>>5814964Pearce, who knew more than most, regarded you with worried skepticism, but said nothing. The others—Blanchette, Efron, and Testa—all seemed to take you at face value, and took to ribbing you for your bookishness. Still, there was the kernel of truth in all this: you WERE learning and a rapacious rate, and from all these coagulating truths and speculations, readings and applications, soon blossomed into a novel spell…
>Awaken Bloodline[A spell that can call upon the hidden, recessive traits buried in a creature’s blood and bring them to full prominence]
>Elemental Infusion[By summoning forth the essence of an Elemental Plane, you can temporarily infuse a touched creature with elemental attributes native to that plane]
>Primal Savagery[You could manipulate the teeth, nails, horns, scales, and hide of a touched animal, and even its instincts, to turn it into a deadly (or deadlIER) killer]
>Share Senses[You could tether your won lifeforce to an animal or magical beast—though not yet a sapient humanoid—to see through their eyes and hear through their ears, allowing you to forge a true familiar’s bond]
>Write-in[Within reason, please]
You also hadn’t been slacking on your studies OUTSIDE of your core discipline, either. Through time spent in ‘regular’ advanced classes for the Initiated Arcanists of your level, and the irregular but not infrequent visits which Izirina paid you, you had also begun to study with greater interest…
>Elementalism and the Elemental Planes>The afterlife and the natural of the soul>Illusions, dreams, and consciousness>The deep antiquity of Hawksong and the Mages’ Tower>The foreign magics of the East and South[You’ll gain rank in a related skill and have a chance to learn a spell of a related discipline.]