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The [[Innate Casting]] of a [[Djinni]] gives Spellcasting a unique purpose: Spellcasting skill does not raise their MP or HP, but instead determines their [[spell power]] for all spell schools (with the same effect as the other magic schools). While the -3 aptitude seems terrible at first, keep in mind that it counts as double (i.e. an effective +1 aptitude) for dual-school spells, and that ''every'' spell you get can run off a single skill.
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The [[Innate Casting]] of a [[Djinni]] gives Spellcasting a unique purpose: Spellcasting skill does not raise their MP or HP, but instead determines their [[spell power]] for all spell schools (equal effect to the other magic schools). While the -3 aptitude seems terrible at first, keep in mind that it counts as double (i.e. an effective +1 aptitude) for dual-school spells, and that ''every'' spell you get can run off a single skill.
  
 
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Revision as of 21:02, 2 October 2022

Version 0.28: 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 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, but increasing skill in a spell's individual magic schools has a greater effect on both attributes.

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

Djinn

The Innate Casting of a Djinni gives Spellcasting a unique purpose: Spellcasting skill does not raise their MP or HP, but instead determines their spell power for all spell schools (equal effect to the other magic schools). While the -3 aptitude seems terrible at first, keep in mind that it counts as double (i.e. an effective +1 aptitude) for dual-school spells, and that every spell you get can run off a single skill.

Aptitudes

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


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.
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