Alter

Faerie Aspect: Unseelie when using for gross alteration, diminish, or AP, neutral for enhancement, resistance, or protection.

Alter is used when the spell changes something in any way. Alter only controls the amount of change, not the amount affected or strength. Elementalists also use this to enchant items and people with elemental power. Faerie Mages use Enchant and Element to do this, and should use Alter in a more general fashion.

Alter is also important for offensive spells, as it adds an AP value to the spell. Elementalists change the AP dependent upon what Path the spell belongs to.

Rank 1

Tier 1 Enhancements. Mages may apply this level to use Effect to enhance any ability in their Tier 1 list.

Rank 2

Tier 2 Enhancements. Mages may apply this level to use Effect to enhance any ability in their Tier 2 list.

Rank 3

Resistance. Mages may apply this level to add resistances to specific things within their realm of influence. For example, an Animal spell may add resistance to poison, and a Fire spell to fire. Elementalists may also use this level to shape the element the spell belongs to, using Effect for the mass shaped.

Rank 4

Protect and Tier 3 Enhancement. Mages may use this level to create a barrier against an element or to create armor. They may use Effect to enhance any ability in their Tier 3 list. This Rank allows healing, or the manipulation of an aura(Backlash).

Rank 5

Shift Abilities. This level can provide abilities not normally allowed by the target, such as allowing a Human to fly, and may also alter states, such as turning light to dark, minor alterations of physical form, such as extra fingers or limbs, and reversals.

Rank 6

Tier 4 or 5 Enhancements. Mages may apply this level to use Effect to enhance any ability in their Tier 4 or 5 list. It may also be used by Faerie to create an area to prevent entry of creatures with specific defined attributes(all humans with hostile intent), or warding of other things(some types of magic)

Rank 7

Change properties of element. Elements can be made to do things unnatural for them, such as allowing water to seem as air and be breathed, or fire to freeze, while air can become almost solid.

Rank 8

Elements can be absorbed fully, weakening the source by strengthening the spell or target of the spell. Targets, either people or objects, may be imbued with the properties of an element or animal or plant, such as the intangibility of air or the imperviousness of stone, or the instincts of an animal. Absorption allowed.

Rank 9

Transmute Element. This level can be used to change one element to another element, completely.

Rank 10

Any change that can be achieved by magic can be done at this level. Complete shapeshifts, making fire act like water in all respects, or otherwise altering the fundamental nature of the target.

Table: Alter

Rank	AP Air	AP Earth	AP Fire	AP Water	AP Faerie	Limits
1	1/1/1	0/0/2	0/1/2	2/1/0	1/1/0	Tier 1 Enhancement
[gray]0.72	2/2/2	1/1/4	1/2/3	3/2/1	2/2/1	Tier 2 Enhancement
3	3/3/3	1/1/6	1/3/5	5/3/1	3/3/1	Resistance, shape element, diminish
[gray]0.74	4/4/4	2/2/8	2/4/6	6/4/2	4/4/2	Protect, Healing, Tier 3 Enhancement
5	5/5/5	2/2/10	2/5/8	8/5/2	5/5/2	Shift Abilities
[gray]0.76	6/6/6	3/3/12	3/6/9	9/6/3	6/6/3	Wards, Tier 4 or 5 Enhancement
7	7/7/7	3/3/14	3/7/11	11/7/3	7/7/3	Change properties of element
[gray]0.78	8/8/8	4/4/16	4/8/12	12/8/4	8/8/4	Absorb element, Imbue with essence
9	9/9/9	4/4/18	4/9/14	14/9/4	9/9/4	Transmute element
[gray]0.710	10/10/10	5/5/20	5/10/15	15/10/5	10/10/5	Change essence, major alteration