Gold and Alkahest: Difference between pages

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As the introduction to essence-based alchemy, Alkahest departs radically from the moral books. It is written in Old Realm, for one, and contains much more cryptic and arcane language. The pages are formed from some kind of ultra-thin metallic cloth, bound by two clear panes of some kind of sturdy transparent glass. The centerpiece of this tome is a description of the charm needed to work alkahest circle alchemy, Comprehensive Deliquescence Cauldron. Throughout the book are also a number of margin notes that act as keys to decipher the coded pages of Salt.

While this circle can only be practiced by masters of mortal alchemy (those with Alchemy •••••), learning the charm prior to reading Salt and using the keys to understand its coded pages allows someone studying the mortal book to learn the first dot for free and the second for only 2xp. The book also contains the following formulae:

Alkahest: universal solvent
Skydust Transmutations: transmutes firedust into other types of air-based elemental dust:
Cage Sweat: Captures the effect of Armored Scout's Invigoration.
Distilling the Sun: Process for refining orichalcum from gold.
Jade Whiskey: Drinker can detect the presence of jade.

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-The last of [[creator::Wyr'palja]]'s tomes on mortal alchemy, the gilded pages of this book are bound between gold covers. The gold circle described by herein represents the perfection of mortal alchemy, symbolized by the most perfect of mundane metals. Coded pages appear about twice as often in ''Gold''.
+As the introduction to essence-based alchemy, ''Alkahest'' departs radically from the moral books. It is written in Old Realm, for one, and contains much more cryptic and arcane language. The pages are formed from some kind of ultra-thin metallic cloth, bound by two clear panes of some kind of sturdy transparent glass. The centerpiece of this tome is a description of the charm needed to work alkahest circle alchemy, [[Comprehensive Deliquescence Cauldron]]. Throughout the book are also a number of margin notes that act as keys to decipher the coded pages of ''[[Salt]]''.
-Those who follow this book's instructions and make all of its formulae can learn the [[Forgotten Suns: Science|thaumaturgical science]] of Alchemy {{Dots|3}} without a trainer. This book contain a number of so-called "Heavenly Transmutation Processes" for transmuting mundane materials into more noble, yet still mundane, materials:
+While this circle can only be practiced by masters of mortal alchemy (those with Alchemy &bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;), learning the charm prior to reading ''[[Salt]]'' and using the keys to understand its coded pages allows someone studying the mortal book to learn the first dot for free and the second for only 2xp. The book also contains the following formulae:
-* Glass into a transparent material that resists hammer blows.
+* Alkahest: universal solvent
-* Lead into gold
+* Skydust Transmutations: transmutes firedust into other types of air-based elemental dust:
-* Raw iron into flawless steel
+* Cage Sweat: Captures the effect of Armored Scout's Invigoration.
-* Wood into ivory
+* Distilling the Sun: Process for refining orichalcum from gold.
+* Jade Whiskey: Drinker can detect the presence of jade.
-[[system::Exalted| ]][[campaign::Forgotten Suns| ]]
+[[Category:Exalted]]
 [[Category:Book]]