Potent Spell, Potency 8, Rock-crystal sphere on a hazel wand
Lab text: Panic of the Trembling heart
CrMe 15
Side effect: The fear is always about fear itself.
Imaginem Tractatus
Quality 13
On creating Sounds at distance.
Finesse Tractatus
Quality 13
On controlling images
Again after the end of the Schism war, keeping in touch was a problem. Other Magi sought to allow communication rather than travel to fix the problem. The potent version of Summoning the distant image would allow for lab rats to cast an otherwise fatiguing spell. It has not yet caught on as an order wide method due to penetration-of-aegis issues and scrying problems.
Day 15. I tried to give a bit of back story to the current residents of Durenmar. Murion must have done something in her earlier career to warrant becoming Prima over and above her political skills.
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Lab Text: Illusion of the Misplaced Castle
ReIm 50
Side Effect: The Place that the image is torn from can be chosen to look like the Caster’s desire. A finesse roll (SG choice) is required to get the details right. By Murion
LabText: Discern own Illusions
InIm 50
Lowers base guidelines on discerning your own illusions to current value from base 2 to base 1. By Occultes
Rego Tractatus
Quality 10
On the possibility of substituting Finesse for Levels
Intellego Tractatus
Quality 7
On Mirrors.
Penetration Tractatus
Quality 6
On piercing illusions
Murion (the Current Prima of House Bonisagus) is known as an expert in Rego and Imaginem. She may be master of other Arts , but she has kept these to herself. The reason that she is known a as master of these is due to her early researches, published in various Folios. She was always concerned with tidying up Bonisagus’s great work rather than discovering new things.
In contrast Occultes of Bonisagus, was always interesting in the more esoteric applications and expanding the range of the Bonisagus’s great work. This was not his most notable work, but a fine contribution nonetheless. It is suspected that this work was part of his work to integrate Second Sight into Hermetic Theory. This possible negationof Murion’s speciality might explain why he has been sidelined. Or it may not. Neither has commented publically on this.
Don't worry I have those planned as well. I am playing in a campaign with a maga who has a re-jigged (better) Vulgar Alchemy, and I will slip some of her ideas in.
Variant of spell on p93 of TMRE. Counts number of seeds of any cereal
Lab text: Numbering the host
InCo 15
as spell on p93 TMRE
Lab text: Numbering the Flock
InAn 20
as spell on p93 TMRE
Artes Liberales tractatus
Quality 14
On the Golden ratio
Intellego tractatus
Quality 11
On discerning individuals in various settings.
The counting guidelines were established by a Magus who was resident in the Transylvanian tribunal. Why he needed to obsessively count things was never discovered.
Establishes limit of pawns of Vis is MT*2 not MT1.5
Philosphy Tractatus
Quality 5
On the reality of theories.
Philosophy Tractatus
Quality 5
What is reality?
Lab text :Wizard’s Eclipse
PeIg 35
Early (failed) attempt to affect the Lunar sphere.
Creo Tractatus
Quality 13
Excellent discussion of Vis Distillation
A very early Folio, containing the very important breakthrough of setting the number of pawns of Vis useable in a season to double the Magus’s Magic Theory. Previously this had been the Magus’s Magic Theory multiplied by one and a half.
The Philosophy tractatus comment on the beauty of the numerical relation between Bonisagus’s theory and the natural world
This folio could provide insight for those wishing to research further improvement to the multiplier.
I am going to try and finish this list (11 more needed) this November. Does anyone know how I can rescue the formatting? The previous tables are not looking good, but I will leave them for now. If I can't find a solution I will go back and put in spaces by hand, but that is tedious and will have to wait until my students have left ast the end of term.
You can just paste them into any text editor and find and replace, no other changes are needed. Here's what they will look like fixed (I just grabbed the most recent one):
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Magic theory Tractatus
Quality 8
On the Distillation of Vis.
Lab text: Conjouring the Mystic Tower.
CrTe 35
Side effect: No finesse roll needed.
Lab text: The Bountiful Feast
CrHe 35
Interesting use of owners of land to provide arcane connection
Introduces the Shape bonus of "Leaf" giving +4 herbam
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CrHe 35 Vines as Mayflies
Brings a standard size group of plants to Maturity in a day. Potent Spell: Leaf +4
Lab text
InHe 25 How does my Garden Grow
As the spell Converse with Plant and Tree, except experimentation has added the side effect that bystanders *can* understand. Potent Spell: Leaf +4
Muto Tractatus
Quality 8
On the possibility of transmuting Vis
Auram Tractatus
Quality 7
The winds of change
The Herbam Spells and the Magic theory tractatus were submitted by Vesta of Bonisagus, a Maga with a Potency in Gardens. The Art tractatus were found in the effects of a Magus Bonisagus who went into twilight whilst investigating the possibility of changing the Art that Vis is aligned to. There is no evidence that they succeded. Possibly there might be interesting artifacts in such a Magus's laboratory?
Creatures not aligned to the magic realm may now copy books without corrupting them if they have at least one level in Magic Theory
Magic Theory Tractatus
Quality 10
Generalizes the speak with Earth and Plant and Animal guideline to all other forms
Lab text: Infernal Smoke of Death
MuAu 40
Side effect: Smoke remains deadly after concentration stops.(as published spell)
Lab text: Broom of the Winds
CrAu 15
Side effect: Wind sings almost understandable words.
Merinita and Guernicus provided the examples on how to speak to plant animal and stone. Obsessive Bonisagi eventually worked out how to extend these guidelines to other forms.
If built into a structure, creates an aura of calm
Lab text: Chamber of Spring Breezes
CrAu 5
As spell in Arm 5
Lba text: Chamber of invisibility
PeIm 25
As spell in Arm 5,
Terram Tractatus
Quality 10
On Earthen Structures
Auram Tractatus
Quality 7
Castles in the Sky: on the nature of Clouds
Magic Theory Tractatus
Quality 6
Details new Form bonus of: *Brick +4 to affect containing structure*
This was part of the research of Sheeta, a Maga in the Greater Alps tribunal.
She intimates in the tractatus, that further research is ongoing into castles in the sky, but this is not yet complete. Maybe her hermetic descendants might have carried on her work?
New item:
A Peaceful Castle: CrMe 34
Base 4, (create an emotion), +1 touch, +1structure, +2 sun, +2 size, +4 (make permanent)
This Brick when built into a structure of up to size +2 makes everyone feel at peace and contemplative. It was developed as part of the effort to show that Brick, provides a +5 form bonus to affect structures it is part of.
The other spells were part fo the research, but due to experimentation do not have target: room
This presents a Minor breakthrough: One can now fix more than one arcane connection in a season. Further research might improve the number.
Also presented are two Spells that were developed by a Magus with Potent magic (self-transformation) but experimentation means that there is no minimum magic theory for the prop, it provides no bonus, but is necessary for the spell to work. They are included as curiosities.
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Magic Theory Tractatus
Quality 5
Can fix a number of arcane connections equal to MT/10 round up per season
This one is for radically changing the setting.... In order to redesign Notatus's great creation Vesta of Bonisagus had to research a great deal of hermetic lore and seek outside influences. She finally succeeded in modifying the Aegis so that as well as providing magical protection it also removes the negative influence of the gift within its confines. What this will mean for the social impact of the order who can tell...
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ReVi 40
Aegis of the Hearth (Modified see below)
Magic Lore Tractatus
Quality 8
The tradition of safe harbour
Order of Hermes Lore Tractatus
Quality 8
A life of Notatus
Magic Theory Tractatus
Quality 8
Understanding our Legacy
Vim Tractatus
Quality 8
It's a Kind of Magic
New guideline:
Rego Vim:
When casting the Aegis of the Hearth, a Magus may forgo 3 levels of Parma Magica for the duration of the spell to imbue the Aegis with the full power of Parma: Every creature within the Aegis is immune to
the negative social effects of the gift. This effect needs to penetrate as normal for the aegis
Edge of the Razor: side effect sword looks curiously *blunt*
Mentem Tractatus
Quality 9
Meditations on the link between mind and body
Corpus Tractatus
Quality 9
Meditations on how affecting the humours changes someone’s temperament
Penetration Tractatus
Quality 11
Piercing the Earth
The Crystal Dart was discovered after much experimentation, and seems to be much more damaging than it should be for its level. Included as a curiosity.
Gloria of Bonisagus had a minor magical focus in self-transformation, and was the first to “independently” develop the mental improvement spells. The mystery cults that had had guarded their secrets brought a case at tribunal and the case was rejected, but the legal case is was disputed post facto.
Gloria was briefly Prima of House Bonisagus, before succumbing to final twilight.
