Adelbert, a "Magi of Hermes" look at intellego and Astrology

[Erik_Tyrrell]

All of the unique spells known by Adelbert at 150 years out of apprenticeship.

Animal spells

Cloud of Gold and Ebony
Cr(Re)An 40
R: Voice, D: Hours, T: Group
This spell summons a tremendous swarm of hornets numbering approximately 15,000. The hornets act in accordance with the initial will of the caster and by extorting them the caster can change their behavior throughout the duration of the spell but this takes time to do and is only possible when the targets are within voice range of the casting magus. Adelbert's version of this spell creates hornets with slightly larger than normal eyes, eyes that are light blue (matching the eye color of his children but Adelbert is the only person who has made this connection).
(base 5, +2 Voice, +2 Hours, +2 group, +1 rego requisite)

Coterie of Burly Advocates
Cr(Re) An 45
R Touch D:Hours T: Group
This spell creates four adult brown bears. These bears will follow the commands of the caster but the caster must be touching one of the bears to issue commands, due to the range of the spell. Furthermore commands can only be given to a group of bears if they are in a readily discernible group (per the target description p.113). In Adelbert's version of the spell the created bears all have blue eyes matching the color of the eyes of his children.
(base 15, +1 touch, +2 Hours, +2 group, +1 rego requisite

Foretelling the Predator's Intent
InAn 45
R: Touch, D: Hours., T:Vision.
For the duration of this spell the target can see how any creature he or she observes is intending to move their body, perceiving the intended position of their body as a ghostly reddish image. This understanding gives the target a + +6 to defense totals when in melee combat with some beast whose intended movements they can see. Also, parry totals against the target are reduced by 3 and dodge totals are reduced by 6. This spell will often allow the perception of invisible creatures. Adelbert’s sigil expresses itself by making the target's irises match the color of the eyes of whatever creature they are looking at (multiple colors for multiple animals) for the duration of the spell.
(base 10,+1 touch +2 hours, +4 vision)

Learning Antipathy for Felines
InAn45
R: Pers., D: Conc., T: Vision
The caster of this spell perceives a large eye shaped picture someplace near the location of every creature generally before the creature's heart. This picture depicts whatever contents of the animal's mind that caster wishes to see. The caster can use this spell to thoroughly probe and understand the minds of any animals that he can see, but the information is carried to the caster through his or her sense of sight. This means that unlike, peering into the mortal mind, in general only one question can be answered per turn of observation of a subject. It is possible for the caster to quickly scan large numbers of animals to get answers to a Boolean question but it is difficult to get detailed information from more than one beast at a time . Because this is a sensory magic spell a magus with quaesitorial training can learn the acute sense mastery for it and then has the possibility of detecting whether or not memories or thoughts have been magically altered.
(base 20 +1 concentration, +4 Vision)

Sight Hounds of the Order
Mu(In)An(Vi) 35
R: Touch, D: Hours, T: Vision+Group +1 size
Creatures under the effects of Sight Hounds of the Order perceive vis very much as if as if it were burning, but rather than emanating typical flames and smoke, the vis burns with brightly glowing indigo flames that take the shape of human eyes (and naturally the vis emits no smoke).
(base 1, +1 touch, +2 hours, +2 group, +4 vision, +1 size)

Sculptor's Menagerie
ReAn 30
R: Voice, D: Minute, T: Group
This effect freezes a target group of animals in place for its duration. The animals can make no conscious movements of their body but continue to breath, blink, shiver if cold and so on. The eyes of the controlled animals take on a marble like quality becoming more grey and having a marmoreal luster.
base 5, +2 voice, +1 minute, +2 group

Retrieval of the Feathered Agent
ReAn 40
R:Touch, D:Mom., T: Ind.
A creature (of no larger than size +1) that the caster is touching is teleported to a place that the caster can see or has an arcane connection to. With casting requisites small objects that the creature is carrying or wearing can be teleported along with the creature. In Adelbert of Gurnicus' version of this spell the creature's eyes appear to remain in place for a second after the creature has disappeared. Adelbert developed this spell to use through an arcane tunnel and, in that way, allow him to shuttle animals to whichever locations he pleased.
(base 35 +1 touch)

Corpus spells

Unwavering Sight of Flesh
InCo 20
R: Per., D: Sun, T: Vision
The caster gains a magical perception that allows them to see human skin as truly is. This is magically enhanced sense is, in most cases, indistinguishable from normal vision. However in the case of an invisible person the caster will see a naked hairless human form with empty holes at the location of their eyes and mouth. Muto Imaginem spells that change the location or appearance of a person’s skin can also sometimes create unusual sights that the caster can notice. Being a magical sense spell, this spell will not allow the caster to see targets that are protected by magic resistance that the spell does not penetrate. Adelbert’s spell allows him to intermittently see eyes in the eye sockets of an invisible person (not for more than a third of the time for any eye and only both eyes at once as a matter of chance) as a result of his sigil.
(base 3 +2 Sun, +4 vision)

Leap to Safety
ReCo20
R: Pers., D: Mom., T: Ind.
The caster of this spell is instantly transported up to 500 paces to a location that they can see or have an arcane connection to. It is not possible for the caster to take along another living creature. Adelbert of Gurnicus' version of this spell leaves an image of his eyes at his initial location that lasts a fraction of a second after the spell has completed. Casting requisites may or may not be needed to carry material along with the caster depending upon your saga (see Transforming Mythic Europe p107). Particularly large items that the caster is carrying may be left behind at the story guide's discretion.
(base 20)

Herbam spell

Leafy Enclosure
CrHe 15
R: touch, D: Sun, T Ind. (+1 size)
the caster creates a uniquely shaped tree that sprouts from the found directly below the location where spell is cast. The trunk extends straight up for four paces and then a sheet of limbs extend out horizontally in all directions forming a roof. At a radius of 5 paces from the trunk the limbs and leaves turn directly down and form a wall. This spell creates a round structure 10 paces in diameter. Adelbert created this spell to allow him to use spells with room targets in areas that can't otherwise be considered rooms. Adelbert's sigil expresses itself as knots on the tree looking uncannily like eyes and moving intermittently. Leafy Enclosure is a potent spell it requires a piece of wood to cast and the caster gains a +3 to his or her casting total.
(base 3 +1 touch, +2 sun +1 size)

Imaginem spell

Engraving the Whole of Experience
InIm 10
R: Pers., D: Diam., T: Ind.
All of the species that are collected by the caster’s senses of sight, hearing touch and smell during the duration of this spell are written into the caster’s memory (specifically the imagination, see Art and Academe). The memories fade naturally after the duration of the spell expires. This spell inscribes every species collected by the sense not just what the caster pays attention to. Recollecting on the inscribed memory may reveal details that the caster did not notice at the time (although the memory does fade naturally so a spell such as the good witness or Refreshing the Faded Engraving of the Senses would be commonly needed to get the most benefit out of this process).
(base 1, +1 Diameter, +1 excessive detail, +3 use of four senses rather than one)

Mentem spells

Refresh the Engravings of the Imagination
CrMe20
One of the caster’s memories of a short period of time (no more than two minutes) is restored to the state perfection as if they were presently experiencing the event. The caster will be able to repeat conversations word for word. This spell was designed to work in conjunction with Engraving the Whole of Experience. If the memory of a period when the caster had been under the effects of Engraving the Whole of Experience is refreshed with this spell the caster is able to access all of the things that they saw during the event. They can search their memories for things they may not have noted at the time such as tracks or spider webs, they can read any text that was in their field of view and close enough to be discerned, they would be able to compare objects seen during the refreshed event to other objects and note minute differences. This spell repairs memories, if the caster has completely forgotten an event Refresh the Engravings of the Imagination can not recreate it. Adelbert's sigil expresses itself in this spell by coloring his recollections so that he always recalls the feeling of being looked at regardless of whether or not he felt that way at the time the targeted memory was formed.
(base 5, +1 conc, +2 extreme detail)

Oratory of Pentecost
CrMe 30
R: Voice, D: Conc., T group (+2 size)
During the duration of this spell he meaning of any words that the caster speaks are transmitted to the minds of a group of up to 1000 targets, enabling them to understand the caster's speech even if they do not understand the language that the caster speaks. This effect is not particularly jaring for the targets. In fact if the targets fail a perception+ awareness roll with an ease factor of 3 minus the number of words the caster has spoken they fail to notice the effect as all. Use of this spell coupled with thoughts within babble allows clear communication between people even if there is no shared language. Due to the effects of his sigil any target of this spell will perceive Adelbert to be looking at them while he speaks.
(base 3, +2 voice, +1 concentration, +2 group, +2 size)

Circle of Heroic Intelligence
CrMe 60
R: Touch, D: Mom, T: Circle, Ritual
Performance of this ritual permanently increases the Intelligence of targets within the circle by one, to no more than +5. Beginning during the ceremony, targets of the spell find themselves entranced by staring into the eyes of others, this feeling can hold on for weeks afterward.
(Base 55, +1 Touch)

A Question for Those Without Eyes
InMe 25
R: Voice, D: Mom. T: Ind.
as Posing the Silent question with range voice

See the Strike
InMe25
R: Eye, D: Diam., T: Ind.
For the duration of this spell the caster knows how the target is intending to move his body. This understanding gives the caster a +6 to defense totals when in melee combat with the target, the target's parry totals against the caster are reduced by 3, and dodge totals are reduced by 6. Adelbert’s sigil expresses itself by making his irises match the color of the target’s for the duration of the spell.
(base 15, +1 eye, +1 Diameter)

Sounds of Aggression
InMe 30
R: Pers., D: Sun, T: Hearing
The caster perceives aggressive emotions as sounds that reflect the caster’s sigil. In the case of Adelbert, typically ominous music singing words dealing with what the thinks of the aggressive thought see or would wish to see. Aggression towards the caster sounds unique and any minds that are intending on imminently attacking the caster are easily discerned. The level of aggression controls the perceived volume of the sound (the more the louder).
(base 5 +2 Sun, +3 Hearing)

Oblivious Informer
InMe(An) 35
R: Eye, D: Conc., T: Ind.
When this spell is cast, the magus or maga targets a person or animal. For the duration of this spell the caster can, when he or she chooses, experience the sense of the target rather then his or her own senses. This spell functions by taking the information from the target's imagination (see Art and Academe) the sense possessed by some animals are sufficiently different from human senses that interpretation of the information received by the caster may prove difficult or impossible. The caster may switch their perspective between his own and that of the target at will. Adelbert's sigil expresses itself in that during the duration of this spell the eyelids of Adelbert and the target blink in synchronicity. If one of them gets dust in their eyes both will blink.
(base 15, +1 range eye, +1 duration Concentration, +1 animal requisite, +1 complexity allowing the switching of perspective)

Beacon of Experience
InMe(An) 45
R Pers., D: Conc., T: Vision
The caster selects a specific experience or memory when he or she casts this spell, such as: "has looked under the bed in the apprentices cell", "has found recent evidence of person traveling though these woods", has seen a specific object/ heard a specific voice , or any other experience that can be clearly defined. The caster then perceives any animal or person who has this memory as glowing brightly with a color of light related to the depth of their experience simple creatures and people who have only the shallowest of interactions glow bright red while people whose lives center around the experience glow violet. Adelbert developed this spell to use in conjunction with "Cloud of Gold and Ebony" to allow him to quickly find even one Hornet that has seen a critical piece pf evidence. In development Adelbert realized that his strong understanding of mentem allowed him to develop the spell in such away that it also worked on human and human like minds. Adlebert's sigil expresses itself in that, when casts this spell, the glowing is centered on the the eyes of those that he observes.
(Base 15, +1 Concentration, +4 vision, +1 Animal requisite)

Peering Into the Minds of a Multitude
InMe50
The caster of this spell perceives a large eye shaped picture someplace near the location of every thinking mind where the spell penetrates magic resistance, generally at chest level. This picture depicts whatever contents of the mind that caster is searching for . The caster can use this spell to thoroughly probe and understand the mind s that he sees, but the information is carried to the caster through his or her sense of sight. This means that unlike, peering into the mortal mind, in general only one question can be answered per turn of observation of a subject. It is possible for the caster to quickly scan large numbers of minds to get answers to a Boolean question but it is difficult to get detailed information from more than one mind at a time . Because this is a sensory magic spell a magus with quaesitorial training can learn the acute sense mastery for it and then has the possibility of detecting whether or not memories or thoughts have been magically altered.
(base 25 +1 concentration, +4 Vision)

Vision of Movement
InMe 50
R: Touch, D: Hours., T:Vision.
For the duration of this spell the target can see how anyone they observe is intending to move their body, perceiving the intended position of their body as a ghostly reddish image. This understanding gives the target a + +6 to defense totals when in melee combat with someone whose intended movements they can see. Also, parry totals against the target are reduced by 3 and dodge totals are reduced by 6. This spell will often allow the perception of invisible creatures. Adelbert’s sigil expresses itself by making the target's irises match the color of the eyes of whomever they are looking at (multiple colors for multiple people) for the duration of the spell.
(base 15, +1 touch, +2 hours, +4 vision)

Vim spells

Map of the Faerie Hearth
InVi 20
R: Voice, D: Mom, T: Ind.
When This spell is cast upon a faerie or creature with faerie might, the caster learns to location where the faerie is likely to go to recover lost might. Only the most likely location is discovered by this spell, it does not determine the location with certainty. Because this spell is intellego vim and not intellego mentem, the faerie does not have to know the location for it to be determined. Adelbert's sigil expresses itself in the eyes of the Faeire (if it has any) momentarily appearing innocent very much like the eyes of a human baby. Adelbert developed this spell using spell potency, to cast the spell requires a bit of rock crystal and white poplar. These two items give a combined +6 bonus to the casting total. The spell can not be cast without them.
(base 5 + 12 voice, +1 detailed information)

Humiliate the Unclothed Spirit
InVi 30
R: Pers., D:Conc., T: Vision
This spell gives the caster the ability to see invisible spirits associated with the magic realm even when they are incorporeal, (providing of course the spell penetrates the spirit's defenses)
(base5, +1 concentration, +4 vision)

Touch of Mundane Silence
Pe Vi (gen)
R: Touch, D: Mom, T: Ind
This spell cancels the effect of the target spell if the level of the target spell is doubled on a roll of Touch of Mundane Silence's level +15 + stress die. The spell must penetrate to affect effects on a target with magic resistance. In order for a magic to be targeted by Touch of Mundane Silence the target must be touched by the caster. This is likely to often require a spell such as Sigtht of the Active Magics. Touch of Mundane Silence can target non hermetic magic and parma magica in a manner similar to wind of mundane silence.

Spell of Punctuality
ReVi Gen
R: T, D: Hours, T:Ind
Spell of Punctuality puts another spell on hold until Spell of Punctuality expires or is dispelled. The level of the Held spell can be no higher level than the level of Spell of Punctuality +10. By use of the precision durations (TMRE p 50) Adelbert is able to set up several spells to go off simultaneously or in a specific order in immediate succession.
(base level, +1 touch, +2 hours)

Minute's Respite
ReVi 50
R: Touch, D: Minutes, T: ind.
With the exception of the spell duration, this spell functions exactly like Maintain the Demanding Spell

Here are a few common sponts

Collection of Connections
ReAn5
R: Touch, D:Mom., T: Group
This spell snips a small, eye shaped piece of feather from off of each member of a group of birds and places the removed pieces in an order desired by the caster, in Adelbert's case he would fill a set of holes within the Gabbro Matrix of Connection.
(Base 1, +1 touch, +2 group, +1 organization and movement)

Like Minded Phantasm
CrIm5
R: Touch, D: Conc. Or Minutes (it’s going to be a spont spell it could be either) T: Ind.
The caster creates an image a person closely resembling themselves that mimics the caster’s movement and sounds for the duration of the spell. Adelbert’s version of this spell typically creates an image that resembles a 50 year old version of himself with exceptionally large eyes. Adelbert uses this spell in conjunction with arcane tunnels (such as provided by the Gabbro Matrix of Connection) to create images at distant locations.
(Base 2, +1 touch, +1 concentration or minutes, +1 moving image)