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==Anchors==

An anchor is a metaphysical connection between the caster of a spell, and a specific aspect of the Golden Mirror. The ability to anchor their spells is what separates trained and skilled rune users from a farmer or craftsman who can cast a rune to ease their labor... and on occasion, all that saves those fancy mages from their own spells, should their casting go awry.

The nature of an Anchor is dependent on your Method.

Anchored spells are special. Rather than coming up with them on the fly, you preselect a number of Runes for a specific, predefined purpose. When using this spell, the Anchor gives it a firmer foothold in reality, a conceptual basis or direction of intent which makes your magic easier to work. In an anchored spell, all involved runes count as one Mastery rank higher. At a most basic level, this means you may save any dice which rolls ones, increasing their value to two at the cost of one Power Point.

You may anchor a number of predefined spells equal to your Spirit value.

*[It should be noted that an Anchor is not actually a component of the spell it is used in; you do not roll a die for it. ]