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 Thaumaturges thrive in environments where time and planning are on their side. While they may falter in spontaneous situations, they excel when given a chance to prepare, adapt, and control the flow of battle through clever use of their spell repertoire. Thaumaturges thrive in environments where time and planning are on their side. While they may falter in spontaneous situations, they excel when given a chance to prepare, adapt, and control the flow of battle through clever use of their spell repertoire.
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 +When you take this Domain, choose the **Aspect** you use to cast Thaumaturge spells (e.g. Ingenuity, Finesse, Discipline, Insight, or Tact) and use for your Features.
  
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 You possess a **personal spellbook**, a magical tome that contains the secrets of your arcane studies. You possess a **personal spellbook**, a magical tome that contains the secrets of your arcane studies.
  
-- **Spellbook Capacity**: You may inscribe up to **(3 + 2 x your Tier + your Ingenuity score)** spells into your spellbook.+- **Spellbook Capacity**: You may inscribe up to **(3 + 2 x your Tier + your Domain Aspect score)** spells into your spellbook.
 - **Inscribing New Spells**: To add a spell, you must: - **Inscribing New Spells**: To add a spell, you must:
   - Encounter a written version of the spell (scroll, book, etc.)   - Encounter a written version of the spell (scroll, book, etc.)
   - Spend time studying it (GM sets time and conditions)   - Spend time studying it (GM sets time and conditions)
-  - Pass an Ingenuity + Willpower check (DC based on spell complexity)+  - Pass a Domain Aspect check (DC based on spell complexity)
   - Spend rare inks and arcane materials (10–50 coins, tier dependent)   - Spend rare inks and arcane materials (10–50 coins, tier dependent)
-- **Preparing Spells**: After a full rest, choose up to **(3 + half your Willpower score)** spells from your spellbook to prepare. “These are the spells you may cast without penalty.+- **Preparing Spells**: After a full rest, choose up to **(3 + half your Domain Aspect score)** spells from your spellbook to prepare. “These are the spells you may cast without penalty.
 - **Casting Unprepared Spells**: You may attempt to cast an unprepared spell from your book, but: - **Casting Unprepared Spells**: You may attempt to cast an unprepared spell from your book, but:
   - Increase the action's cost by **+1 Action Load**   - Increase the action's cost by **+1 Action Load**
   - Mark **1 Stress**   - Mark **1 Stress**
-  - Make an **Ingenuity check** (DC based on spell complexity)+  - Make a **Domain Aspect check** (DC based on spell complexity)
   - On failure, the spell fizzles and the action is wasted. On success, you cast the spell normally, but with **Disadvantage**.   - On failure, the spell fizzles and the action is wasted. On success, you cast the spell normally, but with **Disadvantage**.
  
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 - When a creature casts a spell within **30 ft**, you may attempt to counter it as a **Reaction**. - When a creature casts a spell within **30 ft**, you may attempt to counter it as a **Reaction**.
 - Spend **1 Action Point** and **mark 1 Stress**. - Spend **1 Action Point** and **mark 1 Stress**.
-- Roll **Ingenuity** vs the caster’s **Willpower** (Resistance check).+- Roll your **Domain Aspect** vs the caster’s **Discipline** (Resistance check).
 - On success, the spell is **disrupted and fails**. - On success, the spell is **disrupted and fails**.
  
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 You’ve internalized core principles of your spell repertoire. You’ve internalized core principles of your spell repertoire.
  
-- You may cast **unprepared spells** from your spellbook **without rolling an Ingenuity check**.+- You may cast **unprepared spells** from your spellbook **without rolling a Domain Aspect check**.
 - All other penalties still apply: - All other penalties still apply:
   - **+1 Action Load**   - **+1 Action Load**
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 - At the **end of your turn** you may begin **charging your reservoir**. - At the **end of your turn** you may begin **charging your reservoir**.
-- Add **1 or more Action Points** to your **Arcane Reservoir**. These are set aside and unavailable for reactions or other uses.+- Add **1 or more remaining Action Points** to your **Arcane Reservoir**, drawn from your **virtual pool for your Domain Aspect**. These points are set aside and unavailable for reactions or other uses.
 - On your next turn, you may **spend all stored points at once**, along with as many of your current turn’s points as you want, to empower a single spell. - On your next turn, you may **spend all stored points at once**, along with as many of your current turn’s points as you want, to empower a single spell.
-- If you take **damage** while you have points in your Reservoir, roll a **Willpower check** (DC 10 + damage taken). On failure, the reservoir is lost.+- If you take **damage** while you have points in your Reservoir, roll a **Discipline check** (DC 10 + damage taken). On failure, the reservoir is lost.
     - The damage value used is after reducing the attacker’s roll by your evasion, as well as applying any resistances or vulnerabilities.     - The damage value used is after reducing the attacker’s roll by your evasion, as well as applying any resistances or vulnerabilities.
  
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 - You may cast any **prepared spell** without speaking or gesturing. - You may cast any **prepared spell** without speaking or gesturing.
 - This allows casting while **silenced**, **restrained**, or **hidden** without penalty. - This allows casting while **silenced**, **restrained**, or **hidden** without penalty.
-- Additionally, your mental control gives you **Advantage on Willpower checks** to maintain your **Arcane Reservoir** when taking damage.+- Additionally, your mental control gives you **Advantage on Discipline checks** to maintain your **Arcane Reservoir** when taking damage.
  
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 - Create, decipher, or recover a **lost or forbidden spell** that no other caster in your region knows. - Create, decipher, or recover a **lost or forbidden spell** that no other caster in your region knows.
 - Establish a **personal research space**—a hidden sanctum, library annex, or arcane workshop. - Establish a **personal research space**—a hidden sanctum, library annex, or arcane workshop.
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 +### 🧲 Tier 3 Base Card: Reservoir Mastery
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 +You can now maintain and grow your Arcane Reservoir across multiple rounds.
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 +- At the **end of each turn**, you may add **1 or more additional Action Points** to your reservoir (from your Domain Aspect’s virtual pool).
 +- To continue building the reservoir:
 +  - You must **add at least 1 more point** than you added on your previous turn.
 +  - You must **mark 1 Stress** each turn you maintain it beyond the first.
 +- You may continue this build-up **until you cast**, lose concentration, or run out of available points.
 +- You may now cast **spells with Action Costs higher than your per-turn limit**, using all stored points at once.
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 +<WRAP></WRAP>
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 +> With patience and resolve, you reach into the realm of truly impossible magic.
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 +## 🧪 Tier 3 Features – Thaumaturge
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 +Choose **two** of the following features. These abilities unlock advanced techniques that reshape the rules of magic itself.
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 +### 🛡️ Arcane Supremacy
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 +You can disrupt enemy spells with a glance and will alone.
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 +- When a creature casts a spell within **60 ft**, you may attempt to counter it as a **Reaction**.
 +- You **do not mark Stress** when using this ability, but it does still use **1 Action Point**.
 +- Roll your **Domain Aspect** vs the caster’s **Discipline** (Resistance check).
 +- On success, the spell is **disrupted and fails**.
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 +<WRAP></WRAP>
 +> This feature replaces *Arcane Countermeasure* if you previously selected it.
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 +---
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 +### 🌿 Theoretical Universalist
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 +You’ve uncovered deep structural parallels across magical traditions.
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 +- Choose either the **Divine** or **Nature** spell type.
 +- You may inscribe and prepare spells with that tag as if they were **Arcane**.
 +- You may add up to **2 × your Tier** such spells to your spellbook.
 +- These spells are treated as **Arcane** for all Thaumaturge abilities, including your Arcane Reservoir.
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 +---
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 +### 🧩 Metamagic Patterning
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 +You restructure magical formulas to amplify their effect.
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 +- When casting a spell using your **Arcane Reservoir**, you may apply **one of the following enhancements**:
 +  - **Double the spell’s range**
 +  - **Split the effect** between two targets in range
 +  - **Reduce the spell’s Stress cost by 1** (minimum 0)
 +- You may use this feature **once per round**.
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 +---
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 +### 🌀 Spellflow Buffer
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 +You gain the ability to pause your reservoir buildup without losing it.
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 +- You may maintain your **Arcane Reservoir** for **1 round** without:
 +  - Adding new points to it, or
 +  - Marking Stress
 +- You may still cast other spells during this round.
 +- On your next turn, you may choose to resume adding to the reservoir or release it.
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 +---
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 +### 🔄 Reservoir Transfer
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 +You can share a portion of your magical charge with another caster.
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 +- As a **Quick Action** (costs 1 Action Point, not from your reservoir), you may transfer **up to half** of your Arcane Reservoir (round down) to a willing allied caster within **10 ft**.
 +- The recipient may immediately use those points to **cast a spell from their own spell list**.
 +- These transferred points do **not increase their Action Load**—only their own spent points do.
 +- Both you and the recipient must **mark 1 Stress** when this occurs.
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 +---
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 +## 📘 Advancing to Tier 4
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 +To reach Tier 4 in the Thaumaturge Domain, you must:
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 +- Successfully cast a spell requiring **10 or more Action Points** using your Arcane Reservoir.
 +- Solve a major arcane **crisis or anomaly**—such as closing a rift, breaking a grand enchantment, or unbinding a dangerous spell.
 +- Gain access to or construct a **great arcane repository**, such as a legendary library, extraplanar vault, or chronicle of forbidden spells.
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 +### 🧠 Tier 4 Base Card: Total Spell Theory
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 +You have achieved complete mastery over the fundamental structure of magic. Spells, no matter their origin, are patterns you can recognize, decode, and describe. Others seek power; you seek understanding—and through that, you transcend the limitations of traditional casting.
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 +- You may **analyze any spell effect, casting, or glyph**—no matter the origin, school, or power level—and understand its structure, purpose, and flaws. This always succeeds given time and access.
 +- You may treat **any spell tag** (Arcane, Divine, Nature, etc.) as **Arcane** when preparing and casting spells.
 +- You may collaborate with others to **formulate new spells**, defining their tags, range, cost, and effects (subject to GM approval and narrative research).
 +- In social and exploration scenes, your spell knowledge may **replace Lore, Investigation, or Insight rolls** when evaluating magical phenomena, mysteries, or beings.
 +- Your insights grant you **narrative authority** to describe *how* magic works in the world—what laws it follows, and how those laws might be broken.
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 +<WRAP></WRAP>
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 +> You are not a wielder of magic. You are its living theory.
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 +## 🧪 Tier 4 Features – Thaumaturge
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 +Choose **two** of the following features. These powers allow you to rewrite, reshape, and redirect magic with absolute authority.
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 +### 🌀 Spell Rewrite
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 +You may alter key properties of any spell you cast.
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 +- When casting a spell, you may change **one** of the following:
 +  - Its **damage type** to any that is in a spell in your spellbook
 +  - Its **range**, **radius**, or **duration** (double or halve)
 +  - Its **targeting** (e.g. self → ally, single → area)
 +- You may do this **once per spell** without increasing its cost.
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 +<WRAP></WRAP>
 +> Why would you halve a spell? Maybe you want a smaller diameter Fireball so your allies don't get incinerated.
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 +### 🛡️ Redirect Flow
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 +You can intercept magic targeting nearby allies and reshape its course.
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 +- When an ally within **10 ft** is targeted by a spell, you may spend **1 Action Point** to become the target instead.
 +- If you have an active **Arcane Reservoir**, you may **absorb** the spell’s energy:
 +  - Roll a **Discipline check** vs the spell’s DC
 +  - On success, reduce the effect and gain **1–2 points** in your reservoir (GM discretion)
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 +### 🧱 Arcane Shielding
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 +You can bind stored magical energy into protective wards.
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 +- As a **Quick Action** (costing 1 Action Point), you may spend **1 or more points** from your Arcane Reservoir to create a temporary barrier.
 +- The barrier has **HP equal to the points spent** and lasts until the HP are gone.
 +- It will **absorb damage** of a spell targeting you or an adjacent ally.
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 +Any HP loss you or an ally you defend takes comes from this shield first.
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 +### 🧬 Adaptive Spell Structure
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 +You intuitively adjust your spells for maximum effect.
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 +- You may choose **two** different spell tags (e.g. Fire, Illusion, Charm) you are familiar with.
 +- When casting a spell with either tag, you may:
 +  - **Ignore resistance**, or
 +  - **Roll with Advantage**, or
 +  - **Halve the Action Load cost** (min 1)
 +- You may use this benefit **once per round**.
  
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