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Hayzenbyrg’s Unfathomable Intelligence

9-level Transmutation

You channel into yourself an intelligence so powerful that your very mind begins to shatter. Your Intelligence score increases to 100 (+35) for the duration. However, whilst in this state, you are unconscious as your mind attempts and largely fails to fathom the level of intellect you have risen to. This spell can even force unconsciousness into creatures that are normally incapable of magical, or even mundane unconsciousness, such as elves and warforged.   When you first enter this state, you take 12d10 psychic damage. This damage cannot be reduced in anyway and ignores temporary hit points. If the spell reduces you to 0 hit points, you die, as your mind shatters from the strain you have placed it under.   If you live, you may ask the universe one question. This question must have a yes or no answer. Otherwise, or, if the question pertains to something that might, or might not happen in the future, your mind breaks from trying to conceive all possible realities at once, and you die. If your question does not result in instant brain overloading, you must succeed on a DC 50 Intelligence check. On a success, you learn the answer to this question.   Once you have answered the question, you remain unconscious for the remaining duration, and cannot be roused in any manner, after which, the immeasurable knowledge you possessed before becomes unfathomable gibberish to you, except for the answer to your question. Additionally, each time you cast this spell regardless of the outcome, the damage that the spell deals increases by 2d10.