Tier: Second
Computation: 4 segments
Area of Effect: One object (3 lb. per level)
Range: Touch
Duration: Permanent
Glass Required: Yes
B-M-S Cost: 0.75
This function creates an imperfect copy of an original material item. For
example, a Mathematician could copy a sword using this function, but the copy
would be -2 in all functions. A copied book would be legible, but may have
spelling errors, inconsistent font, or missing punctuation. Copied jewelry would
be heavily flawed (a flawed diamond is still useful for its sharpness and
hardness however.) A copy of an intensity 5 antitoxin would function as an
intensity 3 antitoxin. Copied food would be edible and nutritious, but mostly
tasteless. Money would be obviously counterfeit, but an unscrupulous
mathematician could still pass it off to a drunkard, beggar, or fool.
This function was designed primarily for the replication of bulk items, such as
grain, water, coarse cloth, twine and the like. This function can cause up to a
three pound object (per level) to be replicated. All copies of items function at
-2 (or equivalent) in all respects. Supernatural items cannot be copied. An
object that is the result of being copied cannot be copied further (i.e. one
cannot make a copy of a copy.)