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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:

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.

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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.
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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]]
-*[[Charms]]
 *[[Summonings]]
 *[[Necromancy]]
 *[[Translocations]]
 *[[Transmutations]]
-*[[Fire Magic]] (elemental)
+*[[Fire Magic]]
-*[[Ice Magic]] (elemental)
+*[[Ice Magic]]
-*[[Air Magic]] (elemental)
+*[[Air Magic]]
-*[[Earth Magic]] (elemental)
+*[[Earth Magic]]
 *[[Poison Magic]]
-== Elemental oppositions ==
+==History==
-Elemental schools have specific oppositions:
+*In [[0.26]], the [[Charms]] spell school was removed.
-* Fire Magic opposes Ice Magic, and vice versa
+*Prior to [[0.15]], there was an aptitude penalty for training opposed elemental magic schools (Fire/Ice and Air/Earth).
-* Air Magic opposes Earth Magic, and vice versa
+*In [[0.8]], the [[Enchantments]] school of magic was split into [[Charms]] and [[Hexes]].
-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.
+*Prior to [[0.6]], the [[Divinations]] spell school existed.
 ==See also==