Unlearn

Unlearn
Skill: alteration/living forces 15
Backlash: 16
Difficulty: 14
Effect Value: 26
Bonus Number to: Effect
Range: 8 (40 meters)
Duration: 18 (1 hour)
Cast Time: 18 (1 hour)
Manipulation: state, control
Unlearn is an impressed, focused spell which affects the magical knowledge of the target. The mage sits where they normally do to study their grimoire, but they must hold the book upside down and scratch their heads as if confused. To cast the spell, the mage squints at the target and says, “Huh?”. The spell, if effective, causes the target to “forget” their grimoire spells; they may still cast them, but all spells are cast as if they were being used straight out of the grimoire (i.e., adding 4 points to difficulty and backlash, and always comparing backlash to the skill roll, even if it is below the Mind of the target). Compare the Effect Value to the target’s highest magic skill; if the result is greater than the target’s Mind or Perception (whichever is higher), the spell takes effect. Unlearn is an illusion, and may be disbelieved with a Mind or willpower total of 16.