Meliorate Cantrip

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The Meliorate Cantrip changes the nature of an item by raising its quality of workmanship and construction. Poor moves to Below Average, Below Average to Average, Average to Above Average, Above Average to Exceptional, and Exceptional to Unsurpassed in the subject item by this dweomers Effect. However, there must be a balancing loss from another item of similar sort or value to enable this betterment. For each 20 STEEP points in this K/S Sub-Area, the caster is able to move the quality upwards by one step. Thus, a chalice of Exceptional sort might be lowered to Average (three steps) in order to make the quality of a sword move from Poor to Above Average (three steps), this assuming a caster with a STEEP of 61 or higher. Any item already of Unsurpassed sort cannot be made be better through this dweomer. Almost any sort of material can be improved by this Casting, and this applies to such things as craftsmanship and artistry as well. Writing, for instance, can be made finer, better, more legible, etc. Codes can be made more complex. Finally, note that by considering the second object as the prime one, this dweomer is a reverse one as well, and is useful in worsening quality, simplifying, etc.