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|You can no longer take Backlash damage that is higher than your current Character Level while you have your focus on your person. You take damage equal to the Spell’s SPC (min 1) or equal to your level, whichever is lower.

|You can no longer trigger backlash, and your critical casts do not cost fewer SP or restore SP.

|You may now choose if you are carefully casting Spells or not. When you use Careful Cast, you cannot trigger backlash and your critical casts do not cost fewer SP. You must declare this before rolling.

|When you are the victim of a critical hit or critical cast, you regain 1d10 SP.

|You critically cast on a 17-20, and trigger backlash on a 1-4.

|You critically cast on a 16-20, and trigger backlash on a 1-5.

|When you are the victim of a critical hit, you explode with your choice of fire, cold, or necrotic damage. Dealing 1d10+INT damage of that type to all creatures within 5 ft of you, including friendly creatures.

|You are a battle hardened sorcerer of great renown, capable of harnessing the destructive power of the Fundamental Wellspring to turn the tide of a battle. Generals and monarchs would pay high sums or large favors to earn your support in a conflict.

Backlash no longer ends your turn, and you now regain 1 AP when you critically cast.  

 

* <u>Level 30</u>: You can spend 1 LUCK point to reroll all of your damage dice.

|Learn a new spell with the Arcane Ritual tag whose SPC does not exceed your total SP. You can no longer be separated from your Spellbook as it becomes partially ethereal, gains limited sentience, and has the ability to hover nearby. In this form, the Awakened Spellbook cannot be targeted and occupies the same space as you. You gain +1 to all your mental defenses.

|Your Spellbook can produce an enchanted vellum. You can cast a spell you know on this vellum, which causes it to become a spell scroll. While there is an active scroll, you can not cast that spell normally. Any creature can use this spell scroll to cast the spell using the required AP without expending SP. When cast, the vellum dissolves and you can cast the spell normally again.

|Learn a new spell with the Arcane Ritual tag whose SPC does not exceed your total SP. Your Awakened Spellbook can now occupy any space within 15 ft of you, and any spells that you cast can originate from you or the Awakened Spellbook. If you move more than 15 ft away, the book hovers back to occupy the same space as the caster automatically. It can move 15 ft per turn and moves at the end of your turn if you so desire. You gain another +1 to your mental defenses.

|You can now have two spell scrolls or enchanted vellums active at a time. Your Spellbook still only produces one per day.

|Your Awakened Spellbook can now be 30 ft from you without being recalled to the space you occupy. It can now fulfill the LoS and LoE requirements for spells that originate from it. You must still perform any gesture or verbal components.

|Learn a new spell with the Arcane Ritual tag whose SPC does not exceed your total SP. You can imbue the mote of a spell that you captured through the [[Steal Spell]] spell into your spellbook, instead of casting it. When imbued in this way, that spell becomes an Arcane spell for you until you replace it with another stolen spell.

|Your Awakened Spellbook can now be 120 ft from you without being recalled to the space you occupy and can hover up to 30 ft in the air. Gain the Joint Cast ability.

* <u>Joint Cast</u>: (3/Rest) When you are casting a cantrip, your Awakened Spellbook can duplicate that cantrip on a target of its own, or the same target, assuming all other [[conditions]] of the cantrip are met. You regain all expended uses when you Take a Rest.

|You gain an additional slot for stolen spells (Currently two total from this track).

|'''Spell [[Thief]]'''

|Learn a new spell with the Arcane Ritual tag whose SPC does not exceed your total SP. You gain another +1 to your mental defenses. You can now cast multiple Arcane Rituals: 2/Rest.

[[Divine Magic|Divine]] ritual

[[Primal Magic|Primal]] invocation

[[Psionic Magic|Psionic]] invocation

[[Psionic Magic|Psionic]] meditation

If your choice has a tier or power requirement, roll an INT/Arcana check, the DC of which is 10+ double the Tier if [[primal]] or [[psionic]], or 10+ the [[Divine]] or [[Occult]] power requirement if divine or occult. If you fail this check, you may never attempt to cast it again and must make a new selection in its place. This spot in your spellbook does not count towards your three Stolen Spell slots.

|Learn a new spell with the Arcane Ritual tag whose SPC does not exceed your total SP. You gain another +1 to your mental defenses. You can now cast more Arcane Rituals: 3/Rest.  

|Your spellbook fully awakens, gaining its own personality. It is intensely loyal to you while you treat it well. You can use your [[Grimoire]] spell on it freely for the purposes of storing information, targeting a page instead, and you can choose whether or not you forget the information stored inside. Additionally, you gain another slot for Stolen Spells (four total) and an additional enchanted vellum (three total).

* <u>Level 30</u>: If you die, your book will live on and pass the knowledge scribed inside to whomever it deems worthy.