Animate Object

Component:

A vial of quicksilver

The sorcerer commands an object, ordering it to fulfill its intended purpose. A dagger stabs. A key unlocks. A pick digs.

• This order may have a number of words equal to the sorcerer’s Wands attribute. The item obeys the order as if wielded by an invisible hand.

• Each additional Resolve spent allows the command to be extended by a number of words equal to the sorcerer’s Wands attribute.

• An item will only ever fulfill one task per casting of this spell, no matter how many words are spoken in explanation. A key will unlock either the door to the cell, or your manacles, or your friend’s manacles, but never all three in the same casting. By this token, an unattended weapon will only strike once per casting.

• In a Challenge, the item’s action has the same value as the sorcerer’s Speak Incantation value.

This spell lasts until the item fulfills its task. Resolve spent on casting this spell can never refresh as long as the spell continues.