Spell school

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A spell school is the category to which a spell belongs. A spell may belong to one, two or three schools. The more schools a spell belongs to, the more skill and XP will be needed to train to achieve facility with that spell: spell casting success is based on the average of the spell's schools' skills.

The spell schools currently extant are:

• Hexes
• Summonings
• Necromancy
• Translocations
• Transmutations
• Fire Magic
• Ice Magic
• Air Magic
• Earth Magic
• Poison Magic

History

• In 0.26, the Charms spell school was removed.
• Prior to 0.15, there was an aptitude penalty for training opposed elemental magic schools (Fire/Ice and Air/Earth).
• In 0.8, the Enchantments school of magic was split into Charms and Hexes.
• Prior to 0.6, the Divinations spell school existed.

See also

List of spells by school