===== Gain Skill ===== The mentality behind this skill is that you're tapping into the "collective consciousness" with mind, thus you can pull any skill from there. ==== Gain Skill (Mind 2) ==== Gain Skill: (Mind 2) The mage temporarily gains knowledge and use of a particular skill. * **Practice:** Knowing * **Action:** Instant * **Duration:** Prolonged * **Aspect:** Covert * **Cost:** 1 Mana The caster gains temporary dots in a particular skill, chosen when the spell is cast, one skill dot per success, up to a max of the mage's Mind Arcanum Dots. Thus, a mage with Mind 3 can gain up to three dots in a skill using this spell. All the dots must be in the same skill, and skills cannot increase above 5 dots in this manner. * **Rote dice pool:** wits + science + mind ==== Bestow Skill (Mind 3) ==== Bestow Skill: (Mind 3) The mage temporarily grants knowledge and use of a particular skill to another. * **Practice:** Weaving * **Action:** Instant * **Duration:** Prolonged * **Aspect:** Vulgar * **Cost:** 1 Mana Works like gain skill, except the mage can cast it on others. * **Rote dice pool:** wits + persuasion + mind ==== Skill Mastery (Mind 4) ==== Skill Mastery: (Mind 4) The mage temporarily gains knowledge and use of one or more skills. * **Practice:** Patterning * **Action:** Instant * **Duration:** Prolonged * **Aspect:** Covert * **Cost:** 1 Mana This spell works as gain skill except skills can exceed six dots, up to a max rating of the caster's gnosis, and successes from this spell can be split among multiple skills, rather than applied to only one. * **Rote dice pool:** wits + perusasion + mind