Bind Path Focus

Name	Bind Path Focus
Length	Short (2 Minutes)
Range	5ft / 1.5m
Duration	1 year
Material Cost	1 unit of powdered gemstone, 1 or more ether spheres
Key Words	Fundamental
Description	This rite must be performed on a crafted item of superior or greater quality, of symbolic importance to the magician. The form of the item should reflect the study path for which it is intended, and the magician’s magical method. Binding a path focus consumes one ether sphere of a suitable aspect for the magician’s magical discipline, e.g. a necromancer might use an ether sphere aspected to Undead, Necromancy, Corporeal or Spirit. If used in any magical research project, a path focus grants a discount to the project’s study units target. Once bound, a path focus can be further invested through additional performances of this rite, each level building on the levels below (e.g., binding a greater path focus requires performing this rite three times). Increasing the level of a path focus requires a higher research skill level. Focus Level Lesser focus level provides a research benefit at the cost of 1 ether sphere Average focus level (requires Adept skill) provides a benefit of 5 magic points per day at the cost of 2 ether spheres Greater focus level (requires Expert skill) provides a benefit of 10 magic/points per day at the cost of 3 ether spheres More powerful path focuses grant the magician additional magic points per day. Using these magic points requires the bound magician to be holding the focus, and only the bound magician can use the additional magic. This rite may also be used to maintain the item, extending the effect. Maintaining a focus of any level costs 1 ether sphere, and extends its investment for one year. Note that rites to increase the level of a path focus do not count for maintaining it, and vice versa. Be warned that a bound path focus is a very strong sympathetic link to its owner – if stolen, it can be used in a ritual, or as part of a rite, to target the magician with malicious magics.

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