The Celerity Folio
A meticulous arcanist's treasured folio turns measured thought into sudden motion, drawing rivals who would use its secrets to outrun consequence.
Spellbook · Wizard · Level 8
The Celerity Folio
A meticulous arcanist's treasured folio turns measured thought into sudden motion, drawing rivals who would use its secrets to outrun consequence.
Ex librisIlyra VennWizardly arcana
At a glance
Level
8
Wizard
Spells
9
3 cantrips, 1 signature
At the table
A margin note
Plot hook
Spells
9 spellsCantrips
3- Apply a brief, controlled push to one unattended object small enough to handle.
- Duration
- 1 turn
- Target
- One unattended object
- Components
- V, S
- Higher levels
- No additional scaling specified.
- Source
- Original Creation
- Steady a creature's next deliberate step, helping it keep balance on an uncertain surface.
- Duration
- 1 turn
- Target
- One creature
- Components
- V, S, a pinch of iron filings
- Higher levels
- No additional scaling specified.
- Source
- Original Creation
- Create a steady, cool light that clings to a small object and illuminates nearby space.
- Duration
- 1 minute
- Target
- One object
- Components
- V, S
- Higher levels
- No additional scaling specified.
- Source
- Original Creation
1st level
2- A momentary plane of force deflects one incoming physical impact.
- Duration
- 1 turn
- Target
- Self
- Components
- V, S, a short length of thread
- Higher levels
- No additional scaling specified.
- Source
- Original Creation
- Link the cadence of willing creatures, helping them move together without breaking formation.
- Duration
- 1 minute
- Target
- Up to three willing creatures
- Components
- V, S, a brass washer
- Save or attack
- Willing targets only
- Higher levels
- No additional scaling specified.
- Source
- Original Creation
2nd level
2- Give one creature a sudden burst of forward motion, carrying it a short distance along a clear path.
- Duration
- 1 minute
- Target
- One creature
- Components
- V, S, a small steel gear
- Higher levels
- No additional scaling specified.
- Source
- Original Creation
- Distort a target's sense of timing, briefly hampering its movement and reactions.
- Duration
- 1 turn
- Target
- One creature
- Components
- V, S, a silver pendulum
- Save or attack
- Resist with a successful defense against arcane effects
- Higher levels
- No additional scaling specified.
- Conditions
- Slowed
- Source
- Original Creation
3rd level
2- The target gains +50% Initiative and an extra move for the duration.
- Duration
- 2 turns
- Target
- One willing creature
- Components
- V, S, a copper pin
- Higher levels
- No additional scaling specified.
- Source
- Original Creation
- Fix one target in place against ordinary movement for a brief interval.
- Duration
- 1 minute
- Target
- One creature or unattended object
- Components
- V, S, a copper ring
- Save or attack
- Unwilling creatures may resist with a successful defense against arcane effects
- Higher levels
- No additional scaling specified.
- Source
- Original Creation
In the margins
4 notes
DiaryDo not confuse a faster hand with a wiser decision. I have tested this twice.
WarningCopper traces must form a closed path. A break in the loop vents the stored force through the nearest metal object.
FormulaThe haste sequence: anchor, release, stride. Never reverse the last two.
DiagramA three-ring diagram links the pulse, the caster's shadow, and the intended path of motion.
The book itself
The book smells faintly of hot brass and rain on stone.
Its diagrams turn most clearly when read beside a ticking clock.
A note in the front warns that speed is useful only when the destination is worth reaching.
The caster
Wizardly arcanaIlyra Venn
Studies: Arcane motion and forceManner: Patient and observant, with the calm precision of someone who measures a room before entering it.Focus: A brass astrolabe with a small pendulum, used to mark the rhythm of each casting.Quirk: Counts under her breath whenever anyone hurries, including herself.Wants: To discover why the folio's diagrams point toward a mechanism that predates every known road in the kingdom.Ilyra Venn was a surveyor of ancient roads before becoming a wizard. She began studying motion after a collapsing bridge trapped her expedition, and built this folio from her field notes.
The book
A narrow, midnight-blue codex bound in copper-threaded leather. Its pages are ruled with fine geometric diagrams that shift like clockwork when the book is opened.
Its wards · GM only
About the book
FormatClockwork folio
ThemeArcane
Written by aWizard
Caster level8
SystemGeneric Fantasy
Plot hooks
1The folio's former owner vanished while testing a spell that accelerated time around a sealed observatory. The building's clock still runs years ahead of the surrounding town.
2A rival arcanist claims one page was stolen from their family archive and wants the book surrendered before its most dangerous formula is deciphered.
3The copper ink in the book has begun tracing a route across its pages, pointing toward a buried mechanism beneath the city's oldest bridge.
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