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E.24.3: Runes of Evil [3230]


Usage:  USE 3230 <skill> [# days instruction] [book]
Requires:  blank scrolls [84], 100 gold
Required aura:  two points per page
Time to learn: 28 days.
Time to use: 7 days.

Create a book for the given skill, or add days of instruction to an existing book. The book can be used as a source of instruction. Books may be created only for category skills and teachable subskills.

If the number of number of days argument is missing, a default of 7 days is assumed.

This skill consumes two points of aura for every day of instruction written.

The skill must be known in order to be written. The character will still know the skill after writing it.

This skill requires one day for every day of instruction written.

The optional third argument is the id number of an existing book in the noble's possession. If this is a book for the given skill, then additional pages will be added to the book. In this case, there is no 100 gold fee to begin a new book.

Only Necromancy [3200] spells may be scribed with this skill.

Examples:

USE 3230 7

Creates a new book with 7 pages of instruction in 3230.

USE 3230 3 j3k2

Adds three days of instruction to book [j3k2], provided that book teaches 3230.