By Thaddeus Howze
A singular tome created by the legendary, Marius the Undreaming. Marius was a once-gifted mage of Dreaming who lost his most precious gift due to Paradox flaws gained in rescuing his family from the Nephandi. Unable to live without Dreams he turned his Magick expanding his mind and creating a supplement for Dreaming and accessing Mankind's Universal Consciousness. The Folio of Dreams was the culmination of his life's work. The tome is a largish book 15" diagonally, 3 inches thick, made with a strong metallic cover and white untearable pages. These pages will slowly begin to swirl with an silvery sheen if watched for a few minutes.
The Folio of Dreams answers the questions of the magus by tapping into the Mankind's Universal Consciousness. The book can answer questions about any nonmagical subject. The user of the Folio must sacrifice a point of Quintessence to the Book to answer the question. The book presents images relevant to the mage's question and the mage must interpret the images in order to answer the question. The more indepth the question, the more indepth the answer.
Any question with a rating of 3 or better will require the user to astrally travel and communicate with the Universal Unconsciousness, in an enhanced mental state. These enhanced astral states can last for 10 minutes per point of Quintessence spent in the question.
This can be roleplayed or if the player wishes to roll dice, the roll is:
Intelligence + Enigmas and the base difficulty is 6. Two successes are required for a correct, and usable answer.
For questions about the Spheres Difficulty is 6 + the level of sphere required to answer the question. Each level of sphere required also costs +1 additional points of Quintessence.
Example: An apprentice mage of Forces wants to understand how to control the flow of electricity. This requires Forces 2 to perform. So when he queries the Folio of Dreams, he pays one quintessence and rolls his Intelligence + Enigmas and the base difficulty is 6 + 2 (8). He also pays an additional 2 points of Quintessence.
The Folio of Dreams is a powerful talisman extremely well grounded in reality and when in the presence of it any mage in contact with it gains 2 levels of magical resistance vs any magical effect.
This is a powerful talisman and could be the focus of a campaign.
Spheres used in creation: Mind 5, Prime 5
Background Information: Arete: 5, # of Powers: 5, Internal Quintessence:25 max
Special requirements: Gestures and Quintessence expenditure
Powers:
Background Point Cost: 18
5 - levels of Talisman
5 - Arete
3 - Quintessence (12 points)
5 - 9 points in Spheres