The mage can change a form of base
life into a form of median life.
This rote enables the elevation of a
base life form into a higher evolutionary
state. Without other magics, such
altered creatures have only the most
basic instinctual programming of the
life forms into which they’re changed.
A planarian changed into a cat does
not possess the cat’s superior intelligence,
and a patch of moss transformed
into a snake is apt to lie exactly where
it is altered and act only if harmed or
otherwise forced to react.
At this level, the mage must touch
the target. With Life 5, he can cast this
spell at sensory range.
Free Council Rote: Genetic Tampering
Free Council mages sometimes use
this rote to create strange pets with the
docility of lower life forms but the
bodies of dogs or cats.
