Read Magic
Playtest 3.2 / 4th Ed Build Cost: 1 (Off-List: 6)
Purchase: Once
Tagged: No
Duration: Constant
Skill Type: Arcane
Prerequisites: Any Literacy Skill
Skill List: Mage Basic Career
Skill Rules & Full Description
When the character learns this skill they are able to read magical writing. This skill is needed to use scrolls, without it a character cannot even tell what spell is written on the scroll.
This skill is also required to read any tome that teaches you magic, for example the magical tomes in the Guild of Arcane Lore
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Prerequisite & Progression Tree: Read Magic
Current Skill Skill Node General Requirement
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n_read_magic["Read Magic"]
class n_read_magic target;
click n_read_magic "/rules/skills/read-magic" "View Read Magic"
n_literacy["Any Literacy Skill"]
class n_literacy skillNode;
click n_literacy "/rules/skills/literacy" "View Any Literacy Skill"
n_create_scroll["Create Scroll"]
class n_create_scroll skillNode;
click n_create_scroll "/rules/skills/create-scroll" "View Create Scroll"
n_literacy --> n_read_magic
n_read_magic --> n_create_scroll
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