Powers That Were

This spell is a part of the Lost Memories spell chain and can be found in the Lost Memories rune stone.

The Memories chain has been a journey of increasing depth - Lost Memories first touched the surface of what Memory holds, Memory's Teacher drew on the knowledge of those who came before, and Chrono-Colloquim reached back far enough to speak directly with a shadow of the past. Powers That Were takes the final step. The praeteriamancer does not reach for a specific person's knowledge or a specific teacher's wisdom. They reach for everything.

Memory holds the strength of every warrior, mage, and archer who ever lived with enough skill to leave an impression on the past. Every devastating blow ever struck. Every runic surge ever unleashed. Every perfectly placed arrow that changed the course of a battle. All of it preserved, all of it available to the praeteriamancer who has spent the entire chain learning how to access what Memory holds with increasing precision and depth.

When this spell is cast that accumulated power flows into the target in a single overwhelming surge - a distortion of temporal energy surrounding them as the strengths of countless people from across all of recorded history press into the present moment simultaneously. Offensive Power, Bow Power, and Runic Power each increase by 2d12 for the duration, the target briefly carrying within them the combined martial and magical capability of everyone Memory has ever known. The target does not feel like themselves during this time. They feel like everyone who ever was. Which, for the duration, is considerably more powerful.