>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!

I really don't see it getting divorced from the veil. Even if the veil is at it's thickest detect artifact is still fairly decent for sleeks.

>These changes sound really generous. I like it.