Consume Knowledge

(See also: Consume the Wealth of Wisdom (Wizard Spell))

The powerful consume knowledge spell is useful to wizards needing information quickly. It allows them to absorb instantly the contents of a book, scroll, or similar medium for written knowledge. Such information can be absorbed at a rate of one book per round (about 200 pages).

However, the dweomer that allows a wizard to absorb information so quickly physically destroys the book or other record in the process. Nothing short of a wish will restore the consumed writing.

Consume knowledge will not help wizards memorize spells. Further, magical books, tomes, librams, and so on are immune to its power. The does not allow the caster to gain any non - weapon proficiencies more quickly than their normal level advancement allows - the quick consumption of information cannot take the place of practice when gaining skills.

This spell does not grant perfect recall. The facts learned via this spell are as subject to memory loss, fact distortion, and misremembering as information learned normally.

Notes: Rare spell.