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ADVANCED ORACLE BONES: MEROPE[break]
The witch seeks the blessing of the Pleiades constellation, calling upon the guidance of Merope, the Turning. The last translated entry in the current Oracle Bones grimoire, Merope's blessing confers upon its caster a brief moment of intangibility, allowing them to move fast and fleeting as starlight does, and unleash a bright burst of heat and light when they reach their desired destination. When in that form, the witch cannot pass through solid objects, use their weapons, carry others, or cast additional spells. While beginner witches may not be able to do more than seemingly jump a few feet between enemies, master witches have been known to use this to ravage a battlefield, leaping straight into the heart of the conflict. This spell drains mana exponentially over the distance traveled; losing energy midway and aborting the spell without adequately preparing for the explosive effect of landing can often deal just as much damage to the caster as it will to their enemies. When under the effect of Merope's blessing, starcallers often report a feeling of weightlessness, an emptiness to their thoughts as though being puppeteered by something far away.

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THANE'S THEORIES: FLUIDITY[break]

This spell directly affects the target's muscles and grants them increased flexibility. Handy for any spontaneous acts of acrobatics, but almost guaranteed to leave the witch sore for days to come.

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[attr="class","spellbody"] MINOR GRIMOIRE: SAGITTA[break]Unlike the major constellations, the spells in the Minor Grimoire don't have to be used under an open sky. One of the three mini constellations, invoking this arrow constellation improves the accuracy of all thrown or released weapons within its light such as spears, arrows, rocks, etc. The image of Sagitta is visible in the sky. Powerful witches will almost never miss a shot when using this spell.

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[attr="class","spellbody"] HORN OF ARES[break]A spell enhancing one aspect of the Ram constellation, Horn of Ares creates static electricity in the surrounding environment by agitating stardust against the air. This static electricity can be manipulated and directed towards a target with the user's mana, causing minor to moderate shocks, at maximum stunning a target, depending on the witch's rank. Lightning-based magic, however, drastically increases in power and decreases in accuracy while this is in play.

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[attr="class","spellbody"] ATHENA'S AUGMENTS: NEURALINK INTENSIFIER[break]This enchantment increases your capacity for connective, logical thinking by enhancing the connection between your brain's various moving parts. Reduces reaction speed, but helps process information and make logical connections. Could be used to achieve memorization, pattern recognition, learning a new concept very quickly, resurfacing a buried memory, etc.

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[attr="class","spellbody'] TEMPERATURE BREAK[break]Pre-req: Modern Mana Sleuth, Vol 6. A basic spell for helping to deal with spells that utilize temperature changes in some manner. While initiates may only be able to break a spell heating spell on a cup of coffee, more experienced witches can break down complicated spells such as a fire tornado or a magical blizzard, or access dangerous, magically created extreme temperature areas. The spell lets the user dissipate the temperature effects of a spell - removing the heat from a fireball (which will still burn flesh and cloth if it has caught), or breaking the frozen part of an icicle to revert it to water (which will still have momentum and could be refrozen or otherwise manipulated).

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[attr="class","spellbody'] ADVANCED: MANA GRAVITATION[break]A large, area-of-effect spell that requires constant channeling and a large degree of single-minded focus. It beckons all mana in the area towards chosen points in the battlefield, significantly enhancing an allied force's speed and spellcasting ability, while making it more difficult for witches (especially summoners and elementalists) further away from the gravity wells to cast spells.

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[attr="class","spellbody'] EXORCISM[break]Pre-req: Modern Mana Sleuth, Vol 1. A spell that purges another witch of all jinxes and/or augments. Because of the sudden removal of carefully cast spells, it often causes the mana around the target to become exceeding unstable/unuseable or prone to explosions in the moments after the spell is cast. It's difficult but not impossible to remove enchantments made by a more powerful witch. Does not apply to all buffs/debuffs, only enchantments & augments. Only applies to organic beings.

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[attr="class","spellbody'] STEEL SKIN[break]A witch can augment their bodies defensive strength to that of steel (or sometimes harder for stronger witches), allowing them to block attacks that would normally cut or injure them. While in use the witch will find themselves much slower than normal, with minimal sensory input from their skin.

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[attr="class","spellbody'] FIVE FINGER AIR SHOT[break]A classic augmentor's skill, Finger shot allows the witch to supercharge a finger flick, creating an explosive arc of pressurized air in the general direction of their attack. It instantly breaks the finger used (and is thus called a ""five finger airshot,"" because of its limited uses), unless the witch has sufficient protections.

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[attr="class","spellbody"]UNWIELDY SPOON[break]A spoon the size of a bat. Could be used as a bat, I guess? Very heavy and not well-balanced. May break during use

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[attr="class","spellbody"] EXORCISM[break]Pre-req: Modern Mana Sleuth, Vol 1. A spell that purges another witch of all jinxes and/or augments. Because of the sudden removal of carefully cast spells, it often causes the mana around the target to become exceeding unstable/unuseable or prone to explosions in the moments after the spell is cast. It's difficult but not impossible to remove enchantments made by a more powerful witch. Does not apply to all buffs/debuffs, only enchantments & augments. Only applies to organic beings.

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[attr="class","spellbody"] SKILL: RUNIC ARRAYS [break]Required skill to use multiple runes in a single ""array"" and layer their effects together. For example, Kenaz + Uruz could enable a flame that cauterizes wounds. Essentially allows a witch to combine various runes to creative and unique effects, with initiates often finding that their intentions don't match up with the array's actual effects.

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[attr="class","spellbody"] ABCD RUNES: URUZ[break]SEE: RUNIC ARRAYS, DOUBLE ENTENDRE A basic guide to a beginner's runic alphabet. 'Uruz,' meaning ""Aurochs"" is the life rune. By itself, Uruz can be used to speed up the healing process, or to give a burst of energy to someone who is exhausted. Its secondary meaning (currently locked) is derived from the Aurochs as a powerful beast. Used this way, it can act as a strength, speed, or general vitality augment.

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[attr="class","spellbody"] TEMPERATURE BREAK[break]Pre-req: Modern Mana Sleuth, Vol 6. A basic spell for helping to deal with spells that utilize temperature changes in some manner. While initiates may only be able to break a spell heating spell on a cup of coffee, more experienced witches can break down complicated spells such as a fire tornado or a magical blizzard, or access dangerous, magically created extreme temperature areas. The spell lets the user dissipate the temperature effects of a spell - removing the heat from a fireball (which will still burn flesh and cloth if it has caught), or breaking the frozen part of an icicle to revert it to water (which will still have momentum and could be refrozen or otherwise manipulated).