Intellectus

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Common Name: Understanding
Summary: Discern properties or composition

Allows for initiates of Ordo Purus Magicae to inspect the composition of any object, as well as siphoning the knowledge of any unfamiliar materials and transferring it into the caster's mind.

Knowledge Requirement: have at least 250 points among 100% of having the divination skill, 100% of having the symbology skill, 100% of having the thaumaturgy skill, and 20% of having the metaphysics skill

   Steps:
   1) reciting the core words
       Type: Speech
       Importance: minor, optional
       Difficulty: very easy
       Skills: Enochian (dominant) and vocalization (small)
       Energy Costs: a twentieth of a point of metabolic energy
   2) the opening of the way
       Type: Praxis
       Importance: minor, optional
       Difficulty: very easy
       Skills: thaumaturgy, evocation, and ergiphrasty
       Energy Costs: a fortieth of a point of magickal energy
   3) gathering the magickal threads
       Type: Gesture
       Importance: greater
       Difficulty: easy
       Skills: prestidigitation
       Energy Costs: a fifth of a point of metabolic energy
   4) drawing out the inner essences
       Type: Gaze
       Importance: greater
       Difficulty: moderate
       Skills: concentration
       Energy Costs: a fifth of a point of metabolic energy
   5) insight into the deep workings
       Type: Thought
       Importance: minor
       Difficulty: moderate
       Skills: concentration (dominant) and arcane lore (moderate)
       Energy Costs: a fifth of a point of intellectual energy
   6) absorbing the magickal threads
       Type: Praxis
       Importance: greater
       Difficulty: moderate
       Skills: thaumaturgy, divination, and ergiphrasty
       Energy Costs: twenty points of magickal energy

Development Information: This spell was created by Edmond; the source code was last updated Tue Jun 09 16:25:45 2026.