Transcendent Mastery - Revision history

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	They also experience a series of powerful [[roleplaying effect\|roleplaying effects]]:		They also experience a series of powerful [[roleplaying effect\|roleplaying effects]]:

	* They feel full of exotic knowledge, as if the secrets of the universe were just on the tip of their tongue.		* ''They feel full of exotic knowledge, as if the secrets of the universe were just on the tip of their tongue.
	* They feel a strong urge to use their knew magical knowledge to solve all problems.		* ''They feel a strong urge to use their knew magical knowledge to solve all problems.
	* They have a voracious appetite for new information, especially factual information.		* ''They have a voracious appetite for new information, especially factual information.
	* They feel buoyed up, as if they are filled to bursting with an invisible power. They feel as if at any moment, if they relax or lose control, they might rise off the ground or explode in a burst of radiant possibilities.		* ''They feel buoyed up, as if they are filled to bursting with an invisible power. They feel as if at any moment, if they relax or lose control, they might rise off the ground or explode in a burst of radiant possibilities.

	This can all be very distracting.		This can all be very distracting.

Twiggy at 15:36, 13 February 2026

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	==Description==		==Description==

	The rituals [[Illuminate the Higher Mind]] and [[Ascendance of the Highest Mind]] allow ritualists to share knowledge. This potent ritual goes one better - it draws magical knowledge out of nowhere and pours it into the mind of the target. Some magicians believe this is the cumulative knowledge of all the magicians of the Empire, or perhaps even the world; others claim that the knowledge is drawn from somewhere in the Day ~~Realm~~, or from one or more Day Eternals - perhaps the Great Library of [[Phaleron]] or its attendants. The most disappointing element of the ritual, as many magicians have lamented, is that it does not enhance the number of spells they can cast. Magicians under the effect of ''Transcendent Mastery'' often develop an insatiable appetite for mana crystals to fuel their desire to cast as many incantations as possible.		The rituals [[Illuminate the Higher Mind]] and [[Ascendance of the Highest Mind]] allow ritualists to share knowledge. This potent ritual goes one better - it draws magical knowledge out of nowhere and pours it into the mind of the target. Some magicians believe this is the cumulative knowledge of all the magicians of the Empire, or perhaps even the world; others claim that the knowledge is drawn from somewhere in the Day realm, or from one or more Day Eternals - perhaps the Great Library of [[Phaleron]] or its attendants. The most disappointing element of the ritual, as many magicians have lamented, is that it does not enhance the number of spells they can cast. Magicians under the effect of ''Transcendent Mastery'' often develop an insatiable appetite for mana crystals to fuel their desire to cast as many incantations as possible.

	This ritual is very expensive, and difficult to perform. The most common use is to allow one or more ritualists access to spells the coven do not know that are desperately valuable. A group of ritualists with no knowledge of spells such as [[heal]] or [[purify]] can gain access to those valuable incantations in desperate need. Likewise, a group of otherwise ineffectual scholar-librarians under threat can gain the entire suite of [[Spellcasting#Offensive Spells\|offensive spells]] in one swoop, provided they have access to enough crystals of mana.		This ritual is very expensive, and difficult to perform. The most common use is to allow one or more ritualists access to spells the coven do not know that are desperately valuable. A group of ritualists with no knowledge of spells such as [[heal]] or [[purify]] can gain access to those valuable incantations in desperate need. Likewise, a group of otherwise ineffectual scholar-librarians under threat can gain the entire suite of [[Spellcasting#Offensive Spells\|offensive spells]] in one swoop, provided they have access to enough crystals of mana.

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	==Description==		==Description==

	The rituals [[Illuminate the Higher Mind]] and [[Ascendance of the Highest Mind]] allow ritualists to share knowledge. This potent ritual goes one better - it draws magical knowledge out of nowhere and pours it into the mind of the target. Some magicians believe this is the cumulative knowledge of all the magicians of the Empire, or perhaps even the world; others claim that the knowledge is drawn from somewhere in the Day Realm, or from one or more Day Eternals - perhaps the Great Library of [[Phaleron]] or its attendants. The most disappointing element of the ritual, as many magicians have lamented, is that it does not enhance the number of spells they can cast. Magicians under the effect of ''~~Transcendant~~ Mastery'' often develop an insatiable appetite for mana crystals to fuel their desire to cast as many incantations as possible.		The rituals [[Illuminate the Higher Mind]] and [[Ascendance of the Highest Mind]] allow ritualists to share knowledge. This potent ritual goes one better - it draws magical knowledge out of nowhere and pours it into the mind of the target. Some magicians believe this is the cumulative knowledge of all the magicians of the Empire, or perhaps even the world; others claim that the knowledge is drawn from somewhere in the Day Realm, or from one or more Day Eternals - perhaps the Great Library of [[Phaleron]] or its attendants. The most disappointing element of the ritual, as many magicians have lamented, is that it does not enhance the number of spells they can cast. Magicians under the effect of ''Transcendent Mastery'' often develop an insatiable appetite for mana crystals to fuel their desire to cast as many incantations as possible.

	This ritual is very expensive, and difficult to perform. The most common use is to allow one or more ritualists access to spells the coven do not know that are desperately valuable. A group of ritualists with no knowledge of spells such as [[heal]] or [[purify]] can gain access to those valuable incantations in desperate need. Likewise, a group of otherwise ineffectual scholar-librarians under threat can gain the entire suite of [[Spellcasting#Offensive Spells\|offensive spells]] in one swoop, provided they have access to enough crystals of mana.		This ritual is very expensive, and difficult to perform. The most common use is to allow one or more ritualists access to spells the coven do not know that are desperately valuable. A group of ritualists with no knowledge of spells such as [[heal]] or [[purify]] can gain access to those valuable incantations in desperate need. Likewise, a group of otherwise ineffectual scholar-librarians under threat can gain the entire suite of [[Spellcasting#Offensive Spells\|offensive spells]] in one swoop, provided they have access to enough crystals of mana.

Rafferty: Ritual Update Phase One 2017

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Ritual Update Phase One 2017

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	==Rules==		==Rules==
	{{Season\|Day\|45}}		{{Season\|Day\|26}}
	===Performing the Ritual===		===Performing the Ritual===
	{{Casting time\|2}} {{Target Character}} The target character must have the [[Magical skills#Magician\|magician]] skill.		{{Casting time\|2}} {{Target Character}} The target character must have the [[Magical skills#Magician\|magician]] skill.
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	===Additional Targets===		===Additional Targets===
	This ritual can affect additional characters from the same [[Groups#Covens\|coven]]. Each additional character increases the magnitude by 25. Additional characters must have the [[Magical skills#Magician\|magician]] skill and be present throughout.		This ritual can affect additional characters from the same [[Groups#Covens\|coven]]. Each additional character increases the magnitude by 20. Additional characters must have the [[Magical skills#Magician\|magician]] skill and be present throughout.

	==Description==		==Description==

Rafferty at 09:57, 18 November 2015

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	Invocations to legendary magicians and scholars, especially those who are [[Paragons and Exemplars\|exemplars or paragons]] are often included; the idea that the ritual draws on the collective knowledge of humanity is a powerful one. [[Highguard\|Highborn]] [[Magister\|magisters]] are likely to try and encourage the target to access their previous lives in which they may have been magicians, while orcs will similarly call on the ancestors to fill a [[Shamans\|shaman]] with their power. Obviously, invocations of powerful Day Eternals are also common, as are the runes [[Aesh]] and [[Hirmok]].		Invocations to legendary magicians and scholars, especially those who are [[Paragons and Exemplars\|exemplars or paragons]] are often included; the idea that the ritual draws on the collective knowledge of humanity is a powerful one. [[Highguard\|Highborn]] [[Magister\|magisters]] are likely to try and encourage the target to access their previous lives in which they may have been magicians, while orcs will similarly call on the ancestors to fill a [[Shamans\|shaman]] with their power. Obviously, invocations of powerful Day Eternals are also common, as are the runes [[Aesh]] and [[Hirmok]].

	~~<!--- flavour. --->~~

	[[Category:Day Ritual]]		[[Category:Day Ritual]]
	[[Category:Rituals]]		[[Category:Rituals]]
	~~[[Category:IC Text Required]]~~

Dre at 18:08, 18 September 2015

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	==Description==		==Description==

	The rituals [[Illuminate the Higher Mind]] and [[Ascendance of the Highest Mind]] allow ritualists to share knowledge. This potent ritual goes one better - it draws magical knowledge out of nowhere and pours it into the mind of the target. Some magicians believe this is the cumulative knowledge of all the magicians of the Empire, or perhaps even the world; others claim that the knowledge is drawn from somewhere in the Day Realm, or from one or more Day Eternals - perhaps the Great Library of [[Phaleron]] or ~~it's~~ attendants. The most disappointing element of the ritual, as many magicians have lamented, is that it does not enhance the number of spells they can cast. Magicians under the effect of ''Transcendant Mastery'' often develop an insatiable appetite for mana crystals to fuel their desire to cast as many incantations as possible.		The rituals [[Illuminate the Higher Mind]] and [[Ascendance of the Highest Mind]] allow ritualists to share knowledge. This potent ritual goes one better - it draws magical knowledge out of nowhere and pours it into the mind of the target. Some magicians believe this is the cumulative knowledge of all the magicians of the Empire, or perhaps even the world; others claim that the knowledge is drawn from somewhere in the Day Realm, or from one or more Day Eternals - perhaps the Great Library of [[Phaleron]] or its attendants. The most disappointing element of the ritual, as many magicians have lamented, is that it does not enhance the number of spells they can cast. Magicians under the effect of ''Transcendant Mastery'' often develop an insatiable appetite for mana crystals to fuel their desire to cast as many incantations as possible.

	This ritual is very expensive, and difficult to perform. The most common use is to allow one or more ritualists access to spells the coven do not know that are desperately valuable. A group of ritualists with no knowledge of spells such as [[heal]] or [[purify]] can gain access to those valuable incantations in desperate need. Likewise, a group of otherwise ineffectual scholar-librarians under threat can gain the entire suite of [[Spellcasting#Offensive Spells\|offensive spells]] in one swoop, provided they have access to ~~enoughj~~ crystals of mana.		This ritual is very expensive, and difficult to perform. The most common use is to allow one or more ritualists access to spells the coven do not know that are desperately valuable. A group of ritualists with no knowledge of spells such as [[heal]] or [[purify]] can gain access to those valuable incantations in desperate need. Likewise, a group of otherwise ineffectual scholar-librarians under threat can gain the entire suite of [[Spellcasting#Offensive Spells\|offensive spells]] in one swoop, provided they have access to enough crystals of mana.

	==Common Elements==		==Common Elements==

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	===Effects===		===Effects===

	The target gains the ability to cast all the [[~~Spell list~~\|spells]] known to Imperial magicians as if they knew them.		The target gains the ability to cast all the [[spellcasting\|spells]] known to Imperial magicians as if they knew them.

	They also experience a series of powerful [[roleplaying effect\|roleplaying effects]]:		They also experience a series of powerful [[roleplaying effect\|roleplaying effects]]:
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	The rituals [[Illuminate the Higher Mind]] and [[Ascendance of the Highest Mind]] allow ritualists to share knowledge. This potent ritual goes one better - it draws magical knowledge out of nowhere and pours it into the mind of the target. Some magicians believe this is the cumulative knowledge of all the magicians of the Empire, or perhaps even the world; others claim that the knowledge is drawn from somewhere in the Day Realm, or from one or more Day Eternals - perhaps the Great Library of [[Phaleron]] or it's attendants. The most disappointing element of the ritual, as many magicians have lamented, is that it does not enhance the number of spells they can cast. Magicians under the effect of ''Transcendant Mastery'' often develop an insatiable appetite for mana crystals to fuel their desire to cast as many incantations as possible.		The rituals [[Illuminate the Higher Mind]] and [[Ascendance of the Highest Mind]] allow ritualists to share knowledge. This potent ritual goes one better - it draws magical knowledge out of nowhere and pours it into the mind of the target. Some magicians believe this is the cumulative knowledge of all the magicians of the Empire, or perhaps even the world; others claim that the knowledge is drawn from somewhere in the Day Realm, or from one or more Day Eternals - perhaps the Great Library of [[Phaleron]] or it's attendants. The most disappointing element of the ritual, as many magicians have lamented, is that it does not enhance the number of spells they can cast. Magicians under the effect of ''Transcendant Mastery'' often develop an insatiable appetite for mana crystals to fuel their desire to cast as many incantations as possible.

	This ritual is very expensive, and difficult to perform. The most common use is to allow one or more ritualists access to spells the coven do not know that are desperately valuable. A group of ritualists with no knowledge of spells such as [[~~Spell list#Heal\|~~heal]] or [[~~Spell list#Purify\|~~purify]] can gain access to those valuable incantations in desperate need. Likewise, a group of otherwise ineffectual scholar-librarians under threat can gain the entire suite of [[~~Spell list~~#Offensive Spells\|offensive spells]] in one swoop, provided they have access to enoughj crystals of mana.		This ritual is very expensive, and difficult to perform. The most common use is to allow one or more ritualists access to spells the coven do not know that are desperately valuable. A group of ritualists with no knowledge of spells such as [[heal]] or [[purify]] can gain access to those valuable incantations in desperate need. Likewise, a group of otherwise ineffectual scholar-librarians under threat can gain the entire suite of [[Spellcasting#Offensive Spells\|offensive spells]] in one swoop, provided they have access to enoughj crystals of mana.

	==Common Elements==		==Common Elements==

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	{{Season\|Day\|45}}		{{Season\|Day\|45}}
	===Performing the Ritual===		===Performing the Ritual===
	{{Casting time\|2}} The target character must have the [[Magical skills#Magician\|magician]] skill~~.and be present throughout~~.		{{Casting time\|2}} {{Target Character}} The target character must have the [[Magical skills#Magician\|magician]] skill.

	{{enchantment}}		{{enchantment}}

Rafferty: /* Description */

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Description

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	==Description==		==Description==

	The rituals [[Illuminate the Higher Mind]] and [[Ascendance of the Highest Mind]] allow ritualists to share knowledge. This potent ritual goes one better - it draws magical knowledge out of nowhere and pours it into the mind of the target. Some magicians believe this is the cumulative knowledge of all the magicians of the Empire, or perhaps even the world; others claim that the knowledge is drawn from somewhere in the Day Realm, or from one or more Day Eternals - perhaps the Great Library or it's attendants. The most disappointing element of the ritual, as many magicians have lamented, is that it does not enhance the number of spells they can cast. Magicians under the effect of ''Transcendant Mastery'' often develop an insatiable appetite for mana crystals to fuel their desire to cast as many incantations as possible.		The rituals [[Illuminate the Higher Mind]] and [[Ascendance of the Highest Mind]] allow ritualists to share knowledge. This potent ritual goes one better - it draws magical knowledge out of nowhere and pours it into the mind of the target. Some magicians believe this is the cumulative knowledge of all the magicians of the Empire, or perhaps even the world; others claim that the knowledge is drawn from somewhere in the Day Realm, or from one or more Day Eternals - perhaps the Great Library of [[Phaleron]] or it's attendants. The most disappointing element of the ritual, as many magicians have lamented, is that it does not enhance the number of spells they can cast. Magicians under the effect of ''Transcendant Mastery'' often develop an insatiable appetite for mana crystals to fuel their desire to cast as many incantations as possible.

	This ritual is very expensive, and difficult to perform. The most common use is to allow one or more ritualists access to spells the coven do not know that are desperately valuable. A group of ritualists with no knowledge of spells such as [[Spell list#Heal\|heal]] or [[Spell list#Purify\|purify]] can gain access to those valuable incantations in desperate need. Likewise, a group of otherwise ineffectual scholar-librarians under threat can gain the entire suite of [[Spell list#Offensive Spells\|offensive spells]] in one swoop, provided they have access to enoughj crystals of mana.		This ritual is very expensive, and difficult to perform. The most common use is to allow one or more ritualists access to spells the coven do not know that are desperately valuable. A group of ritualists with no knowledge of spells such as [[Spell list#Heal\|heal]] or [[Spell list#Purify\|purify]] can gain access to those valuable incantations in desperate need. Likewise, a group of otherwise ineffectual scholar-librarians under threat can gain the entire suite of [[Spell list#Offensive Spells\|offensive spells]] in one swoop, provided they have access to enoughj crystals of mana.

Rafferty: /* Common Elements */ paragons? exemplars? who knows!

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Common Elements: paragons? exemplars? who knows!

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	The ritual involves the invocation of an outside agency. The target often wears a robe of fine silk, perhaps dyed with [[Materials#Iridescent Gloaming\|iridescent gloaming]], and often dons a circlet or crown at the culmination to represent mastery of magic. Scrolls of incantations are commonly used, but any written material may serve as a conduit for the magical knowledge the coven seeks. A group of [[Urizen]] magicians might use mirrors and crystals to focus beams of light onto the target while invoking their own magic, while a coven of [[The Brass Coast\|Freeborn]] or [[Imperial Orcs\|Imperial orc]] magicians may engage in a frenzied spinning dance with pounding music to try and elevate the target to a higher state of consciousness.		The ritual involves the invocation of an outside agency. The target often wears a robe of fine silk, perhaps dyed with [[Materials#Iridescent Gloaming\|iridescent gloaming]], and often dons a circlet or crown at the culmination to represent mastery of magic. Scrolls of incantations are commonly used, but any written material may serve as a conduit for the magical knowledge the coven seeks. A group of [[Urizen]] magicians might use mirrors and crystals to focus beams of light onto the target while invoking their own magic, while a coven of [[The Brass Coast\|Freeborn]] or [[Imperial Orcs\|Imperial orc]] magicians may engage in a frenzied spinning dance with pounding music to try and elevate the target to a higher state of consciousness.

	Invocations to legendary magicians and scholars, especially those who are [[Exemplars ~~and Paragons~~\|exemplars or paragons]] are often included; the idea that the ritual draws on the collective knowledge of humanity is a powerful one. [[Highguard\|Highborn]] [[Magister\|magisters]] are likely to try and encourage the target to access their previous lives in which they may have been magicians, while orcs will similarly call on the ancestors to fill a [[Shamans\|shaman]] with their power. Obviously, invocations of powerful Day Eternals are also common, as are the runes [[Aesh]] and [[Hirmok]].		Invocations to legendary magicians and scholars, especially those who are [[Paragons and Exemplars\|exemplars or paragons]] are often included; the idea that the ritual draws on the collective knowledge of humanity is a powerful one. [[Highguard\|Highborn]] [[Magister\|magisters]] are likely to try and encourage the target to access their previous lives in which they may have been magicians, while orcs will similarly call on the ancestors to fill a [[Shamans\|shaman]] with their power. Obviously, invocations of powerful Day Eternals are also common, as are the runes [[Aesh]] and [[Hirmok]].

	<!--- flavour. --->		<!--- flavour. --->