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'''Student of the Arcane.''' Gain the Student of the Arcane talent if you did not already have it. If you already have it, gain +5 SP and +1 Arcane Power instead. INT is your magic attribute.

 

'''Arcane Power.''' Each time you level up and spend your Talent Point on a Mage talent, gain +5 SP and +1 Arcane Power.

 

'''Focus.''' Choose one of the nine functions of magic. This choice grants you a special bonus when you cast magic of that function.

[[File:ArcaneWeavingTrack.png|center|frameless|450x450px|Arcane Weaving Track Progression]]

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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 arcane spell or cantrip’s SPC (min 1) or equal to your character level, whichever is lower.

|By acting more carefully, you trigger backlash less frequently with spells. When you would trigger backlash, you can now roll a 1d20, and on a 10 or higher, the backlash does not occur. However, your critical casts now only reduce the SPC by 5, instead of 10.

|You can no longer trigger backlash with spells, and your critical casts cannot reduce SPC or restore SP.

|You may now choose if you are carefully casting spells or not. When you use Careful Cast on spells, you cannot trigger backlash and your critical casts cannot reduce SPC. You must declare this before rolling.

|Wellspring Tap now applies to spells that cost 10 SP or fewer.

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

|When you are carefully casting a cantrip, you gain +1 TA.

|Cantrip Focus becomes +2 TA.

|Cantrip Focus becomes +3 TA.

|You can now add your 1⁄2 your INT to your cantrip damage.

|You can now critically cast on cantrip and you can no longer trigger backlash on cantrips.

|When casting, you may now declare if you are casting the spell normally or using Unstable Casingt. If you are casting normally, you crit on a 20 and backlash on a 1, unless you are carefully casting.

|Cantrip Focus V or Unstable Casting V

|Your cantrip crits deal critical damage as if they were a weapon attack.

|When you crit on a cantrip, you may also apply the damage to one additional target that is within 5 ft of your target.

|Your cantrip crits cause your damage dice to explode. When you crit and roll max damage on a damage die, set that die aside and roll another die of the same type. Repeat this process until there are no new maximum dice, then add the sum of all of those damage dice together.

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

|Explosive Critical III or Inertia III

|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.

* '''''Level 30:''''' You can spend 1 Luck Point to reroll all of your damage dice.

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!PreReq

|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.

 

Gain +1 to your mental defenses.

|Gain the Spell Scribe ability.

 

* '''Spell Scribe (1/Rest).''' 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. They use their own spellcasting attribute when applicable. If they do not have one, they use INT. When cast, the spell scroll dissolves and you can cast the spell normally again. If the SPC of the spell is over 16, the user of the scroll must make an INT/Arcana check after spending the required AP. The creature must beat a DC of 10+(1⁄2 the spell’s SPC). On a failure, the spell fizzles and the spell scroll dissolves. You may only produce one spell scroll at a time in this way. If you would create a new one and your previous one is unused, the previous one disintegrates.

|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 you automatically. It can move 15 ft per turn and moves at the end of your turn if you so desire.

 

Gain +1 to your mental defenses.

|You can now maintain two spell scrolls at a time using your Spell Scribe ability. If you would create a new one and your previous scrolls are unused, choose one to disintegrate. Your Spellbook still only produces one enchanted vellum per day.

|Your Awakened Spellbook can now be 30 ft from you without being recalled to the space you occupy. It can now fulfill Visual, Line of Sight and Line of Effect requirements for spells that originate from it. You must still perform any Gesture or Verbal requirements.

|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 arcane spell into a slot in 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. You have one slot for Stolen Spells.

* '''Joint Cast (3/Rest).''' When you are casting a cantrip, your Awakened Spellbook can also cast that cantrip on a target of its own, or the same target, assuming all other conditions of the cantrip are met.

|Gain +1 slot in your spellbook for stolen spells.

|Gain +5 to your Steal Spell rolls.

|Learn a new spell with the arcane ritual tag whose SPC does not exceed your total SP.

Gain +1 to your mental defenses.

 

You can now cast two arcane rituals per Rest.

|Gain +1 slot in your spellbook for stolen spells.

|The DC of the INT/Arcana check for others to use your spell scroll is 10+(1⁄2 the spell’s SPC) or 15, whichever is lower.

|You learn one of the following of your choice:

* Occult ritual

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.

|Learn a new spell with the arcane ritual tag whose SPC does not exceed your total SP.

Gain +1 to your mental defenses.

 

You can now cast three arcane rituals per 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 arcane spell on it freely for the purposes of storing information, targeting a single page rather than the whole book, and you can choose whether or not you forget the information stored inside.

Additionally, you gain +1 slot in your spellbook for stolen spells.

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

|Gain the Initiate of the Occult talent if you did not already have it. Initiate of the Occult does not grant you additional SP when you gain it in this way. If you already have it, gain +1 Occult Power. Mage talents with the occultism tag give you +1 to both Arcane and Occult Power instead of just to Arcane Power, including this talent.