Systematic Tome Research Volume 2 Quills, Additives and Thickeners
Quills are the simplest of all to make. Simply apply two treatments to each quill, according to the class that you intend to scribe with the quill. There are five basic quills
| for tomes, though you may also find a need for quills for paladins and shadow knights. For the basic five, they will all use martial treatment and an additional treatment for the class of the quill. Frenzied treatment makes a quill for berserkers, holy treatment for monks, toxic treatment for rogues,
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defending treatment for warriors or a second martial treatment for a more general quill that is used for tome that more than one of the main classes may need.
To decide on which quill to use, for a tome, simply choose the class that can use the discipline at the
| lowest skill level, and use that quill. If for some reason more than one at the same skill level can use the discipline, then use the more general quill made with two martial treatments. This choice will also imply which tome you should use. It should apply to the lowest skill at which one can learn the
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discipline.
There are nine ink additives. I have found that additives that the casters use work just fine, but that one more was needed in order to make the set complete. Additives have to deal with the way that the target of a discipline will resist that
| discipline. With disciplines, the most commonly used additives are one for physical resist, and one for no resist at all. However, just in case there is a need, I will go over all of the additives. You can find these additives sold by merchants, so you will not need to make it yourself.
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Ro's ink additive works for fire-resisted disciplines, E'Ci's ink additive is for cold resisted disciplines, while Luclin's ink additive is for magic and Saryrns's ink additive is for poison. Veeshan's ink additive is for chromatic and Zebuxoruk's ink additive is for prismatic. Ralos' ink
| additive is for physical, and ink additive of the Nameless is for disciplines that either cannot be resisted or buffs and similar disciplines that one does not normally want to resist.
For thickeners I find that four of the thickeners made by spell-casters work just
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fine for the purpose of making tomes. Invigorating thickener works for disciplines that affect one's own skills and abilities, debilitating thickener works for disciplines that will adversely affect another being, and Talisman thickener works for disciplines where you
| strengthen the ability of you and other allies that are with you. The oddball disciplines that might as well be magic and summon something from nothing use the conjuring thickener used so often by mages.
Two thickeners are specific to disciplines. Though they act almost exactly
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like similar thickeners, they need to be different for tomes. Impairing thickener, made with amber, jade and yarrow, is for effects that will draw out over time. Finally, for disciplines that help one directly do damage to another being use striking thickener, made with opal, jade and mystic ash.
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