Munch Magic Item
(Alteration)

Range:  0
Components:  V, S, M
Duration:  1 hour
Casting Time:  1 hour
Area of Effect:  Magic item touched
Saving Throw:  Special

By means of this spell, the wizard may drain the magical essence from powerful items, thus acquiring mana or special abilities. Of course, the spell requires the material component of a magic item, and the effects vary with the item, however, as a rule of thumb, the number of mana points acquired equal one hundredth of the experience point value of the item where given. Magic items are allowed to saving throw against magic as wizards of a level equal to their mana point value, success indicating that the wizard was unable to complete the spell and the magic resulted in spell failure (see spell failure rules).
As an interesting side note, the wizard must save versus spell when snuffing intelligent items or suffer a schizophrenia where the wizard must share his mind with the spirit of the item in question. Powerful artifacts are particularly nasty in this respect, having the ability of conferring special capacities upon the wizard, however, the risk of possession or domination also rises with the increased profit to be had. The material component for this spell is a sap.

