Spell school

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A spell school is the category to which a spell belongs. A spell may belong to more than one school, but spells that belong to one elemental school will never belong to that element's opposition school. 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:

Elemental oppositions

Elemental schools have specific oppositions:

  • Fire Magic opposes Ice Magic, and vice versa
  • Air Magic opposes Earth Magic, and vice versa

Having higher experience in one elemental school means that you will have an -4 aptitude penalty (or malus) when trying to gain skill in that element's opposition school.

See also

List of spells by school