Incantation of Effective Restoration

Cost: 15 motes Target: One item

Through a one-minute ritual, the sorcerer returns one damaged item to a pristine state by recalling its original form from the patterns in its Essence. This spell only restores items small enough for the sorcerer to lift, such as the fragments of a rotting book or the rusted remains of a suit of armor. The sorcerer also needs more than half of the decayed item's remains to restore it. Anything repaired by the spell appears as it did when it was new, and the effects are permanent. Splitting an object in half and casting the spell on each does not result in two copies: One half regenerates and the other disappears.

The Incantation of Effective Restoration works in a limited fashion on magic items. It can instantly repair artifacts that require no maintenance, such as hearthstone bracers. Anything magical that requires maintenance is built of multiple components that must be repaired separately, and the spell does not aid in separating the components before repair or reassembling them afterward. Additionally, the spell reverses the effects of wear and damage but does not replace expended reagents or exotic fuels. Regular castings of the Incantation of Effective Restoration can halve the time necessary to perform maintenance on warstriders and other magitech, but the spell does not negate the need for maintenance entirely, nor does it allow a would-be scavenger lord to repair an item with skill requirements beyond her abilities. See Wonders of the Lost Age for full rules on magitech and its maintenance. The Incantation of Effective Restoration affects magitech items that require no maintenance as if they were damaged mundane items.