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title: Folios
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**Goal**
My main aim will be to present past break-throughs, so as to imply that
the order has been refining magic, and the current guidelines are not
some unchanging perfection. The Folios will be also a source of
\"standard spells\", thus explaing why the core book has that particular
set of spells to start with, including \"legacy spells\"
# 1153
# 1032
| Type | Document | Stats | Notes |
|-----------|------------------------------|---------|------------------------------------|
| Lab text | Summoning the Distant Image | CrIm 30 | 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. |
| Tractatus | Imaginem | Q13 | On creating Sounds at distance. |
| Tractatus | Finesse | Q13 | 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.
# 1039
| Type | Document | Stats | Notes |
|-----------|---------------------------------|--------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| Lab text | Cloak of Black Feathers | MuCo(an) 30 | Side effect (see below) |
| Lab Text | The Many Hued Conflagration | MuIg 5 | No imaginem requisite, Introduces base three guideline of making fire have different colours. |
| Lab Text | Calling the Council of the Trees | Re(In)He 45 | See below |
| Tractatus | Magic Theory | Q14 | Included for the admirable clarity of the work |
| Tractatus | Aquam | Q5 | notable water spirits of the Loire |
**Point value** 39
The cloak of black feather spell originated from a potent spell, with
the cloak providing the (necessary) prop. After experimentation a
version was discovered, now standard, that still required the prop, but
did not need the high magic theory that acts as the barrier to learning
the potent spells of others.
The inclusion of Calling the Council of the trees, however was purely
political. It is a powerful spell invented by a member of the collens,
and he wanted it published to strengthen his case for his ascension to
the primacy of House Bonisagus. It did not succeed.
# 1046
| Type | Document | Stats | Notes |
|-----------|--------------------|---------|----------------------------------------|
| Lab Text | The gift of Vigour | ReCo 20 | Establishes the only Hermetic Spell to positively affect Fatigue |
| Tractatus | Magic Theory | Q9 | Explains how to accelerate the decay of Arcane connections, Establishes the Base 5: decay by one step guidline |
| Tractatus | Corpus | Q11 | An examination in relation to the Four humours |
| Lab text | Pilum of Fire | CrIg20 | Side effect Caster's hands smell of Sulphur |
| Tractatus | Ignem | Q7 | Notes on the effects of fire on the four Humours |
Research is guided by fashion as much as policy. Sometimes there is
great chatter about a single topic. The order was for a few years
enthused about the possibilty of restoring fatigue, possibly by
considering how to bolster the \`fire\' in one\'s blood. The Gift of
Vigour was the only solid fruit of these researches.
# 1053
| Type | Document | Stats | Notes |
|-----------|----------------------------|--------|--------------------------------|
| Tractatus | Magic theory Tractatus | Q8 | On the Distillation of Vis. |
| Lab text | Conjouring the Mystic Tower | CrTe35 | Side effect: No finesse roll needed. |
| Lab text | The Bountiful Feast | CrHe35 | Interesting use of owners of land to provide arcane connection |
| Lab text | The Walking Corpse | ReCo35 | Base used to be 15, now the published level. |
| Lab text | Twist of the tongue | PeCo30 | Spiral effect without Rego Requisite |
Another Early Folio, this one establishes the ability to distil Vis from
Aurae. No longer do magi have to hunt it down!
# 1060
| Type | Document | Stats | Notes |
|-----------|------------------|-----------|-------------------------------------------|
| Lab text | The Crystal Dart | Mu(Re)Te10 | |
| Lab text | Edge of the Razor | MuTe20 | side effect sword looks curiously *blunt* |
| Tractatus | Mentem | Q9 | Meditations on the link between mind and body |
| Tractatus | Corpus | Q9 | Meditations on how affecting the humours changes someone's temperament |
| Tractatus | Penetration | Q11 | 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.
# 1067
| Type | Topic | Stats | Notes |
|----------|----------------|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Tractatus | Magic Theory tractatus | Q4 | Explains how to make Arcane connections permanent |
| LabText | The Crystal Dart | ReTe 10 | Side effect:The dart sparkles and sings as it flies |
| Lab Text | Pilum of Fire | CrIg 20 | Side effect:The casters hands become slightly warm |
| Lab Text | The Great Rot | PeHe 25 | Side Effect: Plant products handled by the caster turn brown until next sunrise/sunset. |
| Tractatus | Magic Lore | Q7 | On the Nature of Bees |
| Tractatus | Perdo | Q9 | On the Natural decay of animal Carcasses |
| Tractatus | Animal | Q8 | With notes on the variability of litter sizes in pigs |
**Point value** 39
An Early Colens, the Major breakthrough that allowed Arcane Connections
to be permanent, was rightfully deserving of a place, however the Magus
who uncovered it preferred to remain anonymous. Naturally speculation at
the time wondered if they had stolen someone else's work. Whispers were
also made that the Primus of House Guernicus had insisted on its
inclusion, otherwise the discoverer would have had too much power to
disrupt the Order. House Guernicus denied all such allegations.
# 1074
| Type | Document | Stats | Notes |
|--------|--------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Tractatus | Magic Theory | Q10 | Explains how to make Longevity Rituals that work more effectively for creatures aligned with the Magic Realm |
| Tractatus | Creo | Q10 | With notes on specific applications to Longevity rituals |
| Lab text | Stance of the Patient Tree | MuCo(He) 35 | Originally Potent Magic spell, experimentation means that there is no minimum magic theory needed for prop. |
| Lab Text | Shiver of the Lycanthrope | InAn 10 | Side effect, caster's hands do not tremble touching, the sensation is purely mental. |
| Lab Text | Seal the Earth | CrTe 15 | Side Effect, small stones created with the dirt in this spell. They are always perfectly octahedral. |
| Lab Text | Phanstasm of the talking head | CrIm 10 | Side effect, the face always looks like the caster. |
A very noteworthy Folio, published relatively (choose a date plausible
for your saga) recently. Before this publication, longevity rituals had
the same potency for both mundanes and Magi, i.e. Lab Total/10. Some say
that the researcher, Agnes of Bonisagus was sponsored in her researches
by House Tremere, and that they provided the ... subjects ... for her
experimentation. No link has been proven.
Due to the popularity of this folio, the associated spells, are well
disseminated despite their relative uselessness
# 1081
| Tyoe | Document | Stats | Notes
|-----------|-----------------------|------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Lab Text | Creeping Chasm | ReTe35 | Introduces target:Part |
| Lab text | The Earth Split Asunder | ReTe30 | see above |
| Lab text | Crest of the Earth Wave | ReTe20 | See above |
| Tractatus | Magic Theory Tractatus | Q6 | Explains Target part |
| Tractatus | *On the division of forms* | Q10 | Explores implications of target part. Can be read for twice, once as a philosophy tractatus, once as an Artes Liberales tractatus |
**Point Value** 33
The discovery of target: Part was a revolution in Hermetic magic, as it
does not fit well with the concept of platonic ideals and forms.
Consequently three of the spells invented during the research were
included, to show that it really was a new target, and not just a quirk
of one spell. In addition the rest of the Commentary was devoted to this
new discovery. The successful Maga (Thalia) was briefly Prima, but soon
succumbed to warping. Her name is honoured to this day
The spells and tractatus could be used as sources of insight for the
Philosphoical breakthroughs detailed in Art and Academe, page 11
# 1088
| Document | Stats | Notes |
|------------------|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Lab Text | ReVi 25 | Maintaining the Demanding Spell:No mentem Req |
| Lab Text | PeMe 25 | Blessing of Child-like Bliss: Side effect, for the first hour subject is very happy |
| Lab Text | PeTe 40 | Cascade of Rocks: The dust created does not impair vision |
| Rego Tractatus | Quality 9 | On the interaction of Different Forms |
| Mentem Tractatus | Quality 8 | Thinking about Thinking |
**Point Value** 35
The three lab texts here were all included due to beneficial
experimentation effects. The most notable was the breakthrough that
meant that *Maintaining the Demanding Spell* no longer required a mentem
requisite to create the \"Mind\" that would hold onto the control of the
spell.
# 1095
| Type | Document | Stats | Notes |
|-----------|---------------------------|---------|----------------------------------|
| Lab Text | Piercing the Faerie Veil | InVi20 | Base used to be level 5 |
| Lab text | Piercing the Magical Veil | InVi20 | Base used to be level 5 |
| Lab text | Flames of Sculpted Ice | MuIg(Aq)35 | Side effect the Flames magnify the caster's sigil greatly |
| Tractatus | Magic Theory | Q10 | Details new form and material Bonuses |
| Tractatus | Artes Liberales | Q10 | On the possibility of a fourth dimension |
**Point Value** 35
Basiraa was taken as an apprentice from Sicily and had a minor magical
focus in seeing beyond the mundane. She managed to reduce the base to
detect regio boundaries from 5 to 3. She has been cruelly forgotten by
most hermetic histories.\
Her Parens Hilda also contributed to this folio and took most of the
credit. She claimed that, after a breakthrough in Artes Liberales that
she made through considering regio levels, she postulated the existence
of the tesseract.
The new form and material bonuses are
+ Rod of Ascelepius :Healing Humans +6/Diagnosis +6
+ Wine :Mentem +4.
+ Tesseract :Vim +4/affecting Regios +5.
# 1102
| Type | Document Stats Notes
|-----------|------------------|--------- ------------------------------------------------------
| Tractatus | Magic Theory | Q5 | Establishes limit of pawns of Vis is MT*2 not MT1.5 |
| Tractatus | Philosphy | Q5 | On the reality of theories. |
| Tractatus | Philosophy | Q5 | What is reality? |
| Lab text | Wizard's Eclipse | PeIg35 | Early (failed) attempt to affect the Lunar sphere |
| Tractatus | Creo | Q13 | 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.
# 1109
| Type | Document | Stats | Notes |
|---------|--------------------|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Lab Text | Leap of Homecoming | ReCo 35 | Base used to be 45, now is 35|
| Lab text | Eyes of the Eagle | InIm 25 | Failed, but interesting attempt to break the limit of the lunar sphere|
| Tractatus| Vim | Q12 | Speculations on the Lunar sphere|
| Tractatus| Animal | Q13 | Raptors of the Alpine regions|
**Point value** 37
Produced about fifty to seventy years after the end of the schism war,
the breakthrough on teleportation guidelines was encouraged by the
destruction of the Redcap's permanent portal network. Previously
long-distance travel was more of a hub and spoke model, and the
Covenants that hosted the portals wielded considerable soft power. With
the lack of long distance communication public spirited bonisagi put
time into bring down the base. The political implications of this
reduction in barriers to travel are still being played out.
# 1116
| Type | Document | Stats | Notes |
|-----------|--------------------------|-------|-------------------------------------|
| Tractatus | Magic Theory | Q14 | Creatures not aligned to the magic realm may now copy books without corrupting them if they have at least one level in Magic Theory |
| Tractatus | Magic Theory | Q10 | Generalizes the speak with Earth and Plant and Animal guideline to all other forms |
| Lab text | Infernal Smoke of Death | MuAu40 | Side effect: Smoke remains deadly after concentration stops.(as published spell) |
| Lab text | Broom of the Winds | CrAu15 | Side effect: Wind sings almost understandable words. |
**Point value** 35
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.
Does the breakthrough make any sense at all?
# 1123
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.
| Type | Document | Stats | Author | Notes
|-----------|----------------------------------|--------|--------|-----------------------------|
| Lab Text | Illusion of the Misplaced Castle | ReIm50 | Murion | 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 |
| Lab Text | Discern own Illusions | InIm50 | Occultes | Lowers base guidelines on discerning your own illusions to current value from base 2 to base 1 |
| Tractatus | Rego | Q10 | On the possibility of substituting Finesse for Levels |
| Tractatus | Intellego | Q7 | On Mirrors |
| Tractatus | Penetration | Q6 | 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.
# 1130
| Type | Document | Stats | Notes |
|-----------|------------------|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Lab text | Inmost Companion | MuMe 40 | Establishes guideline for "Make a mind or spirit Common" |
| Lab text | The Verminous Infestation | ReAn 20 | Establishes the "Create vermin in appropriate matter" guideline from A&A 30 |
| Tractatus | Aquam | Q8 | *On water borne spirits* |
| Tractatus | Magic Theory | Q12 | *A musing on intellego magics* |
| Tractatus | Magic Lore | Q13 | *Habits of terram elementals* |
# 1137
| Document | Stats | Notes |
|-------------------------------------|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Vim Tractatus | Quality 8 | contains musings on the nature of Vim in relation to creation of Magical Animals |
| Terram Tractatus | Quality 9 | meditations on the reproduction of gemstones and their life-cycles |
| Magic Theory Tractatus | Quality 6 | **Introduces Target Pair: Same level as Group** |
| Lab text: The Shrouded Glen | ReMe 40 | Spell Breaks Guidelines |
| Lab text: Aura of Ennobled Presence | MuIm 20 | Spell Breaks Guidelines |
**Point value** 35
# 1116
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.
| Type | Document | Stats | Notes |
|-----------|-------------------------|-------------|---------------------------------|
| Tractatus | Magic Theory | Q5 | Can fix a number of arcane connections equal to MT/5 round up per season |
| Tractatus | Imaginem | Q7 | On Magical Butterflies |
| Lab text | Cloak of Black Mist | MuCo(Au) 40 | |
| Lab text | Transform to Water | MuCo(Aq)40 | |
| Tractatus | Muto | Q7 | On transforming the self |
# 1144
| Type | Document | Stats | Notes |
|+++--------|---------------------------------|---------|-----------------------|
| Lab Text | Gather the Essence of the Beast | ReVi 15 | Base used to be 15 |
| Lab text | Scales of the Magical Weight | ReVi 15 | Base used to be 5 |
| Tractatus | Magic Lore | Q10 | *Magical Beasts of the Po Valley* |
| Tractatus | Magic Lore | Q10 | *Magical Plants of the Po Valley* |
| Tractatus | Magic theory | Q9 | *Interactions between Divine and Magical Aurae in the Roman Tribunal* |
Produced the Covenant of Literatus in the Roman Tribunal, this Folio was
influenced by the relative scarcity of Vis. The local Magi put in a
great deal of effort trying to optimize hermetic magic's ability to find
and quantify Vis
# 1151
| Document | Stats | Notes |
|-----------------------------------------|-----------|----------------------------------------------------|
| Lab text: Maintaing the demanding spell | ReVi20 | Establishes base guideline of level +2. |
| Lab text: Prison of Flames | ReIg20 | Included for cosmetic \`Castle' Effect |
| Lab text: The many Hued Conflagration | MuIg 5 | Included for not needing an Imaginem Requisite |
| Lab text: Tales of the Ashes | InIg 5 | Included as every Caster needs this essential spell |
| Aquam Tractatus | Q8 | Location of Rivers in the Provencal Tribunal |
| Ignem Tractatus | Q9 | On the Fire spirits of Mount Etna |
| Magic Lore Tractatus | Q8 | On the behaviour of Water spirits |
**Point value** 35
This Colens, Hosted at Aedes Mercurii, was dominated by a Maga
Bonisagus, Phillipa who was originally taken from a Flambeau Parens, and
the selection reflects her passions.
The two Art Tractautus, also give 1XP in the relevant Area Lores.
# 1158
| Type | Document | Stats ! Notes |
|----------|-----------------------------------|-----------!----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Tractatus| Animal | Q7 | brings \`create a mammal' down to base 15 from Base 20 |
| Tractatus| Aquam | Q7 | introduces the 'control water in an extremely gentle way' guideline |
| Tractatus| Spell Mastery: Aegis of the Hearth | Q5 | Teaches **Safe Casting** Mastery |
| Tractatus| Spell Mastery: Cheating the Reaper | Q5 | Teaches **Safe Casting** Mastery |
| Lab Text | Lungs of the Fish | MuAq20 | Non-Standard Spell |
| Lab Text | True sight of Air | InAu15 | Non-Standard Spell |
| Lab Text | Quiet the raging winds | PeAu20 | Brings in the \`winds do not return for at least an hour' statement. |
**Point value** 35
The Spell Mastery Tractaus were included at the insistance of the Colens
leader, Agnes ex Bonisagus who had heard to many case of botches for
these important spells. The Mastery removes all botch dice for rituals
under unstressed circumstances.
**Note** It may be too much to have two of those spell mastery tractatus.
They are almost certainly written by the same magus, unless one has appeared
previously.
# 1165
| Type | Document | Stats | Notes |
|-----------|-------------------------|-------|---------------------------|
| Lab Text | Gift of Reason (Int) | CrMe40 | |
| Lab Text | Gift of Presence (Pre) | CrMe40 | |
| Lab Text | Gift of Elequence (Com) | CrMe40 | |
| Tractatus | Creo | Q11 | On the limits of mental improvement |
**Point value** 35
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.
**Note** I don't like it. It essentially means four contributions from one maga.
# 1172
| Type | Document | Stats | Notes |
|-----------|-----------------------|------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Tractatus | Herbam | Q8 | Interesting Properties of Magical Plants |
| Tractatus | Magic Lore | Q10 | Where to Find Magical Plants in The Rhine Tribunal |
| Lab Text | Stone Tell of the Mind that Sits | InTe 30 | Side effect, Stone develops a mouth |
| Lab Text | Ball of Abysmal Flame | CrIg 30 | Side Effect: Target glows for a diameter afterwards |
| Lab Text | Veil of Invisibility | PeIm 20 | Side Effect: When Dispelled, it lasts for an additional round. |
**Point value** 34
This is the canonical example, but as the book said that they try to
include quirky things, I added beneficial side effects to the spells
quoted.
# 1179
| Type | Document | Stats | Notes |
|-----------|----------------------------|--------|--------------------------------|
| Lab Text | A peaceful Castle | CrMe 34 | If built into a structure, creates an aura of calm |
| Lab text | Chamber of Spring Breezes | CrAu 5 | [ArM5] |
[ Lab text | Chamber of invisibility | PeIm 25 | [ArM5] |
| Tractatus | Terram | Q10 | On Earthen Structures |
| Tractatus | Auram | Q7 | Castles in the Sky: on the nature of Clouds |
| Tractatus | Magic Theory | Q6 | 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
# 1216
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\...
| Type | Document | Stats | Title | Notes |
|-----------|----------------------|--------|-----------|--------------|
| Lab Text | Aegis of the Hearth | ReVi40 | | Modified see below |
| Tractatus | Magic Lore | Q8 | *The tradition of safe harbour* |
| Tractatus | Order of Hermes Lore | Q8 | *A life of Notatus* |
| Tractatus | Magic Theory | Q8 | *Understanding our Legacy* |
| Tractatus | Vim | Q8 | *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
> Nice breakthrough. Dangerous for the casting magus, but great for the
Order as a collective.
# Day 2
| Document | Stats | Notes |
|-------------------------------------|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Vim Tractatus | Quality 8 | contains musings on the nature of Vim in relation to creation of Magical Animals |
| Terram Tractatus | Quality 9 | meditations on the reproduction of gemstones and their life-cycles |
| Magic Theory Tractatus | Quality 6 | **Introduces Target Pair: Same level as Group** |
| Lab text: The Shrouded Glen | ReMe 40 | Spell Breaks Guidelines |
| Lab text: Aura of Ennobled Presence | MuIm 20 | Spell Breaks Guidelines |
**Point value** 35
# Day 4
| Document | Stats | Notes |
|-----------------------------------------|-----------|----------------------------------------------------|
| Lab text: Maintaing the demanding spell | ReVi20 | Establishes base guideline of level +2. |
| Lab text: Prison of Flames | ReIg20 | Included for cosmetic \`Castle' Effect |
| Lab text: The many Hued Conflagration | MuIg 5 | Included for not needing an Imaginem Requisite |
| Lab text: Tales of the Ashes | InIg 5 | Included as every Caster needs this essential spell |
| Aquam Tractatus | Q8 | Location of Rivers in the Provencal Tribunal |
| Ignem Tractatus | Q9 | On the Fire spirits of Mount Etna |
| Magic Lore Tractatus | Q8 | On the behaviour of Water spirits |
**Point value** 35
This Colens, Hosted at Aedes Mercurii, was dominated by a Maga
Bonisagus, Phillipa who was originally taken from a Flambeau Parens, and
the selection reflects her passions.
# 1186
The two Art Tractautus, also give 1XP in the relevant Area Lores.
| Type | Document | Stats | Notes |
|------------|------------------------|-------|----------------------------------|
| Tractatus | Magic Theory | Q8 | Introduces the Shape bonus of "Leaf" giving +4 herbam |
| Lab Text | Vines as Mayflies | CrHe35 | Brings a standard size group of plants to Maturity in a day. Potent Spell: Leaf +4 |
| Lab text | How does my Garden Grow | InHe25 | As the spell Converse with Plant and Tree, except experimentation has added the side effect that bystanders *can* understand. Potent Spell: Leaf +4 |
| Tractatus | Muto | Q8 | On the possibility of transmuting Vis |
| Tractatus | Auram | Q7 | 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?
# Day 6
# 1193
Document Stats Notes
----------------------------------------------- ------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lab Text: Demon's Eternal Oblivion PeVi 30 Is a Potent Spell, Includes +12 potency bonus from Red Coral and Frankincense
Lab Text: Clenched Grasp of the Crushed Heart Pe Co 40 Potent Spell, Includes +8 Bonus from a human skull with Green Turquoise eyes
Vim tractatus Quality 8 On the destruction of Ghosts
Magic Theory Tractatus Quality 10 A very clear explanation of arcane connections
Lab text: Eyes of the Cat Mu Co 5 The caster can choose the eye colour at the time of casting but not thereafter.
| Type | Document | Stats | Notes |
|-----------|-----------------------------------|----------|-------------------------------|
| Lab Text | Demon's Eternal Oblivion | PeVi30 | Is a Potent Spell, Includes +12 potency bonus from Red Coral and Frankincense |
| Lab Text | Clenched Grasp of the Crushed Heart | PeCo40 | Potent Spell, Includes +8 Bonus from a human skull with Green Turquoise eyes |
| Tractatus | Vim | Q8 | On the destruction of Ghosts |
| Tractatus | Magic Theory | Q10 | A very clear explanation of arcane connections |
| Lab text | Eyes of the Cat | MuCo5 | The caster can choose the eye colour at the time of casting but not thereafter. |
The potent spells were submitted by a Magus with a Potency in
Destruction. Possibly as a way of intimidating rivals. Note that casters
cannot use potent spells unless their Magic Theory at least equals the
potency.
# Day 7
Document Stats Notes
------------------------------------------ ------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------
Lab Text:Gather the Essence of the Beast ReVi 15 Base used to be 15
Lab text: Scales of the Magical Weight ReVi 15 Base used to be 5
Magic Lore Tractatus Quality 10 Magical Beasts of the Po Valley
Magic Lore Tractatus Quality 10 Magical Plants of the Po Valley
Magic theory Tractatus Quality 9 Interactions between Divine and Magical Aurae in the Roman Tribnal
Produced the Covenant of Literatus in the Roman Tribunal, this Folio was
influenced by the relative scarcity of Vis. The local Magi put in a
great deal of effort trying to optimize hermetic magic's ability to find
and quantify Vis
# Day Eight:
Document Stats Notes
------------------------------ ------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lab Text: The gift of Vigour ReCo 20 Establishes the only Hermetic Spell to positively affect Fatigue
Magic Theory Tractatus Quality 9 Explains how to accelerate the decay of Arcane connections, Establishes the Base 5: decay by one step guidline
Corpus Tractatus Quality 11 An examination in relation to the Four humours
Lab text: Pilum of Fire CrIg 20 Side effect Caster's hands smell of Sulphur
Ignem Tractatus Quality 7 Notes on the effects of fire on the four Humours
Research is guided by fashion as much as policy. Sometimes there is
great chatter about a single topic. The order was for a few years
enthused about the possibilty of restoring fatigue, possibly by
considering how to bolster the \`fire\' in one\'s blood. The Gift of
Vigour was the only solid fruit of these researches.
# Day 10 (sorry it is late, work intervened)
Document Stats Notes
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Lab text: Cloak of Black Feathers MuCo(an) 30 Side effect (see below)
Lab Text: The Many Hued Conflagration MuIg 5 No imaginem requisite, Introduces base three guideline of making fire have different colours.
Lab Text: Calling the Council of the Trees Re(In)He 45 See below
Magic Theory Tractatus Quality 14 Included for the admirable clarity of the work
Aquam tractatus Quality 5 notable water spirits of the Loire
The cloak of black feather spell originated from a potent spell, with
the cloak providing the (necessary) prop. After experimentation a
version was discovered , now standard, that still required the prop, but
did not need the high magic theory that acts as the barrier to learning
the potent spells of others.
The inclusion of Calling the Council of the trees, however was purely
political. It is a powerful spell invented by a member of the collens,
and he wanted it published to strengthen his case for his ascension to
the primacy of House Bonisagus. It did not succeed.
# Day 12
# 1200
Document Stats Notes
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Lab Text: Eyes of the Bat InAu 25 Potent magic Spell, Potency 9, from lemon shaped earring inlaid with Amethyst.
Lab text: Cheating the Reaper CrCo 30 Potent Magic Spell. Potency 8, Disc inlaid with Jasper, Amber and a Sapphire.
Animal Tractatus Quality 8 A discussion on the livers of mammals.
Creo Tractatus Quality 9 A discussion on how to use potent magic in Creo
Perdo Tractatus Quality 10 A discussion on magically assisted decay of animal carcasses.
| Type | Document | Stats | Notes |
|-----------|-------------------|--------|---------------------------------------|
| Lab Text | Eyes of the Bat | InAu 25 | Potent magic Spell, Potency 9, from lemon shaped earring inlaid with Amethyst. |
| Lab text | Cheating the Reaper | CrCo 30 | Potent Magic Spell. Potency 8, Disc inlaid with Jasper, Amber and a Sapphire. |
| Tractatus | Animal Tractatus | Q8 | A discussion on the livers of mammals. |
| Tractatus | Creo Tractatus | Q9 | A discussion on how to use potent magic in Creo |
| Tractatus | Perdo Tractatus | Q10 | A discussion on magically assisted decay of animal carcasses. |
# Day 14
Document Stats Notes
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Lab text: Summoning the Distant Image CrIm 30 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.
Document Stats Notes
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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.
# October 10, 2019, 3:06am [\#23]{itemprop="position"}
> If I may be so bold, consider a tractatus on Magic Theory containing a
> new Shape or Material bonus, derived from the author\'s work in Vulgar
> Alchemy.
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.
# Day 16: Work intervened again\...
Document Stats Notes
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Lab text: Inmost Companion MuMe 40 Establishes guideline for "Make a mind or spirit Common"
Lab text: The Verminous Infestation ReAn 20 Establishes the "Create vermin in appropriate matter" guideline from A&A 30
Aquam Tractatus Quality 8 On water borne spirits
Magic Theory Tractatus Quality 12 A musing on intellego magics
Magic Lore Tractatus Quality 13 Habits of terram elementals
# Day 17:
# 1207
| Type | Document | Stats | Notes |
|-----------|---------------------|--------|----------------------------------|
| Lab text | Counting the grains | InHe15 | Variant of spell [TMRE:93]. Counts number of seeds of any cereal |
| Lab text | Numbering the host | InCo15 | [TMRE:93] |
| Lab text | Numbering the Flock | InAn20 | [TMRE:93] |
| Tractatus | Artes Liberales | Q14 On the Golden ratio |
| Tractatus | Intellego | Q11 On discerning individuals in various settings. |
| Tractatus | Artes Liberales | Q14 | *On the Golden ratio* |
| Tractatus | Intellego | Q11 | *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.
# Day 20
# 1214
| Type | Document | Stats | Notes |
|------------|------------------------|-------|----------------------------------|
| Tractatus | Magic Theory | Q8 | Introduces the Shape bonus of "Leaf" giving +4 herbam |
| Lab Text | Vines as Mayflies | CrHe35 | Brings a standard size group of plants to Maturity in a day. Potent Spell: Leaf +4 |
| Lab text | How does my Garden Grow | InHe25 | As the spell Converse with Plant and Tree, except experimentation has added the side effect that bystanders *can* understand. Potent Spell: Leaf +4 |
| Tractatus | Muto | Q8 | On the possibility of transmuting Vis |
| Tractatus | Auram | Q7 | The winds of change |
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\...
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?
| Type | Document | Stats | Title | Notes |
|-----------|----------------------|--------|-----------|--------------|
| Lab Text | Aegis of the Hearth | ReVi40 | | Modified see below |
| Tractatus | Magic Lore | Q8 | *The tradition of safe harbour* |
| Tractatus | Order of Hermes Lore | Q8 | *A life of Notatus* |
| Tractatus | Magic Theory | Q8 | *Understanding our Legacy* |
| Tractatus | Vim | Q8 | *It's a Kind of Magic* |
# August 13, 2020, 9:55am
New guideline:
This one was actually created in play in a campaign that I was in. We
used the actual MT of the participants which is why it has more levels
in than all the others. None of the work of the PC\'s got included!
Rego Vim:
| Type | Document | Stats | Author | Notes |
|-----------|--------------|-------|--------|--------------------------------------|
| Tractatus | Magic Theory | Q9 | Rosalind ex Bonisagus | A Modest Proposal on the Structure of Laboratory Texts |
| Lab text | | PeTe 24 | Rosalind ex Bonisagus | Using new format |
| Lab text | Silent Study of the Mortal Mind | InMe30 | Gunter ex Bonisagus |
| Lab text | Measured Pilum of Fire | CrIg20 | Periculum Minimus ex Bonisagus |
| Tractatus | Magic Lore | Q6 | Magical Plants and the Cultivation Thereof by Acraephon of Bonisagus
| Lab text | Creation of the Spun-Glass Rose | CrHe(Te,Vi) 55 |
| Tractatus | Magic Theory | Q6 | *Insights from the Familiar, and their Application to the Talisman* by Cornelia of Bonisagus |
| Tractatus | Magic Theory | Q6 | *Stories from the Hearth* by Cornelia of Bonisagus |
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
**Point Value** 43
A Modest Proposal on the Structure of Laboratory Texts: Once read, it
allows the creation of clearer lab texts which offer a +6 bonus to the
lab total of the reader (i.e. it has integrated Apt Lab Student).
Silent Study of the Mortal mind: No words or gestures needed.
Measure Pilum of Fire: As normal spell but caster rolls two fewer botch
dice (min one)
Magical Plants and the Cultivation thereof: New Guideline of Create
magical plant, Base 50, similar to that of creating a magical Animal.
Creation of the Spun-Glass Rose: creates a single rose-bush with glass
flowers. It can propagate.
Insights from the Familiar, and their Application to the Talisman. Once
learned, personal powers imbued into the talisman don\'t warp the user
(just like powers in the familiar bond).
Stories from the Hearth. A series of insights from the hedge witches of
Ireland, this means that the supernatural abilities of apprentices can
be preserved if the Intellego Vim lab total equals the target, rather
than doubling it.
> Nice breakthrough. Dangerous for the casting magus, but great for the
Order as a collective.
**Note** This folio is excessivly powerful
