Consume the Wealth of Wisdom

(See also: Consume Knowledge (Wizard Spell))

The powerful consume the wealth of wisdom spell proves 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. The drawback? The spellpower that allows a wizard to absorb information so quickly destroys the book (or other record) in the process. Nothing short of a wish will restore the consumed writing.

Consume the wealth of wisdom will not help characters memorize spells; magical books, tomes, librums, etc. remain unaffected by its power. Nor does the enchantment enable casters to gain nonweapon (or weapon) proficiencies they are not entitled to by their normal advancement in level—the quick consumption of information cannot take the place of practice to gain skill. Wizards do not have perfect recall of the facts they learn via this spell; the knowledge they gain proves as subject to memory loss, fact distortion, and misremembering as information learned normally.