although, if a player fails to find **2** barriers... man. That would hurt my soul.

One thing I've meant to ask: can detect artifact be divorced from the Veil? From what I understand, it can fail to fire if the Veil is thick, and while this makes perfect sense IC, it seems a bit like kicking a mage when they're down (rich get richer): let their ability to help find their wands work for them, so that they can then go make magic strong by fighting Battle!

These changes sound really generous. I like it.