Hooks and Boons
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Hooks and Boons
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Topic | Stats | Title | Author | Source |
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Concentration | L6Q9 | - On the Distractions of the World | Verderis | (27BP) (Betula) |
Magic Theory | L7Q9 | Discussions of Theory with Cato ex Bonisagus, Primus of House Criamon | Cato as transcribed by Miral ex Criamon | (30BP) (Betula) |
Creo | L20Q10 | On the Magic of Permanent Creation | Gregorius ex Jerbiton | Janus |
Corpus | L17Q10 | How people walks and other questions about the manipulation of a body | Sakem ex Tremere | Sionag |
Intellego | L16Q12 | Understandings | Aurelius of Bonisagus | Thadeus |
Mentem | L17Q11 | Unleashing - or leashing - the human mind | Caecilius ex Tytalus | Cath'rinne |
Muto | L18Q10 | On Fluidity | Balder ex Bonisagus | Thom M. |
Perdo | L20Q10 | Meditations on the Void | Egnatius ex Bonisagus | Luciu |
Rego | L18Q9 | The Book of Control | Damen ex Tytalus | Luciu |
Rego | undetailed Tractatus | undetailed | undetailed | unknown Diedne Lab, Wicker Hill |
Terram | L18Q9 | Metal and Stone in Support of the will of the Magus | Felix Aqentun ex Guernicus | Janus |
The Hearth of the Covenant (from Cath'rinne) Despite the name, this item is actually a one foot diamater hickory-and-brass carving of a sun, made to be hanged on a wall. If the hearth touches a wall, it produces a warm heat that rapidly spreads through the structure to envelop it. Any laboratory in the structure receives the Magical Heating virtue (Free, +1 Health, +1 Aesthetics, +1 Ignem). If used in a general covenant area, the maximum cost saving is 5 MP per year for consumables. Effect Level 25: CrIg 20 spell (Base 2, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +3 Structure), +3 environmental trigger, +2 three uses per day
The Wayfarer's Friend (Thomas ex Merinita) (35): a silver ring enchanted with one effect: Piercing the Faerie Veil (as per ArM 5e p. 158). R: Touch. D: Sun. T: Vision. 24 uses per day.
Stone-Cutting Knife: (Thomas ex Merinita) ReTe 15 Pen +0, unlimited uses R: Touch, D: Mom, T: Part (Covenants p. 52)
The Enchanted Porter: (Thomas ex Merinita) ReTe15 Pen +0, 24/day, R: Touch, D: Conc, T: Ind, device maintains concentration (Covenants p. 52)
The Marksman's Bow (Thomas ex Merinita, held by Turold) Rego Herbam 15 (Base 3, +3 Sight)(+5 levels for 24 uses a day) A beautifully carved and crafted bow of ash and yew, which is enchanted so that arrows fired are unerringly directed by the bowman. When activated by command word arrows can travel as far as the bowman can see, and cannot miss, but are also resisted by MR. When activated the arrows inflict +10 damage. Bow shape grants a lab bonus of +5 for "destroying things at a distance". Granted to Turold
The Ring of Urgent Healing (Thadeus) (CrCo 25) – This lesser enchanted ring stabilizes the wounds of a person of up to size +4, as per the Bind Wound spell. (Base 3, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +1 Size; +10 levels for Unlimited uses)
Chest of preservation (Sionag) (CrAn(He) 20) – This wooden box is designed to preserve the flavor and freshness of any food placed inside. While it won't improve the quality or restore faded food to its original qualities, it does guarantee that any food placed inside will come out in exactly the same condition. It's big enough to store just butchered game, plus a few extra vegetables. (About 3 fts x 2fts x 2 fts)
Note that the effect only lasts within the chest. Any food taken out will expire at its natural rate.
(item lvl 24 : base 2, touch +1, group +2, sun+2, +1 requisite; lvl+4 truly constant)
Staff of Diana: beautiful wooden staff with a crystal embedded at the head. The embedded stone is of extremely valuable. Found next to Diana ex Diedne on the hermetic battlefield, where she was in Twilight. Uninvestigated. Could be a Talisman or a regular enchanted device enchanted by Diana - but it's an active arcane connection to her despite several months of Twilight.
Hauberk: Found on a shield grog belonging to Diana. Uninvestigated but it supposedly has protective enchantments of some kind.
Clay statues: Found on Diana and shield grogs. 2 remains. They resemble a buxom but non-descript woman with a long skirt. They are fragile and could easily be crushed in a hand. If broken in hand, the user teleports to Diana's cave in the middle of a pentagram.
Vials: We found three vials on Diana. One contained vis, two did not. Those two vials have an unknown use. Suspected charged items.
Seashell: Magical. Uninvestigated. Part of Luciu's travel chest. He collected these items from the body of the presiding quaesitoris.
Burnt fragments of a diary: Not clearly magical. Part of Luciu's travel chest. He collected these items from the body of the presiding quaesitoris.
Helmet: Magical. Uninvestigated. Part of Luciu's travel chest. He collected these items from the body of the presiding quaesitoris. Helmet beautifully adorned with a copper rim.
Cloak of the Raven: A cloak of raven feathers that allows its wearer to shapechange into a raven. Seized from a Diedne spy nes Dunfries. We have not tried it yet.
Lamp: Found in a lab under the ruins at Wicker Hill, an enchanted lamp with a 5th magnitude CrIg effect designed to produce light. We do not have the activation words nor the details of the enchantment, but we have the most of the lab notes from the same location and they may yield more details.
Bucket: Found in a lab under the ruins at Wicker Hill, an enchanted bucket with an 8th magnitude PeVi contant or automatic effect. We do not have the details of the enchantment and its purpose, but we have the most of the lab notes from the same location and they may yield more details.
Diedne lab Box 1: Several lab text, shorthand script, unknown Diedne underground Lab, Wicker Hill.
Diedne lab Box 2: Brythonic letters, unknown Diedne underground Lab, Wicker Hill
Diedne lab Box 3: A pile of letters from some maga at Confluensis in Normandy, spanning about a decade, with the last letter dated around the time when Guernicus approved the Schism, unknown Diedne underground Lab, Wicker Hill
Diedne lab Box 4: random Gaelic notes, unknown Diedne underground Lab, Wicker Hill
Isle of the Eight books and papers: Gathered from two of the cottages, including letters from bureaucrats in Rome around the collapse of their rule in Britain (one addressed to governor Gratian and one to mayor Elassiusa), as well as a book titled Conversations with Pralix.
Bag of Holding: Faerie item given to Betula by Edwin's fae doppleganger.
2 Long Sword, 2 Heater Shield
Setting
The magi have not chosen to settle. They have found Ungulus with no magi, the fae replica of Castellum Veridian with adjacent magic aura, the abandoned tower of Lux Draconis, and an unexplored magic aura a day's march West of Corbridge, as well as a magic site used by the druids.
They have also found a magic regio occupied by a Roman guard who still live in the times of the Empire.
Notes
Please post individual contributions below.
I will edit the top posts to collate information.
Can I change Lab Texts to level 2 (160 levels) and add Incantation of the Body Made Whole CrCo 40 to my lab texts. I therefore remove the wealth options.
Dowry for Luciu ex Guernicus (9):
(0) Vis 0: 1 pawn Creo
(0) Lab Texts 0: Wizard's Vigil 20
(1) Grogs 1: 2 Shield Grogs
(1) Specialists 1: 2 Specialists – Glassblower and Scribe
(1) Wealth 1: 40 MP, Lockbox, Cart with Horse, +1 Crossbow
(6) Library 3: Summae:
Damen ex Tytalus, The Book of Control, Rego Summa L 18 Q 9
Egnatius ex Bonisagus, Meditations on the Void, Perdo Summa L 20 Q 10
Can I change the Ignem summa “Fire as a Tool of Pursuasion” to a Terram Summa L18Q9 “Metal and Stone in Support of the will of the Magus” Felix Aqentun ex Guernicus
Dowry for Obstetrix von Bjornaer (9):
Category | Rank | Benefit |
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Grogs | 1 | 2x Shield Grog |
Specialists | 0 | None |
Wealth | 2 | ÂŁ100 Silver, Lock Box, 3x Excellent +1 Item, Wagon w/ Horses, Riding Horse |
Vis | 1 | 10x Pawn Corpus Vis + 30 levels charged items (Max 10 level) |
Items | 1 | 25 levels |
Books | 2 | Herbam Summa L18Q10 (28 total) - The Forest's Whispers by Guforu of Bjornaer |
Lab Texts | 0 | 1 Lab Text (up to level 20) - Widening the River Styx (CrCo20), Magi of Hermes |
For Cath'rinne ex Bjornaer, Dead Eye Areleins
Dowry | Score | Details |
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Grogs | 0 | None |
Specialists | 1 | 2 Specialists: Bookbinder & Illuminator |
Wealth | 1 | ÂŁ40 Silver, Lock Box, 1x Excellent +1 Longsword, Cart w/Horse |
Vis | 2 | 16x Pawn Mentem, 8 Pawns Rego, 6 Pawns Creo + 50 levels charged items (Max 20 level) TBD |
Items | 1 | The Hearth of the Covenant: Despite the name, this item is actually a one foot diamater hickory-and-brass carving of a sun, made to be hanged on a wall. If the hearth touches a wall, it produces a warm heat that rapidly spreads through the structure to envelop it. Any laboratory in the structure receives the Magical Heating virtue (Free, +1 Health, +1 Aesthetics, +1 Ignem). If used in a general covenant area, the maximum cost saving is 5 MP per year for consumables. Effect Level 25: CrIg 20 spell (Base 2, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +3 Structure), +3 environmental trigger, +2 three uses per day |
Books | 2 | Unleashing - or leashing - the human mind, by Caecilius ex Tytalus, Mentem Summa L17 Q11 |
Lab texts | 0 | 1 Lab Text ReVi20 Piercing the Faerie Veil |
This has been collated in the main post above. Please double check that everything is right.
Wand of Blunting a charge
MuTe 20
R: Voice, D: Diam, T: Group
(Based on Blunting the Iron's Bite, MoH p. 50). This wooden wand (made from Linden wood) is activated with a verbal command word and gesture pointing towards the direction of the target. When activated, the effect warps and blunts the blades of a group hopelessly. The affected weapons has their total damage (including Attack Advantage) reduced to half (round up). The weapons return to their undamaged state once the Duration expires. This enchantment was designed without Penetration, as such, these weapons are unable to penetrate Parma Magica or the might of a creature for the duration of the spell.
(Base 1, +2 voice, +1 Diam, +2 affect metal, +2 group)
There are seven such wands, each holding a single charge.
If any magi already knows any of these spells or have included them in their lab texts please let me know.
For Rubellius Verditi (3)
Dowry | Level | Details |
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Personnel | 1 | 2x Shield Grogs |
Wealth | 1 | ÂŁ40 Silver, Lock Box, 1x Excellent +1 Item, Cart w/Horse |
Vis | 2 | 15x Pawn Auram + 15x Pawn Creo + 50 levels charged items (Max 20 level) |
Items | 2 | 50 levels (max 30 per effect) |
Books | 1 | Auram Tractatus Q11 |
Lab Texts | 0 | 1 Lab Text (up to level 20) Ward Against Rain (ReAu10) |
Nyriu, why take a lab text for a spell your character already knows?
I had messed up the dowry table.
Personell is split into grogs and specialists, so it is either 2 grogs or 2 specialists. The silver amount has also been increased.
And as John says, you want to take a text for a spell you want to learn. Or for an item you want to make.
You could invent ward vs rain without the lab text. Pick something at level 20 that you would have trouble inventing without the text (Any Auram except Creo, any Creo except Auram etc.)
Kept for reference. The dowries have been compiled into the resources above.
Rubellius dowry items
Regarding: 50 levels charged items (Max 20 level)
Leather Pauldrons of whirling wind protection
CrAu20
R: Touch, D: Diam, T: Ind
(Based on Circling Winds of Protection ArM p.125)
Dull brown leather shoulder armors with wind shaped curled line carvings, the effect is activated beating a fist on the chest twice.
Surrounds you with winds that circle at great speed.
Since the wind picks up dust and other small, loose objects, you may be obscured.
Anyone standing near enough to attack you with hand weapon must make a Size stress roll of 9+ at the beginning of each round or be blown back.
Melee Attack rolls against you are -3, and missile or thrown attacks are -9.
(Base 3, +1 Touch, +1 Diam, +2 unnatural, +1 Rego effect)
There are 3 pauldrons of this type, 2 with 2 charges, one with 3.
Regarding: items 50 levels (max 30 per effect)
Gauntlets of the wuthering uppercut
CrAu30
R: Voice, D: Diam, T: Ind
(Based on Pull of the Skybound Winds ArM p.126)
Screaming the command word (mostly "Os" and "As") towards the target and punching upward the air before you activates the effect of this leather gauntlets.
Makes winds rise upward, pulling one object, creature, or person up to 50 feet into the sky before letting that target drop.
Even a small building can be torn from its foundation, though such a building can be no larger than 20 feet a side, and cannot be built out of a material heavier than stout wood.
Uprooted objects fall randomly.
(Base 5, +2 Voice, +1 Diam, +2 unnatural, +0 1 use day)
There is one pair of gauntlets of this kind, its effect is usable once a day.
Braces of the impetuous breeze
CrAu20
R: Voice, D: Mom, T: Ind
(Based on Broom of the Winds ArM p.125)
The effect of this leather braces (both forearms) is activated by pointing with both open hands the target and blowing the command word.
Whips up violent, swirling winds around the target.
The target must make a Size stress roll of 9+ to remain standing.
If the target is braced or holding onto some support, he may also make a Strength stress roll of 9+.
If both rolls fail, the target is knocked in a random direction.
The target may be damaged, deepening on whether he strikes anything.
(Base 5, +2 Voice, +1 Diam, +2 unnatural, +5lvls 24 uses day)
There is one pair of braces of this kind.
Saddle of the Swift Mount
When worn, the saddle can be used to grant the animal, up to size +4, to move faster, by causing it's legs to elongate, allowing it to take bigger strides.
MuAn25 (Base 5, Touch +1, Concentration +1, Size +1, Maintain Concentration +1, 24/day +5)
Shears of the Finished Garments
When used, they can spin, under the user's guidance, a simple piece of clothing, typically wool or cloth undergarments. They can be used five times before their magic expires. You need a Finesse roll of 6+ to make the clothing.
(Based on Clothe the Naked Form from Magi of Hermes p.58)
CrHe10 (Base 1, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +2 treated and processed)