<!-- Google tag (gtag.js) --> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-G26W6267FY"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-G26W6267FY'); </script> **[Home Page](Home%20Page.md) / [[Prism]] / [Prism Classes](Prism%20Classes.md) / [Arcanist](Arcanist.md)** # Magetech Augmentation <small>(Level 1)</small> > [!infobox] >| <!-- --> | <!-- --> | >|-----------------|:-:| >|**Keywords**|*[Magic](Prism/Glossary/Keywords/Typing%20Effects/Magic.md)*, *[Artificial](Artificial.md)*, *[Empower](Empower.md)*| The Arcanist can use [Steam](Steam.md) to empower their spells as if they were powering a device. A spell empowered this way has an augment of the Arcanist’s choice applied to that spell. In addition, the spell is [ascended](Prism%20Spells.md#Spell%20Ascension) a number of spell levels equal to the Arcanist's [Cunning](Cunning.md), [Initiative](Initiative.md) or [Tenacity](Tenacity.md). This cannot go above the spell level the caster is capable of casting.