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The character is a graduate of one of the Colleges of Magic, or has elsewhere learned to harness their innate ability to control the force of elemental magic. This skill is required for all other Magic Skills. They gain the ability to call 'DETECT Magic' at 10cm range. They gain the ability to participate in, but not to lead, a ritual (see below). They gain the ability to overcast (see Magic). They gain the ability to speak and read Tengwar, if they did not already have it. Elemental Theory is discounted by 2xp if you already know Tengwar.

Each night as they sleep mages regain a certain amount of power, represented by points of Mana, which they may use to cast those spells that they know. Each spell has a level; this is how many points of mana it costs to cast. If a mage does not have enough power remaining, then they can not cast that spell except by Overcasting (see Magic).

Through long hours of study, the character has learned a greater degree of finesse and control in the harnessing of magical energy. The character regains one mana point per level of Elemental Skill per hour of sleep. This skill is required for all colours of Elemental Lore, and for Colourless Lore. This skill may be bought more than once; in order to buy the next level of Elemental Skill, a Brotherhood mage must know at least the two syllabus spells of their current level of Elemental Skill in a single colour. Non Brotherhood mages must know any two spells at their current skill level in a single colour.

This skill allows you to attune to your focus in such a way that the flows of magic are particularly sedate and stable through it. Attuning to this focus will allow you to carry up to nine daggers-worth of metal before suffering magical discharge (or one suit of full plate, or two longswords and full studded leather armour.)

You may use your stability focus as the focus of a ritual, to increase its stability. This may allow you to perform rituals on heavily armoured targets or metallic objects, or to harness particularly turbulent forces. Doing this will destroy the focus.

The amount of mana you can regenerate is reduced by 2 (to a minimum of zero) while you are attuned to a stability focus.

It takes 2 weeks of downtime to attune a stability focus.

This skill allows you to attune to your focus in such a way that the flows of magic are drawn strongly to it. Attuning to this focus will allow you to regenerate an extra mana point every time you meditate. However, you will suffer magic discharge if you are carrying even 1 dagger's-worth of metal. Any armour above leather armour will trigger a magical discharge.

You may use your power focus as the focus of a ritual, to increase its power. This may help you achieve particularly powerful effects. Any metal closeby will severely disrupt such a ritual. Using a power focus in a ritual will destroy the focus.

It takes 2 weeks of downtime to attune a power focus.

The character gains the ability to create an item which will store a number of mana points equal to their Elemental Skill at the time of the item's creation. This item will transfer all its mana points to the mage's reserve upon the mage reaching 0 mana or wishing to cast a spell which they do not have enough mana to cast. It may be used by any mage who is attuned to it; a mana store requires a fortnight of meditation and lab work to attune to, and a mage may only attune to one mana store at a time. The mana store takes a fortnight of lab work to create, and once created will regain its mana at daybreak every day. A mage may create any number of mana stores.

The character's study of a particular colour of magic has granted them additional understanding of the magic of that colour. There exist six versions of this skill, one for each element (Light, Dark, Fire, Water, Air and Earth), which may be bought independently. A mage may learn spells of equal or lower level to the level of the appropriate Elemental Lore that they possess. Please notify the refs if you intend to purchase more than one Elemental Lore. It is not possible to purchase opposing Elemental Lores.

Through much practice, the character has learned to draw upon and store an even greater quantity of magical energy. A mage's maximum mana capacity increases by ten points per purchase of this skill.

Through much practice, the character has learned to draw upon and store a greater quantity of magical energy. A mage's maximum mana capacity increases by five points per purchase of this skill.

The character has studied and learned an elemental spell. The cost of this skill is (level of spell + 1) / 2 experience points rounding up to a whole number of xp; that is, cantrips and first level spells cost 1 xp, second and third level spells cost 2, and so on. Buying multiple spells does not count as double-buying. Brotherhood mages must buy the two syllabus spells of a level and colour before buying other spells of that level and colour.

The character gains the ability to enchant a weapon so that it no longer counts towards the limit on the amount of metal they may be carrying. The empowerment requires one hour of lab work, and will last while the weapon is within 2m of the character who enchanted it, but will fade after one hour outside this range. A character may have only one such empowered weapon at any time.

The character gains the ability to create a more powerful magic weapon, in a variation of the procedure required to create a focus. The empowerment requires one hour of lab work, and will last while the weapon is within 2m of the character who enchanted it, but will fade after one hour outside this range. This weapon will no longer count towards the limit on the amount of metal that the mage is carrying. If the wielder would naturally do Half or less damage with the weapon, the weapon adds one degree of damage. The weapon does Magic damage; this effect cannot be suppressed. This damage increase is considered natural, and therefore is applied before, and stacks with, any other increases from spells cast upon the weapon. The weapon is unaffected by any DISARM, DISARM [item] or DISARM N call. A character may have only one empowered magic weapon at any time, including a weapon enchanted by Empower Magic Weapon I.

The character's study of general magic theory has granted them additional insight into Colourless magic. This skill allows a mage to buy Colourless spells of equal or lower level to the level of Colourless Magical Lore they possess. This skill is available to all Brotherhood mages whether or not they possess Elemental Lore; non-Brotherhood mages must consult their master for training in this lore.

The character has studied under a master ritualist and has become qualified to lead a magical ritual. The character may now design and lead rituals - see Magic for more details. It is advisable to inform the refs in advance of attempting to perform a ritual.