Olympia: The Age of Gods PBEM (May 4 1999)
Usage: USE 9164 <artifact> Time to learn: 14 days. Time to use: 7 days. Required aura: two points.
Attempt to destroy a magical artifact. The artifact must be in the caster's possession. The casting mage will capture 1-20 points of aura from the destroyed artifact, i.e., his current aura will increase by 1-20 points. However, the caster will never regain more points than originally invested in the artifact.