Faerie auras. Know the Power InVi 25 Pen +0, Unlimited This effect is triggered by the four Sense the Scale effects described above. Its sole purpose is to gather the information made available by those effects and make it available to subsequent effects that may then be subsequently triggered by this effect. (Effect: Base 3; Modifications: +12 linked triggers, +10 unlimited use)

Pen: +0, constant effect This effect determines the temperature in the bath. When the temperature drops below a comfortable bathing temperature, it activates the heating effect Fill the Bath. If the bath is intended to be The Thermal Bath of Scalded Flesh, then this effect is invented to monitor around (and activate the Fill the Bath effect at) the boiling temperature of water. Required Lab Total to invest effect: One Season (18), Two Seasons (14), Three Seasons (12), Four Seasons (12).

Pen: 0, 2/day This effect, instilled in any small device, produces terrified rabbit shrieks upon com- mand. Such noise is very effective in drawing curious predators, especially those that eat rabbits. Because the device maintains concentration on the spell it can be commanded to stop, which lets it be set and used in two different locations in a day. The created species of sound need not penetrate a magical creature's Magic Resistance to be heard. Required Lab Total: 1 season (18), 2 seasons (14), 3 & 4 seasons (12)

Pen 0, 2/day This spell works just like Voice of the Leucrota, except that the effect can only duplicate the voice of a single person — that of Lord Richard of Hallam. He has a deep voice with a distinctive Norman accent. The effect can be canceled at will, but can only be activated twice per day. This effect is triggered when the wearer of the ring rubs it and says either trigger word "vir Hallamus" or "mulier Hallamae."

One of the first spells taught to Petalichus by his mater, this spell cleans, cards, and spins a whole fleece, or a bale of cotton or flax, into thread in a matter of moments. If dye is available when the spell is cast, the thread can be dyed as the caster directs. A Herbam casting requisite is required for plant-based cloth. This is an Average task for a mundane spinner, so the caster must make a Perception + Finesse (precision) + stress die roll against an Ease Factor of 12 (Craft Ease Factor 9 + 3 for using Craft Magic). Failing the roll results in a badly spun fleece, probably with flecks of dirt still clinging to the thread. A botched roll ruins the fleece outright, though this may not be immediately apparent. See Covenants, page 49 for more on Rego Craft Magic.

This spell is exceptionally good at making simple cloth, but casters may find it difficult to create cloth of any great quality or highly patterned tapestries. The table below lists the base Ease Factors for weaving bolts of cloth in a single casting. Treat each bolt of cloth as being two paces in length by one pace wide. Successive castings can extend the current bolt of cloth rather than creating a new item. Members of Petalichus' lineage have traditionally used this spell in practicing their Finesse. The caster makes a Perception + Finesse (precision) + stress die and compares the result against the table below. Cloth Bolt's L Quality E evel C raft Magic ase Factor ----------------------------- --------- -------------------------- Shoddy Trivial 6 Standard Simple 9 Superior Average 15 Excellent Hard 18 It is a harder task to create patterned cloth. A simple repeating pattern adds +3 to the Ease Factor, while an image or words woven into the cloth adds +6. See City & Guild, page 67 for more on item quality. A Herbam casting requisite is required for work involving cotton or linen.

This spell makes a misplaced book fly swiftly to rest on its lectern, in an open bookcase, or to the hand of the caster. The spell requires an Arcane Connection to the book, which is usually the library catalog, although the book's voucher can serve equally well. The book moves about as quickly as a running man, and falls to the ground if the caster's concentration lapses before it arrives. This spell cannot cause books to pass through solid objects, so the book must have a clear path to the magus for the spell to work. Stolen books are usually kept in a chest, or behind a closed door, to prevent this spell's use.

This spell changes the target's memory so that he believes that Wizard's War was declared on him one month prior to when it actually was. The intent is that this spell is cast via an Intangible Tunnel-style effect while the Wizard's War is legitimately in progress, and the target (believing that the Wizard's War occurred during the previous month) stops taking protective measures, and leaves the sanctuary of the Aegis of the Hearth. Obviously, this strategy will fail if the target is convinced by another character that their memory is in error. However, it might be very difficult to convince a magus that their memory is incorrect, and to be effective this strategy only requires the magus to make a single absent-minded mistake, such as briefly leaving the Aegis of the Hearth. Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (20), Two Seasons (15), Three Seasons (14), Four Seasons (13).

) ) Adds +3 to the caster's normal Size, turning him into a veritable giant. The caster's clothing, armor, and weapons are also increased in size in proportion. Characteristics are not affected by the size change, but the caster's wound ranges change accordingly: at Size +3, the caster's wounds have eight-point increments (1–8 points for a Light Wound, 9–16 for a Medium Wound, and so forth). Casting requisites of Animal, Herbam, and Terram are usually required to affect all the target's equipment. A size modifier is required for this spell since the final size is ten times the mass of a base target for Corpus.

This spell is a variant of Aura of Ennobled Presence, except that it causes the target to appear more friendly, conciliatory, and credible. The character gets a +3 on rolls to win trust and make friends. In a debate, the target receives a +3 to Defense Totals based on Charm. The social penalties caused by The Gift are not negated by this spell; the caster merely seems to be suspiciously over-friendly.

This spell is a variant of Aura of Ennobled Presence, except that it causes the target to appear more guileless, gullible, and naïve. The character gets a +3 to rolls to deflect suspicion or convince others of his innocence. In a debate, the target receives a +3 to defenses based on Guile. To those affected by the caster's Gift, his apparent innocence and unblemished honor appears sanctimonious and self-righteous.

This spell is a variant of Aura of Ennobled Presence, except that it causes the target to appear more guileless, gullible, and naïve. The character gets a +3 to rolls to deflect suspicion

The target appears more forceful, authoritative, and believable. Numerous subtle changes in appearance bring about this change, including a slight supernatural illumination of the face, a more erect posture, and a louder and smoother voice. The character gets a +3 on rolls to influence, lead, or convince others.

Pen +0, 1/day The craftsman requires a Workshop Total (see City & Guild, page 65) of 15 or greater in order to enchant this device, and the required craft totals to complete the work in 1 to 4 seasons are listed below. The craftsman's craft total for enchanting the device is based on his Dexterity + Craft Ability + his Workshop Bonus + a bonus from any assistant helping him + an appropriate aura bonus + any bonus afforded by the item's quality. Required Craft Total: 1 season (28), 2 seasons (21), 3 seasons (19), 4 seasons (18)

Up to ten men of Size +1 become capable of running as fast as a horse. Hugh uses this specifically on a group of warriors, and maintains concentration only long enough for them to charge their foes. This gives them a bonus to their first Attack Total equal to their Athletics Ability, up to a maximum of +3.

This spell binds the target's wounds, so that he can undertake any activity without the risk of worsening the wounds. He still suffers from the wound penalties, however, and cannot heal naturally while under the influence of this spell. Typically, you place your hands on the target and pass them over his wounds, which magically seal themselves and stop bleeding.

This spell wounds an unborn child, causing the fetus to abort. A Stamina stress roll against an Ease Factor of 6 must be made for the mother; if it fails she suffers a Medium Wound.

Pen +0, charged item When this ointment is smeared over the belly of a pregnant woman, it wounds her unborn baby, which kills it. If the mother is more than one month pregnant, a Stamina stress roll against an Ease Factor of 6 must be made for her, and if it fails she suffers a Medium Wound. Otherwise, the woman suffers no physical harm. (Effect: Base 5, +1 Touch; Modifications: None)

The caster of this spell eats a small piece of bread dipped in the blood of another character, although any Arcane Connection to the other character will work. The spell changes the blood of the character so that he becomes a blood relative of the character from whom the consumed blood came. This effect only lasts for the duration of this spell. This does not stop the character from also being a blood relative to his natural relations. Being a blood relative is worth a +1 Sympathetic Connection (ArM5, page 84). This spell is possible because, although being a blood relative is a part of a character's essential nature, Muto spells can violate a character's essential nature (turn a man into a wolf, for example); the character's true essential nature merely returns when the Muto spell ends. Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (20), Two Seasons (15), Three Seasons (14), Four Seasons (13).

Cast against any bladed weapon, this spell warps and blunts the blade hopelessly.

Breaks all waves and torrents of water (including magical ones) just before they touch you. The water either crashes to the ground or flows around you in a truly impressive display. In Ferramentum of Verditius's version of this spell, the water breaks precisely one inch from the target, leaving a very clean line showing where the waves stopped. All of his spells may be recognized by their orderliness.

Obviously, this spell is only really useful for attacking other magi. Thus, some tribunals may view magi who are known to have invented this spell with suspicion. On the other hand, there are legitimate reasons for knowing this spell — prosecuting Wizard's War and hunting Marched magi are entirely legal and uncontroversial pursuits. Like all spells, this spell must Penetrate to be effective. Higher-level versions of this are possible for attacking targets with greater Parma Magica scores. Note that this spell uses the Perdo Vim guideline, which dispels magic effects of a specific type (ArM5, page 160). Parma Magica is an example of a magical effect of a specific type, which all Hermetic magi are familiar with. This is why Wind of Mundane Silence (ArM5, page 161), which dispels all magical effects is effective against Parma Magica. This spell does not dispel Magic Resistance generated via other sources, nor is this spell effective against any other sorts of magic. Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (20), Two Seasons (15), Three Seasons (14), Four Seasons (13).

The target ceases to be able to coordinate a squad of soldiers as a Trained Group. The memories required to use that skill are removed and do not return when the spell ends, but can be regained with simple demonstration and practice, requiring time but not experience. The target is aware that he has forgotten how to lead warriors in battle. Unless another member of the group is able to take over as leader, the squad fights as an Untrained Group instead. This is a less efficient version of Dissolving the Wall of Shields (Houses of Hermes: Societates, page 70) since it targets only the current leader rather than the entire squad.

Pen +0 1/day This power transforms the wood of the chest into brass matching the fittings on it. It is triggered by rapping on the chest seven times in rapid succession. (Effect: Base 4, +2 Sun)

This spell creates a breeze of fresh, dry, warm air that continually moves throughout a room , keeping the air unpolluted and the humidity and temperature constant. This spell is often cast on armarii and book chests.

Prevents decay of a human corpse, or of a severed body part. Necromancers use it to preserve their revived corpses.

The effect of this reinvented spell is practically equivalent to The Demon's Eternal Oblivion, though its cosmetic component makes it appear somewhat differently. A black tentacle, similar to a writhing whip, lashes out from the caster's palm to hit the targeted Infernal creature, reducing its Infernal Might score by 10 points. Brought close to destruction, a demon can be punished, and forced to obey, or at least to take the caster seriously. Note that the caster must be able to perceive or sense a demon to target it, and the spell must penetrate its Magic Resistance to take effect. PeVi 20 Upon penetrating the Magic Resistance of the target, the spell reduces the casting total of the affected victim by 5 levels. The evocation does not hinder the movement or senses of the target in any way, but merely affects all magic that is cast. Note that this spell must be fast cast if it is supposed to take effect before the opponent can act in the first round. (See ArM5, pages 83 and 87.) In Tolides' version of the spell, it appears as if the target is trapped in a dark cocoon of semi-transparent, wildly writhing vapor.

Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (20), Two Seasons (15), Three Seasons (14), Four Seasons (13).

Obviously, there are other techniques for communicating with a ghost. However, Whispers Through the Black Gate is the most common such spell in use in the Order. Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (20), Two Seasons (15), Three Seasons (14), Four Seasons (13).

Creates an individual garment made of linen or cotton, most commonly undergarments such as the chainse or braies (see the Clothing of the Thirteenth Century insert). A Finesse roll determines the quality of the clothes; an Ease Factor of 6 results in a garment of standard quality. If an Ease Factor of 9 is achieved then the caster can specify the brightness of the dye and any regional variations in style. Julia uses this spell rather than The Tailor's Craft Done in an Instant when she has no cloth at hand.

The target appears less likeable, cute, and attractive. Numerous subtle changes in appearance bring about this change, including a shriller, higher pitched voice, a more crooked posture, and a slightly more bloated and unclean face and figure. The character gets a –3 modifier on all rolls to influence, seduce, or please others. Aurulentus used this spell on his daughters to test whether their suitors were really more interested in personality than looks as they usually proclaimed. He stopped using it after his wife found out and forbade it. He now uses the Bachelor's Door (see Enchanted Items) to test suitors of his daughters — without the knowledge of his wife.

This spell must Penetrate the Magic Resistance of the target to be effective. This spell is intended to be cast through an Intangible Tunnel. Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (20), Two Seasons (15), Three Seasons (14), Four Seasons (13).

Destroys an object made of animal fur or hide, including wool and leather. Marius of Tremere's version of this spell has the target disappear in an impressive puff of smoke.

Causes a single object within range to fly towards Hugh; he may attempt to catch it if he wishes by succeeding on a Dexterity + Athletics roll against an Ease Factor of 9. If he chooses not to attempt to catch the item, it falls to the ground by his feet. The spell is very forceful, and has an equivalent Strength of +5; if the object is being held by someone else, then make an opposed Strength roll. If the caster rolls higher then the item is lost to its holder. Hugh usually uses this effect to disarm his opponents, or to retrieve his weapons should they not be to hand.

As per Demon's Eternal Oblivion (ArM5, page 160), but affects faeries. This version strips 10 from the Might Score if it penetrates Magic Resistance.

This spell flings the wooden contents of a container into a group of enemies. So that this spell does not require requisites, Severin usually carries a special hip quiver of sharpened, unfletched arrow shafts, although he has lost this in Faerie. A quiver-full of arrows does +8 Damage.

Looking the target in the eye, the caster is able to sense any corporal affliction or ailment that might hamper the target's physical movement. This includes, for example, injuries, fractures, and crippled limbs covered by clothes or armor. Note that the caster must face the target directly to scrutinize his or her physical condition. When Tolides developed this spell he did not own a mirror, but seriously considered acquiring one to extend the utility of the spell to diagnosing himself.

This spell, designed by a Tremere Artificer with broader imagination than vocabulary, is used to draw precise pictures of a magus's ideas. The inventor used this spell to draft technical diagrams, but many of his sodales use it for mapmaking. It requires the presence of a pot of ink and a drawing surface, because the spell creates permanent images using mundane materials. The magus requires an Intelligence + Finesse roll of 9+ for the diagram to be legible.

Determines the age of any nonliving target to within 10% of its actual age.

An object of stone or weaker material up to a pace across breaks apart. The appropriate Form for the target is a casting requisite.

The magus can hex someone he senses via normal or magical senses who stands on the same road. The target's legs starts to spasm in a way that makes it impossible to Magic Might: 10 (Imaginem) Characteristics: Int +2, Per 0, Pre +2, Com +3, Str –3, Sta 0, Dex +2, Qik +4 Size: –2 Age: n/a Confidence Score: 2 (5) Virtues and Flaws: Magic Animal; Magical Friend; Great Quickness, Luck, Perfect Balance, Puissant Guile, Self-Confident, Well-Traveled; Wanderlust, Greedy (minor), Nocturnal Magical Qualities and Inferiorities: Ritual Power, Gift of Speech, Improved Characteristics (x2), Improved Abilities (x3), Lesser Power, Personal Power; Reduced Attack Personality Traits: Fox +3, Wanderlust +5, Greedy +3, Carefree +2 Combat: Bite: Init +4, Attack +5, Defense +7, Damage –2 Soak: 0 Fatigue Levels: OK, 0, –1, –3, –5, Unconscious Wound Penalties: –1 (1–3), –3 (4–6), –5 (7– 9), Incapacitated (10–12), Dead (13+) Abilities: Athletics 3 (sprinting), Area Lore (Normandy) 3 (towns), Artes Liberales 1 (reading), Awareness 3 (coins), Bargain 3 (hard sell), Brawl 1 (bite), Carouse 3 (drinking), Charm 3 (first impressions), Folk Ken 3 (peasants), Guile 5+2 (fast talking), High French 5 (peasants), Hunt 3 (birds), Latin 4 (magi), Legerdemain 3 (picking pockets), Magical Lore 3 (forest), Magic Theory 2 (Imaginem), Music 3 (singing), Stealth 3 (hiding), Survival 3 (forest) Bond Scores: Bronze +1, Silver +2, Gold +2 Powers: Perfect Liar, 4 points, Init +1, Corpus: (R: Voice, D: Sun, T: Group) Felix grants himself or someone else a +3 bonus on all Guile rolls. MuCo 20 (base 2, +2 Voice, +2 Sun, +2 Group): Lesser Power (20 levels, +1 Init) Grant Luck, 5 points, Init –6, Imaginem: (R: Touch, D: Mom, T: Ind, Ritual) Felix gives some of his luck to the target, granting him the Luck Virtue. No Hermetic equivalent: Ritual Power Human Form, 1 point, Init +2, Corpus: (R: Pe,r D: Sun, T: Ind) Gives the fox the body of a human. MuCo 20 (base 10, +2 Sun): Personal Power (20 levels, –1 Might cost) Familiar Powers: none Vis: 2 pawns of Imaginem vis located in his twisted tail. Appearance: A small red fox with an exceptionally long, twisted tail. When he transforms into a human he speaks with a smooth voice, has red hair with a red beard, green eyes, and normal stature. Felix stepped into this world with an intense urge to wander, visit the humans, and take part in their lives. In the great city of Paris he improved his skill at lying, gambling, and thieving, and felt as though he was now perfect. But the time away from his Magic aura weakened his powers, and he also attracted some demons who wanted to make him a member of their realm. But luckily Scipio (30 years out of his Gauntlet) found him before he was lured away, saving him from losing more of his powers and becoming Infernal. After this, both traveled to many countries, adventuring and getting into a great deal of trouble that they both survived thanks to their immense luck.

Locates the position of the target, which the caster has an Arcane Connection to, along a road. Herakles uses this to detect a person walking along the Sacred Way, but it works on any road.

The level of light in the target room drops substantially, making the room gloomy, with deep shadows everywhere.

The spell "grabs" a nearby object that could be thrown by a normal person (provides it is not held or fastened down), and moves it rapidly to the hand of the caster. Although the title suggests a sling-stone, an alternative use is to attempt to grab a small, shed, portion of an opponent – so that the caster may obtain an Arcane Connection to said opponent. It may help if an obliging shield grog can make the target shed a drop of blood(e.g. nicking it with a weapon). The Arcane Connection can then be used to boost Penetration of spells cast against the opponent. Vis: none, alas. Appearance: A striking young woman with pale skin and raven black hair, which never seems to stay where it should (a mundane problem, which Mari could solve with magic, but does not). While quite given to sneaking around, hooded and cloaked, in dark places, she much prefers company where she can let her good looks show. She is often found in the company of assorted night Faeries, goblin and redcaps and the like, which dayfolk consider unsavory… Recruited by her Merinita parens for her intelligence and magical Gift, she nevertheless has no trace of faerie blood in her veins. It was a source of minor shame to her parens that he had to inflict a small warping spell in order to initiate her into the faerie Mysteries. She is pale and raven haired, in contrast to the ruddy blond, Sidhe-blooded magi around her as she was trained. She is deeply jealous of her sodales in the House, of their ease and grace and good looks, and the common assumptions that faeries are light and fluffy and that Merinita magi should be like that too. She found a strength in the darkness, and discovered more about the dark fae, and the destructive aspects of magic. She is determined to make herself better than those who have the easy option of faerie blood: she studies spells, arts and skills to wield raw power, and even nagged her parens to devise a longevity ritual for her before she even finished her apprenticeship. Having this potion (combined with her genuine youth) has made her seem not to have aged since her gauntlet. [In game terms, she makes her aging rolls as normal, but ignores all results other than "no apparent aging (2 or less)" or "apparent age increases by one year (3 or more)"; she will start to make aging rolls normally after she turns 35.] In her drive, she has also learnt tricks to make herself seem more powerful: elder magi may be so suffused with aspects of their Art as to radiate involuntary effects, and she tries to make it seem as though she does, too. She has learnt minor spells of destruction, and mastered them, so that she might cast them without seeming - one of her favorite tricks is to flounce out "through" a door, shattering it into pieces; or to make plants wilt around her. She also carries an ornately carved staff, which other may take for a talisman, or enchanted device, but which is in truth nothing more than a "stage prop"! If a cast spell is blocked by the magic resistance of an opponent, she will try to obtain a small item, drop of blood, or fallen hair, using her spell Grasp the Distant Slingstone, and using that to boost her Penetration total. If that is not enough, she will draw on reserves of inner strength, and use her own life force to boost the spell casting. So far, this has always proved enough… she may yet fail! She also desires to improve her Penetration ability by study and practice. Her vain desire to remain young, like the faeries, by the artificial means of a powerful longevity ritual, mean that she began her magical career owing a large favor to her parens, above the normal debt of any filia to parens. She has sent small gifts of raw Vis whenever she has managed; should he ask her to perform some task she knows she must obey even though it inconvenience her considerably.

Pen 0, charged item This charged item is a gritty powder that when thrown into a fire causes it burn with a bright lime green flame. (Effect: Base 3, +1 Touch, +2 Sun) (1 pawn)

Heats a piece of metal so that it is too hot to touch. Something the size of a breastplate or helmet does +5 damage if in direct contact with the skin for one round. For each additional round, more damage is done, the amount dropping by two points each round (+3 damage on round two, then +1). Smaller objects do less damage. Most metal armor has leather or cloth underneath that gives the victim a +3 Soak bonus against the heat.

Turns a fire into a swarm of fireballs, each the size of a large insect, that fly and harass at your command. Their burning touch gives one person within range both a –3 penalty on all rolls and two extra botch dice, but they do not cause actual damage.

A source of heat, such as a fire, seems to lose its heat and drop to the surrounding temperature. It still, however, has its normal beneficial and harmful effects (that is, glowing coals still cook meat or burn a person's hand, though they do not feel hot).

Makes any person or object appear to be a pace away from its actual position. The image cannot be placed in a solid object. As soon as the original or image moves, the spell ends.

You engage in a type of communion with the woods that you are in, giving you an intuitive sense of how to get along in the forest, and how to get the most out of the forest without causing it harm. You get a +3 to all nature-oriented rolls (not including spells) when in a forest or similar area. Causing significant harm to the forest cancels this spell.

Hurl a stone (of a size that could be thrown with a mundane sling) at a target within range. Unlike Wielding the Invisible Sling, this spell hurls the stone as a projectile. An aiming roll is required to hit the intended target, but if it succeeds, Magic Resistance offers no protection. The stone inflicts +5 damage on impact and has a range increment of 20 paces.

Hurl a stone (of a size that could be thrown with a mundane sling) at a target within range. Unlike the standard version of Wielding the Invisible Sling (ArM5, page 155), this spell hurls the stone as a projectile. An aiming roll is required to hit the intended target, but if it succeeds, Magic Resistance offers no protection. The stone inflicts +5 damage on impact and has a range increment of 20 paces.

Creates a thunderclap, anyone directly underneath must make a Stamina stress roll against an Ease Factor of 9 or be deafened. If deafened, the target gets another Stamina simple roll each minute against the same Ease Factor and recovers on a success. If the first roll botches, the victim is rendered deaf for a month.

This spell creates a steady light as bright as daylight on a cloudy day. The light has no apparent source, but illuminates an area about ten paces across, centered on a point indicated by the caster. This point may be a mobile item.

Causes a bonfire to make a leap of up to 10 paces in any direction, where it catches if there is fuel, or burns out if there is none. Make a Targeting roll to hit a target; the flames do +10 damage.

Causes all sounds in a room, particularly music, to be especially clear and sonorous. The notes are clearer, sharper, and more distinct

Pen 0, charged item When this enchanted rose petal (a charged item) is kissed and thrown to the ground, the ground becomes carpeted in thousands of deep red rose petals. (Effect: Base 1, +1 Touch +2 Sun, +2 Group) (1 pawn)

Determines the sex of an unborn child. Hermetic magic can only distinguish the unborn child as a Part of the mother from the second trimester of pregnancy onwards (see Ancient Magic, page 55), so this spell will fail if cast in the first trimester of pregnancy.

The caster destroys the water in a patch of mud or a puddle up to 20 paces in diameter. Repeated use of this spell can make travel using a cart significantly faster in wet

Creates an illusory face on a wall or other flat object. The visage can speak during the spell's duration. Individual wizards' sigils can produce very interesting differences in how the voice sounds, how the face looks, and so on.

Pen 0, 3/Day Phantasmal Minstrels produces a specific song or melody when activated. The song plays until the magus plucks the same string again, or another string to start a new song. This effect is enchanted multiple times into the lyre, once for each song the magus wishes to hear. Each song is triggered by plucking a different string. Conscientia's effect requires a single pawn of vis to invest, allowing a greater variety of songs in a single lyre (eight for a wooden lyre, which counts as a large wooden object.)

Turns a piece of wood into a sleek, barbed, strong shaft that flies through the air at a target. Damage depends on the size of the item from which the shaft is formed: staff (upper size limit) +10, 2-foot branch +8, wand +5. This spell cannot miss, but it is resisted.

This spell places books in a book chest or closet into a sequence. Sample sequences include the Art or Ability the books concern, the authors' names, size through any dimension, the color of the covers, the binding material, the newness of the books, and their opening sentences. If the books are marked with acquisition or shelf location numbers, then those may also guide the sequence. With a Mentem requisite the magus can shelve books based on whether he has read them or not, how much he liked the books while reading them, how he feels about the authors, or his emotional attachment to the people who gave him the books. Books in chained libraries need to be taken off their rails for this spell to be used.

Deflects a single blow of any weapon made of wood, up to the size of a twohanded club. The attack automatically misses, but the attacker still rolls to see if he or she botches (with two extra botch rolls for melee weapons). If you ordinarily carry a wooden staff, it must be tossed aside for the casting.

You are able to find any medical defects in a person or being that you are touching. This provides more, and more specific, information than Physician's Eye.

Allows the target to float vertically to any height, carrying up to 50 pounds, and rising as fast as smoke rises, slower if carrying a heavy load. The target cannot move horizontally through this spell.

This is a spell for carving a statue from a single block of wood. The piece of wood can be no larger than one cubic pace. This spell requires a Perception + Finesse roll. If this is botched the statue is ruined. If the roll exceeds the Ease Factor of 6, then the statue is serviceable, if not particularly pretty, and can be animated with the Carved Assassin spell. If the roll is not successful, then a statue is created, but it is too fragile or too blockish to use effectively with the Carved Assassin spell.

After the spell is cast, the metal of the target becomes so thoroughly rusted that it breaks if used in any demanding way (for example, used to strike a blow in combat or to pry open a door). It also loses any sharpness it might once have had.

Realizing she could squeeze in a few more precious moments of lab time, Conscentia decided to "cheat" in her chores. With just a wave of the hand, she can have an hour's worth of dusting completed in a minute.

Pen 0, charged item When triggered, this orange-yellow cloth glows with a light equivalent to torchlight and flickers like a living flame. This cloth is particularly popular among members of House Flambeau, who in the past have commissioned Julia to make ceremonial robes for attending the tribunal.

The target is rendered unable to speak. It appears that his lips have been stitched together; this is a cosmetic effect.

Measures the astrological time in the area around the magus. Knowing the hour exactly subtracts 3 from the Ease Factor of the Astronomy roll for an Astrological Duration spell. Measuring the conditions at a single point is sufficient, as identical conditions (suitable for Astrological Durations) extend for some 500 paces away from the point (standard Boundary area x 100). Increasing the size of the spell Target serves no purpose, as the measurement area is limited by changes in the astrological conditions, rather than by the magus's spell.

Freeze a circular portion of a body of water into solid ice. Anyone wading or swimming in the water is trapped in the ice. Magic Resistance does not prevent the ice from surrounding a character and holding her fast. The area affected by the spell is the same size as a base Individual: a roughly bowl-shaped volume about five paces across and two paces deep at the center. Since the ice is magical, it only inflicts cold damage if it penetrates Magic Resistance. Rules for cold damage are given in ArM5, page 181; the ice created by this spell inflicts a base damage of +1. Characters who are completely encased in ice begin to suffocate (see ArM5, page 180). A trapped character may break free of the ice by making a Strength roll. Characters may also chop their way out of the ice using tools or weapons, but this takes time. Magic, including Perdo Aquam or Creo Ignem spells, may be able to free a character instantly. Extent of Ice Coverage Strength Ease Factor Time to Cut Free ------------------------ ---------------------- ------------------ One foot 6 30 seconds Both feet 9 1 minute To knees 12 3 minutes To waist 15 10 minutes To chest 18 15 minutes To neck 21 20 minutes Completely enclosed 21 depends on depth

You feel a sudden shiver if you are touching a person or beast that is actually a lycanthrope. Variants of this spell detect other types of shapechanger, but not Bjornaer with Heartbeasts.

Causes smoke of different colors, streams of flame, and strange popping and sizzling noises to come from a fire. The effect is so spectacular that onlookers are either entranced or horrified, depending on the circumstances. The pyrotechnics might ignite nearby flammable objects and cause minor burns to those within 2 paces of the fire.

Detects the general motive most powerfully influencing the target at the moment. General motives are such things as fear, anger, and greed, not specific things like the desire to look good before one's superiors.

When you snap your fingers you instantly awaken the target from sleep to alert consciousness. Does not work on someone unconscious from Fatiguelevel loss, wounds, or magic.

The target loses the ability to make sound. If she is a maga and attempts to cast spells, she suffers the penalties for silent casting. Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (20), Two Seasons (15), Three Seasons (14), Four Seasons (13).

Calms an animal until it is threatened or aroused again. You must speak soothingly or musically to it, and something as simple as approaching it may arouse it again.

Favored by magi young and old who just need a quick rest, this spell creates a comfortable wooden chair.

Pen 0, charged item When triggered, bandages made from this cloth give a +3 to Wound Recovery rolls.

Creates a horrible stench of rotting corpses. All those within fifty paces of the target point must make Stamina stress rolls against an Ease Factor of 6 or act with a -3 penalty on all rolls. Anyone who botches the roll vomits and is incapacitated for (10 - Stamina) rounds.

This effect transforms the air entering the character's lungs into a noxious sulfur vapor that causes +1 damage each round. Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (20), Two Seasons (15), Three Seasons (14), Four Seasons (13).

Makes a flexible object stiff or a stiff object flexible. Casting requisites of Forms appropriate to the materials affected are required. Note that, despite the name, this spell is not high enough level to affect iron.

Pen 0, 1 use per day This elaborate book has a picture on every page of a different beast. Each page is a fixed Arcane Connection to an example of that beast, and by holding the page and concentrating hard, the user of the item sees a mental image of the beast. Note that each page is actually a separate InAn 10 magic item. Various editions of the book with different numbers of pages are available. Depending on how long ago the particular edition was made, some of the beasts may be dead. Different editions usually refer to different individual beasts. (Effect: Base 1, +4 Arcane, +1 Concentration) (2 pawns per page)

The target becomes sleepy and falls asleep within a few seconds.

This spell covers just under 1.25 acres of land with thick grass about a pace high. Wheat is, of course, a grass. Characters making an island 3 miles across have just over 6000 acres of land. Player characters adding 4 magnitudes to this spell can cover just over 12,000 acres of land.

The spell transforms a stone into a 10-inch crystal dart that rises from the ground at your feet, floats into the air, and speeds off like an arrow at a target that is within Voice range. It does +5 damage (because of the sharp edges of the crystal as much as its speed), and always hits its target, although it must Penetrate Magic Resistance to have any real effect.

Loosens earth in a 15-pace-by-15-pace area to a depth of one foot, making packed dirt as loose as plowed ground.

The Numerologist instantly divines the number of people in a group. The spell allows any restriction within the parameters that define a standard Group Target; for example, "How many onelegged men are in the crowd?" Numerologists claim to be able to gain insight from such numbers. New Spell Guidelines Intellego (Form) Level 2: Count the number of individuals in the spell Target (a visible property determined just by looking at the target). Level 3: Count the number of individuals in the spell Target, divided into apparent categories. Level 4: Sort the individuals in the spell Target into categories and count them.

Like Unseen Arm (ReTe 5), but it can carry large objects such as crates. Roughly speaking, it has the capabilities of a very strong person (Str +5). The heavier the object is, the slower the unseen porter moves. If delicacy is required, high Finesse stress rolls (Ease Factor 12 or so) are needed. The spell can only carry inanimate objects, and cannot carry you. It also cannot lift things more than 6 feet above the ground. Casting requisites of an appropriate Form for the target are required.

As the caster walks, this spell shifts the earth underfoot allowing him to travel over rutted paths and uneven roads as though they were flat and even. The earth returns to its prior position after the target of the spell has passed. The spell ends when the caster comes to a stop, such as to rest, or crosses terrain unaffected by this spell, such as a wooden bridge or a ford. This spell has little effect on soft or muddy paths, as the earth must still be able to bear the target's weight. The spell is potent enough to move stones and cobbles in the road. A traveler using this spell does not suffer undue delay for traveling over poor roads. Traveling at speed to cover more ground in the day still costs the stated Long-Term Fatigue level. City & Guild, page 85, provides more detail on travel speeds. Targets affected by this spell use speeds close to the top end of the applicable travel speeds.

This effect informs the caster of the exact distance, expressed in paces, from his current location to the location described by the Arcane Connection. This effect combines well with other spells using the Arcane Line Range, Arcane Circle Target and Arcane Ring Duration (all granted by the Hermetic Geometry Mystery Virtue) as it reduces the time the caster needs to spend calculating the distance between the caster and the target. Using this effect reduces the Distance Level (see The Mysteries Revised Edition, page 95) between the caster and his target by 3. So a target at Distance Level 8 (180 – 225 paces) can be targeted as though he were at Distance Level 5 (75 – 105 paces).

The target rapidly falls into a deep sleep. As the spell has a non-Momentary duration, the target cannot be naturally wakened until either this spell is dispelled, or the duration expires. If the target is asleep either at sunrise or at sunset, then his Parma Magica will go down. Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (20), Two Seasons (15), Three Seasons (14), Four Seasons (13).

Pen 0, charged item When activated, this coin causes the person who it is touching to burst into uncontrollable laughter. The target hoots, howls, chortles, guffaws, or otherwise expresses loud hilarity. The trigger for this effect is typically a chuckling sound.

You leave no tracks in the earth until you come to a stop, such as to rest or fight. This spell draws on pre-Hermetic traditions, and does not perfectly fit the categories of Hermetic magic.

Causes a length of wood (up to 6 feet in length) to grow thick, sharp thorns at whatever spots you touch. If the spell is cast on a staff, the thorns add +4 to the damage done by the staff.

The target loses judgment and believes almost any passable lie for the duration of the spell. An Intelligence stress roll against an Ease Factor of 6 is allowed to resist. Truly incredible lies allow easier resistance rolls.

This spell unravels an item made of cloth, whether it be wool, linen, cotton, or silk. An Herbam casting requisite is required for for plant-based cloth. The garment, tapestry, or other item is disassembled carefully with all knots undone and stitching unpicked.

Compacts the surface of the ground in a 15-pace-by-15-pace area to a depth of one foot, making it more solid. Mud becomes as soft earth, and soft earth becomes as packed dirt.

No rain falls on the caster, no matter how bad the weather.

This spell heats the bark of a tree, the wood of a cart, or even the planks of a house so that it is warm to the touch. This a good effect to help dispel the chill of the night and keep the magus warm without having to build a fire.

Pen +0, 1/day the Sacred Way (just outside the Aegis of the Hearth). The wand is carried by Callista and she lights the brazier to signal to the covenant that there is an emergency in Miletos. When the brazier ignites, the covenfolk find a magus for assistance. Usually Ariane is the most useful as she can easily open an Intangible Tunnel to question Callista.

Hurls any nearby object that could normally be thrown by a person at any target within range. The object must not be held down or otherwise restrained. Damage depends on the object thrown, up to +5 for a fist-sized stone. The object always hits, but it is resisted by Magic Resistance. Casting requisites of an appropriate Form for the target are required.

Causes the target to feel a chill and lose body heat. The target loses a Fatigue level.

Your image appears up to 1 pace from where you actually are, so attacks aimed there are likely to miss you. Whenever the image is successfully struck, it disappears and reappears in another spot. In combat, early attacks are aimed at the image, and so automatically miss you. Once the image has been hit once, you have a +9 bonus to Defense, as attackers must try to find you in a fairly large area.

Lets you say two words directly to the mind of a target. The target can recognize your voice and knows that the message is of supernatural origin.

Thick, yellow, sulfurous smoke rises up from the spot you designate, spreading and thinning naturally, but thick enough to block sight in a radius of about five paces around the point of origin. For each round anyone breathes the smoke, a Stamina stress roll against an Ease Factor of 3 must be made or a Fatigue level is lost. Once a character is Unconscious, further failed rolls result in the character taking a Light Wound each time. The area where the spell is cast will be damaged: small plants wilt and die, and tree growth is stunted. A faint stench of sulfur clings for days to anything exposed to the smoke.

Pen +0, unlimited uses/day Emits a quiet, but audible humming, so that the effect Dare Not Touch my Daughter! can use the Range: Voice. PeCo 15 Pen +0, unlimited uses/day R: Touch, D: Mom, T: Ind These nappies are lesser enchanted devices embroidered with Perdo runes, making any magus think twice about using them. They destroy any human excreta that are contained within, thus eliminating the need to wash and replace the nappies often. Aurulentus had to promise to be extra careful while preparing this item, and had to conduct extensive tests before his wife allowed him to use them on any of their children.

The target's body assumes male physical characteristics without altering other aspects of appearance. The effect can be canceled at will, but can only be activated twice per day. This effect is triggered when the wearer of the ring rubs it and says the trigger word "mulier Hallamae."

Pen +0/Unlimited Use Triggered each time Patronus brings the mask to his own face, this effect changes the expression shown on the mask. One time elation, another horror, followed by surprise, and anger, and everything in between.

Pen 0, 3/day The shears can cut through any mineral substance that they can close around — metal, glass, or stone.

Pen +0, Unlimited This wand vibrates slightly if it touches vis. It is used to search the Arab spice market in Miletos for vis.

Pen +0, 12/day Designed into this effect are the hours and offices of Longmist. At the time for each, the bell tolls, sounding through the covenant, calling the magi to assemble. (Effect: Base 2, +2 metal, +1 Diameter; Modifications: +4 for 12/day, +3 triggered by Divine the Heavens' Aspect)

Pen +0, 6 uses/day As the Hermetic spell, Revealed Flaws of Mortal Flesh. Hymn: Iaó Principle: Harmony uses/day)

Lugh's talisman is a slender staff of rowan wood that has developed a lustrous patina over nearly a century of use. An agate is affixed to the staff's head, bound by strips of leather and resin. It has been opened to 20 pawns of vis so far, and 15 of those pawns have been spent on enchantments. Perfect Circle Pen +0, Unlimited The staff draws a geometrically-perfect standard-sized circle in the ground without the need for the magus to guide the staff, particularly useful when concentrating on other spells or preparing to cast a Circle spell. Note that a magus must still trace the circle by hand to actually cast a Ring or Circle spell (ArM5, page 112). (Effect: Base 3; Modifications: +10 Un- limited Use) Lifting the Dangling Puppet ReCo 40 Pen +20, Unlimited As per the spell in ArM5, page 134. (Effect: Base 4, +2 Voice, +1 Concentration; Modifications: +5 Device maintains concentration, +10 Unlimited Use, +10 for +20 penetration) Invocation of Weariness PeCo 40 Pen +20, Unlimited (Effect: Base 10 +2 Voice; Modifications: +10 Unlimited Use, +10 for +20 penetration) Whispers Through the Black Gate InCo(Me) 25 Pen +0, Unlimited As per the spell in ArM5, page 130. (Effect: Base 5, +1 Touch, +1 Concentration; Modifications: +10 Unlimited Use) The Youthful Visage Mulm 14 Pen +0, 12/day R: Personal, D: Sun, T: Individual Despite Lugh's years, this effect returns his youthful appearance, becoming once more a man in his early thirties. In his vanity, he is rarely seen without this effect in operation, but mindful of additional Warping he suspends the effect when alone. (Effect: Base 4, +1 Concentration; Modifications: +4 for 12/day, +5 device maintains concentration) Attunements: +3 Air Agate: +5 Protection from Storms Agate: +2 Repel things Staff: Staff: +4 Control things at a distance Staff: +4 Destroy things at a distance During his macgnímartha or "beard-less years", he took to traveling with a man called Brea, schooled in spirits. Against his advice, and at the prompting of bravado, Dara summoned a spirit that he could not then control. The spirit, angry and powerful, attacked the pair. While Dara ran and escaped the druid lost his life to the spirit. Dara has not told anyone within Longmist of this secret shame. He respects and fears his parens, and knows about the books that Lugh has written, but does not share Lugh's view of the Order.

Constant effect This power detects any fires in the room. When a fire is detected, Protection of Cool and Dark is triggered. (Effect: Base 1, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +2 Room; Modifications, +1 level 2 activations per day, + 3 levels environmental trigger)

Beatriz's talisman is in the form of a simple wooden necklace she wears at all times. The bead is of amber and contains the carefully carved image of a crown. Total Pawns Invested: 7, Total Effect Levels: 54, The Ever Changing Guise Pen +0, 12/day with other people, however. (Effect: Base 4, +2 Sun, 4 Levels 12 Uses a day) her best to use the effect whenever she is

This simple silver bangle is a Lesser Enchantment created by Persephone to avoid unwanted attention. It cost her two pawns of vis to make. Pen 0, 24/day The visual and auditory species shed by the target acquire an anamorphic nature, tricking the viewer's mind into misinterpreting what he is seeing. As long as the wearer of the bracelet acts in a non-threatening manner and draws no attention to herself, no-one will pay her the slightest notice. Their attention simply glides off her as being mundane and insignificant. For example, she can walk through a crowded room and no-one will notice her passing. But should she stop to talk to anyone, the illusion is lost for that individual. For the illusion to work, the victim must fail a Perception roll with a –3 penalty (since the illusion involves two senses). The Ease Factor for this roll is equal to the sum of a die roll, the victim's Inattentive (or similar) Personality Trait, the wielder's Perception, and the wielder's Finesse score. The victim's total must exceed the Ease Factor by 3 or more to reveal the illusion as false. See Houses of Hermes: Societates, pages 65–66 for more details of anamorphic illusions. Persephone is careful not to wear the bracelet wherever she may be in the company of magi, since she could be accused of scrying if they perceive the illusion.

Invested 2 Herbam vis, took 1 season to enchant Pen +0, constant effect This effect keeps the tree in perfect health all year round.

Pen +0, Constant Effect While the stylus is touched to a wax tablet, the stylus is held perpendicular to its surface. When this effect receives information about a regio boundary, the stylus moves and inscribes the line of the regio boundary into the wax tablet.

Pen +0, Unlimited Use At the wielder's verbal command, the stylus scribes markings onto the wax tablet that describe distances and landmarks sufficient to make the map of the regio boundary navigable. The stylus understands a set of Latin words, primarily numbers and distances, such as "twenty paces" or "thirteen feet", and landscape features, such as "tree" or "door" and is able to form symbols to match. This effect can be used while the stylus is inscribing a regio boundary without damaging the map. The stylus must be successfully investigated in the laboratory, which then provides a source of insight. Recreating the stylus grants 5 points towards integrating Insight of the Realms. point and tend to localize on that point while growing in strength. The Narixa regiones, however, bleed into each other just as cave tunnels do. The caves are home to swarms of mice, scorpions, and snakes, as well as packs of hyena whose laughter can be heard echoing off the walls from somewhere deep inside. Here and there, human bones jut painfully from the walls, victims caught between a regio and the mundane world. The caves are covered by a level 3 Malevolent Infernal aura and filled with Tartaran regiones (Realms of Power: The Infernal, pages 15 and 16).

Pen +0, Constant Effect This enchantment detects the line of the Infernal regio boundary. The information it collects is available to the Inscribe the Line effect described below.

Pen +0, constant effect As per the Heat of the Searing Forge spell in ArM5, page 140. (Effect: Base 4, +2 Sun; Modifications: +1 for 2/day, +3 triggered at sunrise/set) 12 Build Points

This invested device was created by Aurulentus to calm the many mothers of the Covenant. A number of the devices have been produced over the years. It consists of a small mirror and a separate handle, one being an Arcane Connection to the other. The handle can be put into a room and listens to all noises therein. If a noise louder than a whisper is detected, it triggers the second effect: the mirror displays the image and the noises of the room in which the handle is kept. The mothers are thus able put their babies to sleep and watch them, while still being able to be occupied with other work. Pen +0, constant effect Listens to all sounds in the room that are louder than that of a whisper.

Pen +0, constant effect This item provides a constant effect. The intensity of light close to the head and upper part of the body of the person who carries the enchanted item is greatly reduced. It appears as if deep shadows are cast upon the bearer. A closer look will reveal an unnatural lack of light. (Effect: Base 2, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +1 Part; +3 environmental trigger, +1 2/day)

Pen: +0, constant effect This effect manipulates the legs of the Stone Harvester, enabling it to move around the crater rim. The Stone Harvester moves constantly, at the pace of a walking man, in a clockwise direction around the crater rim. Required Lab Total to invest effect: One Season (28), Two Seasons (21), Three Seasons (19), Four Seasons (18).

Pen +0, Constant Effect This effect transforms the stone of the giant oyster shell so that it is as hard as the finest steel but as light as beaten tin. (Effect: Base 3, +2 Sun, +1 stone; Modifications: +1 for 2/day, +3 triggered at sunrise/set) Each half has therefore been turned into a long Norman-style kite shield. The magic in the shell reduces the weight, making the shield easy to use and incredibly strong, treating the shield as of Excellent construction and providing a +3 to Defense but with a Load of just 1. The two shields together cost 3 Build Points.

Pen +0, unlimited uses/day This razor, although blunt, will remove any and all body hair where it touches the skin of a human. The item has no penetration built into it, so a magus has to suppress his Magic Resistance while shaving. Aurulentus' wife had always complained that his beard growth was too strong; after a twilight experience his facial hair growth increased manyfold and Aurulentus invented this lesser enchanted device to keep it under control.

Pen 0, constant effect When worn, this girdle changes the apparent sex of the character (male to female, or vice versa). The character appears like his sister (or her brother) would. (Effect: Base 3, +1 Touch, +2 Sun; +1 uses, +3 sunset/sunrise trigger) (3 pawns)

Carles possesses an arcane connection to each ship in the fleet in the form of a carved miniature made from the wood of their frames. When these are individually placed onto this enchanted map, which is the triggering mechanism, the miniatures sail to their appropriate locations. Hilde knows of this map, and Matilda Page suspects, having found a recently cut section of Trinite's keel. Hilde has a copy of the laboratory text for this device, which was commissioned from a magus of Verdi in the Roman Tribunal. The chart has two effects. The first finds the fleet through individual arcane connections to the vessels placed upon the chart. The second uses the information provided by the first to move these wooden tokens to their appropriate place on the chart. The large chart of wood and parchment has been opened with eight pawns of vis and the two enchantments currently use four of those pawns. This device costs 12 Build Points. Finding the Fleet Pen +0, 12/day Provides information on the location of a target ship given an arcane connection to it. (Effect: Base 2, +4 Arcane Connection; Modifications: +4 for 12/day) Mark the Fleet ReHe 11 Pen +0, 12/day Moves the token placed upon the chart to the location indicated by the Finding the Fleet effect. (Effect: Base 3, +1 Touch; Modifications: +4 for 12/day, +3 triggered by Finding the Fleet)

Pen n/a, constant effect The haft of the axe becomes as hard as iron, and is virtually unbreakable by mundane means. (Effect: base 4, +2 Sun; Modifications +1 2/day, +3 environmental trigger)

When this spell is cast around a camp, it lowers the temperature within the site to that of a mild summer's day. Alexander uses it, in conjunction with A Time For Slumber, to allow his expedition to rest during the hottest part of the day during desert travel.

This spell allows the magus to check the physical condition and history of a book. It also, through the Herbam requisite, allows the magus to test the quality of the plant-based inks used in its creation.

While you wait, the cows are magically milked without further handling, transferring their milk into nearby milkpails. The magus's Perception + Finesse roll substitutes for an Animal Handling roll by a competent farmer; the spell gathers the milk, but if the roll is failed, the cattle may be spooked. Milking cattle is normally Simple (3) if the cattle are accustomed to the process and the milking hand, so the basic Finesse Ease Factor is at least 6, higher if anything disturbs the cows. Cows are initially be disconcerted at being milked by invisible hands, and need soothing (The Gentle Herd is ideal for this task). Unless magically calmed, the Finesse roll is Very Hard (15+) the first time cows are milked by magic, but this Ease Factor reducing over time and successful milking to 12, then 9, until the cows become accustomed to the process (6).

This spell, created by the Architects of Tremere, makes a circle of wall transparent, from one side only. It was developed in the early years of the Order, to allow magi protected by temporary fortifications to target their foes. Increase the Base to 4, and the spell level to 20, creates a version that can affect stone walls, which fits the descriptive text better.

Pen 0, 1/day Upon uttering a command word, this effect transports a pinch of dirt, a cobblestone, or a chip of flagstone (as specified by the creator of the device) from the floor around the magus into the empty bottom compartment of the Phylactery.

Makes a wooden shield (or object of comparable dimensions) as strong as iron, increasing its Defense bonus by +1. This is the best benefit magic can provide without increasing the size of the shield. The weight (and Load) of the shield are unchanged. It remains susceptible to fire, but is otherwise nearly indestructible.

After you point at the beast and cast this spell, it begins lashing wildly about, upsetting any nearby objects, and howling in great pain. In order to do anything else, the beast must make a Stamina + Size stress roll against an Ease Factor of 9 each round.

When triggered, the cloak expands and reforms into a large tent complete with tentpoles (formed from the polished bone toggle used to fasten the cloak) to keep it rigid. The tent is large enough to allow three to camp inside in relative comfort. The effect is triggered and canceled by a train of tonguetwisting words in Welsh.

Pen 0, charged item, 10 doses The liquid in this vial is mixed into water, which becomes sparkling and glitters. Anyone who drinks the water becomes effectively incapacitated by wild hallucinations. Each dose can affect up to a large barrel worth of water. (Effect: Base 4, +1 Touch, +2 Sun) (10 pawns, for 10 doses)

Alters the appearance of a person to make him look more innocent and trustworthy. His facial features become softer and more childish. The character receives a +3 on appropri-

This spell allows Alexander to rewrite all of the target's memories concerning a length of time. Alexander uses this spell to misdirect mundane enemies, but its Duration is so brief that it must be used cautiously. It is suitable for assisting his servants, when in trouble with mundane authorities, to gain their freedom long enough to flee an area. It can also be used to trick rivals into social gaffes, which can harm their political position.

This practical spell expels the warmth from all items that have been set up inside the affected Circle. Lowering the temperature of the Circle to slightly above freezing, Banishment of Warmth can be used to prevent goods related to Animal, Herbam, or Corpus from decaying naturally for a couple of days. The spell is not designed as an offensive weapon, but living creatures that remain in the Circle for an extended period of time do start losing Fatigue due to the cold. Note that the spell must be cast after the targets have been set up inside the Circle; it does not affect items that are placed into the Circle once the spell has been cast. A closer look at the enchanted Circle reveals a translucent waft of vapor over the affected area.

Changes the Size of an animal by +1. This change modifies Strength by +2, the range for each wound level increases by one, and Quickness falls by one. The new beast is of huge size, and looks much more impressive than its former self. Townspeople may run in fear of it, and there is little doubt among them that it is a creature of magic.

If the caster comes under the affect of any active magic he will experience a bitter taste in his mouth. Ongoing affects like Aegis of the Hearth can be ignored, new affects will be noticed. This spell allows Quaesitors to detect that their Parma has been penetrated. The spell provides no other information.

Forms a fire along the length of a metal blade. This flame doubles the weapon damage score for the blade (or adds +5, whichever is greater), and can start fires as well. If the spell is cast repeatedly on the same blade, the blade gets hot enough to melt after half an hour, which ends the spell. Letting the blade cool for half an hour between castings avoids this.

This spell creates moving sounds and images that are stored in a circle (such as a drawn circle on paper) as long as it is intact. With this spell it is possible to create a whole book or gallery of fantastic images and talking pictures, but only if proper Finesse rolls are made.

The caster of this spell makes an "O" shape with his thumb and index finger, into which he then blows. This forms and inflates a small glass phial. The phial only lasts for a day, but this is often long enough to hold a sample of some substance until it is either used or taken to the magi's laboratory and repackaged. Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (30), Two Seasons (23), Three Seasons (20), Four Seasons (19).

Turns a circle of water up to five paces across into snow. The Duration ensures that it will not melt until the spell expires, no matter how warm the weather.

This spell creates a rainbow up to seven miles long. It only works outdoors.

Whips up violent, swirling winds around the target. The target must make a Size stress roll against an Ease Factor of 9 to remain standing. If the target is braced or holding onto some support, he may also make a Strength stress roll against an Ease Factor of 9. If both rolls fail, the target is knocked in a random direction. The target may be damaged, depending on whether he strikes anything.

Allows you to find any natural body of water for which you have an Arcane Connection (for example, a vial of water from it). Once you cast the spell, you can hear the water while you concentrate. Following the sound eventually brings you to the water, but you must make simple Perception rolls against an Ease Factor of 6 to follow the sound accurately (roll once per day for long journeys). If you break concentration, you must cast the spell again. A body of water that does not move or that makes little noise requires a roll against an Ease Factor of 9 to be traced.

Removes one emotion from the target until it appears again naturally. An angry person stops being angry, and a curious one stops being inquisitive. Many a magus finds this spell useful for keeping his apprentice's nose out of his immediate business.

The caster momentarily attracts the target's attention, sufficiently to make eye contact to follow up with a spell of Range: Eye. This spell is normally redundant given the spectacle of spell casting; however Persephone has both Quiet and Subtle Magic, and a spell at Range: Eye is far more subtle than one of Range: Voice.

For the duration of two minutes, all sound inside the affected Room, regardless of its origin and volume, is completely muted. The spell affects mundane actions, such as creaking floor boards or shouting, in much the same way as spell casting that requires a voice. Due to his Quiet Magic, this limitation doesn't impair Tolides much, unless he wants to cast an additional spell with Range Voice while inside the Room, or to affect a target across the threshold. In Tolides' version of the spell, the affected Room is slightly tainted by darkness. Semi-translucent patches of murk slowly crawl along the walls of the Room, greedily devouring all sound from within or outside. Tolides is not very creative when it comes to finding names for his creations, and doesn't care much about the ambiguous name of this spell that also describes the silenced deaths of those in the chamber whom Tolides decides to kill.

A wall of wind roars away from you, starting up to 10 paces away and continuing until it dissipates naturally. The wind is confined by any existing barriers, but if unconfined it can be up to a hundred paces wide. All within the area must make a Dexterity + Size stress roll against an Ease Factor of 9 or fall down and be blown along by the winds. The rolls must be made at the start of the gale and each subsequent round that the wind is maintained. You must concentrate on the gale. Missile fire into or out of the gale is futile, and marching against the gale requires a Strength + Size stress roll against an Ease Factor of 15. Failure in this attempt mandates another Dexterity + Size stress roll against an Ease Factor of 12 to keep from falling.

The image of the spell's target seems to explode in a great whirlwind of colors and fragments of the original image. The explosion has a radius of two paces for a human with Size 0, changing appropriately for targets of different Sizes. This makes the target effectively invisible as far as combat is concerned, and no visual clues to his precise location can be picked out of the chaos. For rules for fighting an invisible enemy see Houses of Hermes: Societates, pages 32-33. This spell is best used with Discern Own Illusions.

Pen +0, unlimited uses/day This comb instantly dries any hair that passes through its teeth. Aurulentus contrived this lesser enchanted device for his wife as a birthday present, after she complained that he should use his magic for more practical purposes.

Pen +0, unlimited uses The attached vine grows an additional ten feet per activation.

Confuses a person, who must make an Intelligence stress roll to take any direct action. A roll of 12+ ends the spell, while a roll of 9+ lets the character take the intended action, but the spell remains in effect. Any lower roll means the character is confused and takes some other type of action. When it is imperative for the victim to take an action, the storyguide should allow an appropriate modifier to the roll. While under this spell, a character always strikes last in combat and gets at least a -1 on all attacking and defending rolls.

Developed for the traveling magus who needs a quick, easily tradable resource. Conjure the Ocean's Breath turns a large patch of dirt into salt. It is best that the magus not be around when the spell's duration expires.

Pen 0, charged item When triggered, clothes made from this cloth cause the wearer to become more considerate towards his or her loved ones. Julia occasionally hears of clients who are having trouble at home and make them clothes from this cloth to encourage better behavior.

Decorates a room with fresh flowers that grow normally and require care and watering. The quality of the floral display is determined by a Finesse roll. The flowers persist until the spell expires, then simply cease to exist.

Saturates a porous material with flammable oil. When casting this spell, you make a flicking motion with your index finger and thumb, as if propelling something at the target. A dot of oil appears on the target after the spell is finished, and slowly spreads over the target, saturating enough cloth to cover a person. If used on a person's clothes and ignited, the oil does +12 damage the first round, +6 the second, and +0 the third.

Your target shakes vigorously from side to side without falling. Those affected get -3 on rolls requiring physical movement, and -1 to most other rolls.

This spell makes your own illusions appear largely transparent to you, but still discernible.

The target's facial features are transformed to any approximately human configuration you choose. In Cralian of Tremere's version of this spell, the new visage is always as unassuming as possible.

Makes someone look, sound, feel, and smell different, though at least passably human.

Change an item made of animal material — silk, wool, or leather — so it cannot be cut or penetrated by weapons. A simple cloth doublet becomes the equivalent of armor with no Load and a +3 Soak bonus. Armor made of guilted material or any kind of leather improves its Protection by an additional +3. The magic does not make the armor better at absorbing shock, so this +3 bonus is the limit that can be bestowed without changing the material into something completely different. At the storyguide's option, the bonus given by this spell may not apply against strictly blunt weapons like clubs and staves.

This spell was originally developed to allow defenders to draw siege ladders over a castle's wall. These could then be used as fuel by the beseiged, or, if soldiers clung to them, dropped from great heights. Librarians use it to rearrange wooden furniture, but it can move any group of wooden objects. Items containing this effect can, for example, be used to stack firewood, move barrels, pile grain sacks, and perform many other useful forms of labor.

Turns a dead body or mindless undead body to dust in two rounds. The spell doesn't affect those undead possessed by spirits. To do this to an animal corpse requires a Perdo Animal spell.

Widens the pelvis of the target, making delivery of the child straightforward. See Art and Academe, page 62, for rules regarding childbirth; this spell gives a +1 bonus to childbirth rolls. Aurulentus invented this spell after realizing that his spell Blissful Sensations had too many undesirable side effects and was not powerful enough to help his wife during childbirth.

Calms and greatly lowers the intensity of the target's current emotions.

After telling a person a piece of information, this spell is cast to occlude the memory of that information. A key phrase or word is also set at the time of casting, and subsequently uttering this phrase unlocks the memory. If the message has not been delivered by the time the Duration expires, then the memory of the information is restored to the target. A spell to read the thoughts of the target does not reveal the protected information unless its Penetration exceeds the spell's level.

Your body acts as though it were unwounded and unfatigued for as long as you concentrate. Keep track of the actual Fatigue levels that the body loses while "berserk," because as soon as the spell wears off, you lose those levels. If you run out of Fatigue levels, the spell terminates immediately and you fall unconscious. A character under the influence of this spell does risk worsening wounds, but he may not notice.

You can tell intuitively if any natural terrain you see is treacherous, such as if a rock field is prone to sliding.

Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (30), Two Seasons (23), Three Seasons (20), Four Seasons (19).

A brilliant red flash explodes in the air where you designate. If you target a person's face the target needs a Stamina stress roll against an Ease Factor of 9 to avoid temporary blindness. If the target botches the roll, he is permanently blinded. If temporarily blinded, he can try to make a simple Stamina roll against an Ease Factor of 9 each minute to recover. The flash is equivalent to looking straight at the sun. In Rose of Jerbiton's version of this spell, there is a faint odor of roses in the area where the flash explodes.

An easily fast-cast defense against other magi, this spell shoots a choking cloud of dust and gravel at its targets. Those within the cloud are blinded by the dust and grit, and find it difficult to breathe. Casting a spell while in the cloud requires a Stamina + Concentration roll against an Ease Factor of 12. This spell also has uses in detecting invisible opponents. Conscientia has been meaning to get around to mastering this spell so that she can fast cast it ever since she created it. Maybe next season ...

Concentrates the raw vis in a corpse into one part of that corpse, which can then be removed. This spell lets you gather all the raw vis you find without lugging around entire corpses of beasts. Note that the vis in many magical creatures is already concentrated in this manner in some specific organ, though this spell will allow you to relocate that vis if you wish. --- Deeper we venture, into the shadowed grove where a faerie ring glows with ethereal light, and the very air hums with unseen power. The veil between realms thins, as the voice of my mistress rises in incantations that reshape the very fabric of reality. She conjures a shimmering portal, as the local lord watches the unfolding ritual intently, his armored soldiers standing guard silently. With focused concentration, my maga reaches out to the faerie seeming through the swirling gateway, her fingers passing through its shimmering surface, rippling the curtain between worlds. Strange entities gather on the far side, their forms shifting like dreams, their intentions unknowable.

Allows the target to leap up to 15 feet vertically or 25 feet horizontally (2 feet less for every Encumbrance point). The person must make a Dexterity - Encumbrance stress roll against an Ease Factor of 0 to land without injury. A miss indicates that he takes a Light Wound, and a botch indicates a Medium Wound. The target can only leap once for each casting of the spell, and that leap must be made within ten seconds. As with a frog's leap, a running start does not improve the leap.

Causes an insect, mouse, toad, or other small (Size -8 or smaller) creature to grow to four times its normal size. If it was venomous before, it is even more venomous now. Semi-venomous creatures, like most spiders, have poison with an Ease Factor of 6 that does a Light Wound.

The magus traces around a section of stone up to one pace in diameter. That section, to a depth of up to an inch thick, floats out of the wall. While the magus touches the stone, it is effectively weightless.

Reg: Muto Earthen hands from beneath the target rise out of the ground, and grasp the target's ankles. To break free requires a Strength stress roll of 15+. (One attempt is allowed per round, and each requires a Fatigue roll.) Each hand can be destroyed by beating its +25 Soak roll (hacking weapons do double normal damage) and inflicting a Light Wound.

Instill a person with indomitable courage, increasing his Brave Personality Trait by +3. This may, but does not always, lead to acts of recklessness. If you cast this spell on your grogs, be advised that they will lose their fear of you as well as their fear of the enemy.

Destroys the magus' image species and makes him invisible except for his shadow.

This spell lets the caster soften a rock, pillar, menhir, tree, or other stone or wooden object so that he can mold a cavity, hide a small item, and then close it over as if it had never been changed. This enables him to embed an item under, but near the surface of, a natural feature of a grove — favored for disguising the location of a Key to the Mystic Veil item. (The cultist touches the pillar or tree just above the hiding place.) Cult of Mercury and Neo-Mercurian Spell Mastery Special Abilities Mercurian magicians excel in Formulaic and Ritual Magic, and have developed an extensive range of Mastery Abilities. These Mastery Abilities were originally described in Houses of Hermes: True Lineages, but for convenience they are repeated here. These Mastery Abilities can be learned by any magus who studies with another who knows the ability — if a magus has studied with a maga who knows a particular special Mastery Ability, then any time the magus earns a level in Spell Mastery, he may opt to choose that special ability instead of those in ArM5. Most magi in the True Lineages prefer to share this specialized knowledge only with their apprentices, although their methods may be written down in books that anyone can read, and it is not impossible for a master to decide to teach a student with very similar goals and loyalties. However, most remain cult secrets, with the exception of Ceremonial Casting (detailed in Chapter 4: Curious Common Magics). Characters who take Mastered Spells during character creation and who have access to these abilities during apprenticeship may spend their mastery points on them if they wish. They are known by both worshipers of the Cult of Mercury and members of the Neo-Mercurians. Adaptive Casting This special ability may only be taken for General spells. The magus may use his mastery score and all the special abilities associated with this spell whenever he casts the same spell at a different level. Ceremonial Casting The maga may use ceremonial methods when casting this spell, increasing the casting time and adding her Artes Liberales and Philosophiae to her total. This cannot be taken for Ritual spells, which always require Ceremonial Casting. Disguised Casting When casting this spell, the magus may suppress or alter his sigil, to hide his identity or make the spell appear to have been cast by someone else. Since this actually changes his sigil, it is impossible for others to recognize the magus from it, although magi might be able to recognize that a fake sigil is not genuine. When the caster mimics the sigil of another magus, he may add his Spell Mastery score to the roll that determines how difficult it is to recognize. Lab Mastery The maga understands the theory of this spell so perfectly that she may add her spell mastery score to her Lab Total when designing effects that are similar to it (see Similar Spells, ArM5, page 101). This is in addition to the standard similar spell bonus. Learn From Mistakes The first time in a session that the magus botches a roll for this spell or fails it by exactly 1 point, he gains 5 experience points toward mastery of this spell. The roll must come up naturally in the course of the story. Stalwart Casting This spell is less exhausting for the maga. If it is a Ritual, she loses normal Fatigue instead of long-term Fatigue when casting it, and half as many Fatigue levels, rounded up (but always at least 1). If it is formulaic, she never loses Fatigue levels because of a low casting total, even if the spell doesn't succeed.

Makes all liquids within the target room vile, and malodorous. The room where this spell is cast may not lose the stench for weeks or months. Note that this spell only affects liquids that are in the room when it is cast, and they remain malodorous even if removed from the room.

After listening to hordes of magi boasting about their latest "ingenious magical traps," Conscientia realized they all shared the same common flaw … What idiot is going to willingly step into the creepy magic circle? This specialized ink was the answer. Once activated, the ink becomes invisible for the duration of the effect. When used to draw a Hermetic circle for Ring spells, this ink destroys the iconic species of the ring after activation, leaving it an invisible Hermetic landmine.

The target becomes invisible, but the spell is broken if the target moves (aside from breathing and shifting slightly in place). He still casts a shadow.

The target acquires two Warping Points, and, if a Hermetic magus, must check to see whether he enters Twilight in the normal way. Marcus invented this spell primarily to use on caged animals, to see if he could induce monstrous characteristics by infusing their bodies with pure magical energies, but the results were disappointingly random. He had to invent this spell three times before it yielded a breakthrough. The two prior versions both had Side Effects due to experimentation: the first spell changed the color of the target's hair, while the other made the target's skin transparent.

This spell creates a sturdy ladder of ivy that the magus or others can use to scale any wall or (low) cliff. The ivy withers at sunrise or sunset, and can reach up about twenty paces.

Lifts a person of Size +1 or less vertically into the air. Generally, you can make the target rise or descend as fast as smoke rises, but a heavier person rises more slowly and falls more quickly.

Causes the caster to increase in Size by 1 point, with an increase in Strength of +2, and a reduction in Quickness of -1.. In Lioness form this gives Lexora a Size of +3. Her Strength increases by +2 to +8, and her Quickness falls by 1 to 0. This chang-\nes her combat statistics in lioness form to Claws: Init +1, Attack +15, Defense +11, Damage +12, Bite: Init +1, Attack +13, Defense +8 Damage +11. A Size +3 lion-\ness is a terrifying sight, and inspires awe and fear. Her fur appears to become tinted with gold, and in this form she is the size of a war horse.

Removes up to five continuous minutes from a target's memory, leaving a blank. You target the loss of memory to a specific event or time. With an Intelligence stress roll against an Ease Factor of 9, the target realizes that memories of a certain period are missing. This Ease Factor can change, depending on how important the missing memory is and what sort of circumstances surrounded the event. Careful introspection over a period of time can allow reconstruction of much of the memory, but some details are lost forever.

This spell implants a thought in the target's mind to meet the caster at a time and location specified when the spell is cast. The thought lasts until the spell expires.

The Numerologist knows the number of people he can see, and may distinguish them by appearance: men and women, old or young(-looking), and so on.

Move a stone through the air as fast as a bird flies. When the caster stops concentrating, the stone immediately falls to the ground. The spell's name suggests one of its common applications: dropping a heavy rock onto someone. Because the stone falls naturally, such an attack is not subject to Magic Resistance. Instead, an aiming roll is required to hit the intended target (see ArM5, page 86). Attacking with this spell normally takes two rounds: one to move the stone over the target, and another to aim and release it. Damage inflicted depends mainly on the size of the stone: +5 for a stone the size of a man's fist, +10 for a typical building-stone, up to +21 for a large boulder (see also the Impact Table on page 181 of ArM5). Particularly large stones can damage structures as well as creatures. The main limitation on this spell's combat effectiveness is the availability of large stones. Vilano himself once lamented that there was never a good rock around when he needed one!

The caster can see from the perspective of the target. This spell must Penetrate in order to sense creatures with Magic Resistance. Ariane has learned this spell to cast down an Intangible Tunnel.

Makes an animal afraid of the target by preying upon its instinctive fears, causing it to attempt escape by the quickest, most feasible means possible. The animal may make a Size stress roll against an Ease Factor of 9 to resist. (The title refers to the elephant's legendary fear of mice, but note that this spell cannot actually affect elephants, as they are too large.)

Creates an overpowering fear in one person of a specific object, person, or place.

You can detect the conflicting motives behind one target's actions. Thus you might learn that a guard feels conflict between fear and duty. This spell is often used before application of a Muto or Rego spell, since it is usually easier to change a target's emotions after you've sensed them than it is to create emotions.

Creates illusionary music from a direction that the caster specifies. A full troupe of musicians can be simulated in this way, with a finesse roll determining the quality of the music. Aurulentus uses this spell to amuse his wife and children. It was originally invented by his parens, Altus, with the same motivation.

The dirt in a circle 6 paces across recedes into the ground, leaving a pit 9 feet deep. If the target area contains material other than dirt, that material is not affected.

Pen +0, 24/day These handles are activated when clamped to the side of a heavy object, and allow the user to easily move the object (as if he had Str + 5; similar to The Unseen Porter, ArM5, page 156) These assist moving loads at the Miletos warehouses.

Adds +1 to the target's normal Size or decreases it by up to 2 points.

A low wave is formed to propel a small boat slowly through the water. When casting this spell, you commonly make a pushing gesture. This spell, and other similar ones, pick out a particular current in the body of water and make it behave as desired, and thus have Individual Targets. In Silva of Merinita's version of this spell, the wave occasionally drifts or bobs about, as if it is happy and playful.

Transforms a set of clothing into different clothes. The substance and color must be preserved, but the shape and number of the garments can be altered. Thus a peasant's woolen smock can become a woolen dress, wimple, and cloak. An Intelligence + Finesse roll determines the quality of the new set of clothes; an Ease Factor of 6 is sufficient for a simple change, although the Ease Factor is 3 points higher if the new clothes are dramatically different from the old. The spell assumes that the clothing is in the main of animal origin — wool, felt, fur, leather, and silk — which is usually the case. A casting requisite of Herbam is needed to transform garments that are partly of plant origin, but items made solely of plant matter cannot be affected. Accouterments like wooden or metal fastenings remain unchanged.

This spell forces the plant or flower to continue to bloom even out of season.

Makes the target furious at someone or something of your choice. A stress roll against an Ease Factor of 9 using an appropriate Personality Trait (like Calm) can hold the anger in check, but it is felt strongly regardless of the roll.

Softens rock enough that it may be dug out, molded, and otherwise manipulated in the same way that hard river clay can be. The rock is slightly sticky. The spell affects rock in a roughly spherical shape with a three-foot diameter.

Makes the air in a room stuffy and uncomfortable. Any creatures that breathe air suffer a –3 penalty on all rolls involving physical exertion. In addition, for each round of exertion a character must make a simple Stamina roll against an Ease Factor of 6 or lose a Fatigue level. This may cause panic in some creatures or people. The speed at which the air refreshes itself depends on how well ventilated the room is.

Turns a piece of rope (made from plant material) into refined, superior bronze, which does not break under normal circumstances.

You know precisely what tomorrow's weather will be, and you gain a general impression about the weather for the week ahead. This intuition only applies to the place where you cast the spell, and is based on extrapolating current conditions, so it is occasionally wrong (precise, but inaccurate). Still, it would take something like an interfering magical being, or a volcanic eruption, to throw the prediction off.

The caster can smell and identify, on the breath of the air, the ash that has carried from volcanoes. This is enough information for the caster to determine the approximate direction and distance to each of the volcanoes he detects. A dormant volcano can be detected in this way from within one league (three miles), a volcano that has erupted within the last 100 years can be detected from within seven leagues (21 miles), and a volcano that has erupted in the last season can be detected from within 100 miles. Dormant volcanoes are detectable in this way because ash from their violent eruption is still present in the environment. The ash may have fallen to the ground, but some small (but detectable via Hermetic magic) fraction has been Of course, the huge plume of ash from a large on-going eruption can easily be identified without the aid of magic from many hundreds of miles away. blown up into the air again.

Creates enough dirt to fill in a pit of up to 6 paces across and 3 paces deep.

Allows you to see where fires have been in the past lunar month. A light red flickering haze appears where the fire was, and you gain an intuitive sense of when the fire was there. This spell does not look into the past, but detects the traces of fire.

Lets you know where anything wooden will be in the immediate future by a shriek that sounds in the air in advance of the wood's coming. A piece of wood that is controlled may change course, so the spell is sometimes wrong. You get a +9 bonus on Defense scores against wooden weapons (provided that you have the freedom to dodge), and you can automatically dodge wooden missiles fired from more than ten paces away. The shriek is only audible to you, and it cannot be simulated by people making noises.

Pen 0, unlimited/day This is actually two effects, one to allow Julia to share words, images, and emotions with her familiar, and one to allow Tetrix to do the same with his maga. apprentice. Julia has also invested two more effects into her familiar bond (2 seasons), and instilled another three effects in her talisman (4 seasons). Finally, she has spent two seasons making the brooch she calls Fruit of the Loom. She has also acquired 110 experience points in Arts and 120 experience points in Abilities.

The caster instantly moves to a location she can see within 50 paces. If a Dexterity + Finesse roll against an Ease Factor of 6 is failed, then something goes slightly awry: she might be facing the wrong way, or appears a foot or two above the ground.

Causes a large tree branch to swing at a target. The branch's Attack score is equal to your Perception + Finesse. Damage is +10. You may strike repeatedly with the branch, striking once per round for as long as the spell lasts.

Conjure a steel longsword. The sword only lasts for two minutes — about 20 combat rounds — but that is usually long enough to defend oneself in a single skirmish. The magically created sword must penetrate in order to harm opponents who have Magic Resistance. Note that creating artificial things with magic requires an Intelligence + Finesse roll, as noted on page 77 of ArM5. An Ease Factor of 6 is sufficient to make a sword of mediocre, but serviceable, workmanship.

Takes a length of wood that you designate and hurls it at a target (a Targeting roll is required). The wood wraps around and immobilizes the target (assuming that there is enough wood), who must make a Strength stress roll against an Ease Factor of 9 to break free (one attempt per round). If the victim ever botches, he cannot escape without outside help. If the length of wood has thorns, it does +6 damage when it hits, and again each time the target tries to break free, whether successful or not. When the caster stops concentrating, the target can escape on a Strength roll against an Ease Factor of 6.

Waist-high flames fill the target circle. Everything inside the circle takes +5 damage each round. This spell is of ancient origin and is thought to have originated as a ritual ordeal within the Cult of Mithras. It was once used by Flambeau magi as a test of endurance, a kind of alternative to certamen. The people being tested (including, usually, the caster) would stand inside the circle, without using their Parmae Magicae, trying to withstand the flames as long as possible. The last person to leave the circle was considered the winner. Etiquette suggested that if anyone were to fall helpless due to burn damage, someone would break the Ring and end the spell to rescue the unfortunate. This test is little used in 1220 because most Flambeau magi prefer standard certamen; also, some members of House Flambeau (such as the example character page 25 of ArM5) possess a supernatural immunity to fire, giving them an unfair advantage in the test.

The final act sees the magi of the Trattato set their sights on the player covenant and the Duca di Casalmaggiore set his sights on the nearby city of Verona.

The magus learns whether wood is suitable for use in carpentry, with an indication of the treatment needed (e.g. "unseasoned — season it", or "old, brittle, and dry — discard it").

Pen 0, unlimited uses per day This enchantment has the same operation as the spell of the same name, described earlier, and acts on the topmost sheet of the middle stack of blank pages. It is triggered when a page of the book on the left-hand marble slab is turned (that is, after the Lector's Deft Hand effect has acted).

Causes a 1-pace circle of ground to become jagged stone, just under the surface, and those fragments burst into the air. Anyone standing on the circle is thrown into the air and hit with flying debris. Damage is +10.

This spell changes the common sense (see Art and Academe, page 33) of the target. He cannot estimate the true worth of his belongings and is likely to give more of them for less.

Pen 0, Charged Item Triggered when touching a stone wall, this Charged Item destroys a section of that wall. It destroys 270 cubic feet of stone; enough to make a 6 foot diameter breach in a castle wall that is 10 feet thick, or 10 feet in diameter in wall that is 3 feet thick. The charges are usually placed into separate boulders which are flung in groups by a trebuchet along with ordinary rocks.

Earth and stone is excavated from a circular ditch around the caster to create a circle of packed earth and rock four paces in diameter, two paces thick, and eight feet high. The spell does not break stone, so any boulders that extend beyond the target are left in place. The ring fort provides an excellent defensive position for holding off a superior enemy, or providing cover for or from archers.

Pen 0, unlimited uses per day This enchantment turns a page of any book placed on the left-hand marble slab. It can turn pages of paper, papyrus, and other plant-based materials as well as parchment and vellum. It is triggered when a sheet of parchment is placed on the right-hand slab (that is, after the Stack the Decorated Page effect has acted).

Accurately determines the underlying reason for the infertility of the target. Aurulentus successfully used this spell to compare two groups: those infertile from natural causes and those rendered infertile by a Longevity Ritual. Exploring the fundamen-

Pen +0, Unlimited This is a long wooden pole (about 20 feet long) with a scoop attached to one end. When activated it destroys the mud that it touches (about 10 cubic paces). The Dredge is used at Miletos to dredge the Lion Harbor, which otherwise fills with sediment from the Meander river. The covenfolk paddle around the Lion Harbor once every month to clear it, otherwise, the harbor will visibly silt up within a season and be unusable within a decade. The mundane authorities and merchants know that the covenant performs this service for Miletos (and has done so for more than two hundred years).

The target of the spell becomes tainted with magic as most magi are. Beasts and people react to the target as though he were a magus. Those who normally associate with the victim do not become hostile, but do give him or her a wider berth. The spell has no effect on those who already have The Gift, including those blessed with the Gentle Gift.

This spell transports an unborn child instantly out of his mother's womb, to a distance of up to five paces away. This is normally fatal for the child but does not harm the mother — the spell also removes the placenta. To determine whether the child survives, make a Stamina roll against an Ease Factor of 3 + 3 for each month prior to natural birth. For example, if The Promenade of Caesar is cast on an eight-month-old fetus the Ease Factor is 6. An unborn child has a –4 penalty to his Stamina.

Pen +0, 1/day In the hands of its intended owner, and upon the secret incantation being spoken, the sword's property of weight is altered such that it is lighter and more balanced in the hand. This grants +1 to both attack and defense. When the effect is active, the sword has a Penetration of 0 and is resisted by any character or creature with a Magic Resistance of 0 or greater. Required Craft Total: 1 season (30), 2 seasons (23), 3 seasons (20), 4 seasons (19) Learned Magicians In many ways the closest of the hedge magic traditions to Hermetic magi, learned magicians study their own arts, design their own spells, and create their own forms of enchanted devices. The following amulet and chartae effects use the rules presented in Chapter 5 of Hedge Magic: Revised Edition.

Pen 0, unlimited uses This tapestry illustrates the 1204 siege of Constantinople. When activated, the tapestry animates, and acts out the critical battles and events in the siege. Similar tapestries depict other battles and legends. (Effect: Base 1, +2 Sun, +1 moving image, +1 intricacy; +10 unlimited uses) (3 pawns)

Pen 0, 1 use per day When touched to the earth, this silver wand, delicately wrought as a simulacrum of a daffodil, causes a bed of almost nearly one thousand yellow daffodils to burst from the earth. The daffodils last for a month. (Effect: Base 1, +1 Touch +3 Moon, +2 Group) (3 pawns)

The spell transforms raw pig-iron from a furnace into plain bars of wrought iron, as if a blacksmith had worked the iron in his forge. The magus must succeed in a Perception + Finesse roll to work the bars and separate out the slag. The task is normally Easy (6) for a blacksmith, so the base Ease Factor is 9. Failure means the iron and inclusions do not separate; a botch means that the inclusions go unnoticed, and the iron will be flawed and crack under strain.

As the spell presented in Covenants, page 51.

the stitches — both thread and leather — simultaneously unravel. The victim of this spell is left naked. If the victim is wearing leather armor (including metal-reinforced leather armor) then the armor falls into pieces. If the victim is wearing metal armor, the padding beneath the armor is affected. A character in this position suffers a –3 to all physical actions due to the shifting of his armor, and it grants only half of its Protection until the padding can be replaced. The clothes are capable of being repaired, so this is counted as damaging the garment rather than destroying it.

This spell allows the caster to speak with a human voice when shapechanged into the form of an animal. The caster must be in animal form to cast this spell because it targets the vocal capacity of that form, and must be able to cast this spell with no words or gestures (usually a –15 penalty), but while under its influence, may use his own voice without penalty to spellcasting.

This spell inserts a recollection of the caster into the target's memory. The memory itself soon fades, but its fleeting presence is usually enough to reassure the target that he has met the caster before. The nature and context of the memory is determined when the spell is cast. Even fond or favorable memories are not enough to counteract the effects of The Gift, but the guidelines in ArM5, page 76, give an idea how the memory of an established relationship influences behavior. In later years, Yestin mastered this spell such that he can cast it both quietly and without the normal Hermetic gestures.

This salve of white clay destroys skin flakes and hair that falls or is brushed from the individual in order to prevent the easy acquisition of Arcane Connections to the bearer of the salve. The salve is applied all over the body as where it is not the skin and hair is vulnerable to shedding. The salve fades only at the end of the duration, at which point a new dose must be reapplied. Brighde wears the salve, on average, for less than half the year. This is a charged device and Brighde has a steady supply created for her by House Criamon.

When casting this spell, you point at the victim and a large wound opens on his or her body. The wound is not a deep one, but it bleeds profusely. This is only a Light Wound, but it looks bad.

Permanently mends a non-living product made of plant materials, sealing rips and tears and reattaching separated parts, though missing pieces are not restored.

This spell instantly tills an amount of soil equal to that of 1000 cubic paces, making it perfect for planting crops or just soft enough to lie down upon comfortably.

If the target breaks the bargain made when this spell is cast, then a hideous scar, a brand of an ancient Greek coin, appears on his forehead.

The caster freezes the target in place for the duration of the spell. As well as being unable to move, the target can neither speak nor use gestures in spell casting, and he takes the appropriate penalties if he does try to cast spells regardless. Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (30), Two Seasons (23), Three Seasons (20), Four Seasons (19).

Causes strong, woody vines to grow rapidly from fertile earth. The vines cover a circle 2 paces across and reach 6 feet high. Anything caught within them is immobilized. To avoid the vines, the target must make a Quickness — Encumbrance stress roll against an Ease Factor of 9. To break out requires a Strength stress roll against an Ease Factor of 12 (allowed once a round). Someone not trapped can cut a trapped person free in two rounds, assuming proper tools. The vines weaken and wither to dust at sunrise or sunset.

Lets you see clearly through all manner of obfuscation in the air nearby, including smoke, fog, and dust, even if the obfuscation is magical.

This spell smashes a piece of masonry or pavement into its component bricks or stones. It has no effect on solid stone. The affected volume is one pace wide, one pace high, and up to one pace deep (depending on the thickness of the masonry), and can be a part of a larger piece of stonework. Followers of the School of Vilano sometimes use this spell to produce a large number of loose stones, which they can then use as ammunition. Magi with a knowledge of stonemasonry can use it to weaken or collapse stone structures by damaging load-bearing walls and arches, though solid pillars and the like are immune to its effects.

The caster is immediately aware of a conception in the target during the spell duration. Aurulentus observed grogs with and without Longevity Rituals during intercourse with this spell to explore the differences between the two groups. His research was unsuccessful, as he was not able to witness the actual creation of life with this spell.

Holds an animal rigid as long as you maintain eye contact with it and concentrate on it.

The winds bear their tidings to your ears, allowing you to hear words spoken by any group of people within your line of sight, provided no solid barrier (including glass) intervenes. This spell is an adaptation of an effect known to Bjornaer the Founder, and fits poorly into the normal framework of Hermetic magic. (Unique spell)

Pen +0, 1 use/day This power is activated by the wearer blowing on the medallion. As the Hermetic spell of the same name (ArM5 page 127). This power allows the user to eavesdrop on the conversations of a group of people that are visible. (Effect: Unique)

You can speak through the barrier — the figurative "gate" — that stands between the dead and the living, to one corpse that has not yet decayed into a skeleton. The corpse cannot have been buried in Church burial, nor have belonged to a spirit that went straight to Heaven (for example, a saint or a crusader). The spirit that you speak with is not compelled to tell the truth; you can, of course, find ways to coerce or trick it into doing so. All those around you can hear the voice of the corpse.

All the deciduous leaves (that is, those that normally fall in autumn) on the target plants turn brown and then fall to the ground. The full process takes a minute. This spell can affect a small grove of trees. The trees do not bud again until the next spring.

The caster instantly transports himself up to 50 paces in any direction, provided he can see his destination or has an Arcane Connection to it. His Talisman comes with him automatically but casting requisites are required to bring along any other clothing or equipment. This spell is very effective as a fast-cast defense to escape attacks or other mishaps, and can also be used for bypassing obstacles or launching surprise attacks.

This spell uses Rego craft magic to transform up to 10 bushels of grain into flour. The caster must make an Intelligence + Finesse roll against an Ease Factor of 6 to obtain usable flour, but this is of the poorest quality with pieces of husk still within the bran-heavy flour. An Ease Factor of 12 generates fine white flour instead. An advantage of this spell is that no grit from the millstones end up in the flour regardless of its quality. In Mythic Europe, the right to mill flour is usually protected by law (Lords of Men, page 77), and using this spell could get the magus into a lot of trouble; however, it will save them the The guideline used was published in Covenants (page 51), and permits items made of plant products to be treated. cost of employing a miller.

This effect is restricted such that only Yestin is able to trigger it. This effect allows the crwth to join its voice with Yestin's. The crwth sings in harmony with Yestin, as Yestin himself plays and sings. The effect is designed to produce intelligible words. These usually follow Yestin's own words but on some occasions, and for reasons Yestin does not know, the crwth changes words and tone and emphasis. These changes are always in keeping with the song, and serve to enhance the performance rather than detract from it. The best explanation Yestin has heard for this phenomenon is that perhaps a Twilight experience also affected the crwth. Any magus able to explain why the crwth sings so independently would have Yestin's thanks, and may perhaps gain a deeper insight into the nature of enchanted devices. Adelbert the Tyrolean, a Bonisagus of some standing at Yestin's covenant, suggested that a supernatural agent may have been present in Yestin's laboratory when the effect was instilled, and that perhaps this caused the Warped effect. Yestin is unsure how much the Tyrolean suspects about Taliesin, but is disinclined to have others disturb his laboratory in search of evidence of faerie involvement.

Pen +0, 1/day This brazier is a copper dish about five inches in diameter. The color of the smoke in the brazier can be used to determine whether an individual is dead. To use the brazier it is lit, and the name of the target is spoken into the white smoke spiraling upwards from the dish. If the individual is dead, the smoke changes, becoming acrid and purple in color. The brazier may be used once per day. (Effect: Base 4, +3 Veil)

2/day When this effect is triggered, the floor, walls, and ceiling of the room containing the enchanted device are covered by a foot of stone. This stone interposes itself between the contents of the room and the walls, floor, and ceiling. The Pebble of the Stone Prison is deployed resting against a wall or the floor of a room so the created stone walls interpose themselves between the device and the targets that the designers hoped to catch. Objects affixed to the outside of the rooms such as tapestries and rugs end up outside of the stone. Objects resting on the floor or walls, such as people, tables, or tapestries, are pushed a foot toward the center of the room by the stone. Creatures and objects with Magic Resistance are not pushed by the stone box; rather the box grows around them and is created with holes at the locations of the protected creatures or objects. This stone box is self-supporting and will not collapse under its own staggering weight, but the environment must be able to support it. Therefore, this justiciar can only be safely employed in a few rooms on the foundation level of Coeris without triggering a collapse of the building. Hermanus's use of this device in his laboratory was unwise, but he was overwhelmed by paranoia by the time he set it up. Fortunately, it was not triggered before the laboratory was ripped into the Twilight Void, and the room is now resting on the seabed. (Effect: Base 3, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +1 size; Modifications, +1 level 2 uses per day)

2/day The room where this enchantment is triggered is filled with woody, thorny bushes that grow from the walls, floor, and ceiling to completely occupy all of the open space in the room within the flash of an eye. The vines grow around creatures and other objects that occupy the room, leaving only a fraction of an inch of free space between the thorns and any creatures and objects. These plants are unnaturally resilient, having +15 Soak. They can be cut by edged weapons only. Cutting through requires inflicting a Heavy wound for every pace of distance. Bodily forcing one's way through the plants requires a Strength stress roll against an Ease Factor of 9 for every pace moved and does +15 damage (soaked normally) whether the attempt succeeds or fails. If the roll botches, an additional 5 points of damage are suffered. (Effect: Base 1, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +2 Group, +1 unnatural; Modifications, +1 level 2 activations per day)

Pen +0, 2x/day, item maintains concentration With the above exceptions, this effect functions as the spell Shriek of the Impending Shafts (ArM5, page 136). (Effect: Base 2, +1 Concentration, +3 Hearing; Modifications +5 levels item maintains concentration, +1 level 2 uses per day)

Pen +0, 2/day T: Individual Effects as per the spell described in ArM5, page 146.

Pen: 0, unlimited uses This effect rings the bell. The frequency of the ringing increases as the eruption time nears, and in the final hours the bell urgently rings every few seconds. Required Lab Total to invest effect: One Season (34), Two Seasons (26), Three Seasons (23), Four Seasons (22).

Pen: 0, unlimited uses Required Lab Total to invest effect: One Season (34), Two Seasons (26), Three Seasons (23), Four Seasons (22).

Triggered by The Invisible Eye Revealed also installed in the talisman. When The Invisible Eye Revealed effect detects a scrying attempt, several of the white inscriptions on the staff glow with a soft light. The effect is subtle and barely noticeable in daylight, but Petalichus is a suspicious man and always keeps a watchful eye on his talisman when he doesn't have it in his hand.

Pen +0, 6/day T: Hearing Enhances Lucia's hearing such that she can listen in to whispered conversations conducted across the room. She has fine control over this and is able to focus on the conversation she is interested in. seems to appear at the heart of some trouble or other and then disappear to nobody knows where, like a scorpion sinking back into the sand. If the magi recognize this, his scorpion-like nature could be exploited to weaken his covenant.

When activated, the object senses the iconic species of whatever it's touching.

Pen +0, constant effect This rock heats the waters of the baths at the covenant.

Constant use The laboratory room detects the approach of any solid object that is likely to hit the room with enough force to damage it. The laboratory then triggers Skin of the Sapphire Tortoise. (Effect: Base 2, +2 Sun, +3 Hearing; Modifications, +1 level 2 uses per day +3 levels environmental trigger)

Pen 0, constant effect Permits up to a hundred plants of Size +3 (or an equivalent volume, such as a thousand plants of Size +0 or ten trees of Size +6) to grow well regardless of the climate and soil conditions, although they may still be affected by disease. The plants must be growing close enough to each other for their roots or branches to touch, else they are not considered to be part of the same group. Plants affected by this spell for a year always produce their maximum yield of fruits, nuts, or seeds. A single bush of Size +3 produces anywhere between half to one bushel of produce, depending on the type of plant. A tree of Size +6 can bear five to ten bushels.

Pen: +0, Constant Effect The images detected through the power of sight granted by the previous effect are projected onto the mirror associated with the bronze shard held by the grotesque. The mirror shows exactly what the grotesque "sees" at that moment and the image fills the mirror's surface. There is no restriction on the size of the mirror, and the larger it is, the more detail it displays. Given the weakness of the stone watchman's vision, potential threats with strong magical resistance will not be relayed to the mirror. But the nature of the magical vision means that a silhouette within the image will be apparent, allowing an astute observer to make assumptions about what happens to be there. Required Lab Total: 1 season (38), 2 seasons (29), 3 seasons (26), 4 seasons (24) The lab total receives a bonus of +1 thanks to the prior Imaginem effect.

Pen 0, 12/day The bulky cart makes this difficult to deploy, requiring two mules or cart horses to move. So long as the water tank is full, the pump can extinguish any flames its water jet is directed upon. It quenches an area five paces across with a Perdo Ignem Level 20 effect. Even magical flames are affected. (Effect: Base 3, +2 Voice, +2 Group; Modifications: 12/day +4) (Level: 7)

Pen +0, Constant Effect Reveal the Ocean's Secrets senses the motion, speed, and boundaries of the ocean up to 1500 feet in all directions. Tides, currents, obstacles, depth, and other such information are constantly gathered by this spell. Pen +0, Constant Effect R: Touch, D: Sun, T: Ind This effect produces an image of the information gathered by Reveal the Ocean's Secrets in the form of a constantly updating, highly detailed map. The map uses a form of notation developed by Maris, and is not easily understood by those who are not taught their meanings.

Pen: +0, constant effect This effect grants the Stone Harvester the sense to smell whether a particular sort of stone, metal, or mineral is nearby (within about 5 paces). The Stone Harvester contains a small compartment and it targets materials that match the material in the compartment. If there is no material in the compartment the Stone Harvester continues to move about the crater rim, but will obviously not find any matching material. The Stone Harvester only identifies Terram based objects, but of course additional effects could be invented to allow the Stone Harvester to identify and manipulate Animal, Aquam, Corpus, or Herbam objects. This sense allows the harvester to smell

This large three-chambered hourglass, standing one foot in height, indicates whether a Magic aura is waxing, waning, or is stable. If the aura is waning the sand flows through the hourglass into the lower chamber. If the aura is waxing the reverse is true and the sands run upwards. If the aura is essentially stable then the sands collect in the middle chamber. The only example left in the sanctum is broken, its glass chambers smashed and the sand blown away. However, the wooden frame survives and the device can be reforged by a skilled Verditius. If the device were working it would provide a bonus of +3 to an insight roll. In its current state it provides no bonus but does provide 4 points towards integrating Insight of the Realms.

Pen 0, 12/day The device requires at least 15 minutes to recharge after each use. At its maximum effect, the targets must make a Stamina stress roll against an Ease Factor of 9 or be unable to act in the next round. A target who fails may make additional Stamina simple rolls each round thereafter against the same Ease Factor, and recovers if successful. If the first roll botches, the sound knocks the victim unconscious. (Effect: Base 3, +2 Voice, +2 Room; Modifications: 12/day +4) (Level: 9)

Pen +0, unlimited uses

Pen +0, constant effect Detects if the wearer is touched by a man, and then triggers the second effect.

Instantly transports the target to a point up to 50 paces away. The caster must be able to clearly see the destination. This effect can be used to cross rivers and even scale cliffs if a suitable arrival point can be seen. If enchanted into a device, this effect could be used in place of a bridge, and has the additional benefit that it can be easily removed to prevent enemies from using it.

Medieval roads vary in design, so in this spell the road is based, roughly, on the dimensions of Roman roads, which are just under three paces wide. For simplicity's sake, the road is assumed to crown slightly, but average half a pace thick. In Hermetic magic, all permanent creations spells are rituals, and all rituals are, at minimum, level 20. This means that for a simple shape, like a road, it's no easier to create a permanent road ten paces long than one of the maximum length for this spell, which is 3.78 miles. If the road's design is complex enough to require an extra magnitude, then either increase the level of the ritual, or shorten the road to 0.4 miles. Generally creating a bridge is not sufficiently complex to require an extra magnitude (there is none, for example in Bridge of Wood, Ars Magica page 135) but at the troupe's discretion, creating a system that has many bridges may require one.

The magus touches a weed, and it and all similar plants within a 15-pace range — up to 10 cubic paces of plant material — are weeded out.

In this spell, it is assumed that the canal is stone-lined, 2 paces deep and 5 paces wide. It has straight sides, and has no locks. The wall of the canal is half a pace thick. Due to the Hermetic restriction which makes all rituals level 20 spells, there's no advantage to a magus who chooses to create canal network of less than maximum length, which is 1.26 miles. Slightly more powerful spells can create far larger canal systems. A level 25 spell creates 12.62 miles of canals, a level 30 spell creates 126.26 miles of canals, and so on. Note that this spell can also be used to create irrigation ditches and roadside drains. Players who have chosen clay fill for their island must make their own calculations, as a clay bottom is waterproof and does not need to be lined with stone. Player who have chosen stone fill for their island can reclaim some of their material by including canals.

This spell senses a specific person in the world of the dead. If a person cannot be sensed, then she is either alive or beyond the reach of the spell. The only reason that a dead person

Pen +10, 24/day When activated by quickly flicking it in the wielder's wrist, this dagger works as a medium for the embedded spell of destruction. Upon touching its target, the narrow blade deals a Light Wound in addition to any damage that is caused by the physical aspect of the weapon. (Effect: Base 5, +1 Touch; +5 penetration, +5 24/day)

Cast by a master on his apprentice, this spell allows the master to control the apprentice's movements for a day. The caster can suspend the spell, allowing the apprentice to continue with a task or exercise, and then resume control in order to help the apprentice through a particularly complex task or to correct his student and show how something should be done. The apprentice learns at a much deeper level by having his own actions controlled from within, rather than simply being guided from without. This spell is designed to assist with the training of physical skills, notably craft skills. Each season a master uses this spell to instruct an apprentice, he can add 1 to his Training Source Quality (see ArM5, page 164). This version was developed generations ago within Petallichus' line of Verditius weavers, though others certainly exist elsewhere within House Verditius and perhaps also in other Houses.

Shrinks a person's arm to half its original length and makes it pudgy, like an infant's.

Designed for those who fear the threat of armor-wearing assailants, Armatura Vitrea transforms one attacker's armor into glass. The armor now provides a protection of 2, and a load of 3. If struck with a weapon, the glass armor shatters sending razor-sharp shards everywhere, adding an additional simple die to the attack's damage. This, of course, destroys the armor.

The target of the spell is strongly inclined to obey you, as if you were his natural superior.

A large-scale version of Room of Stale Air (ArM5, page 128), anyone standing in an Aquam miasma has difficulty breathing and suffers a –3 penalty on all rolls involving physical activity. For each round a character exerts himself, the player must succeed at a simple Stamina roll vs. an Ease Factor of 6 or the character loses a Fatigue Level. In April, on the fist new moon of the Spring season, Auram spells stop working unless empowered by vis during their casting. By this time, without the Herbam miasmas crisscrossing the land, plants have begun to blossom and grow. Without Corpus miasmas spreading Corpus Blight, humanity might find a foothold for survival. Many are still as dumb as beasts, however, a condition that lingers well after Mentem miasmas disappear. An interesting side note is that any children born of parents afflicted with the Mentem Blight are not under the spell's effects. Parents so afflicted can raise children, who will certainly be feral, but far from stupid.

Transforms a pool of water into an animal tooth. When on expedition, Alexander often carries several of these teeth. They are not a perfect solution to water shortage, because Alexander, while young, cannot dispel this effect, so the water only becomes available when the spell expires. If forced to use his emergency water, Alexander prefers to first create a sanctuary using A Place of Recuperation and A Time for Slumber, then ration his water by keeping his servants, and himself, in diminutive animal forms until the Bag of Teeth reverts to gallons of water. Each tooth may become just under a hundred cubic feet of water. This means that the teeth destroy any closed container they are stored within when they change back. They are able to cause explosions, but Alexander has never considered their military potential.

This ritual creates a large cage made out of basalt stone with a single gate (also made of basalt) that can be opened and shut. The cage is large enough to hold ten man-sized creatures. Individuals in the cage may find it difficult to escape, if the gate is somehow locked or barred. However, the main purpose of the ritual is to create a cage which is subsequently enchanted as an item with the effect The Entrapped Flame. Note that, if your character is talented at Rego magics, he may find it easier to use a Rego Terram craft effect to sculpt such a cage from a hunk of basalt. However, remember to consider that the magus must make a Finesse roll against an Ease Factor of 24 to succeed in casting such a Rego craft effect, as it would be hard for a mundane craftsman to sculpt such an item and it would take him a long time to do so (see Covenants page 49). Required Lab Total to invent spell:

Conscientia learned this spell from her parens, who developed it after overhearing grogs complaining about a how a campfire's smoke always gives away their position. This spell simply destroys all smoke within the circle. Great for setting up camp on the sly, or keeping the laboratory smoke-free.

Reduces the size of an animal by 2. This modifies Strength by -4, reduces the range for each wound type by two points, and increases Quickness by +2. The beast appears to be the runt of its litter.

This spell creates a human head, complete with skin, eyes, teeth, and hair. The particulars of the head's appearance are up to the spell's inventor. Castor of Sicily's version of the spell makes created heads look like his own. The spell is named after Salome, the stepdaughter of King Herod, who asked for and received the head of John the Baptist, according to Biblical history. Base Level Interpretation: According to Magi of Hermes, page 84, the base level to create part of a corpse is the same as the base level to create the whole corpse, adjusted by the increased Target: Part. Required Lab Total: 1 season (40), 2 seasons (30), 3 seasons (27), 4 seasons (25)

Blunt the claws, teeth, talons, or other natural weapons of a beast. Only sharp weapons may be affected: this spell does not affect a weapon such as a horse's hoof or a giant snake's coils. The blunted weapon has its total damage (including Attack Advantage) reduced to half (round up). The beast may recover from the effect as if it were a Light Wound. The spell may affect animals of size up to +4.

A very minor breeze is generated in the nose of the target, allowing him access to all of the air that he requires for breathing. While underwater, the target of this spell exhales a constant stream of bubbles that cannot be stopped by the target for more than a second by holding their mouth and nose closed. The breeze cannot be halted without the spell being dispelled or expiring. The breeze makes the manipulation of especially small and light objects by the target difficult.

Creates a bridge made from living leaves, vines, and wood. The bridge can reach up to 20 paces, and is five paces wide. It is sturdy enough to support creatures of up to Size +4.

If the target breaks the bargain made when this spell is cast, then his sword (or other metal weapon) is catastrophically weakened, and when next the weapon strikes (or parries) a blow it shatters. The weapon must be named by the caster, and carried by the target, at the time that the bargain is made.

The average seagoing vessel in the northern waters of Mythic Europe carries 20 tons of cargo. It has a draft of about 2 paces, although larger and heavily laden vessels may have a draft of just over 3 paces. It is about 6 paces wide, although far larger ships are known. A canal which could accept such a vessel, (14 paces wide to allow vessels to pass each other, 4 paces deep and half a pace thick), created by this spell, can be up to 909 paces long. An added magnitude creates a canal just over 5 miles long, two added magnitudes creates a channel 51 miles long, and so on. This spell can also be used to create stone lined riverbeds.

Instantaneously, a submerged target is imprisoned in a thick casing of ice. Due to ice's natural buoyancy, Maris often uses this spell to float something of value to the surface. If used against an opponent, the ice suffocates an individual, as well as causing +3 damage per round from cold. Note that the spell does not create ice; it only works on targets already immersed in water.

Carve Domain destroys a channel of up to 10,000 cubic feet of earth. This can be used, among other things, as a defensive emplacement, to channel a river, to expand irrigation, or to develop a makeshift moat. A Finesse roll is required for more-complex designs.

This highly useful spell animates a wooden object so that it follows simple commands, and solves simple problems, without the direct oversight of the magus. The object must be wooden, and no larger than a pace square. Severin often makes statues that suit his needs with the Rough-Hewn Servant spell, also given here.

Surrounds you with winds that circle at great speed. Since the wind picks up dust and other small, loose objects, you may be obscured. Anyone standing near enough to attack you with a hand weapon must make a Size stress roll against an Ease Factor of 9 at the beginning of each round or be blown back. Melee Attack rolls against you are at –3, and missile or thrown attacks are at –9.

All light around the head of the target is completely extinguished, leaving the victim mobile and unhampered, but engulfed in a tight-fitting cloak of darkness — an aurora of opaque, black flame that moves with the target for the duration of the spell. The target is blind, unless affected by a spell that permits the caster to see in complete darkness, such as Eyes of the Bat.

This spell makes a spirit of anger obey the caster as long as he can coerce it with threats. The more lurid and dramatic the threats, the more cooperative the spirit is. If the spell penetrates the spirit's Magic Resistance, make a stress roll of Communication + Leadership to see how effective the threats are. The storyguide should always give a bonus or penalty depending on the potency of the threat, but note that any roll other than a botch compels at least minimal obedience, while increasing rolls indicate a more cooperative spirit. Note that the caster must be capable of sensing the spirit to use this spell, unless it is reinvented at Range Arcane Connection.

Makes a fiery spirit obey the caster as long as she can coerce it with threats. The more lurid and dramatic her threats, the more cooperative the spirit is. If the spell penetrates the spirit's Magic Resistance, make a stress roll of Com + Leadership to see how effective the maga's threats are. The storyguide should always give a bonus or penalty depending on the potency of the threats, but note that any roll other than a botch compels at least minimal obedience, while increasing rolls indicate a more cooperative spirit.

Makes a ghost obey you as long as you can coerce it with threats, such as a threat to defile its grave or to banish it to Hell. The more lurid and dramatic the threat, the more cooperative the ghost is. If the spell penetrates the ghost's Magic Resistance, roll Communication + Leadership to see how effective your threats are. The storyguide should always give a bonus or penalty that depends on the potency of the threat, and any roll other than a botch will compel at least minimal obedience.

Animates all the grass and small plants within a field delineated from side to side by your outstretched arms and in front by no more than 15 paces of distance. The plants grab and wrap themselves around the people nearest to them (Strength stress roll of 9+ to break free, rolled once per minute). If a roll to break free ever botches, the victim cannot escape on his or her own. With a Concentration roll of 6+, you can release one individual a round.

This ritual, cast within a consecrated temple of Mercury, allows the character to communicate in their mind with the god Mercury; or at least someone claiming that he is. Whether the god has anything useful to say is up to the troupe. The god exists somewhere in the Magic realm and seemingly has no knowledge of Mythic Europe since the adoption of Christianity by the Emperor Constantine in 313 AD, and has only a hazy understanding of Mythic Europe under the pagan Roman Empire. The god is conscious and if contacted several times he remembers the earlier contacts, although he seems to experience the passage of time differently from the characters. Depending on the needs of your saga, the god could have an agenda, such as the re-establishment of a pagan empire or the recovery of artifacts. Alternatively, the god may not care much at all about the world and activities of the player characters. Note that this ritual does not need to Penetrate to have an effect.

This ritual creates a huge human corpse of Size +4. It is similar to a regular conjured corpse in every way except size. Spells designed to control a colossus must also take into account its larger Size. Required Lab Total: 1 season (40), 2 seasons (30), 3 seasons (27), 4 seasons (25)

The Target of the spell may construct an extremely detailed locus in her memory palace, as in Enhance the Memory Palace. As ritual Creo magic, the locus becomes a natural, permanent part of the target's memory, which remains after the spell ends. This ritual may create loci outside and above the normal limit of five per room, number of rooms limited to Art of Memory score; for example, the locus may stand in a normal room, but obviously distinct from the others, or may have a new room created for it, away from the "courtyard." Count magically-created and normally-memorized rooms and loci separately from each other.

The lover is caught for a moment by Joia's eye, and thinks better of making any advances toward her until dusk or dawn. They know she will not welcome them.

Required Lab Total: 1 season (40), 2 seasons (30), 3 seasons (27), 4 seasons (25)

Required Lab Total: 1 season (40), 2 seasons (30), 3 seasons (27), 4 seasons (25)

This spell creates a series of identical stone enclosures each suitable, once roofed, shuttered, and portaled, for housing a family. Assuming each cottage is internally 30 feet long, 15 feet wide, and has walls that average 6 feet high and 1 foot thick, each requires 540 cubic feet of stone. That is 20 cubic paces of stone (although that makes no allowance for doorways or windows). Hermetic magic requires that spells of permanent creation be rituals, and that all rituals be 4th magnitude. This spell requires a magnitude for doing complex things, because it creates multiple objects in a precise series. This means that it's as simple to create one cottage in this manner as to create the maximum possible, which given the amount of stone produced is 5. Every magnitude added to the spell multiplies the number of cottages produced by ten.

Fanning the Infernal Flames CrVi Gen R: Voice, D: Sun, T: Ind This spell magically restores some of a demon's Infernal Might, adding (the spell's level – 10) to the demon's Might Pool as long as the effect penetrates the demon's Magic Resistance. These additional Might Points cannot exceed the demon's Might Score. This spell is known to exist among infernalist magi, and is only mentioned to students of the Infernal so that they may know what to expect. Story Hook: A Dish Served Very Cold The characters come across an ancient circle created by Circular Ward Against Demons, perhaps in a long-abandoned covenant. The circle seems to be empty, and it is possible that the characters do not even see it inscribed on the floor. The circle contains a demon, who is currently in spiritual form, and thus invisible to mortal sight. The demon has been here for a long time, and is eager for escape and revenge. Plucking the Hair from the Billy Goat's Chin This spell creates a temporary Arcane Connection to a specific demon within range of the caster's voice, allowing him to penetrate its Magic Resistance more easily with additional spells. This connection is intangible, a sort of conduit rather than a physical object, and so it cannot be fixed in the laboratory and does not itself convey any Penetration bonus. Thus, forcing a demon to teach the magus its True Name is even better.

Creates a wave in the earth that starts at your feet and travels out to the range of your Voice in a designated direction. It starts as a narrow ripple and within 5 paces reaches its full size of 5 feet high and 30 paces wide. It moves about 50 paces per round. Those caught in its path must make Dexterity stress rolls against an Ease Factor of 12 to leap over the wave, or they are tossed aside and take +10 Damage. The wave overturns trees and damages buildings in its path.

Pen +0, Unlimited An active Defender Sword allows the wielder to automatically "parry" incoming blows from metal weapons. The wielder must be aware of the incoming attack, so he can still be stabbed in the back. However, in normal melee he can automatically "parry" any number of blows in a round. The wielder must maintain concentration to use the item, but maintaining his awareness of incoming melee blows does not require a Concentration roll (as that is how the item is designed to be used). On the other hand, if the wielder attempts to do something else in the round he must make a Concentration roll (see ArM5, page 82). Maintaining concentration while attacking in the same round requires a Concentration roll against an Ease Factor of 15. The Didyma turb often fight in pairs, and one grog uses a Defender Sword to defend his partner (see ArM5, page 173). The defended grog can thus freely attack, while the defender "parries" all the blows aimed at the pair. The covenant has ten of these swords. Five are usually carried by the warehouse garrison, while the others are kept at the covenant.

With the various claimants present the magus casts the spell upon the group and learns the relative relationships between the targets of the spell and the target bloodline as represented by an Arcane Connection or known member of the familial line. The caster learns how many generations separate the individuals, who are cousins, and how much of the line's blood runs in their veins. Again, this spell is limited as it cannot differentiate between legitimate and illegitimate children, nor can it gain any information about those not present, a crucial part of inheritance law. So this spell is useful for assisting in determining a potential heir from within a group rather than identifying one outright.

All voices emitted by a group of individuals will be decreased in volume to that of a normal conversation. Aurulentus invented this spell after he had to babysit ten screaming infants.

Turns a volume of packed dirt up to ten cubic paces into stone.

Sharpens any metal edge to a degree unequaled by manual methods. An edged or pointed weapon gains a +2 bonus to Damage. Good-natured magi reward grogs by enchanting their weapons in this way, although since the resulting sword is resisted by Magic Resistance they rarely do this for all their grogs.

A quick draught of this elixir will wash away even the most serious hangovers. Popular among Jerbiton and Redcaps alike. (Base 15, +1 Touch)

The caster traces out a design on a piece of cloth, and a piece of thread follows her finger and is embroidered into the cloth. A Finesse roll of Ease Factor 9 is required for simple designs, but a 12 is needed for intricate embroidery. Failure to achieve this Ease Factor results in a tangled mess that needs to be unpicked by hand. Julia often "signs" any cloth or clothes she makes using this spell.

This spell magically constructs an extremely detailed locus in the caster's memory palace. The subject of the locus must be observed while the spell is being cast. The subject can be a single object, all the objects in a particular location, a discrete scene or event, or any written material less than a complete text. While the spell lasts, the caster can recall even obscure details by spending several minutes in reflection, "exploring" the locus. Multiple instances of this spell cannot be cast on the same subject. For example, a magus cannot use Enhance the Memory Palace to memorize an entire text by casting the spell on one page at a time. The locus can be destroyed with Perdo Mentem magic. When the spell ends, so does the memory. The magus may permanently memorize the information by spending seven days in meditation and succeeding in a roll of Intelligence + Art of Memory vs. an Ease Factor of 9 (Average). There is also a Ritual version of this spell, which creates a permanent memory locus. Magically created loci may exceed the limit on loci in memory: count them separately from normal loci. However, if the caster wishes to permanently memorize the locus to last beyond the spell, it must fall within all normal limits.

This spell makes a stringed, wooden instrument play music. The spell lasts until the instrument is put down, which, if it is tied to someone's belt, might not be for a very long time. The Animal requisite is for the strings of such an instrument.

Mu(In, Re)Co(Im) 15 R: Per, D: Conc, T: Part This macabre variation on Image from the Wizard Torn and Prying Eyes actually removes the caster's eyes and has them fly to the location of interest where they transmit the information that they see. At the end of the spell, the caster's eyes are restored to their proper place. This spell did not result in a breakthrough, although Marcus has found it useful. The Rego requisite is required to allow the eyes to fly, but does not incur additional magnitudes. During the casting of this ritual spell, the target's heart is cut out and replaced with the heart of a bull. The surgery causes no damage as long as the spell is cast correctly, and it grants the target the Reserves of Strength Virtue throughout the duration of the spell. At the end of the year, the caster can replace the original heart of the target with no ill effects if it has been preserved sufficiently well. If this is not done, the target dies. This spell results from an Insight (see Ancient Magic, pages 8–9) Marcus received after investigating the catacombs under the ruined palace of Knossos. There he found ritual objects belonging to the Minoan Cult of the Bull who practiced a magic similar to that he was trying to achieve. His ability to read the memories of a sacrificial knife (thanks to the third station of the Path of Seeming, see Houses of Hermes: Mystery Cults, pages 64–65) gave him the requisite insight to allow him to invent this non-standard spell. He has created an enchanted item called a Canopic Jar to preserve the heart of his experimental subjects (see Enchantments, below).

Trajan can see from any vantage point along a river that he holds an Arcane Connection to. He can see the river itself, anything on or in the river, and anything within a pace of the river banks (subject to the normal limitations of sight).

The targets gain the ability to see as a cat sees, allowing them to operate normally in low-light conditions. Alexander prefers his group to travel at night when in desert locations, to avoid the heat in the middle of the day.

This spell changes the book's register, its bookmark ribbon, into a venomous serpent. Cobras are traditional. It is typically vested in a single-use charged object, activated when the book is stolen from a library. Most librarians prefer this Animal form, but many others exist, due to the various specializations of magi. The exploding bookplate is perennially popular, as are bookplates that drive the thief into a penitent mania.

Creates a silo of grain. A base Individual of Herbam is about twenty bushels of grain, so this spell creates about twenty thousand bushels, or 30 tons of grain (640 bushels to a ton). This would fill a cylindrical silo 8 paces in diameter and 20 paces high, or a barn 20 paces by 10 paces to a depth of 15 feet. This spell is underoptimized, in that it could create a hundred times more grain for the same spell level (since all Ritual spells have a minimum level of 20); however, that amount of grain would be virtually impossible to store. In a time of famine, that may not be a difficulty.

Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (40), Two Seasons (30), Three Seasons (27), Four Seasons (25).

CrCo 20 (Ritual). Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the Devil

There are four versions of this spell, one for each of the sanguine, choleric, melancholic, and phlegmatic temperaments. These spells must be cast in animal form because they enhance the correspondences to the temperament of that form, whereas humans naturally have a more balanced temperament than animals. A Bjornaer magus may revert to human form after casting this spell and still retain its effects. It is not required that the animal form he takes take matches the temperament listed in the spell's name; however, if the two do match, all bonuses granted by the spell are increased by one. Only one of these spells may be cast on the same character at any one time; they operate by influencing the bodily humors, and only one humor at a time may be influenced in this way. Sanguine: +1 Qik; +3 to all rolls to negate the natural fear the caster instills (as a wild animal with The Gift); temporarily acquires the Cheerful Personality Trait at +3 (or increases preexisting trait by 3) Choleric: +1 Dex; +3 to all rolls to follow a trail or find something deliberately hidden; temporarily acquires the Brave Personality Trait at +3 (or increases preexisting trait by 3) Melancholic: +1 Sta; +3 to all rolls to communicate across a language barrier, through empathy, via sign language, and so forth; temporarily acquires the Creative Personality Trait at +3 (or increases preexisting trait by 3) Phlegmatic: +1 Str; +3 to all rolls involving intuition and memory; temporarily acquires the Cool-Headed Personality Trait at +3 (or increases preexisting trait by 3)

This spell cools the bark of a tree, the wood of a cart, or even the planks of a house so that it is cool to the touch. This a good effect to help dispel the heat of the night and keep the magus cool during the hotter seasons.

For as long as you maintain this spell, the target exhales a misty breath with each spoken lie. Small bits of ice form on the person's lips if the lie is particularly severe. In winter, when breath is visible anyway, lies produce a greater than normal amount of mist (the mist actually billows out). A target who makes a Communication + Guile stress roll against an Ease Factor of 15 can determine whether any given statement will be taken by the spell as a lie. The spell can be defeated through extensive and judicious application of Creo Auram and Perdo Auram spells, and a demon is able to manipulate it in any way it wishes, as demons are the embodiment of deception and are never caught in a lie if they do not wish to be. House Guernicus brought the Order this spell, and it is a very poor Quaesitor who is without it.

The target animal (which may be as large as Size +3) becomes angry and must make a Personality roll using a trait such as Angry or Fierce (or perhaps others, at the storyguide's discretion). If the roll exceeds an Ease Factor of 9, the animal flies into a rage. Once the animal is aroused, it calms down normally. Docile animals such as ewes or oxen calm down almost immediately, while especially aggressive animals like boars or wolves may go on a rampage lasting several minutes. While angry, the animal tries to drive away people or other animals that are nearby, and may attack those who do not flee from it. Some magi who follow the School of Vilano use this spell to make animals attack their enemies. In practice, its effects are unpredictable \ the animal is just as likely to attack a bystander as the intended target, and there is nothing to prevent it from turning on the caster!

The target is cured of a Light Wound caused by poison or disease. This spell does not heal damage caused by injury.

This ritual spell mends a damaged wooden musical instrument. The instrument

This bronze helm is an invested item made by the magus Nicodemus for his goblin servant Zotikos (Philip's grandfather), and inherited by Philip. It was opened for enchantment with 15 pawns of vis (4 slots used), and has two effects: Death Speaker Pen +0, 24/day By looking into the eyes of a corpse the wearer can speak to the deceased's spirit (similar to Whispers Through the Black Gate, ArM5, page 130). Shriek of the Impending Shafts InHe 20 Pen +0, 24/day Hearing; +5 24 uses)

The spell's target either grows to three paces tall or shrinks to only a half pace in height, but his mass isn't affected. As a result, the target is either a thin giant who cannot control his body parts normally, or he is a tiny, fat dwarf who rather rolls than walks.

Any one thing, including a living thing, can be made to appear as if it were something else of approximately the same shape and size. The illusion cannot be cast on things that have a shape or size improper to the final appearance. If the target moves or is moved in such a way that the illusion is inappropriate, it looks very strange indeed.

The effect of this spell is similar to The Wound That Weeps (ArM5, page 133), though its cosmetic component and modified Range

Instantly transports any single object to the hand of the caster. The object must be within range and be visible to the caster. Objects that are being held or worn can be affected by this spell, and may need casting requisites for material other than that covered by the Form of Terram — for example, Animal for wool, leather, bone, or ivory; and Herbam for wood, rope, or linen. If the target object is protected by Magic Resistance (such as an item worn by a magus), then the spell must have sufficient Penetration. The base level for this effect is that for a very unnatural motion. However, for instant transportation the Rego Corpus guidelines are consulted, which adds one magnitude for instant transportation over 5 paces, two magnitudes over 50 paces, and so forth.

The target loses a Fatigue level. The phrases used with this spell are usually singsong melodies, which lull the victim into drowsiness.

The target's body acts as if unwounded and unfatigued. Wound and fatigue penalties do not apply until the spell expires, and wounds may worsen but this will not be apparent until the spell ends, when accumulated Fatigue takes effect (and may leave the target unconscious). Consecutive castings delay the end of the spell, putting off the time until the accumulated wounds take effect — but the body can only take a number of consecutive castings equal to its Size + 2. Further castings have no effect. (Base 10 Transcendence/Purity; +2 Sun) That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed ReCo 25 Your faith in God immediately restores a single lost Fatigue level, something impossible for Hermetic magic.

Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (40), Two Seasons (30), Three Seasons (27), Four Seasons (25).

This spell brings the target's secrets bubbling to the top of his consciousness, playing on his mind and making him more inclined to disclose them. For the purposes of this spell, secrets are those things that gnaw at the target's conscience in the face of questioning those things that the target would normally strive to keep hidden because of guilt or shame or fear. Secrets kept for noble reasons are not affected by this spell, which was a conscious design decision made by Yestin. This spell does not make the target susceptible to questioning on other matters, and so cannot be used to assist directed interrogation. At the end of the spell's duration, the target must make a personality roll against an Ease Factor of 6. If the target succeeds, she maintains control over her secret and keeps it hidden. The troupe should agree which Personality trait the target uses in the roll. For each subsequent day that the spell is cast on the target, the Ease Factor increases by 1. Virtues and Flaws may modify Magi of Hermes the roll and/or the Ease Factor, with the Storyguide's agreement. If the personality check fails, the target falls prey to his conscience and seeks someone to confide in. That person may not necessarily be the caster of the spell, and will most likely be someone the target feels he can trust. The Infernal and the Dominion have a strong impact on this spell, dealing as they do with the moral aspects of human life. If the target spends time in the Dominion, the light of the Lord helps to release the truth and the level of the aura is subtracted from the target's roll. The aura's Temper (see Realms of Power: The Divine, page 38) also has an effect with Brave, Wise, Strong, or Just Tempers, increasing the aura's effect by 1. If the target spends the duration of the spell within an Infernal aura, the corrupting influence of the aura reinforces the target's resolve to keep the secret. The level of the aura is added to the target's roll. The Storyguide may impose a further bonus to the roll based on any Tarnish or Corruption of the Infernal aura (see Realms of Power: The Infernal, page 13). Yestin invented this spell as a means to more easily solve those mysteries that the spirit Taliesin led him into; mysteries often solved by knowing what those involved wished to hide.

Collects moonbeams and starlight into a single vertical shaft of soft, silvery light that moves under your control. It illuminates an area 15 paces across with light nearly equal to sunlight (if the moon is out) or moonlight (if the moon is not out). If the sky is overcast, the spell does not work. Can only be cast under the night sky.

This spell removes a specific event from a target's memory. The event can be up to a day in length and may involve multiple elements.

This spell fills the target's lungs with water, causing him to experience the sensation of drowning. The character begins to suffer deprivation due to lack of air (see ArM5, page 180), but as the spell only lasts for Diameter duration (two minutes), the character is unlikely

Turns water into air as it enters your lungs, allowing you to breathe water as you do air. This spell puzzles Hermetic theoreticians, as it behaves like a dynamic container target despite not being a container target. All known attempts to create analogous effects have failed, even though analysis of this spell has not revealed any sign of non-Hermetic influence, or integrated experimentation. Most magi just point to it as an example of how Hermetic magic is not fully understood, and get on with their lives.

wool, cotton, or linen — takes on a vivid hue as if dyed. Up to ten skeins of wool or 5 bolts of cloth can be dyed a single color chosen by the caster at the time of casting. When the spell's duration expires, the cloth reverts to its natural undyed color. The spell is named after the three principle dyes employed in the thirteenth century — madder produces red, brown, and pink, woad makes blue, and weld results in yellow. By dyeing and then over-dyeing with a different color, a whole range of russets, maroons, greens, and oranges can be produced through mundane craft. However, a single casting of this spell can produce any possible hue.

Inserts a full and complete memory into a person's mind. If the target gives the memory some thought and concentration, and makes an Intelligence roll against an Ease Factor of 9, the memory is revealed as false. When the duration expires, the memory vanishes, although the subject may remember remembering it.

With all the required parts and/or materials of a musical instrument present, the caster uses Rego magic to repair it, including re-stringing, straightening warped wood, or any other fix that could be applied by a craftsman. The spell cannot repair splintered or broken wood, but it can reassemble or replace old parts if new materials are available. The spell cannot create any required materials that are not present. This spell uses the Rego Craft Magic rules from Covenants, page 49, and so the results of the spell depend on the magus's Finesse as described in the table. Casting requisites are required for non-Herbam components.

The caster can fly. He must make an Intelligence + Finesse roll to change direction or speed; with an Ease Factor related to his current speed — Ease Factor 3 for walking pace, Ease Factor 9 at moderate speed, Ease Factor 12 at maximum speed. He can move at a maximum speed as fast as a running horse — about forty miles an hour — but this is reduced by one mile an hour for every point of Load he carries. He cannot physically carry a load which inflicts a Burden more than five points greater than his Strength (i.e. 15 points of Load for a character with Strength 0, 10 points of Load for a character with Strength –1, etc.). A second, unencumbered individual is a Load of 21 on average (see Grogs, Chapter 4). Concentration Duration is better than Sun Duration for this spell since in the former case the caster can end it at will, but the effect is often enchanted into an item that maintains concentration for the caster, for added safety.

A 3-foot-diameter jet of water sprays from your outstretched arms towards your target. The target of this gusher of water takes +10 damage and must make a Strength + Size stress roll against an Ease Factor of 9 or be sent flying back. Marbaid of Flambeau's wizard's sigil is connected to his obsession with blood. In his version of the spell the target is hit by a gush of blood, and the stains do not go away until sunrise/sunset. This does not require a requisite, as it is a purely cosmetic effect.

Pen +0, unlimited uses/day Enchants the wooden parts of the toys such that they are capable of small, controlled movements.

The target's memory is altered so that the caster is "remembered" to have performed a major favor for him in the recent past. The caster gets to choose in what manner she appears in the altered memory. The target cannot be convinced of the falsity of this memory until the duration of the spell expires, at which point he realizes the deception.

Pen +12, 12/day This effect is triggered when the wearer of the gauntlet strikes a being with his thumb between his ring and little fingers. The target falls asleep, and cannot be naturally awakened until the effect's duration has expired. (Effect: Base 4, +1 Touch, +1 Diam; Modifications +4 12/day, +6 Penetration)

The Numerologist instantly knows the number of animals she can see, and how many of each kind. The pattern of such numbers is considered to be far more significant than the details of the numbers. Numerologists often use this spell in connection with Casual Augury (Numerology) to interpret the numbers.

When the caster places his hand on another character who has The Gift his hand feels numb. This effect must penetrate the magic resistance (if any) of the target, and if the target is a member of the Order of Hermes casting this spell normally counts as scrying (which is prohibited by the Code). This spell is based on the "detect the traces of powerful magic" guideline. If the target has the Blatant or Gentle Gift the spell still works.

Unlimited uses, item maintains concentration When commanded, the orb glows with bright light. This light is more than sufficient to illuminate the laboratory. Hermanus used this item as the source of illumination for his laboratory in order to eliminate the risk of fire, and the defensive risk that he saw in unprotected, open windows. (Effect: Base 4, +1 Concentration; Modifications, +10 levels unlimited uses per day, +5 levels item maintains concentration)

This spell enlarges an inanimate object originally no bigger than a large chest. The object doubles in each dimension and increases its weight eight times. The size increase is based on the object's original, natural size, so casting the spell more than once on an object has no effect. Noble elements like gold, silver, and gems, are not affected by this spell. If any part of the item resists growth, the item as a whole does not grow. Casting requisites are required for the appropriate Form for the target.

Reg: Rego Shatters a barrier of metal or stone up to one foot thick. Those within one pace of the barrier, on the opposite side from you, take +10 Damage. Alchemically refined and magical metals may be able to withstand this spell.

Using the Faerie "Road" range carries the spell beyond the range of the caster's voice (useful if casting quietly!) so long as there is a path directly to the object. A barrier laid across a road is the most obvious example of such, hence the name of the spell, although the spell can destroy any object (up to 10 Individuals in size) of wood, stone, metal or similar material, not just a barrier.

This spell represents a larger variant of the Cloak of Darkness, and removes all light from the designated target area. The effect manifests in the form of a irregular sphere of writhing darkness that contains everything within three paces of the affected target. Anyone inside the affected space is effectively blind. To see through the area from either side, a spell that permits the target to see in complete darkness, like Eyes of the Bat, is required. The spell must be targeted at an object, individual, or other specific point in space. This location functions as a focus for the effect only, as the spell targets the light within the Part of space surrounding the focus, rather than the focus itself. Thus, the spell does not have to penetrate the Magic Resistance of anyone inside the target area, but only the resistance of the focus. If it fails to penetrate, the spell fails. If the focus is an individual or object that moves, the created darkness moves along with it. For example, if the spell is cast on a pebble, and that pebble is thrown into a lake, the blob of darkness will sink to the bottom.

The spell creates a momentary flash of intense unnatural fear, despair, and woe in the minds of the assailants, attacking their estimation (Art & Academe, page 32). Each target in turn, starting from the target closest to the caster, attempts a Brave Personality Roll against an Ease Factor of 9 or flees the scene. This roll is modified by –1 for each other member of the group who fails his roll; the more who flee, the less resolve the others have. The magic of the spell is carried on the caster's own scream, and extends out as far as the caster's voice would normally carry at a high volume (in excess of 50 paces). The magic of the spell affects the group of individuals in front of and closest to the caster. The individuals must still constitute a group as per ArM5, page 113. Yestin devised the spell after he was set upon by brigands along the road from Winchester to the Isle of Oxney near Rye. He was lucky to escape their clutches after their first meeting, and ensured that he was prepared for their next. The spell is named for all the grief suffered by Orpheus, who lost so much on leaving the underworld.

Gives someone a nagging, taunting, painful emotion — a recurrent sense of anxiety, a fear of something he or she does not know, a fear of everything, and a fear of nothing. To have this spell cast on you is truly a curse.

Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (40), Two Seasons (30), Three Seasons (27), Four Seasons (25).

Removes most of the water from any object, including plants (with a Herbam requisite), possibly making the object brittle and fragile. With a Corpus or Animal requisite, the spell can affect humans or animals. This causes +10 damage, against which armor is no defense, and makes the target extremely thirsty.

Creates an image of any animal or beast up to the size of a pony (Size +1). Under your direct mental command, it moves about (within range) and makes appropriate noises. You need to be able to concentrate, and be within range, whenever you wish to direct the illusion to move in some manner. If you move out of range or stop concentrating, the illusion just freezes in place. The image does smell like an animal, but it has absolutely no effect on the sense of touch. Of course, a magus may not use this spell to create the image of an animal he or she does not know exists.

Makes an image of a fire (up to the size of a large campfire) that dances, illuminates, crackles, and (apparently) warms. It does not spread, burn, or protect against cold. Makes a great joke at gatherings of House Flambeau, although creating a real fire is even more popular.

This spell allows the caster to see through the boundaries of Faerie regiones, and therefore divine the path to the next level (more details about regiones are given on page 420). There are separate but related spells for Divine, Magical and Infernal regiones.

A 2-foot, thick, spear-shaped jet of fire flies from your palms, doing +15 damage to the individual it hits.

This ritual creates a number of edible or food-producing plants. The plants appear fully mature, but still need time to produce a crop. Maris' version of this spell produces Irish moss.

Withers and destroys one living plant, up to and including a plant the size of a small tree.

You can ask one silent mental question of the target, then detect the answer. The truth of the answer is limited by the knowledge of the target. Questions to the effect of "What would you do if ...?" often receive inaccurate replies. You are likely to get what the target thinks he would do, not necessarily what he would really do. The target of this spell does not notice the questioning unless he or she resists the spell, in which case they notice the attempt.

When exposed to open flame, this potion extinguishes a fire up to the size of a large house. Very useful for saving the covenant library from a fiery demise, leaving you valuable time to concoct a proper excuse.

Turns a bonfire into a prison shaped like a miniature castle. A person thrown into the middle is not burned, but takes +15 damage if he or she tries to escape.

This spell informs the caster of the direction and distance to each living descendant of the target. Lambert frequently casts this spell upon himself to keep track of his large family.

The target gains a +9 bonus to Recovery rolls, as long as he has been under the influence of this spell for the whole of the recovery interval. The recovery interval is counted from the time that the spell is cast, any previous time is ignored.

Extinguish any fire up to the size of a house fire. Many Flambeau magi learn this spell, or carry items enchanted with a similar effect, to control any incidental fires caused by errant Creo Ignem magic.

Stops all wind from blowing, leaving only calm air. This spell is not powerful enough to affect winds caused by Ritual magic, and only affects winds blowing on the caster when it is cast. Under normal circumstances, the winds will not pick up again for at least an hour or so.

Reg: Terram Turns rain into stones as it falls, causing +0 damage every two rounds (they're small stones), and maybe less if the rain is very light. People under cover are not affected. The stones revert to water when the spell expires. If it stops raining before the spell ends, no more rain is transformed, even if a different rain storm starts.

A variant on a warding theme, this spell cast with an Arcane Circle target both imprisons people within its bounds and prevents them from crossing into the Arcane Circle. The Arcane Circle target is usable by those who know the Hermetic Geometry Mystery, and allows the caster to draw a circle at his location while calculating and casting against a sympathetically identical circle in a remote location (see The Mysteries Revised Edition, page 95). Those with Resistance (through Parma or Might) are not confined or restricted unless this spell Penetrates that resistance. Arcane Connections to a named target may be used in order to increase the Penetration as normal, though the increased Penetration is only valid against that named target. As the base effect for warding spells is Touch, Ring, Circle, the Arcane Circle target raises the level of the spell by one magnitude as it is more complex than its mundane equivalent, but no modifier is required for either Touch or Ring.

Grooves, runes, writings, and similar markings are obscured so that they are not visible, but the overall shape of the medium remains constant. For example, runes carved into a sword blade can be made invisible, making the sword appear normal.

Pen +0, unlimited uses All human waste, and all associated un-

This spell allows a magus to heal cracks and tears in the parchment and leather of a book. It is a comparatively expensive way to repair books, so it is only used when the covenant lacks skilled craftsmen, or on books of such historical significance that their owners prefer they are not repaired by human hands. For example, if one of the holographic diaries of Bonisagus is damaged, it is repaired in this way, rather than by having a scribe create a replacement page, because it preserves the handwriting of the Founder.

A metal or stone object targeted by this effect is momentarily transformed into sand. This is sufficient to destroy most handheld weapons, as they become metal grains around the feet of the wielder. But if the object remains undisturbed, it is unaffected when it becomes metal again moments later. The effect can target any single object that can be carried in one hand, such as a sword. The effect is triggered by pointing the butt of the staff at the target in a short jabbing motion while speaking the command word.

Changes the image of a building, even one quite extravagant like a small wizard's tower, to a that of a poor and small hut.

Everyone in the room falls asleep over a few seconds, with the smell of lilacs in their nostrils

This ritual creates a machine made of stone that is suitable for use as the invested item Stone Harvester. The machine appears to be a large stone beetle about one pace in length. Until it is invested with the Stone Harvester suite of effects, the machine is merely a very elaborate statue. Required Lab Total to invent ritual: One Season (40), Two Seasons (30), Three Seasons (27), Four Seasons (25).

This spell indicates the arcane connection between two objects, allowing the magus to sense the mystical link that connects the smaller to the larger. Once this Arcane Connection has been discovered, it can be destroyed, to prevent future contagions. Doing so prevents the Great Pestilence from targeting that aura or regio with any effects, permanently blocking the Great Pestilence and saving that particular plot of land. Snipping the arcane connection to the Magic Realm is as easy as destroying any Arcane Connection. Cutting this magical connection does not destroy an area's Magic aura, although

Creates a sheep's fleece. Wool is the most common material for making clothing, but creating ready-made woolen garments is difficult with Hermetic Magic. As a consequence, Julia uses this spell to create the raw materials, and then rearranges them into clothing using Rego Craft Magic, such as Woolen Garments for the Human Form, below.

Measures the astrological time in the area around a point the caster can see.

Makes one being or object incapable of producing sound. Magi who cannot utter their magic words suffer the normal penalties to their spellcasting rolls.

Someone walking on the road whom the caster can sense is imbued with a bad feeling about what lies before him; he usually turns away from the road and walks back. This spell works similarly to The Shrouded Glen.

This spell looks much like a ritualistic "laying on of hands" seen in many churches. You kneel and press your hands to the wound while reciting a quiet incantation. The spell cures one Light Wound suffered by the animal. Asaron of Flambeau believes his mission in life is to repopulate the world so there will be more to kill, and thus spends seasons healing animals and people throughout Europe. In his version of this spell, a black patch in the shape of a tongue of fire is left where the wound was. A symbolic flame is seen in almost all of Asaron's spells, making it his wizard's sigil.

Eradicates the heat of a bonfire, which, however, continues to burn until the fuel already covered in flame is consumed. The flames do not spread, or harm anything beyond what they were already burning. If the fire is extinguished and relit, it will burn hot again, as it is now a different fire.

Pen +0, unlimited uses/day Creates sounds appropriate for the toy. Full speech is not possible at this level of detail, so the soldiers just shout and yell rather than speak.

Pen 0, unlimited uses per day This enchantment moves a sheet of parchment, paper, or other animal or plantderived writing medium from the stack on the middle marble slab and places it on the right-hand slab. Note that the pages produced by the Scrinium are totally dry; there is no wet ink. It is triggered when the topmost sheet on the middle stack has been written on (that is, after the Copyist's Puissant Quill effect has acted).

One solid non-living object turns to a pile of dust. The object must be a base Individual or smaller, so a stone item can be a pace across while a metal item can only be one tenth that size in total. A casting requisite may be required, of the Form appropriate to the target.

This spell turns the targeted section of water to mist, causing swimmers and ships alike to plummet to the ground while the mist rises up, and then the sea crashes down around them. Successfully targeting this attack requires a Perception + Finesse roll against an Ease Factor of 9 (6 if the target is smaller than a rowboat, as there is more leeway in the transformed area). Observers of this spell will often just see a large cloud of mist rise around the target, and the ship will simply be gone.

Transforms a wind into an abrasive medium that tears and claws at everything in its path. Soft materials like leaves and cloth are shredded, and people take +4 damage from innumerable bloody cuts and abrasions. This spell cannot be cast if there is not a breeze of some sort blowing, thus making it difficult to use effectively indoors. The caster is not affected by the spell, even if the wind is blowing directly at him. In Ossium of Bjornaer's version of this spell a strange keening can be heard in the air as it cuts through targets. Ossium's wizard's sigil manifests by making many of his spells eerie or frightening.

This spell-like effect destroys the topsoil and upper dirt of an area, permanently removing the dirt and leaving a pit 9 feet deep. Wooden buildings and small trees collapse on a simple roll against an Ease Factor of 3. Wooden fortifications, small stone buildings, and medium-sized trees fall on a simple roll against an Ease Factor of 6. For stone fortifications, castles and cathedrals, and large trees, the Ease Factor is 9. Terram Blight only affects dirt, not stone. If a wind doesn't blow a Terram miasma away from an area immediately, it keeps destroying the dirt it covers and quickly sinks into the ground at the rate of 3 paces per combat round (6 seconds). In a minute it destroys 30 paces of dirt. At some point the miasma hits bedrock and stops descending. How deep the bedrock lies depends on the type of area. Mountainous areas have bedrock closer to the surface, while grassy valleys and fields have bedrock laying much deeper, and in some swampy areas the bedrock could lie 100 or more paces below the surface. If a wind doesn't move a Terram miasma within seconds after it is spawned, the Terram miasma digs a deep pit in the ground. In this case, structures and trees both collapse into the pit. After two minutes of destroying dirt, the miasma sinks below ground and only comes to rest once it hits bedrock. Even hurricane-strength winds will not move a Terram miasma submerged below ground level. Aging rolls made this Winter are penalized by a cumulative –10 for 5 active types of miasmas: Vim (active for half the previous year), Aquam, Auram, Animal, and Imaginem. Since the new moon happens after the winter solstice, the Terram miasma is not included in the Aging roll modifier. On February's new moon Terram spells cease functioning.

Makes any plant, dead or alive, as hard as iron. Affects any amount of continuous plant material up to the size of a small tree. Sharp-edged plants can become deadly when they are made this hard.

One item of clothing starts to writhe and thrash under the direction of the caster. The clothing causes a major distraction to its wearer and can trip him up; he suffers a –3 to all actions, and rolls 3 extra botch dice while under the effect of this spell. While thirteenth century clothes are predominantly made of wool, underclothes are made of linen and this spell produces the best effect when cast on the victim's chainse or braies.

This spell heals a single Light Wound suffered by the person touched. This spell does not heal damage from poison or disease.

This spell creates a vast pile of acorns, totaling 1 000 cubic paces in volume. An added magnitude (or reduction of the volume to one tenth) allows the maga to precisely mix the varieties of seeds she creates. The maga may use other Creo spells – not rituals this time – to mature each tree, or can use a vast ritual to mature every plant within the Boundary the wall creates.

You can hear what is happening in the place you designate. You must have an Arcane Connection with the place or with a person there.

This spell uses Rego craft magic to create a batch of 12 dozen loaves of bread in an instant from sufficient raw ingredients of flour, water, and yeast. The spell can even use raw grain rather than flour; if used at its maximum capacity it requires 10 bushels of either. Making basic bread is a Simple (Ease Factor 3) task for a baker, so the magus must make an Intelligence + Finesse roll against an Ease Factor of 6 to succeed; otherwise the result is an inedible mess of spoiled dough. If this roll achieves an Ease Factor of 9 the bread is particularly good; an Ease Factor of 12 produces pandemayne, the finest white table bread. The guideline used was published in Covenants (page 51), and permits items made of plant products to be treated and processed. A similar spell — The Elfin Brewer — can create 12 dozen pints of ale from grain, water, yeast, and gruit (herbs used for flavor).

This spell probes the mind of the target to reveal if he has ever heard a specific word. Persephone uses this spell to determine whether a given person is one of her agents — since she operates her agents remotely she instructs her factors to say an obscure word to all recruited agents. This spell therefore tells her if a person is in her employ. She has on occasion used it to discover whether her identity has been leaked. The word she most commonly uses is "shibboleth," although theologians may have heard this word before.

The caster can deliver two minutes of conversation directly into the mind of the person to whom he holds an Arcane Connection, although the target cannot communicate back. This spell is often placed within an enchantment (either a charged item or one with an effect which expires) with the caster's own Arcane Connection, allowing a spy to communicate with him.

Pen +0, 3/day When the pin is driven into the flesh of the target, black ripples spread from the puncture and run along the victim's body, thereby causing a Medium Wound. The artifact does not include any Penetration, and is thus not of much use against targets with Magic Resistance. (Effect: Base 10, +1 Touch, free cosmetic effect; +3 effect use, +2 3/day)

Pen +0, 1/day Both Carles and Hilde each have one of these devices and the Laboratory Text is available. (Effect: Base 15, +1 Touch) These devices together cost 16 Build Points.

Endurance of the Lion ReAn 20 As Endurance of the Berserkers (ArM5 page 134), but works in animal form. Lexora's eyes take on a golden sheen as the spell takes effect, and her fur grows warm as if in direct sunlight.

A group of animals are rendered calm and placid, even while unusual events occur, such as invisible hands milking them.

Transfers bodily energy from you to any target who is at a lower Fatigue level than you. You are thus at the target's current Fatigue level, and he or she assumes your previous level. If you lose a Fatigue level from casting this spell, the loss comes after the transfer. Magi have long looked for a way to restore their energy in order to cast more spells. This is the closest they've come.

When faced with animals that might feed upon his camel form, Alexander uses this spell to take the shape of a cobra. Many predators find snakes intimidating or too small to be suitable prey. While in snake form, Alexander can detect the movement of nearby animals through vibrations in the ground, and he has a poisonous bite. If Alexander bites something hollow, so that his poison is injected into it, the poison does not disappear when he returns to human form. Some of Alexander's grogs occasionally use his poison to envenom their arrows. Alexander has a serpent skin wristband that he uses as a physical focus for the spell, so that he can cancel it at will.

Determines the location of a specific person. To cast the spell you need a map and an Arcane Connection. After casting the spell, you can move your finger over the map at the rate of one hour per square foot of map. When your finger passes over the person's location as represented on the map, you sense the person's presence. (If the person is not in the area covered by the map, no sensations result.) You can locate the person to within a thumb's width on the map. A similar spell allows you to search for a dead body (Tracing the Trail of Death's Stench).

You can see any one type of mineral (gold, diamond, sand), specified at the time of casting, through up to 3 paces of intervening material. You have a good idea of how much is there and how pure it is, if appropriate.

Control the rate and direction in which a fire spreads. The caster may make the fire spread across combustible surfaces as fast as a man walks. It can leap most gaps as much as one pace across but cannot cross even the tiniest trickle of water. The caster can prevent the fire from spreading in certain directions but cannot actually keep it from burning things it touches. He could, for instance, make a fire spread into the shape of a circle and then expand outward, or keep the fire away from himself while it follows his enemies around the room. If the fire surrounds a person, its heat is non-magical and so bypasses Magic Resistance. An aiming roll is required to get the fire close enough to do damage.

The magus transforms iron bars (or other ready iron) into a crafted and formed result, as if a blacksmith had worked to the magus's instructions. The magus must succeed in a Perception + Finesse roll substituting for the smith's Craft: Blacksmith roll, with +3 to any Ease Factor. Failure means that the device also fails to function; a botch means it has hidden flaws.

As the Touch of Midas ritual (ArM5, page 153) but creates a lump of silver instead of gold, which is easier to slip into the local economy.

This ritual allows the caster to see an image of the target and his immediate surroundings in the surface of the pool of water in the Scrying Office (in the Basillica). The ritual is specifically designed for this pool; another similar pool cannot be used. If Wizard's Communion is used to cast this ritual, then it only expires when all of the casting magi cease to concentrate. Individual magi may cease concentrating and rejoin later. In this way, by taking shifts, the ritual may be prolonged for hours, days, potentially even years. Only magi who participated in the Wizard's Communion may join or rejoin the ritual. This effect is a special feature of how this ritual was originally designed to interact with Wizard's Communion, these rules do not apply to other spells. Casting this spell on a member of Order of Hermes is illegal scrying. Of course, the casters might not be bothered by this.

At the conclusion of this ritual, the caster throws a glass goblet onto the ground which splits into thousands of sharp glass shards, with many times the volume of the original goblet (about 1,000 cubic paces). If spread about on the ground, the glass shards cause +5 damage to anyone who walks over the ground, but this damage can be totally avoided by wearing hard-soled boots or shoes. The glass can cover an area about 60 paces across in glass 1 foot deep. The glass shards are intended to be used with the Crystal Rain spell. The glass shards can be reduced in size to be more easily carried, using the Miniaturist of Venice spell.

This spell instills in the target a simmering physical desire for one person, most often Lucia herself. This gives the target a temporary Personality Trait "Desire for Lucia" at +2, which influences the target's behavior throughout the spell's duration.

This ritual creates a metal dagger. The blade contains cleverly designed gutters that feed into a reservoir in the hilt. This means that if anyone is injured by the dagger (takes a Wound), then a sample of their blood is collected in the dagger's hilt. A version of this ritual could be created with as a spell with a duration (such as Sun) for use in emergency circumstances. However, the dagger created with the ritual is not magical, so it does not need to Penetrate Magic Resistance to harm a target (which a spell with a non-Momentary duration would need to do). The dagger can be used as either a thrown or melee weapon. It is less useful in Defense than a normal dagger, and less aerodynamic than a throwing knife. In both cases, this is because The Thirsty Dagger is oddly weighted due to the blood reservoir. The dagger's weapon characteristics are: Ability: Brawl, Init: +0, Atk: +2, Dfn: –1, Dam: +3, Str: –1, Load: 0 Ability: Thrown, Init: –1, Atk: 0, Dfn: –1, Dam: +2, Str: –1, Load: 0

This spell creates a tent of waterproof canvas and wooden poles that is large enough to sleep 10 people. The canvas sides appear to grow out of surrounding vegetation, and erect and fasten themselves together. A Finesse roll determines the complexity and comfort of the tent; if the basic Ease Factor of 6 cannot be achieved then the tent leaks and has a musty smell, whereas an Ease Factor of 9 results in a pavilion of superior quality.

Pen +0, 24/day

This terrible liquid, if consumed, forbids the body from entering slumber, denying the unfortunate victim his daily rejuvenation. The target stays awake until the duration of the effect ends. Fatigue levels may not be restored, and slowly the sleep deprivation will start to drive the target insane. After every three successive days without rest, the target loses an additional Fatigue level from exhaustion. Once all the target's Fatigue is lost, she starts taking physical wounds as her body shuts down. Each time the character loses another Fatigue level, she takes 5 + stress die in damage. These wounds cannot heal naturally until the character fully rests.

This spell needs to be cast on a current Arcane Connection to a human (or human like creature). This spell gives the caster a mental image of the subject's essential nature. Thus the caster sees the subject without clothes, tattoos, scars or other mutilations. The spell does not target the actual subject; it only probes the arcane connection itself. Thus the spell does not need to penetrate the real subject's Magic Resistance.

Cast within an Infernal aura, this spell reveals whether actions taken within this room were responsible for drawing in the Infernal. This could be through a personal evil or sin, or an Infernal ritual. Any event that induces a corruption roll (Realms of Power: The Infernal, page 11) taints the location and is equivalent to a tether. This spell cannot provide information about the evil that took place, nor even how long ago it was committed.

This spell collects a tremendous weight of wood, grass, straw, and other plant material and dumps it on the target, burying that target completely. This spell needs to be aimed, but has a +12 bonus on the Aiming roll because of the sheer quantity of material involved, at slightly over one hundred cubic paces. It is designed to immobilize enemies who cannot be hurt directly because of their Magic Resistance. The name of the spell refers to the death of an ancient Greek hero with unbreakable skin. His enemies defeated him by piling tree trunks upon him until he could not move, and he suffocated.

T: Individual This spell allows Trajan to speak with any animal whose natural habitat is the river. Despite the spell name this includes animals other than fishes.

This spell creates a roughly spherical lump of gold about six inches across. This weighs about eighty pounds, and is enough money to keep a peasant family in comfort for about three hundred years.

Conscientia swears this was developed for a friend, and she has never personally found a use for this spell. Popular with fathers, princesses, and nuns alike, this spell restores a woman's maidenhood and virtue. This is often combined with an Elixir of Morning's Afterthought for full effect.

The target animal reverts to a feral form and throws off all its training and domesti-

If the rock thrown onto the map is not volcanic, then it just lands somewhere at random. The caster can confirm this by casting the spell several times: a volcanic rock will always land on the same spot on the map. Note that a volcanic rock created via Creo Terram magic will not reveal what volcano it came from when thrown onto the map with the Trail of Ember spell. This is because such a magically created volcanic rock did not in fact come from a volcano. Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (40), Two Seasons (30), Three Seasons (27), Four Seasons (25).

The injured target gets a +9 bonus to all Recovery rolls made while the spell is in effect.

Occasionally a Quaesitor may need to question mundanes directly, typically grogs and companions. This spell can be used to make the process less effort and more productive. The effect simply creates a counter-balancing force on the subject's mind. The Gift itself is not affected in any way, only the subject's mind is. The spell is as powerful as Aura of Rightful Authority, but more subtle. The spell only acts to level the subject's attitude to the caster, not make them obedient or unnaturally well-disposed. Since the affected person retains free will, this effect does not count as scrying. Questioning using Aura of Rightful Authority does count as scrying.

The target becomes completely undetectable to normal sight, regardless of what it does, but still casts a shadow.

Developed as a quick game for magi, the Veneficus Enigma creates the illusion of a small puzzlebox in the palm of the caster's hand that can be manipulated by another. When cast, the caster sets the puzzle for the Veneficus Enigma. The illusory box then produces lights and sounds that are clues on how to open it. Figuring out the puzzle requires an Intelligence + Artes Liberales roll versus an Ease Factor equal to the casters Intelligence + Artes Liberales + 5. Traditionally, the caster holds an item in

Pen +0, Unlimited

Allows you to see the heat of objects that are of human body temperature or hotter. Excellent for use in the dark, but it doesn't give true vision. You can see well enough to use a weapon, even a missile weapon, without penalty, but recognizing people is very difficult.

Pen: 0, 1 use per day This enchanted mirror allows the user to identify the volcanoes in a mountain range. The user turns his back to the mountains, and studies the reflected image of the mountain range in the mirror. The reflected images of the volcanoes glow with a red aura. This spell works because whether or not a particular mountain is a volcano is a visible property that can be distinguished by someone with appropriate skill. This spell compensates for the lack of appropriate skill in the observer. Required Lab Total to invest effect: One Season (40), Two Seasons (30), Three Seasons (27), Four Seasons (25).

Within seconds, this spell creates a straight wall of woody, thorny bushes up to 20 paces long, 1 pace thick, and 4 paces high. The thorns, which are unnaturally resilient, have a +15 Soak, are cut by edged weapons only, and cutting through requires inflicting a Heavy Wound. Bodily forcing one's way through the wall requires a Strength stress roll against an Ease Factor of 9 and does +15 damage whether the attempt succeeds or fails. If the roll botches, an additional 5 points of damage are suffered. The wall grows out of existing bushes or fertile soil. A Dexterity + Athletics stress roll against an Ease Factor of 9 allows a character to scale the wall, but the character takes +10 damage in the process.

No faerie animal whose Faerie Might is equal or less to the level of the spell can affect the targeted Group as long as they remain within the ring. Julia commonly employs this spell every night along with a Circle of Beast Warding — after carefully sweeping the area to ensure that no spiders become trapped in the ring with her. (As ward guideline)

As per the spell effect described on ArM5, page 143, this spell keeps heat and flames away from the wearer, which provides a +15 Soak bonus against heat or flame damage.

No water may enter or leave the protected circle. Characters who are wearing wet clothing or perspiring are slowed when entering or leaving a protected area as the excess liquid is stripped from their bodies and possessions. Hermanus cast this ward using forceless casting (Houses of Hermes: True Lineages page 72), so the ward surrounding his laboratory complex has a Penetration of zero, allowing liquids carried by magi and creatures with Magic Resistance to pass through unimpeded.

The target gains a +9 bonus to Stamina rolls to avoid contracting diseases (see ArM5, Debilitation, page 180).

A huge net of thick threads grows in the indicated area, filling a space 5 paces by 5 paces by 6 feet high. With supports the nets can hang vertically, forming a wall, otherwise they act just like a fishing net. Everyone caught in the area is captured within the nets. Getting free requires a Strength stress roll against an Ease Factor of 9; or else someone who is not trapped may use an edged weapon to free a victim, which takes three rounds. Fire is exceptionally effective against the nets, but risks burning anyone caught within. The nets are not sticky, and cannot trap anyone who stumbles into them. This spell is a deliberate reference to the better-known spell Weaver's Trap of Webs, but the thought of emulating a spider is abhorrent to the arachnophobic Julia. Consequently, her version of this spell is less potent, as linen threads are less strong than spider's silk.

Imbues a woolen rug or animal pelt with the power of flight. A person sitting on the rug is lifted along with it, and the caster may make Intelligence + Finesse rolls to change direction or speed. The Ease Factor is related to current speed — Ease Factor 6 for walking pace, Ease Factor 12 at moderate speed, Ease Factor 15 at maximum speed of forty miles an hour. (Note that these Ease Factors are higher than for Mercury's Winged Sandals due to the increased difficulty of moving an object rather than oneself directly). The rug can only support the caster and his clothes; he can have no more than one point of Encumbrance or else the spell cannot lift him. The passenger is not protected from falling off the flying rug, so impressive aerial maneuvers are not recommended, nor is flying through strong winds. The extra magnitudes have been added to this spell by analogy with the Rego Corpus guidelines.

Pen +0, 2/day Two matching silver amulets, each being an Arcane Connection to the other. When activated, this lesser enchanted device allows one to see and hear the person holding the matching amulet. Aurulentus uses these to communicate with his wife when they are separated. Because the device has no Penetration, Aurulentus must suppress his Parma in order to for his wife to be able to see him. The remaining problem, that both sides need to activate the amulets at the same time, was solved by casting a small CrIm spell at R: Arc, to indicate to his wife that he had the time to talk to her. Due to the hazards of leaving Arcane Connections in other persons' hands and the constant scrying danger, few other magi think such devices are a good idea.

Pen 20, 6/day This effect is triggered when the wielder of the axe says "ferrum et fraxinus" ("iron and ash") when striking a creature with the haft; but it only affects entities with Faerie Might. If the effect penetrates, the creature loses 15 Might. (Effect: Base 5, +1 Touch; Modifications +10 Penetration, +3 6/day)

When blood is placed within the enchanted fitting, it's transformed into an attractive polished stone. This doesn't alter the blood's Arcane Connection, which is part of its essential nature and will still last for years.

Pen 20, 6/day This effect is triggered when the wielder of the axe says "os et orichalcum" ("bone and brass") when striking a creature with the haft; but it only affects entities with Infernal Might. If the effect penetrates, the creature loses 15 Might. (Effect: Base 5, +1 Touch; Modifications +10 Penetration, +3 6/day)

Pen +0, 6 uses/day As the Hermetic spell, Purification of the Festering Wounds. Hymn: Semesilam Principle: Good health levels uses/day)

Pen 0, unlimited uses This effect moves the puppet at the puppeteer's direction. If the skill of this direction needs to be determined use the puppeteer's Finesse Score in any relevant rolls. (Effect: Base 4, +1 Concentration; +5 item maintains Concentration, +10 unlimited uses, +3 Linked trigger)

Enchanted Item, 3 pawns of Aquam vis, 1 Season spent to invest Pen +0, unlimited uses A person has only to take hold of one of the buds along the spell's vines and give the mental command, and a small steady stream of water pours out of the buds for a total of two minutes.

Re(In)Co(An, Me) 64 Pen +20, 2 uses/day, constant effect This Power prevents creatures with ill intent from touching or otherwise damaging the relic, in particular creatures associated with the Infernal realm that have an Infernal Might of 20 or less. This also affects humans and animals without a Might score. Hymn: Azai Principle: Defence (Base Gen 20, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +3 requisites, +1 level uses/day, +10 levels Penetration, +3 levels environ- mental trigger) Apollo's Soothing Relief Pen +0, 6 uses/day As the Hermetic spell, Gentle Touch of the Purified Body. Hymn: Semesilam Principle: Good health

Pen +0, Constant Effect This brooch affects the wearer as per the Lungs of the Fish spell described in ArM5, page 122. The effect is constantly active and so the user simply needs to wear it to benefit. The covenant has only one of these at present but the Laboratory Text is available. (Effect: Base 4, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +1 Part; Modifications: +1 for 2/day, +3 triggered at sunrise/set) This device costs 10 Build Points.

Pen +0, constant effect This enchantment is instilled in a tiny, obsidian figurine that resembles an ugly humanoid with folded wings. The effect of the enchantment completely and entirely extinguishes all light in the Room it is placed into for as long as the item remains in it. All perception based on vision is effectively impossible, unless the occupant is able to see in complete darkness. If the item is moved to a new room, the effect is transferred to that room. If the figurine is not in a room, or is in a room too large for it to affect, the effect is temporarily suppressed. (Effect: Base 3, +1 Touch, +2 Sun; +2 Room; +1 2/day, +3 environmental trigger)

Pen +0, constant effect This enchanted item is a large chest carved with scenes of feasting. Food made from animal or plant products, when placed in the chest, is preserved while it remains in the chest. The food will not putrefy, rot, or decay in any way. When it is full, the chest contains one man-month worth of food. It is expected that characters who eat from the zenodochium's supplies will restock the chest before leaving.

Pen +0, 1/day Ringing this handbell and setting it against the wall of a structure fills the structure with warmth equivalent a pleasant, balmy, late spring afternoon. (Effect: 2, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +3 Struct; +1 for 2/day use, +3 Environmental Trigger: Sunrise/set)

Pen: +0, 2 uses per day This effect eliminates the salt in the water in the well. This effect is triggered by the Fill the Well power, and is activated one round later. Note that the salinity of the water will not return once it has been removed. This is because salt is not part of the essential nature of water. Required Lab Total to invest effect: One Season (48), Two Seasons (36), Three Seasons (32), Four Seasons (30).

Pen +0, constant effect certain bag colors to particular contents. This

This gorget allows the wearer to function normally underwater. Water turns to breathable air, the body strengthens to withstand the crushing weight of the deep, and the voice of the wearer will be carried far and wide. Pen +0, Constant Effect As Lungs of the Fish (ArM5, page 122). However, this still does not allow you enough air to fully vocalize the required words to cast spells underwater. See Voices in the Ocean side bar.

Pen 0, constant effect This delicate lady's hat can only be worn by a virgin. The hat detects whether the wearer is a virgin, and if she is not, the hat falls off. (Effect: Base 5, +1 Touch, +2 Sun; +1 uses, +3 sunset/sunrise trigger) (4 pawns)

Pen +0, Constant Effect The lower deck of the Paregro Mare has been enchanted to produce enough light to brighten the hold to the equivalent of torchlight, and to heat it to be as warm as a pleasant summer's eve. Not only is this extremely convenient as well as comfortable, if you are using the optional rules from Covenants this grants the laboratory the Free Supernatural Virtue: Magical Lighting (Superior) and the Free Supernatural Virtue: Magical Heating (Superior) (pages 118-119). Base 3, +2 Sun; +2 Room, +1 Heat; +1 2/day, +3 environmental trigger: sunrise/set)

Pen +0, Constant Effect If the Shroud of the Healed Body is worn for the duration of a wound or sickness, the wearer adds +12 to his recovery checks.

Pen +0, constant effect Reads the emotions of any person passing through the doorway. If strong feelings of lust towards a female in the room are sensed, the second effect, Bar the Lecherous Suitor is triggered.

Constant effect This spell holds the block of wood created by Chamber of Heartwood in its location. Insubstantial Wooden Foundation prevents the block of wood created by Chamber of Heartwood from exerting any weight on the floor of the target room. This power is always active upon the block of wood that is created by Chamber of Heartwood. (Effect: Base 3, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +2 size; Modifications, +1 level 2 uses per day +3 levels environmental trigger)

Pen: 0, Constant effect This spell detects if magic of the sixth magnitude or higher (level 30) has recently been cast in the targeted room. Its intent is to notice when the spell-like effect, An Orb for the Spectral Sovereign, is activated, at which point it will activate its two linked powers in the crown. There is a chance that it notices other spells. If so, it activates its linked powers and the corpse is again animated. Since the corpse is already animated, there is no visible effect. Required Lab Total: 1 season (48), 2 seasons (36), 3 seasons (32), 4 seasons (30) This effect costs 3 pawns to instill. Combined with the previous two powers, it costs 12 pawns to animate the corpse. A gold crown has 20 available slots for vis (gold material [10] times small size [2]). All five spell-like effects could be instilled within a single item, which would need to be able to contain 23 pawns of vis. Remember that the previous examples will work against a ghost whose Magic Might is lower than 30. A more powerful ghost will require a binding spell with higher Penetration, which will increase the number of pawns needed to enchant the device.

Pen: 0, Constant effect This is the same linked trigger described previously. The power The Turquoise Stone-Soul will activate this effect, which will in turn activate both Rousing the Receiving Fleshy Host and Grant Control to the Ghost. Required Lab Total: 1 season (48), 2 seasons (36), 3 seasons (32), 4 seasons (30) This effect costs 3 pawns to instill. The total cost of all five spell-like effects is 27 pawns of vis. After the book is enchanted, the necromancer creates a revenant using a ritual spell. He ties the book to the revenant and commands it to lie on the floor facedown, so that the book touches both it and the floor. He then summons a specific ghost. As soon as the ghost enters the chamber, the linking trigger Detect the Presence of the Specter detects the ghost and activates The Turquoise Soul-Stone, which imprisons the ghost in the turquoise gem. Perceive the Presence of Magic detects the activation of the effect The Turquoise Soul-Stone, and activates Rousing the Receiving Fleshy Host and Grant Control to the Ghost. Once completed, the living corpse is a combination of the summoned ghost and the revenant. The living corpse's Magic Resistance is the ghost's. Both ghost and revenant have Magic Resistance prior to combining the two into a living corpse, but after the living corpse is created, the ghost's Magic Resistance supersedes the revenant's Magic Resistance. The ghost is bound in the Grimoire, so its Magic Resistance protects the book, just like a magus' Parma Magica protects his clothes and worn personal items. Because the revenant is wearing the book, it too is covered by the ghost's Magic Resistance. If the living corpse detaches the book, the revenant is

Pen +0, Constant Effect A season spent taming Alfgeir's skeletal form, which can be achieved as a five-day distraction, imparts a Dexterity equal to the controller's Intelligence and a Single Weapon Ability equal to the controller's Finesse as the controller impresses their will upon the corpse. All other characteristics and Ability scores are considered to be zero and/or normal for a typical human. (Effect: Base 10, +2 Sun; Modifications: +1 for 2/day, +3 triggered at sunrise/set) The corpse may dutifully carry out simple instructions, but it is unknown whether this is simply the vis at work or whether there is something more insidious behind it. This vis costs 3 Build Points.

This exquisite ceremonial cloak, embroidered with majestic and astrological iconography, was designed for a mundane noble who, in the way of Byzantine politics, was uncertain of the loyalty of those around him. The cloak is invested with The Aura of Rightful Authority (ArM5, page 151) with 12 uses per

Pen: +0, Constant Effect This wooden sewer grate about the size of a large shield is installed in the deepest point of the boat shed. It draws all uncontained water currently within the structure to it, where it falls through the grate and into the sewer to be flushed away. The effect is subtle, so as not to unnerve the craftsmen and laborers who work in the boathouse. The effect is also restricted to the inside of the boat shed so that rainfall is not unnaturally affected. The device needs three pawns of Rego or Aquam vis and a laboratory total of 48 to complete in a single season as a lesser enchanted device, otherwise the device needs to be opened for enchantment with eight pawns of vis. Required Lab Total: 1 season (48), 2 seasons (36), 3 seasons (32), 4 seasons (30) The laboratory at this point provides a +1 bonus to Aquam effects, which benefits this device. Experimentation may provide a bonus given that the side effects are likely to be inconvenient rather than dangerous. At the end of this period, the cost of upkeep has been reduced to 15 pounds

Pen +0, constant effect This sturdy and nondescript travelling cloak protects the wearer from rain and keeps him comfortably warm by keeping bodily warmth inside the cloak. Aurulentus invented the cloak as an invested item after his wife caught a cold from walking in the rain to visit him.

Pen +0, constant effect This enchanted item, a carved statue of a mutilated rat, keeps all animals without Magic Resistance out of the Structure. This means that an unoccupied zenodochium will not be ruined by marauding animals.

Pen +0, constant effect This effect keeps the covenant warm during the winter. (See the new spell, earlier.)

This spell charts the course of the light emanating from the fixed stars. It then compares the angles between these lines, to provide a unique pair of numbers, representing the array. This is the Ptolemaic coordinate for the caster's position, provided that the caster knows the array at origin. A magus is unable to hold coordinates in her mind with sufficient precision to represent a circle less than 500 paces across. Notebooks or devices with coordinates in them allow greater precision.

On casting this spell while touching the river bank, the river is dredged, deepening and widening it as required by the casting magus. A single casting is enough to prepare a small waterway to take a large

Usually cast upon a sleeping target, often slumbering due to Lucia's Call to Slumber spell, this spell creates the lasting memory of a nightlong sexual encounter with Lucia, the content of which is decided by Lucia at the time of casting, though her target is free to embellish or exaggerate upon the memory in due course. Targets who make an Intelligence roll against an Ease Factor of 9 realize the memory is false, but those already under another of Lucia's lasting enchantments have a –3 penalty to this roll. Once cast, the memory remains for Moon duration, long enough for the memory to settle and fade, making the loss of it less jarring. She has used this spell on Federico many times, and if the player characters detect, and understand, it they may come to wonder whether she has ever actually slept with him. One drawback to this spell is that it is an active magical effect, detectable to those using Intellego Vim spells.

Some waterways, especially those near estuaries, are surrounded by marshland. However, there are techniques for building up and draining the land. This can take many seasons of work, with a large team of laborers working in very difficult conditions. The draining of marshland through the digging of drainage channels and the building of dykes is known as inning. This ritual allows the magus to drain an area 300 by 300 paces to the point that it is dry and stable, as though a season had been spent inning the land. The Aquam requisite is used to move the standing water outside the spell boundary, which makes the inning work easier than normal. This spell uses the rules for Rego Craft Magic (Covenants, page 49) and as such the river barge, or a larger waterway to take a Required Lab Total: 1 season (50), 2 seasons (38), 3 seasons (34), 4 seasons (32) magus must make a Perception + Finesse roll to determine the success and quality of his work. In this case, the Ease Factor is 15 (base 9 + 6 for a season's work). Failure means that, while the drainage ditches may have been dug, they are either too shallow or too few to drain the land. If left, the land is likely to remain waterlogged and building on it is impossible. Required Lab Total: 1 season (50), 2 seasons (38), 3 seasons (34), 4 seasons (32) Remote Shipyards buss or cog. to affect stone) Some magi or covenants may choose to build or enchant a ship, either without a shipyard or with a shipyard built some way distant from a waterway. While this makes things more complicated, Hermetic magic can overcome most difficulties. There are many reasons for building ships away from rivers and the sea. For one, it allows the construction work to be carried out unseen by curious eyes, and for another, the magus is less restricted with regards to Magical auras. A secluded lake allows the Hermetic shipwright to test the boats he makes, and there are almost certainly streams and rivers that drain the lake that can be

The target's face is changed to be that of Persephone of Tytalus. The face is always that of Persephone's current appearance due to the presence of the indefinite Arcane Connection wrapped around the ring. The Vim requisite in this effect taints the target with magic, so that she also appears to have The Gift by those who investigate her magically, although the wearer temporarily gains the Magical Air Flaw. The effect is triggered by kissing the ring.

Splashes a target with acid, inflicting +15 damage if it penetrates Magic Resistance. At the storyguide's option, the acid may damage the target's equipment.

A dozen multi-hued ribbons of flame leap from your hands and fly out as far as your voice carries, covering a 60-degree arc. All those in the arc take +10 damage.

This spell creates, in Trajan's outstretched hands, an intricately wrought trident and a metal shield engraved with the image of a raging river. The weapons have standard game statistics. When the spell is cast make an Intelligence + Finesse roll against an Ease Factor of 6. If the roll succeeds the weapons are beautiful, if it fails the weapons are serviceable but ugly. If the Finesse roll botches the weapons are flawed and break when used. Record the Penetration of this spell, as the weapons must Penetrate the Magic Resistance of opponents.

Occasionally a Quaesitor may need to conduct investigations in mundane society. Inspired by the non-Hermetic Veil all Eyes ritual (see below), this spell can be used to aid avoiding mundane attention. This spell can be cast on either the magus himself or an ally; this individual is the recipient. At any point during the spell's duration, individuals enter the influence of this spell by looking at the recipient. The spell stops influencing people as soon as they look away. The spell's target is rated at T: Structure. The Penetration of the spell should be noted when cast, as this applies throughout the duration. This spell simply deflects casual attention away from the recipient. Unless the recipient calls attention to himself or an observer is actively watchful, people will pay him no mind. If a character has some reason to be alert they are allowed a Per + Awareness roll of 12+ to noticed the recipient. The Blatant Gift reduces the Ease Factor to 9+. If the magus takes care to be inconspicuous this Ease Factor may be increased. Quaesitors with effective companions often cast this spell on themselves to avoid compromising mundane investigations with their presence. However, animals still react to the magus as normal.

Causes a corpse to function at your verbal command. Commands have to be very simple, like "attack anyone who comes through here." The corpse used cannot have been buried by Church ceremony.

The target ages 5 years. Determine effects normally. This spell does not work on children younger than age 16.

Reduces an adult mind to a child's level. The target solves problems, reasons, and expresses emotions as would a three-year-old. Magi affected cannot cast spells. At first, anyway, the target is likely to be happy at having lost a world of cares and troubles that are no longer imaginable.

Black, oily tears appear in the eyes of all individuals of the affected Group, burning and blurring their vision. With their eyesight blurred, and all sources of light reduced to unrecognizable sparkles, affected targets are considerably hindered while performing actions that depend on eyesight. They are subject to a –3 penalty to all rolls that involve sight (see Poor Eyesight Flaw, ArM5, page 58). If left to themselves, the victims' blurred vision heals as a Light Wound.

Pen +0, unlimited uses

This spell allows the magus to check every book in a room for a physical or historical property. The name of the spell comes from the habit of an early librarian at Durenmar of making the books in the collection cry out if they were damaged, but the sigil of the caster determines the appearance of the spell's signal. The spell's Herbam requisite allows it to detect words in the books, provided they have a plant-based ink or binding agent, like gum arabic.

As this spell is cast against an Aegis, the effect must first penetrate the level of that Aegis. This version of the spell has been designed to tear down at least a sixth magnitude Aegis, and so must penetrate a resistance of at least 30. To help with this feat, Al-'Aqrab has taught versions of the Wizards Communion spell to the other magi in his new covenant, which helps them to cast their spells and Rituals at sufficiently high level and penetration. Casting this spell requires that Al- 'Aqrab be within sight of the target's boundary, though of course the Aegis itself does not need to be made visible.

This spell causes a fire to explode outwards from its source along the ground, as if a giant wind were blowing on it from above. The fire travels for no more than 10 paces, but it ferociously ignites anything in its path. The original fire is left dead, but in all probability a number of new fires will be started. The flames cause +5 to +15 damage, depending on the intensity of the original fire.

Causes a Group of creatures to become invisible. Any affected character who moves or is touched makes everyone visible. All members of the Group still cast shadows.

Pen +0, 1/day Ringing this handbell and setting it against the wall of a structure fills it with soft light equivalent to torchlight. A covenant would probably desire two of these items to help maintain a schedule underground, but the second would only need to be level 20, as the light provided would be no greater than

Dries a single spring, so that it never flows again. This spell targets the spring, not the water in it at a particular time, so the spring does not start to flow again later.

Creates a small but severe rainstorm, including lightning and winds. The storm gathers and breaks in a few seconds as the caster concentrates, and dissipates with similar speed when he stops doing so. Note that reducing the Range for this spell makes the storm increasingly unnatural, so versions of this spell with lower Range still have the same level.

Creates clouds that drop snow over an area about half a mile across. The clouds gather over a few seconds at the beginning of the spell, and dissipate over the same sort of time when the caster stops concentrating. The spell does not affect temperature.

The target is swathed in fire, and takes +5 damage every round while the spell is in effect. That is, the damage must be rolled against Soak twenty times during the spell. The Rego requisite ensures that the fire does not spread.

Cools the air within ten paces of the target, leaving it slightly below freezing. All nonliving things are chilled thoroughly, not just on the surface. All living things (except you, if you cast with a Rego requisite) lose one Fatigue level. House fires become as small as campfires, bonfires become as small as torch fires, and campfires and smaller fires go out.

Required Lab Total: 1 season (50), 2 seasons (38), 3 seasons (34), 4 seasons (32)

Required Lab Total: 1 season (50), 2 seasons (38), 3 seasons (34), 4 seasons (32)

Using this spell, the magus can shape the growth of a plant over the course of the next year, as if he were properly pruning it, caring for it, and so on. The eventual shape of the plant is determined when the spell is cast and it can be as simple or as complex as the magus desires, although truly complicated designs, such as making a bush grow in the shape of someone's face, may require a Finesse check. Once the plant reaches the shape and dimensions that the magus wishes, it stops growing until the spell ends or a new spell is cast upon it. Once the spell ends, the plant will then grow normally, but it still retains its magically 'pruned' shape, until it grows naturally out of it. Fast grow spells, or other methods used to accelerate the growth of plants, will still work, but until this spell ends the plant will not grow past the design limits originally set. This spell does not change the essential nature of the plant nor give it anything that an exceptionally good gardener couldn't.

You can speak with a plant for one conversation. The level of conversation depends on the type of plants; longer-lived and more noble plants have more to say. A single question and response takes ten to thirty minutes, with slower-growing plants speaking more slowly. Typically, plants can talk about the soil and about other plants around them, but have limited awareness of more momentary events, such as the passing of animals or people, unless that passing has a direct bearing on the plant (for example, a person cut its trunk). News can spread quickly through a forest when it has to, called from tree to tree on the wind. Bystanders cannot understand your conversation.

The caster of this spell stamps his foot on the ground and a patch of earth, centered on his position and 35 paces across, slowly but inexorably rises up for the duration of the spell. The earth rises at a rate of about one inch per day (up to three feet over the spell duration). This is fast enough for people to observe if they watch the earth for more than a Diameter, and the movement can destroy buildings and other structures — even the strongest castle walls run the risk of collapse. This spell only works when cast within a league of a volcano (three miles). This is because this movement is only a slightly unnatural property of the earth in such regions, whereas it is a grossly unnatural property of earth elsewhere. Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (50), Two Seasons (38), Three Seasons (34), Four Seasons (32).

When casting this spell, you commonly make an abrupt snapping motion with your hands. One of the target's legs breaks cleanly. The animal cannot walk on that leg, but the damage heals as a Medium Wound. Note that the target need not be a wolf, and that you cannot choose which leg.

Removes virtually all the fluid from the target's body, doing +15 damage, which armor does not protect against. The target must drink within a few minutes of being struck with this spell, or it dies. Casting requisites are Animal for beasts, and Corpus for humans.

Converts clean air into foul humors that can cause disease. The humors form a cloud about 20 paces across and ten paces high. They are invisible but foul-smelling and noxious. Characters who breathe the befouled air must make Stamina roll against an Ease Factor of 6 or contract malaria (roll once, the first time a character is exposed). This disease, whose name is Italian for "bad air," causes a Medium Wound. Once a character has contracted the disease, further exposure to this spell has no effect. The foul humors dissipate when the spell Duration expires. A brisk breeze can disperse the humors within two or three rounds, and strong winds make the spell unusable.

This spell inflicts leprosy on the target, which causes a person's flesh to rot off in a matter of weeks a truly hideous sight. Much of the target's flesh literally hangs from his or her frame, and there is a pungent rotting smell about him at all times. The target takes an Incapacitating Wound from the disease, and must roll as normal to recover. The target also loses a point of Stamina by the time the disease ends. If the victim somehow survives this curse, he is shunned by mundane communities. If the victim succeeds in a Stamina roll against an Ease Factor of 6 when the spell is cast, he shakes off the disease, although he still feels unwell for a few days, and may have problems if an astute doctor realizes he is leprous.

This spell allows the caster to determine the location of a missing book by having the magus's sigil appear on a map. Library floor plans on tablets are often used in conjunction with this spell. With a Creo requisite, the magus can project an image of the book's location on a mirror, and hand-held magic items using this variant are often employed in libraries that encourage visitors. (Based on The Inexorable Search, +1 requisite)

Pen +0, Unlimited Nikola made this item to aid her duties as a tutor on the Tribunal's Treasury Council, and it is also used to identify Gifted Branchidae. Nikola allows the Redcaps from the covenant of Alexandria to borrow the diamond to confirm rumors of Gifted children.

This spell controls a fire, preventing it from directly heating or burning a particular substance (such as human flesh or the wood of the elm tree) chosen by the caster at the time of casting. The caster must either have a sample of the material to be protected, or must cast the spell with an appropriate casting requisite. Ranulf frequently casts this spell several times upon the same fire in order to make the fire safe for specific environments. The spell only affects the fire that it is cast upon. Other fires, including fires that have been lit from the subject of this spell, are not affected. Fires up to ten times the size of a hearth fire can be targeted with this spell.

A single stone structure, such as a castle keep or manor house, crumbles to dust and small pebbles. Anyone inside at the time takes +10 damage from falling and having stones land on them, possibly more if the structure is particularly large.

Created as a defense against the eastern horseman, Epona's Bane startles and panics up to a small unit of cavalry horses. The riders of these horses must roll Strength + Ride against an Ease Factor of 12, or be thrown to the ground and risk being trampled. Even those who manage to keep themselves on their mounts must bring their horses back under control before continuing forward.

You can move about confidently in complete darkness by sensing air and its boundaries (for example, where solid objects are). You 'hear' the boundaries of the air, so it does not permit fine discriminations. On the other hand, you can 'hear' boundaries behind you.

You see distant things clearly. No matter how far away something is, you can make out details as if it were only a foot or so from you. Things do not all appear to be a foot away; you can simply make out details as well as if they were. You can still judge distance accurately; in fact, more accurately than normal, to within an inch or so at a distance of several miles, since you can see as clearly as if you were judging distance a foot away.

Pen 0, unlimited/day This power gently lowers a falling person toward the ground for two minutes. The character falls at a steady rate of about one foot per second, without accelerating. The effect lasts three minutes, so the character can fall safely for 120 feet. If, at the end of this distance the character begins to freefall again, the device reactivates. Each time the device activates, there is a momentary lull in the scent of frying onions, and some covenfolk, back when the castle was still inhabited, claimed they could determine their fall distance using this as a measure. (Effect: Base 5, +1 Touch, +1 Diameter; Modifications +10 unlimited uses per day.)

This spell causes a glutinous glob of lava (from a lake or river of magma) to leap out and hit something. The volume of lava moved is about 2 cubic feet, and it can be moved to hit any location within Voice range. Whatever the lava hits takes between +15 and +60 damage, depend- The heat of the lava is also sufficient to ignite anything flammable that it hits. Flame Tongue is an Aimed spell, with a +6 bonus to hit due to the size of the volume of lava. If the caster tries to totally immerse a person with the lava projectile, there is a –6 penalty to the Aiming Roll (effectively canceling the +6 size bonus). There is no penalty to the Aiming Roll if the objective is to merely splash someone. In some circumstances, the storyguide may decide that a missed attack to immerse a character results in a splash. Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (50), Two Seasons (38), Three Seasons (34), Four Seasons (32).

Creates a dove in the hands of the caster. The bird acts like a normal bird for the duration of the spell. This spell provided Marcus with no breakthrough.

This spell carves a new channel in the ground with both ends connected to an existing waterway. As the spell completes, the water flushes into this new section and the spoil from the work starts to fill the old channel. The magus must be touching the ground that he wants the new channel to pass through. The movement of a large amount of earth, while time-consuming, requires little skill. A Perception + Finesse roll against Ease Factor 12 is needed. Failure means that the channel is incomplete, or the old route is still flooded. If the Finesse roll botches, the work appears complete but the land is now liable to flooding, causing damage to crops and homes alike. Required Lab Total: 1 season (50), 2 seasons (38), 3 seasons (34), 4 seasons (32)

Forms a large, stone circle where cast. The circle, which is nine paces across, rises out of the ground to produce a level, stone surface that is a foot high, and several inches thick. Maris likes to use this spell as a base to set up underwater gardens, which are an invaluable source of food.

Your flesh becomes resistant to physical damage. You get +3 to your Soak. Your flesh is tough and insensitive; any rolls that involve a sensitive touch (such as for picking a lock) are at -1.

Makes the wearer's skin tough and resistant to damage, providing a +3 to Soak, as described in ArM5, page 131.

This spell instantly increases the size of any plant by a factor of 100, turning bushes into barriers and saplings into mighty oaks. The plants instantly return to normal size at the end of the spell's duration. Larger plants only grow to 100 times the size of a base Individual, but they can be affected.

The target feels an invisible, strangling hand on the throat. Each round, the target loses a Fatigue level. Once the target falls unconscious, the spell has no further effect. The spell works by seriously constricting the target's windpipe, hence the feeling. This constriction is not quite enough to kill, however.

This ward prevents any ranged weapons made of wood and/or metal from harming the caster. Missiles simply drop to the ground at his feet.

This spell instills a metal object with supernatural strength and hardness. Even weak metals like gold or lead can be affected. The object becomes nearly unbreakable by mundane means. If used on chain mail or metal scale armor, the Protection value of the armor is increased by +2. If used on an edged or pointed weapon, the weapon gains +1 to damage. This bonus can be combined with that from Edge of the Razor or other spells.

All the clothes worn by one person that are made out of animal or plant products become larger and slippery, and slide down to the ground leaving the victim of the spell naked.

This spell-like effect destroys an object's ability to affect sight, and the object immediately stops producing an image. Escaping an Imaginem miasma is difficult once engulfed. Without sight, the primary sense of direction, a man must stumble around searching for an exit using his other senses. Ironically, magi are not affected due to their Magic Resistance, and still produce an image. They serve as beacons for those lost within the miasma. Imaginem miasmas are more nuisance than anything else, although those trapped within a large miasma could hurt themselves as they wander blindly. Finally, in October, Imaginem spells cease working unless empowered by vis.

This spell affects a single fire, turning the very tips of the flames into pleasing music. The caster decides the kind of music he wishes to hear (a ballad, a whirly jig, etc.), and the spell accommodates. The music of the flames always incorporates a signature refrain, as though a sigil, with each casting. But the mood of that same refrain is adapted to the needs of the song. The flames play the same music all the while the fire burns, getting louder as the fire burns brighter, hotter, or larger, though the random nature of fire and differences in fuel mean that no two castings ever produce exactly the same performance. The spell ends when the flame is extinguished, its original source is fully destroyed or, for particularly long-burning fires, when the spell's Sun Duration naturally expires. This spell cannot affect a fire that is already larger than a campfire or a fire in a hearth (essentially, any fire doing +5 damage), but a fire that grows larger than this retains the magic. Yestin originally designed this spell so that his fire, whether on the road or in his sanctum, could gently sing him to sleep. But the more he explored this new spell, the more he found new uses for it. It wasn't just music that the flames could produce, but also speech (though limited in the range of words and voice to little more than those the caster imagines as he casts the spell) or other natural and unnatural sounds. These sounds always adopt the rhythm of the spell's original melody, though. If left to sing (or talk) of its own volition, with no guidance from the caster, the fire sounds as though it is forming words, but this is an illusion; the sounds form true words by accident if at all. Yestin has used this spell in his sanctum to experiment with different harmonies, and has on occasion established choirs of candles each quietly singing a different refrain or a different note. The effect can be mesmerizing. A Finesse Stress roll (Mastery of the spell reduces this to a simple roll) determines how pleasant the sound is, but the size of the fire determines how loud it is. A candle flame A whisper A burning torch A conversation Size of Fire Equivalent Sound A campfire A song or heated discussion This spell has the side effect of reducing the intensity of the target fire by 1 as flame is turned to sound.

The caster holds a piece of stone in her hands and receives a brief mental image of the surroundings of the object that this stone is an Arcane Connection to. This spell could be used to find the statue that a fragment came from, or the quarry that the blocks of a castle were chiseled from. If the stone is an Arcane Connection to several things, then the newest Arcane Connection, or the closest, is revealed.

This spell alters the image, sound, and smell of campfire or bonfire to something the caster chooses, such as a dancing woman or a dragon's head. The real flame is not changed, so you won't be burned by the parts of the image that extend outside of it, like the flaming breath of the dragon's head.

Causes a tree to move its branches and bend its trunk in any way you mentally direct. A large tree striking with branches has Initiative +5, Attack +7, and Damage +10. Normal weapons are practically useless against large trees.

You can make an animal perform any act it is capable of. You can only issue new commands while touching the animal, but the animal will carry them out without requiring constant contact. Further, the animal will allow you to touch it throughout the duration of the spell. It is difficult to maintain control of particularly stubborn or fierce animals, such as mules or boars — creatures with appropriate Personality Traits may roll against an Ease Factor of 12 each round. When Chavin of Tytalus casts this spell, the creature acts surly and unfriendly while going about its tasks, even when Chavin doesn't specifically tell it to act that way.

Creates a locus for the contents of an entire text in the target's memory palace. Once the locus is in place, the magus can recite the entire text and replicate any illustrations. Perdo Mentem magic can destroy this locus. As with Constructing the Memory Palace, a magical locus may exceed the normal locus-count limit. As the spell is cast, the magus magically reads through the book, reading the entire text (no matter the length) in the exact time it takes to cast the spell. The pages seem to rustle by as if caught in the wind. Once memorized, the magus does not require an actual copy of the text to study or transcribe it. The Library of Durenmar is permanently enchanted to prevent this Ritual from being performed within its walls, although only the Primus of the House knows how this was achieved. Additionally, rumors exist of texts that contain traps against such memorization, even fatal ones, and of the dangers of memorizing a text written by an incomprehensible Criamon or an author close to Final Twilight.

This ritual imbues the target with a kind of supernatural aura, similar to Might, which improves the chances that children conceived and born during its duration will have The Gift or heroic qualities. It is said that this magic is a sign the gods are watching over the subject, and it is often incorporated into wedding and fertility ceremonies of those within the Cult of Heroes. (Mercurian Ritual)

Allows Alexander, or the person he touches, to operate in the worst possible sandstorms. Alexander uses it when a sudden storm occurs, so that he can then cast Ward Against the Sirocco. It has also proven useful while battling some of the wind creatures that guard the Kushite ruins in which he has developed an interest.

This spell conjures a group of seats from the ground, centered on the point the user touches. The number of chairs the spell produces can be controlled by the caster, summoning up to ten. The chairs rise from the ground and each molds itself to the nearest person as he sits back. Each chair is always at least passably comfortable, but notably more so when cast in a meadow with lush grass. Each chair sinks slowly back into the ground, leaving no trace, as the spell nears the end of its duration. The spell only works on sand or soil, a limitation Yestin aims to fix some time in the future. Yestin decided that, to better capture an audience and draw them into the music, there was nothing like a little peripheral magic to increase anticipation. Yestin has never been shy about using his magic. Yestin's sigil manifesting in this spell can occasionally take his audience by surprise, as at first nothing seems to happen … and then the chairs spring from the ground.

As the spell of the same name, except that the talisman takes the strain of concentrating on the Intangible Tunnel. Spells up to 20th level can be carried to the target of the Arcane Connection, which is commonly Kore. The effect is triggered by moving the ring from its customary position on the ring finger of the left hand, over to the middle finger.

You touch the head of the animal in question and read its memories of the past day. The further the animal is from human, the harder it is to read its memories accurately. If you simply scan the beast's memories, not looking for anything special, you get the memories the beast thinks are most important. If you are trying to get a specific fact, you need a Perception + Finesse stress roll against an Ease Factor of 6, or 12 if the fact is obscure. Since normal animals are sensitive to magic, they resist your touch and try to shy away from you both when the spell is cast and while the spell continues to function. This can be quite a problem with larger animals.

The target is unable to feel any sort of emotion and acts listlessly, without motivation or cares.

Makes an image of a clothed and equipped person that can make noise. Under your direct, unspoken command, the person can move about, speak, and behave as a human does.

Pen 0, 24/day As the spell of the same name found in ArM5, page 145. It is activated by touching the circlet with one hand at the forehead and one at the back.

Pen +0, charged item When a fertile woman drinks this potion she is guaranteed to conceive if she has intercourse with a fertile man within a day. If the man is not human (a faerie, for example), then the woman still conceives if a Stamina stress roll against an Ease Factor of 9 is made for her; such a child inherits some traits from his father. (Effect: Base 15, +2 Sun; Modifications: None)

This spell causes razor-sharp thorns to spring out of every plant or plant-made product in an area within the range of the caster's voice. These thorns deal +10 damage to up to a standard group of people (up to ten). The thorns eventually retreat, but they remain for roughly two minutes and can still act as a viable deterrent as the thorns are still just as sharp as a knife.

Removes the crippling or malignant after-effects of any injury, poison, or disease, or of premature aging. The effects of natural aging cannot be undone by this or any spell. This spell does not heal wounds, only extra effects.

Pen 0, constant effect This ring, when worn, works as the Hermetic spell Eyes of the Treacherous Terrain, ArM5 page 153. This ring was a gift from her parens when she completed her Gauntlet.

This spell creates the image of perfect beauty and a holy aura, instilling a feeling of being near a divine source. This comes in handy when you need the local plebs to believe … well, anything. Conspicuous effects are also more likely to be accepted when the populous thinks of them as miracles rather than spells. However, caution is advised so as not to attract too much attention from the church, or indeed, from demons. Note that all Mythic Europeans know that the devil can masquerade as an angel of light; if a Gifted individual serves as the spokesperson during the effect of this spell, that is almost certainly what the audience will believe.

As Eyes of the Bat, but senses the displacement of water to see in the ocean's depths. Since this spell isn't bound by the limitations of sight, it is often preferred when scouring the ocean depths where light does not reach.

You place a wolf skin over yourself or another, and the target changes into a wolf. The target may change back at will, ending the spell. Before casting this spell, you must first, of course, acquire the skin of a wolf, if you want to be able to end the spell early.

The stone in a section of wall momentarily becomes as permeable as mist, allowing the caster to step through. The wall solidifies behind her. It affects an area as large as a door, but the wall cannot be more than one foot thick. The highly unnatural substance that the section of wall briefly becomes does not affect its structural integrity.

This spell allows the caster to spot Corpus material (hair, blood, etc.) within his line of sight. Such material appears to glow with a reddish hue. The spell also allows the magus to estimate how long ago the item parted company from its owner by the brightness of the glow. This spell is used to place suspects in a particular time and place. The spell The Whole from the Part (see above) is often used to identify who the item belonged to.

Pen +0, constant effect This effect destroys all sound species that a plant could make for the duration of the spell, but it does not affect any sound species produced by the magus.

Pen 20, 24/day Weakens a faerie. If the effect penetrates the Faerie's Might then it loses 10 points of Might.

The caster can smell the presence of spell traces down to magnitude zero. See Detecting Spell Traces insert.

The target is rendered completely immobile for the duration of the spell. This spell will work on both humans and animals, and Marcus developed it for use on targets affected by his various bizarre ritual spells that remove or exchange body parts.