This spell allows you to capture and encode your stream of consciousness, or to decode a stream inscribed by someone else.
Encode consciousness. Upon casting this spell, you create a sigil that encodes your conscious experience. The sigil takes the form of a glowing mandala, runic circle, qr code, etc., and is up to 1 ft. in diameter.
You can record up to 1 minute of consciousness this way. The recording will include all elements that appear in your consciousness, such as:
- Sensory perceptions (things you see, hear, smell, feel, body sense, etc.)
- Thoughts and words you speak with your inner monologue
- Memories you recall, imaginations
- Emotions
- Logical and conceptual understanding
- Your sense of self
After creation, the sigil stays indefinitely, but easily fades if it is disturbed, for example by rubbing it out. It is possible to make it more durable by recording the pattern by mundane means. For example, after casting the spell on a sheet of paper, you can make it permanent by drawing over with ink, which takes one minute for each second recorded. The information can also be encoded in other forms, for example as carvings, paintings, jigsaw puzzles, geoglyphs, etc. Some sigils may be hidden in the environment so that they can only be seen clearly when viewed from a certain perspective.
Decode consciousness. You decode a pattern created with this spell and recreate the experience in your own stream of consciousness. You experience it exactly like it was experienced by the one who cast the spell, and cannot notice things the person wasn’t originally aware of. If the person spoke, heard, or read language they could understand, you experience the conceptual understanding, even if you don’t speak the language yourself.
While experiencing the recording, you are unaware of anything happening in the real world, but if you take damage, the playback immediately ends. After the spell ends, you remember the vision as a vivid dream.
You can decode a sigil at any range, as long as you can see it clearly.
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