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Day 8: Muto Imaginem

Muto Imaginem spells change and warp images, which present a lot of fun for a potential illusionist. The wizard who created the following spells enjoys spending time in cities; has a habit of pranks.

Hidden Thaumaturgy Level 15 Muto Imaginem (Mentem) Range: Personal Duration: Sun Target: Part

The caster runs a hand down one arm and then the next. He speaks his own name thrice; finds that any time he moves his hands to gesture, they appear to perform the sign of the cross. His hands still appear to lift, carry and move objects- it is only when he takes an action purely to illustrate a point or cast a spell that his hands are so cloaked. 

(Base 1, +2 Sun, +1 Part, +1 Mentem Requisite, +2 Complex Effect)

The Second Curse of Midas Level 20 Muto Imaginem Range: Voice Duration: Moon Target: Individual

The caster gestures aggressively at the target and says their name loudly thrice, then gestures up past his own ears. The target’s ears then unfold into hairy donkey ears and everything that they say comes out as an incomprehensible donkey bray.

(Base 3, +2 Voice, +3 moon) 

Canine Cloak Level 5 Muto Imaginem Range: Personal Duration: Sun Target: Individual

The caster pulls his clothing around himself closely and chants the names of several dogs of legend, invoking their power. Soon, with a small woof, he is shrouded in an illusion that makes him seem, by sight and touch, to be nothing more than a large dog. 

The caster still sounds, in all ways, the same; can still cast spells with no penalty. 

(Base 2, +2 Sun, +1 Complexity) 

Empty Parlor Trick Level 10 Muto Imaginem Range: Touch Duration Concentration Target: Room

The caster runs a hand along a wall; the entire room shifts slightly. Every person within the room seems, to the eye, to become something innocuous and appropriate for the situation and area. People transform into chairs, tapestries, statues or the like. 

(Base 1, +1 Touch, +1 Concentration, +3 Room) 

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Day 7: Intellego Aquam

Intellego Aquam spells tell the caster about water and liquids.This can be used to scry on people (like many forms of Intellego Elemental magic), but I decided to focus on a character interested in the properties of liquids. Perhaps some kind of chemist.

Lab Assistant’s Aid Level 15 Intellego Aquam Range: Touch Duration: Diameter Target: Hearing

The caster jabs at the target’s forehead and gestures from her ear to theirs, focusing on a single liquid she is familiar with. For the duration of the spell, the target can hear the chosen liquid- acids ring with dangerous and high chimes, while herbal mixtures thrum deeply. Honey and animal products have a tendency to buzz. 

(Base 2, +1 Touch, +1 Diameter, +3 Hearing) 

Identifying the Unfamiliar Tincture Level 30 Intellego Aquam (Herbam, Terram, Animal) Range: Voice Duration: Concentration Target: Individual

The caster gently hums while waving a hand over a vessel of liquid. It begins to bubble and smoke; the rising smoke twists into latin words. 

These words reveal the names of all liquids within the mixture; also contain a list of minerals, plants or animal products that make up the mixture. These descriptions are limited by the caster’s knowledge- a substance that she has no name for will appear as an indecipherable scribble. 

(Base 4, +2 Voice, +1 Concentration, +1 Herbam requisite, +1 Terram requisite, +1 Animal requisite) 

Ring of Cauldron’s Malice Level 25 Intellego Aquam Range: Personal Duration: Diameter Target: Hearing

The caster covers her ears while she chants a litany of dangerous poisons; when she uncovers her ears she finds her hearing altered. For the new two minutes, any unmixed magical liquid with dangerous physical properties buzzes loudly to her ears. 

(Base 5, +1 Diameter, +3 Hearing)

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Day 6: Creo Corpus

Creo Corpus magic generally leans into creo’s themes of improvement rather than strict creation. Creo Corpus magic can heal and improve physical attributes. However, for the sake of being weird, I have included a suite of spells for the prospective necromancer.

Ressurectionist’s Aid Level 25 Creo (Muto) Corpus Range: Touch Duration: Sun Target: Individual

Carefully reading over a diagram depicting and labelling parts of the human body, the caster brings their hands over a prepared area. A human corpse grows from bones to flesh before them. All of the corpse’s organs are color coded for humors and labelled in Latin, as are all of its bones. 

(Base 5, +2 Sun,  +1 Touch, +1 Muto Requisite)

Conjuration of the Spying Hand Level 30 Creo (Muto) Corpus Range: Touch Duration: Sun Target: Part

The caster makes a sweeping gesture at one of their own hands from wrist upwards while incanting. A human hand, unattached to any arm and resembling the caster’s, appears in their own. As the spell ends, a line is drawn upon the back of the hand; a human eye opens up. 

This spell does not, itself, animate the spying hand- but any hand so animated is capable of sight. 

(Base 5, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +1 Part, +1 Muto Requisite)

Conjuration of Grasping Arms Level 35 Creo (Muto, Rego) Corpus Range: Voice Duration: Concentration Target: Group, Part

Dark and horrible words rip from the caster’s mouth and into the ground. Bones grow forth from the ground, and then swiftly wrap themselves in flesh. A dozen human arms form, divided between different targets within range as the caster wishes. These arms grasp at anyone or anything the caster so desires with an effective Strength of +0. 

Once created, the arms are not capable of moving from the place they sprouted. If removed, they transform into grey ash. 

When the caster ceases to concentrate, the arms release their hold and then turn into grey ash. 

(Base 5, +2 Voice, +1 Concentration, +2 Group, +1 Part)

Both Conjuration of the Spying Hand and Conjuration of Grasping Hands could be created as momentary rituals that permanently create human body parts. Conjuration of the Spying Hand would be level 20; Conjuration of Grasping Hands would be level 30. 

An enterprising necromancer would need to develop Charm Against Putrefaction [CrCo 5] (Core, pg 129), to preserve these creations from rot, but would otherwise be able to use them as desired.

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Day 5: Perdo Mentem

Perdo Mentem spells destroy thoughts, memories, emotions and minds. As such, they’re usually rather hostile to people. Perdo magic has a hard time improving things. These spells are the product of a wizard who has a lot of feelings to deal with; developed magic to help cope.

Quelling the Fluttering Heart Level 15 Perdo Mentem Range: Personal Duration: Momentary Target: Individual

Without any incantation, the caster brings her hand up to her chest just above her heart and balls it into a fist. All love she feels for a single person is extinguished until she sees them again, or until something reminds her of those old feelings. 

(Base 5, +2 no words) 

A Reprieve From Fell Memories Level 35 Perdo Mentem Range: Touch Duration: Moon Target: Individual

The caster circles a target and chants to the moon to lift up pain and chants to the world below to bring the mists of oblivion. The target then loses all memories of a single person in their life, until the moon waxes and wanes fully again.

(Base 15, +1 Touch, +3 Moon)

Chamber of Oblivion Level 25 Perdo Mentem Range: Touch Duration: Sun Target: Room

The caster sets a terrible mark on each door to the chamber; until the sun next rises or sets, the emotions of all within will become distant and quiet. 

(Base 4, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +2 Room) 

Insomnia Killing Eye Level 15 Perdo Mentem Range: Eye Duration: Sun Target: Individual

The caster looks into the target’s eyes while chanting softly; they lose the ability to persist through exhaustion and sleepiness. Unless kept from sleeping by stimulants or being physically shaken, they will fall asleep within minutes; nothing can rouse them for more than a few minutes from sleep. 

(Base 4, +1 Eye, +2 Sun)

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Day 4: Rego Animal

Rego Animal spells control animals and animal products. I wanted to look into spells that aren’t simply about compelling animals to do something; landed on a concept that involves a lot of snakes.

Poison Conjuring Song Level 15 Rego Animal Range: Voice Duration: Concentration Target: Part, Group

The caster sings of poison and its many virtues; for so long as they sing, any venom of a serpent they specify that lies within reach of their voice will fly gently and smoothly into a vessel they dictate. This can be pulled from vessels, corpses or serpents, though not from living humans. This spell is sufficiently slow and gently to avoid harming serpents affected by it. 

This spell can affect several gallons of poison at once, but truly prodigious amounts of poison may require a prohibitive amount of time to store with this spell. 

(Base 1, +2 Voice, +1 Concentration, +1 Part, +2 Group) 

Humane Production of Serpent Skin Level 20 Rego (Muto) Animal Range: Touch Duration: Momentary Target: Group

The caster gently touches several shed snake skins and then draws their hand closed, as if grasping something. The shed skins then slither together and reform into a single sheet of preserved snake skin. This requires a Finesse roll with an ease factor of 12 to properly gather and treat. 

(Base 3, +1 Complexity, +1 Touch, +2 Group, +1 Muto Requisite) 

Tailoring the Serpent Garb Level 20 Rego Animal Range: Touch Duration: Momentary Target: Group

The caster draws a large needle across several sheets of preserved snake skin, which writhe and combine into a single garment of the caster’s choice. This requires a Finesse roll with an ease factor of 13 to properly gather and sew the material. 

(Base 3, +2 Complexity, +1 touch, +2 group)

Venom Redirecting Incantation Level 20 Rego (Muto) Animal (Corpus) Range: Voice Duration: Concentration Target: Part

The caster recites a long and flowing incantation that flatters and complements serpents. For as long as they continue, this spell draws serpent venom from a single person within their range. The venom bubbles out of the bite wound, or the target’s mouth if ingested, as several small translucent snakes. These serpents fall to the ground and move towards the caster, then sit mesmerized until this spell ends and they return to small pools of venom. 

While this spell cannot mend the effects of the serpent venom, it does prevent further damage. If the target is bitten again while under the influence of this spell, the venom will have no time to take hold and will immediately depart. 

(Base 1, +2 voice, +1 concentration, +1 part, +1 Muto requisite, +1 corpus requisite, +1 complex effect) 

Charm for the Wrath of Serpents Level 35 Rego Animal Range: Voice Duration: Diameter Target: Group

The caster incants loudly of the many and varied virtues of serpents. Every serpent within reach of their voice becomes docile and friendly with regards to the caster. They will decline to bite or flee; will happily accept physical attention or movement. 

This spell may affect a small nest of snakes, but not more than ten at once. 

(Base 10, +2 Voice, +1 Diameter, +2 Group)

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Day 3: Muto Vim

Muto Vim spells change magical spells! As metamagic, they’re kind of hard to place. I was worried about being able to present a thematically coherent concept. In the end, I decided to write spells for a hypothetical terram wizard interested in alchemy.

The Greater Alchemical Rite Level 30 Muto Vim Range: Touch Duration: Sun Target: Individual

The caster traces the appropriate alchemical sigils in the air; this spell takes effect. This spell can modify the effects of Creo Terram ritual spells the caster performs, up to level 20, provided that ritual produces some base metal. The modified version of the spell produces a base metal of the caster’s choice, instead of it’s normal effects. 

(General, +1 Touch, +2 Sun)

Empower Alchemical Puissance General Muto Vim Range: Touch Duration: Ring Target: Individual

The caster recites the alchemical properties of a substance to be affected while walking in a circle around a target object. This spell enhances the effects of a Muto Terram spell by increasing the quality of substance it can affect by one magnitude. Spells to affect dirt or clay can affect stone. Spells to affect stone can affect metals. 

The effects of this spell; the one modified, end if the object is brought outside of the ring dictated by this spell. This spell may only affect spells of up to ten less than the level of this spell. 

(General, +1 Touch, +2 Ring)

Lesser Conservation of Arcane Power General Muto Vim Range: Touch Duration: Sun Target: Individual

The caster makes reductive and compacting gestures as they cast; the spell affected by this spell has it’s duration reduced by one step- down to momentary. Because of the limitations of muto magic, spells of year duration or similar are unaffected by this spell. 

This spell may affects spells up (Level-10). 

(General, +1 Touch, +2 Sun)

Bending the Alchemical Tide General Muto Vim Range: Touch Duration: Concentration Target: Individual

As the caster utters the final words of their spell, the make a series of sharp encircling gestures. This spell modifies the effects of a Muto Terram spell by permitting her to dictate any number of subjects she can perceive; warding them against the effects of her Muto Terram spell.  

Those so chosen find that whatever is created by the Muto Terram spell will not touch them or come within a foot of them. It will shift and move out of their way should they approach it. 

Once this spell ends, the effects of the Muto Terram spell resume at once; those previously warded are again affected. 

This spell may affect spells up to one half of (Level-5).

(General, +1 touch, +1 Concentration) 

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Day 2: Intellego Herbam

Intellego Herbam spells help the caster find or understand plants, or plant materials. Most of the corebook spells have a very strong, “Druid in the woods” feeling. So I created a series of spells themed around gardening and the culinary professions.

Chef’s Great Knack Level 3 Intellego Herbam (Animal) Range: Personal Duration: Momentary Target: Taste

The caster mutters a few words in Latin to half-remembered kitchen deities, tastes a dish he is working on. He knows at once what herbs, spices or meat, if any, would improve the taste of his dish. 

(Base 3, +0 Taste) 

Charm to Guide Kitchen Staff Level 10 Intellego Herbam Range: Touch Duration: Diameter Target: Smell

With a word and a touch to the bridge of the nose, the caster awakens the senses of the target. For the next two minutes, a single plant the caster knows of will seem, to the target, to release a pungently herbaceous and overpowering smell. 

(Base 2, +1 Touch, +1 Diameter, +2 Smell) 

Green Thumb, Green Eyes Level 15 Intellego Herbam Range: Personal Duration: Sun Target: Vision

The caster runs his thumbs along his eyebrows and incants the names of three different magic herbs and divinities. Until the sun next sets or rises, he understands if any action or event he sees could help improve the health or growth of any plant or herb within his garden. 

(Base 1, +2 Sun, +4 vision)

Encompassing Love of the Gardener Level 15 Intellego Herbam Range: Personal Duration: Concentration Target: Hearing

The caster hums a low, repetitive tune; so long as he focuses, he can hear leaf rust and other fungal infections of plants as low, dissonant notes echoing out from the injured plants.

(Base 3, +1 Concentration, +3 Hearing) 

Leaf Inscription Level 25 Intellego (Muto) Herbam Range: Touch Duration: Moon Target Individual

After gently touching a plant with an ink filled quill, this spell causes a flurry of written words to appear across the leaves or stalk of the plant. These words detail, in Latin, the plant’s common name and all the common culinary uses of the plant. The latin inscription does not harm the plant; will break down and fade away after this spell’s end. 

(Base 4, +1 Touch, +3 Moon, +1 Muto Requisite) 

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Day 1: Creo Aurum

Creo Aurum spells create air and weather phenomenon. For my Creo Aurum spells, I decided to approach them from the angle of potential healing or restorative magic- corebook spells tend to focus on the potential for destruction or harm. 

Repelling the Night Air Level 10 Creo Aurum Range: Touch Duration: Sun Target: Individual

For the duration of the spell, a continuous light breeze flows from the caster. This pushes away mist, fog and airborne illness or poison, provided no strong winds push them towards the caster.

(Base 1, +1 Touch, +2 sun, +1 unnatural)

Charm for Ill lungs Level 25 Creo (Muto) Aurum Range: Touch Duration: Sun Target: Individual 

The caster gently touches the head, mouth and chest of the target. For the duration of the spell, gentle and healthy air fills their lungs, even should their illness prevent them from being able to take an inward breath. 

This charm prevents miasmatic air from building up in the subject’s lungs; transforms miasmatic or unhealthy air entering their lungs into fresh mountain air. 

(Base 1, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +4 unnatural, +1 Muto requisite)

Charm for Fevers Level 20 Creo (Muto) Aurum Range: Touch Duration: Sun Target: Individual 

With a simple incantation, a small cool fog descends on a touched patient. The fog feels comfortable and cool to the touch, and can soothe all but the most extreme fever. It does not cling to the patient; remains stationary. The fog can be dispelled by rapid movement or wind, but it reforms in a few minutes if dissipated.

Despite the coolness of the fog, it does not drench cloth or bedding of any kind, only leaving a thin residue on skin that is pleasant to the overheated and feverish.

(Base 2, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +2 Unnatural, +1 Muto requisite)