Spellcasting

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The Spellcasting skill determines how proficient a character is at casting spells from memory. A higher Spellcasting level gives your character more spell levels and increases your max MP. It also has a minor effect on your spell power and spell success rate (equivalent to having 1/4 of a level in every other spell school).

Note that the max MP increase granted by Spellcasting is not cumulative with that of Invocations; only the higher bonus of the two is used. For this purpose, each level of Spellcasting is twice as effective as Invocations.

Djinn do not get any HP or MP bonus from Spellcasting; they only benefit from the increase to power and success rate.

Aptitudes

At	Ba	Co	DE	Dg	Ds	Dj	Dr	Fe	Fo	Gr	Gh	Gn	Hu	Ko	Mf	Mi	MD	Mu	Na	Op	On	Sp	Te	Tr	Vp	VS
-2	0	-2	3	-2	-1	11	-1	-1	0	-1	-2	8	-1	0	-1	-4	-2	2	-1	-1	1	2	-1	-5	-1	0

• Purple draconians get 1.

History

• Prior to 0.26, Spellcasting lowered your spell hunger.
• Prior to 0.12, this skill had a hidden cost in experience points of +30% XP; all species had their aptitudes adjusted down to account for this.