The Path of the Quickening Mind

*Speed Reading
 This requires neither the expenditure of Blood energy nor a Willpower Roll,
 merely a Roll of Intelligence + Linguistics against a Difficulty of 4. The more successes, the more quickly the book has been read. The total time, of course, depends on the size and complexity of the book.

** Shelve the Mind
One blood point must be spent to empower this ability, which grants Eidetic Recall  granting the Kindred complete and perfect recall of everything they ever experienced or learned on any given subject, no matter how many years ago. 

System: Roll Intelligence + Rank in this Path 
Determines the number of days that the ability lasts. All information received within this time is retained in perfect detail. After this period elapses, if more blood is not used, then the detail will begin to fade, leaving theThaumaturgist with their previous memories... perhaps just a little better refreshed for the experience. Of course, most Magi will attempt to keep this Level active at all times... it's a fantastic help when it comes to learning!

*** Illuminating Touch
 By simply touching or holding a book, the Magus gains instant knowledge of all that is in it,  provided it is written in a language s/he understands. 

System: Roll Intelligence + level in this Path This requires a blood point to use  against a Difficulty of 7, the number of successes determining the knowledge received:
                                               Results for Each Success
                                     1 The general subject matter and topics
                                    2 Basic recall of the outlines, with little detail
                                    3 Basic recall of everything, with great detail
                                    4 Complete, Eidetic Recall is possible
                                    5 Complete, Eidetic Recall and full understanding

This Path Level can be used to retrieve information from Digital Storage mediums as well... but it must be a specifically tailored to a specific area

**** Embrace the Store of Knowledge

This level of the Path functions in the same manner as Level 3, but may be used on large amounts of books simultaneously, such as in a library. All works to be scanned must be within line of sight of the Magus, but s/he is free to move about if necessary.

System: Roll of Intelligence + Linguistics against a Difficulty of 8.
 A blood point must be spent each turn to maintain the flow of information until a net amount of successes have accrued, according to the size of the library.
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                                          Required by Size of Library
                                            3   Small box of books
                                             5   bookshop or home library
                                             6   Single bookcase of College or University library                    
                                           20   Entire College or University library
                                           70   Entire County library
                                         200   Entire National Library (Library of Congress)

***** Reveal Scribe's Works

At this extreme level of mastery of this Path, the Thaumaturgist can retrieve information from anywhere within a 10' Radius as per levels 3 and 4, but the volumes or scrolls do not have to be within sight. Furthermore, this includes all written or printed mediums, such as scrolls, books and  handwritten materials. The Thaumaturgist need not necessarily understand the information, but can quote or copy it out with Eidetic precision then work on the understanding at s/he's leisure. 
 
System: Roll Intelligence + Linguistics to determine the accuracy of the Recall. Two blood points need to be expended