Illustrarium

Overview

An illustrarium is an item which can store spell and ability customizations that are compatible with the TOGGLE CUSTOMSPELL command. They must be bonded via RUB before they can be used.

Potency crystals can be used to increase the number of pages available for storing customizations. Infuser stones are not needed.

Details

STUDY (before bonding):

The <illustrarium> seems designed for storing and retrieving spell and ability customizations you have learned.  It appears unclaimed.  You could RUB it to make your mark -- this will forever bond it to you, preventing any other from using it.  Once bonded, additional interactions will be available.

STUDY (after bonding):

The <illustrarium> seems designed for storing and retrieving spell and ability customizations you have learned.  Since this belongs to you, additional interactions include:
    PONDER - to review the customizations you CURRENTLY know and to focus on a particular one
             to be stored within.
     WRITE - to record the details of the customization you are currently PONDERing.
             [This removes it from your active customizations but saves it so you can re-learn it later.]
      TURN - to cycle through your recorded customizations in preparation for relearning one of them.
      PULL - to remove the customization you've TURNed to from the illustrarium so that you can relearn it.
     SHAKE - to re-sort the stored entries by spell or ability name.

The <illustrarium> can store up to 10 entries.  Potency crystals can be applied to increase this by 5 entries each, up to a maximum of 50 total.

RUB (first time):

You pause to consider the permanence of this action.
[Repeat the command to claim the <illustrarium> as your own.  This is permanent and cannot be undone.]
Roundtime: 3 sec.

RUB (second time):

You make your mark, forever claiming the <illustrarium> as your own.

ANALYZE:

Expansions:
Potency crystals add additional pages for storing customized spells and abilities.  Each crystal adds 5 pages, up to a maximum of 50 total -- if a final crystal would exceed 50, it will be capped at 50 and still consume the crystal.  This illustrarium currently has 10 pages available.

Usage

PONDER:

You take a moment to recall the abilities you've applied special modifications to...
      1) <first spell>
      2) <second spell>
      3) <etc.>

You could continue to ponder to focus on each in turn.

If done again within a short while, it will cycle through the spells:

You take some time to recall the manipulations you made to <spell>.
[You could WRITE ILLUSTRARIUM to attempt to document them if the illustrarium has space.  Doing so would remove the customization and return you to using the Guild's default.]

Until it ends with:

Try as you might, you can't recall any further manipulations.  Perhaps you should start from the beginning.

And then the next PONDER will start over with the list.

To WRITE in the illustrarium you must have a writing utensil like a quill, stylus, or charcoal in hand.

You recall the particular modifications you've made to <spell>:
- - - - -
 <custom appearance details go here>
- - - - -

[To unlearn this customization and return to your Guild's default messaging, repeat the command within 30 seconds.  These modifications will be stored in the <illustrarium> to be re-learned later if you wish.]
Roundtime: 5 sec.

And when you repeat the command:

You meticulously scribe notes and depictions describing the particular modifications you made to the ability.  At last, you're satisfied and confident you could relearn its intricacies in the future if desired.
Roundtime: 5 sec.

With something stored in the illustrarium, you can TURN it with a similar interface to the PONDER:

You take a moment to flip through your <illustrarium>...
      1) <first spell>
      2) <second spell>
      3) <etc.>

You could continue TURNing through the pages, more slowly this time, to review each entry in detail.

Once you TURN to the appropriate page, you can PULL the illustrarium to get a folded illustrarium page, which serves as an ability customizer that will apply the corresponding option.

You carefully pull a folded illustrarium page from your <illustrarium>.  Careful STUDY of it will guide further learning.
Roundtime: 2 sec.

Variations

	Source	Rarity
Deckle-edged illustrarium bound in puffy-white leather	Aesthene's Close 458/End Loot	end loot
Frost-blue illustrarium encased in fractured icethorn reinforced with niveium	Aesthene's Close 458/End Loot	end loot
Glitter-dusted illustrarium wrapped in heartname leather	Aesthene's Close 458/End Loot	end loot
Polished illustrarium protected by felwood covers inlaid with wolfsoul amber	Aesthene's Close 458/End Loot	end loot
Sturdy leather-bound illustrarium fitted with silversteel corner guards	Aesthene's Close 458/End Loot	end loot

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Additional Information

• Ability customizers