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The [[Spellcasting]] skill determines how proficient a character is at casting [[spell]]s from memory. A higher Spellcasting level makes it easier to cast spells by lowering their [[spell hunger]], increasing their [[spell power]] slightly, and granting your character more max MP and spell levels. It has a minor effect on [[spell success]] rate, however; increasing skill in each spell's individual magic schools is better for raising spell succes.
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The [[Spellcasting]] skill determines how proficient a character is at casting [[spell]]s from memory. A higher Spellcasting level makes it easier to cast spells by lowering their [[spell hunger]], increasing their [[spell power]] slightly, and granting your character more max MP and spell levels. It has a minor effect on [[spell success]] rate, but increasing skill in a spell's individual magic schools is better for raising its success rate.
  
 
Note that the max MP increase granted by Spellcasting is not cumulative with that of [[Invocations]] or [[Evocation]]s; only the highest of the three is used.
 
Note that the max MP increase granted by Spellcasting is not cumulative with that of [[Invocations]] or [[Evocation]]s; only the highest of the three is used.
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Revision as of 18:56, 10 May 2013

Version 0.12: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.

The Spellcasting skill determines how proficient a character is at casting spells from memory. A higher Spellcasting level makes it easier to cast spells by lowering their spell hunger, increasing their spell power slightly, and granting your character more max MP and spell levels. It has a minor effect on spell success rate, but increasing skill in a spell's individual magic schools is better for raising its success rate.

Note that the max MP increase granted by Spellcasting is not cumulative with that of Invocations or Evocations; only the highest of the three is used.

Spellcasting Aptitudes

From Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup 0.12 in-game documentation:

Hu Ce Dg Ds Dr DD DE HE SE Fe Gh Ha Ko Mf Mi Mu Na Op Og HO Sp Te Tr Vp
-1 -3 -2 -1 -1 -2 3 1 1 -1 -2 -3 -1 -1 -4 -1 -1 -1 1 -3 2 -1 -5 -1

Purple draconians get +2.

History

Prior to 0.12, this skill had a hidden cost in experience points which was +30%; all species had their aptitudes adjusted to account for this.

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