The mage creates a precise duplicate of a mundane object.
When casting this spell, the mage must have a supply
of raw material out of which the duplicate may be
created. If these raw materials are of approximately
the right sort (such as plastic, and bits of various sorts
of wire for duplicating a computer) and of at least the
same Size, then a single success creates a nearly exact
duplicate, and further successes create increasingly
perfect duplicates. With two successes, all of the print
and images inside a duplicated book are identical to the
original, and with three or more successes, the book also
possesses exactly the same wear patterns. If the mage
wishes to duplicate both a computer and the data on
it, or to duplicate any other form of electronic storage, then she must cast this as a conjunctional spell with
Forces 2. Also, the maximum Size of the object being
duplicated equals the mage’s dots in Matter.
One unusual property of the spell is that if the raw
materials are sufficiently close to the object being
duplicated, then the Duration of the spell becomes
lasting. Examples of these sorts of raw materials are
duplicating a book by using a blank book of a similar
size and shape and a quantity of ink as raw materials
or duplicating a computer by using as raw materials
another similar computer (which might be a considerably
older model). To create a lasting duplicate, the
raw material must be quite similar in both composition
and form to the object being duplicated.
This spell can also be used to duplicate Artifacts,
enhanced and imbued items if cast as a conjunctional
spell with Prime 3; however, duplicates of Artifacts or
imbued items made with this spell all have a maximum
Duration of 24 hours and can never be made lasting,
regardless of the raw materials or power level involved.
This spell is the only known method for duplicating
Artifacts, but none of these duplicated Artifacts can
ever exist for more than 24 hours.
Mysterium Rote: Unwitting Loan
Occasionally, someone would notice the theft of a
valuable artifact too quickly for the thief to escape
and other times, even an ally may have an artifact
worthy of careful study that she does not wish to part
with. In these and other cases, the Mysterium employs
this rote to allow the order to obtain a valuable item
without depriving its owner of it.
