https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Mask_of_Gold_and_LeadMask of Gold and Lead - Revision history2026-04-13T12:03:47ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.6https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/index.php?title=Mask_of_Gold_and_Lead&diff=128989&oldid=prevRafferty: /* Rules */2025-09-30T09:40:16Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Rules</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Materials:''' Crafting a Mask of Gold and Lead requires five measures of [[Materials#Beggar's Lye|beggar's lye]], three measures of [[Materials#Dragonbone|dragonbone]], and three measures of [[Materials#Iridescent Gloaming|iridescent gloaming]]. It takes one month to make one of these items.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Materials:''' Crafting a Mask of Gold and Lead requires five measures of [[Materials#Beggar's Lye|beggar's lye]], three measures of [[Materials#Dragonbone|dragonbone]], and three measures of [[Materials#Iridescent Gloaming|iridescent gloaming]]. It takes one month to make one of these items.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><quote by="The Wheels of the World, Jessica Conzaga Di Temeschwar, Reign of Empress Giselle"><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</del>Alchemy is nothing more nor less than the transformation - the transfiguration - of the mundane world into its highest spiritual essence. We unlock the true potential within base matter and use it to turn the wheels of change. Yet even the creation of new substances is just a means to an end - the final end of transforming living forms, making mortal beings perfect alloys of body and spirit.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</del></quote></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><quote by="The Wheels of the World, Jessica Conzaga Di Temeschwar, Reign of Empress Giselle">Alchemy is nothing more nor less than the transformation - the transfiguration - of the mundane world into its highest spiritual essence. We unlock the true potential within base matter and use it to turn the wheels of change. Yet even the creation of new substances is just a means to an end - the final end of transforming living forms, making mortal beings perfect alloys of body and spirit.</quote></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ic>We are not </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">alchemists of old</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">those that would use herbs and ale to form 'a great hardening </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">steel'! They would have you take dragon wort with ale and much vervain and sow that into lukewarm water, boil it all up and then place your hot billet therein 'that hardening </del>is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">good for all hand</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">weapons'</del>. We <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">do not mix lead with marrowort and straw, heat it upon a rock under </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">moon </del>and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">expect </del>it to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">form into gold</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">No. That </del>is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">not alchemy</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mere buffoonery!</del></<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ic</del>></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">quote by="The Wheels of </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">World, Jessica Conzaga Di Temeschwar</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Reign </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Empress Giselle">"Alchemy </ins>is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">nothing more nor less than the transformation </ins>- <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the transfiguration - of the mundane world into its highest spiritual essence</ins>. We <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">unlock </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">true potential within base matter </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">use </ins>it to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">turn the wheels of change</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Yet even the creation of new substances </ins>is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">just a means to an end - the final end of transforming living forms</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">making mortal beings perfect alloys of body and spirit."</ins></<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">quote</ins>></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Effect:''' Gain 1 rank for [[the Eight-Spoked Wheel]], [[the Retrograde Wheel]], [[Distil the Serpent's Stone]], <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </del>[[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] rituals, subject to the [[Realm_Lore#Gaining_additional_ranks|normal rules for effective skill]]. In addition, for each contributor to either the Eight-Spoked Wheel or the Retrograde wheel who wears one of these masks, three additional ingots or measures of material can be transmuted without increasing the magnitude of the ritual. All measures or ingots targeted by one of these rituals must be of the same type as usual.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Effect:''' Gain 1 rank for [[the Eight-Spoked Wheel]], [[the Retrograde Wheel]], [[Distil the Serpent's Stone]], [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]], and [[Emulsion of Lye and Lightning</ins>]] rituals, subject to the [[Realm_Lore#Gaining_additional_ranks|normal rules for effective skill]]. In addition, for each contributor to either the Eight-Spoked Wheel or the Retrograde wheel who wears one of these masks, three additional ingots or measures of material can be transmuted without increasing the magnitude of the ritual. All measures or ingots targeted by one of these rituals must be of the same type as usual.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Materials:''' Crafting a Mask of Gold and Lead requires five measures of [[Materials#Beggar's Lye|beggar's lye]], three measures of [[Materials#Dragonbone|dragonbone]], and three measures of [[Materials#Iridescent Gloaming|iridescent gloaming]]. It takes one month to make one of these items.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Materials:''' Crafting a Mask of Gold and Lead requires five measures of [[Materials#Beggar's Lye|beggar's lye]], three measures of [[Materials#Dragonbone|dragonbone]], and three measures of [[Materials#Iridescent Gloaming|iridescent gloaming]]. It takes one month to make one of these items.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Raffertyhttps://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/index.php?title=Mask_of_Gold_and_Lead&diff=125605&oldid=prevTwiggy at 14:42, 30 July 20252025-07-30T14:42:31Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These talismans are sometimes referred to as an ''Alchemist's Refrain''. While they usually take the form of masks, a few of these [[:Category:Foci|foci]] are crafted in the form of a jewelled brooch depicting a pestle and mortar, cauldron or alembic (or a squirrel or bee, for Varushkan ritualists). A few very rare examples of actual tools exist - an inscribed metal flask or set of scales intended for ritual use in measuring or alchemically treating the target materials.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These talismans are sometimes referred to as an ''Alchemist's Refrain''. While they usually take the form of masks, a few of these [[:Category:Foci|foci]] are crafted in the form of a jewelled brooch depicting a pestle and mortar, cauldron or alembic (or a squirrel or bee, for Varushkan ritualists). A few very rare examples of actual tools exist - an inscribed metal flask or set of scales intended for ritual use in measuring or alchemically treating the target materials.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As with all the magical masks, these foci are used to grant additional power to perform [[rituals|ritual]] magic. In this case, the ''Mask of Gold and Lead'' empowers [[the Eight-spoked Wheel]] and [[the Retrograde Wheel]] rituals - both rituals that deal with the magical transmutation of one material into another. They also provide an additional level of power to the alchemical transmutations worked by the powerful [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] and [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Distill </del>the Serpent's Stone]] rituals, potentially bringing those powerful magical effects within reach of a smaller coven.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As with all the magical masks, these foci are used to grant additional power to perform [[rituals|ritual]] magic. In this case, the ''Mask of Gold and Lead'' empowers [[the Eight-spoked Wheel]] and [[the Retrograde Wheel]] rituals - both rituals that deal with the magical transmutation of one material into another. They also provide an additional level of power to the alchemical transmutations worked by the powerful [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] and [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Distil </ins>the Serpent's Stone]] rituals, potentially bringing those powerful magical effects within reach of a smaller coven.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Effect:''' Gain 1 rank for [[the Eight-Spoked Wheel]], [[the Retrograde Wheel]], [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Distill </del>the Serpent's Stone]], and [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] rituals, subject to the [[Realm_Lore#Gaining_additional_ranks|normal rules for effective skill]]. In addition, for each contributor to either the Eight-Spoked Wheel or the Retrograde wheel who wears one of these masks, three additional ingots or measures of material can be transmuted without increasing the magnitude of the ritual. All measures or ingots targeted by one of these rituals must be of the same type as usual.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Effect:''' Gain 1 rank for [[the Eight-Spoked Wheel]], [[the Retrograde Wheel]], [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Distil </ins>the Serpent's Stone]], and [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] rituals, subject to the [[Realm_Lore#Gaining_additional_ranks|normal rules for effective skill]]. In addition, for each contributor to either the Eight-Spoked Wheel or the Retrograde wheel who wears one of these masks, three additional ingots or measures of material can be transmuted without increasing the magnitude of the ritual. All measures or ingots targeted by one of these rituals must be of the same type as usual.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Materials:''' Crafting a Mask of Gold and Lead requires five measures of [[Materials#Beggar's Lye|beggar's lye]], three measures of [[Materials#Dragonbone|dragonbone]], and three measures of [[Materials#Iridescent Gloaming|iridescent gloaming]]. It takes one month to make one of these items.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Materials:''' Crafting a Mask of Gold and Lead requires five measures of [[Materials#Beggar's Lye|beggar's lye]], three measures of [[Materials#Dragonbone|dragonbone]], and three measures of [[Materials#Iridescent Gloaming|iridescent gloaming]]. It takes one month to make one of these items.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Twiggyhttps://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/index.php?title=Mask_of_Gold_and_Lead&diff=108167&oldid=prevBeeswax at 19:24, 24 March 20242024-03-24T19:24:30Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These talismans are sometimes referred to as an ''Alchemist's Refrain''. While they usually take the form of masks, a few of these [[:Category:Foci|foci]] are crafted in the form of a jewelled brooch depicting a pestle and mortar, cauldron or alembic (or a squirrel or bee, for Varushkan ritualists). A few very rare examples of actual tools exist - an inscribed metal flask or set of scales intended for ritual use in measuring or alchemically treating the target materials.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These talismans are sometimes referred to as an ''Alchemist's Refrain''. While they usually take the form of masks, a few of these [[:Category:Foci|foci]] are crafted in the form of a jewelled brooch depicting a pestle and mortar, cauldron or alembic (or a squirrel or bee, for Varushkan ritualists). A few very rare examples of actual tools exist - an inscribed metal flask or set of scales intended for ritual use in measuring or alchemically treating the target materials.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As with all the magical masks, these foci are used to grant additional power to perform [[rituals|ritual]] magic. In this case, the ''Mask of Gold and Lead'' empowers [[the Eight-spoked Wheel]] and [[the Retrograde Wheel]] rituals - both rituals that deal with the magical transmutation of one material into another. They also provide an additional level of power to the alchemical <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">transmutation </del>worked by the powerful [[Distill the Serpent's Stone]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ritual</del>, potentially bringing <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that </del>powerful magical <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">effect </del>within reach of a smaller coven.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As with all the magical masks, these foci are used to grant additional power to perform [[rituals|ritual]] magic. In this case, the ''Mask of Gold and Lead'' empowers [[the Eight-spoked Wheel]] and [[the Retrograde Wheel]] rituals - both rituals that deal with the magical transmutation of one material into another. They also provide an additional level of power to the alchemical <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">transmutations </ins>worked by the powerful <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold]] and </ins>[[Distill the Serpent's Stone]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">rituals</ins>, potentially bringing <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">those </ins>powerful magical <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">effects </ins>within reach of a smaller coven.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Effect:''' Gain 1 rank for [[the Eight-Spoked Wheel]], [[the Retrograde Wheel]], <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </del>[[Distill the Serpent's Stone]] rituals, subject to the [[Realm_Lore#Gaining_additional_ranks|normal rules for effective skill]]. In addition, for each contributor to either the Eight-Spoked Wheel or the Retrograde wheel who wears one of these masks, three additional ingots or measures of material can be transmuted without increasing the magnitude of the ritual. All measures or ingots targeted by one of these rituals must be of the same type as usual.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Effect:''' Gain 1 rank for [[the Eight-Spoked Wheel]], [[the Retrograde Wheel]], [[Distill the Serpent's Stone<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]], and [[Amalgamation of Silver and Gold</ins>]] rituals, subject to the [[Realm_Lore#Gaining_additional_ranks|normal rules for effective skill]]. In addition, for each contributor to either the Eight-Spoked Wheel or the Retrograde wheel who wears one of these masks, three additional ingots or measures of material can be transmuted without increasing the magnitude of the ritual. All measures or ingots targeted by one of these rituals must be of the same type as usual.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Materials:''' Crafting a Mask of Gold and Lead requires five measures of [[Materials#Beggar's Lye|beggar's lye]], three measures of [[Materials#Dragonbone|dragonbone]], and three measures of [[Materials#Iridescent Gloaming|iridescent gloaming]]. It takes one month to make one of these items.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Materials:''' Crafting a Mask of Gold and Lead requires five measures of [[Materials#Beggar's Lye|beggar's lye]], three measures of [[Materials#Dragonbone|dragonbone]], and three measures of [[Materials#Iridescent Gloaming|iridescent gloaming]]. It takes one month to make one of these items.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Raffertyhttps://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/index.php?title=Mask_of_Gold_and_Lead&diff=65225&oldid=prevDre at 10:36, 2 July 20182018-07-02T10:36:41Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mask of Gold and Lead empowers a ritualist with the ability to transmute raw materials. The mask itself is almost always metallic in nature, often set with jewels. All the materials used to make it are repeatedly purified in baths of [[Materials#Beggar's Lye|beggar's lye]], and some of the finest masks are said to be constructed with substances that have been themselves subjected to alchemical transformations. It is rare to find a Mask of Gold and Lead that does not incorporate [[Xun]], the Rune of Transformation, often on the forehead of the mask. The rune is often concealed, however - worked into a decorative design, or inscribed on the inside of the mask. While the mask usually covers the entire face, another common design is that of a lower face mask (covering the mouth, nose and chin), often with simple filters incorporated to protect the wearer when they interact with dangerous substances.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mask of Gold and Lead empowers a ritualist with the ability to transmute raw materials. The mask itself is almost always metallic in nature, often set with jewels. All the materials used to make it are repeatedly purified in baths of [[Materials#Beggar's Lye|beggar's lye]], and some of the finest masks are said to be constructed with substances that have been themselves subjected to alchemical transformations. It is rare to find a Mask of Gold and Lead that does not incorporate [[Xun]], the Rune of Transformation, often on the forehead of the mask. The rune is often concealed, however - worked into a decorative design, or inscribed on the inside of the mask. While the mask usually covers the entire face, another common design is that of a lower face mask (covering the mouth, nose and chin), often with simple filters incorporated to protect the wearer when they interact with dangerous substances.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These talismans are sometimes referred to as an ''Alchemist's Refrain''. While they usually take the form of masks, a few of these [[:Category:Foci|foci]] are crafted in the form of a jewelled brooch depicting a pestle and mortar, cauldron or alembic (or a squirrel or bee, for Varushkan ritualists). A few very rare examples of actual tools exist - an inscribed metal flask or set of scales intended for ritual use in measuring or alchemically treating the target materials.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These talismans are sometimes referred to as an ''Alchemist's Refrain''. While they usually take the form of masks, a few of these [[:Category:Foci|foci]] are crafted in the form of a jewelled brooch depicting a pestle and mortar, cauldron or alembic (or a squirrel or bee, for Varushkan ritualists). A few very rare examples of actual tools exist - an inscribed metal flask or set of scales intended for ritual use in measuring or alchemically treating the target materials.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As with all the magical masks, these foci are used to grant additional power to perform [[rituals|ritual]] magic. In this case, the ''Mask of Gold and Lead'' empowers <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </del>Eight-spoked Wheel]] and [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </del>Retrograde Wheel]] rituals - both rituals that deal with the magical transmutation of one material into another. They also provide an additional level of power to the alchemical transmutation worked by the powerful [[Distill the Serpent's Stone]] ritual, potentially bringing that powerful magical effect within reach of a smaller coven.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As with all the magical masks, these foci are used to grant additional power to perform [[rituals|ritual]] magic. In this case, the ''Mask of Gold and Lead'' empowers [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>Eight-spoked Wheel]] and [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>Retrograde Wheel]] rituals - both rituals that deal with the magical transmutation of one material into another. They also provide an additional level of power to the alchemical transmutation worked by the powerful [[Distill the Serpent's Stone]] ritual, potentially bringing that powerful magical effect within reach of a smaller coven.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Effect:''' Gain 1 rank for [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </del>Eight-Spoked Wheel]], [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </del>Retrograde Wheel]], and [[Distill the Serpent's Stone]] rituals, subject to the [[Realm_Lore#Gaining_additional_ranks|normal rules for effective skill]]. In addition, for each contributor to either the Eight-Spoked Wheel or the Retrograde wheel who wears one of these masks, three additional ingots or measures of material can be transmuted without increasing the magnitude of the ritual. All measures or ingots targeted by one of these rituals must be of the same type as usual.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Effect:''' Gain 1 rank for [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>Eight-Spoked Wheel]], [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>Retrograde Wheel]], and [[Distill the Serpent's Stone]] rituals, subject to the [[Realm_Lore#Gaining_additional_ranks|normal rules for effective skill]]. In addition, for each contributor to either the Eight-Spoked Wheel or the Retrograde wheel who wears one of these masks, three additional ingots or measures of material can be transmuted without increasing the magnitude of the ritual. All measures or ingots targeted by one of these rituals must be of the same type as usual.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Materials:''' Crafting a Mask of Gold and Lead requires five measures of [[Materials#Beggar's Lye|beggar's lye]], three measures of [[Materials#Dragonbone|dragonbone]], and three measures of [[Materials#Iridescent Gloaming|iridescent gloaming]]. It takes one month to make one of these items.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Materials:''' Crafting a Mask of Gold and Lead requires five measures of [[Materials#Beggar's Lye|beggar's lye]], three measures of [[Materials#Dragonbone|dragonbone]], and three measures of [[Materials#Iridescent Gloaming|iridescent gloaming]]. It takes one month to make one of these items.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ic>We are not the alchemists of old, those that would use herbs and ale to form 'a great hardening of steel'! They would have you take dragon wort with ale and much vervain and sow that into lukewarm water, boil it all up and then place your hot billet therein 'that hardening is good for all hand-weapons'. We do not mix lead with marrowort and straw, heat it upon a rock under the moon and expect it to form into gold. No. That is not alchemy, mere buffoonery!</ic></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ic>We are not the alchemists of old, those that would use herbs and ale to form 'a great hardening of steel'! They would have you take dragon wort with ale and much vervain and sow that into lukewarm water, boil it all up and then place your hot billet therein 'that hardening is good for all hand-weapons'. We do not mix lead with marrowort and straw, heat it upon a rock under the moon and expect it to form into gold. No. That is not alchemy, mere buffoonery!</ic></div></td></tr>
</table>Drehttps://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/index.php?title=Mask_of_Gold_and_Lead&diff=51371&oldid=prevBeeswax: /* Description */2017-04-14T01:21:07Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Description</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[Wintermark]], the [[Kallavesi]] favour masks in the form of ravens or magpies (for their connection to the Imperial virtues of [[Wisdom]] and [[Prosperity]]), while [[Varushka|Varushkan]] mystics prefer masks in the shape of squirrels or bees - both ''Silver Squirrel'' or ''Golden Bee'' are names associated with this magical item. In both [[the Brass Coast]] and [[Highguard]], specially prepared veils weighted with [[Materials#Dragonbone|dragonbone]] and coloured with [[Materials#Iridescent Gloaming|iridescent gloaming]] are employed, wrapped around the face and head either as a shroud or a tagelmust.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[Wintermark]], the [[Kallavesi]] favour masks in the form of ravens or magpies (for their connection to the Imperial virtues of [[Wisdom]] and [[Prosperity]]), while [[Varushka|Varushkan]] mystics prefer masks in the shape of squirrels or bees - both ''Silver Squirrel'' or ''Golden Bee'' are names associated with this magical item. In both [[the Brass Coast]] and [[Highguard]], specially prepared veils weighted with [[Materials#Dragonbone|dragonbone]] and coloured with [[Materials#Iridescent Gloaming|iridescent gloaming]] are employed, wrapped around the face and head either as a shroud or a tagelmust.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These talismans are sometimes referred to as an ''Alchemist's <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Refrai</del>''. While they usually take the form of masks, a few of these [[:Category:Foci|foci]] are crafted in the form of a jewelled brooch depicting a pestle and mortar, cauldron or alembic (or a squirrel or bee, for Varushkan ritualists). A few very rare examples of actual tools exist - an inscribed metal flask or set of scales intended for ritual use in measuring or alchemically treating the target materials.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These talismans are sometimes referred to as an ''Alchemist's <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Refrain</ins>''. While they usually take the form of masks, a few of these [[:Category:Foci|foci]] are crafted in the form of a jewelled brooch depicting a pestle and mortar, cauldron or alembic (or a squirrel or bee, for Varushkan ritualists). A few very rare examples of actual tools exist - an inscribed metal flask or set of scales intended for ritual use in measuring or alchemically treating the target materials.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As with all the magical masks, these foci are used to grant additional power to perform [[rituals|ritual]] magic. In this case, the ''Mask of Gold and Lead'' empowers the [[The Eight-spoked Wheel]] and [[The Retrograde Wheel]] rituals - both rituals that deal with the magical transmutation of one material into another. They also provide an additional level of power to the alchemical transmutation worked by the powerful [[Distill the Serpent's Stone]] ritual, potentially bringing that powerful magical effect within reach of a smaller coven.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As with all the magical masks, these foci are used to grant additional power to perform [[rituals|ritual]] magic. In this case, the ''Mask of Gold and Lead'' empowers the [[The Eight-spoked Wheel]] and [[The Retrograde Wheel]] rituals - both rituals that deal with the magical transmutation of one material into another. They also provide an additional level of power to the alchemical transmutation worked by the powerful [[Distill the Serpent's Stone]] ritual, potentially bringing that powerful magical effect within reach of a smaller coven.</div></td></tr>
</table>Beeswaxhttps://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/index.php?title=Mask_of_Gold_and_Lead&diff=51370&oldid=prevBeeswax at 01:20, 14 April 20172017-04-14T01:20:51Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{CaptionedImage|file=MaskofGold.jpg|title=The transmutation of materia is the first step along the path that ends with the transformation of the spirit.|caption=Transmutation leads to transformation leads to transcendance.|align=right|width=400}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{CaptionedImage|file=MaskofGold.jpg|title=The transmutation of materia is the first step along the path that ends with the transformation of the spirit.|caption=Transmutation leads to transformation leads to transcendance.|align=right|width=400}}</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Description==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Description==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mask of Gold and Lead empowers a ritualist with the ability to transmute raw materials. The mask itself is almost always metallic in nature, often set with jewels. All the materials used to make it are repeatedly purified in baths of [[Materials#Beggar's Lye|beggar's lye]], and some of the finest masks are said to be constructed with substances that have been themselves subjected to alchemical transformations. It is rare to find a Mask of Gold and Lead that does not incorporate [[Xun]], the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">rune </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">transformation</del>, often on the forehead of the mask. The rune is often concealed, however - worked into a decorative design, or inscribed on the inside of the mask. While the mask usually covers the entire face, another common design is that of a lower face mask (covering the mouth, nose and chin), often with simple filters incorporated to protect the wearer when they interact with dangerous substances.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mask of Gold and Lead empowers a ritualist with the ability to transmute raw materials. The mask itself is almost always metallic in nature, often set with jewels. All the materials used to make it are repeatedly purified in baths of [[Materials#Beggar's Lye|beggar's lye]], and some of the finest masks are said to be constructed with substances that have been themselves subjected to alchemical transformations. It is rare to find a Mask of Gold and Lead that does not incorporate [[Xun]], the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Rune </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Transformation</ins>, often on the forehead of the mask. The rune is often concealed, however - worked into a decorative design, or inscribed on the inside of the mask. While the mask usually covers the entire face, another common design is that of a lower face mask (covering the mouth, nose and chin), often with simple filters incorporated to protect the wearer when they interact with dangerous substances.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[Wintermark]], the [[Kallavesi]] favour masks in the form of ravens or magpies (for their connection to the Imperial virtues of [[Wisdom]] and [[Prosperity]]), while [[Varushka|Varushkan]] mystics prefer masks in the shape of squirrels or bees - both ''Silver Squirrel'' or ''Golden Bee'' are names associated with this magical item. In both [[the Brass Coast]] and [[Highguard]], specially prepared veils weighted with [[Materials#Dragonbone|dragonbone]] and coloured with [[Materials#Iridescent Gloaming|iridescent gloaming]] are employed, wrapped around the face and head either as a shroud or a tagelmust.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[Wintermark]], the [[Kallavesi]] favour masks in the form of ravens or magpies (for their connection to the Imperial virtues of [[Wisdom]] and [[Prosperity]]), while [[Varushka|Varushkan]] mystics prefer masks in the shape of squirrels or bees - both ''Silver Squirrel'' or ''Golden Bee'' are names associated with this magical item. In both [[the Brass Coast]] and [[Highguard]], specially prepared veils weighted with [[Materials#Dragonbone|dragonbone]] and coloured with [[Materials#Iridescent Gloaming|iridescent gloaming]] are employed, wrapped around the face and head either as a shroud or a tagelmust.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These talismans are sometimes referred to as an <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</del>Alchemist's <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Refrain"</del>. While they usually take the form of masks, a few of these [[:Category:Foci|foci]] are crafted in the form of a jewelled brooch depicting a pestle and mortar, cauldron or alembic (or a squirrel or bee, for Varushkan ritualists). A few very rare examples of actual tools exist - an inscribed metal flask or set of scales intended for ritual use in measuring or alchemically treating the target materials.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These talismans are sometimes referred to as an <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins>Alchemist's <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Refrai''</ins>. While they usually take the form of masks, a few of these [[:Category:Foci|foci]] are crafted in the form of a jewelled brooch depicting a pestle and mortar, cauldron or alembic (or a squirrel or bee, for Varushkan ritualists). A few very rare examples of actual tools exist - an inscribed metal flask or set of scales intended for ritual use in measuring or alchemically treating the target materials.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As with all the magical masks, these foci are used to grant additional power to perform [[rituals|ritual]] magic. In this case, the ''Mask of Gold and Lead'' empowers the [[The Eight-spoked Wheel]] and [[The Retrograde Wheel]] rituals - both rituals that deal with the magical transmutation of one material into another. They also provide an additional level of power to the alchemical transmutation worked by the powerful [[Distill the Serpent's Stone]] ritual, potentially bringing that powerful magical effect within reach of a smaller coven.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As with all the magical masks, these foci are used to grant additional power to perform [[rituals|ritual]] magic. In this case, the ''Mask of Gold and Lead'' empowers the [[The Eight-spoked Wheel]] and [[The Retrograde Wheel]] rituals - both rituals that deal with the magical transmutation of one material into another. They also provide an additional level of power to the alchemical transmutation worked by the powerful [[Distill the Serpent's Stone]] ritual, potentially bringing that powerful magical effect within reach of a smaller coven.</div></td></tr>
</table>Beeswaxhttps://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/index.php?title=Mask_of_Gold_and_Lead&diff=51369&oldid=prevBeeswax at 01:17, 14 April 20172017-04-14T01:17:55Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[Wintermark]], the [[Kallavesi]] favour masks in the form of ravens or magpies (for their connection to the Imperial virtues of [[Wisdom]] and [[Prosperity]]), while [[Varushka|Varushkan]] mystics prefer masks in the shape of squirrels or bees - both ''Silver Squirrel'' or ''Golden Bee'' are names associated with this magical item. In both [[the Brass Coast]] and [[Highguard]], specially prepared veils weighted with [[Materials#Dragonbone|dragonbone]] and coloured with [[Materials#Iridescent Gloaming|iridescent gloaming]] are employed, wrapped around the face and head either as a shroud or a tagelmust.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[Wintermark]], the [[Kallavesi]] favour masks in the form of ravens or magpies (for their connection to the Imperial virtues of [[Wisdom]] and [[Prosperity]]), while [[Varushka|Varushkan]] mystics prefer masks in the shape of squirrels or bees - both ''Silver Squirrel'' or ''Golden Bee'' are names associated with this magical item. In both [[the Brass Coast]] and [[Highguard]], specially prepared veils weighted with [[Materials#Dragonbone|dragonbone]] and coloured with [[Materials#Iridescent Gloaming|iridescent gloaming]] are employed, wrapped around the face and head either as a shroud or a tagelmust.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These talismans are sometimes referred to as an "Alchemist's Refrain". While they usually take the form of masks, a few of these [[:Category:Foci|foci]] are crafted in the form of a jewelled brooch depicting a pestle and mortar, cauldron or alembic (or a squirrel or bee, for Varushkan ritualists). A very <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">few </del>rare examples of actual tools exist - an inscribed metal flask or set of scales intended for ritual use in measuring or alchemically treating the target materials.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These talismans are sometimes referred to as an "Alchemist's Refrain". While they usually take the form of masks, a few of these [[:Category:Foci|foci]] are crafted in the form of a jewelled brooch depicting a pestle and mortar, cauldron or alembic (or a squirrel or bee, for Varushkan ritualists). A <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">few </ins>very rare examples of actual tools exist - an inscribed metal flask or set of scales intended for ritual use in measuring or alchemically treating the target materials.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As with all the magical masks, these foci are used to grant additional power to perform [[rituals|ritual]] magic. In this case, the ''Mask of Gold and Lead'' empowers the [[The Eight-spoked Wheel]] and [[The Retrograde Wheel]] rituals - both rituals that deal with the magical transmutation of one material into another. They also provide an additional level of power to the alchemical transmutation worked by the powerful [[Distill the Serpent's Stone]] ritual, potentially bringing that powerful magical effect within reach of a smaller coven.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As with all the magical masks, these foci are used to grant additional power to perform [[rituals|ritual]] magic. In this case, the ''Mask of Gold and Lead'' empowers the [[The Eight-spoked Wheel]] and [[The Retrograde Wheel]] rituals - both rituals that deal with the magical transmutation of one material into another. They also provide an additional level of power to the alchemical transmutation worked by the powerful [[Distill the Serpent's Stone]] ritual, potentially bringing that powerful magical effect within reach of a smaller coven.</div></td></tr>
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