Originally Posted by Rack
The way I inferred it there are 3 types of magic Offensive, Defensive and Summoning, and 4 elements. Battle Magic increases Offensive spells of all 4 elements while Fire Magic increases Offensive, Defensive and Summoning spells for Fire magic only.

Not to say a better explanation wouldn't help but it's a common problem with the way RPGs frontload character creation. Call me a heretic but I admire the way Skyrim deferred this kind of decision making.


Yeah, maybe, but it still seems kinda pointless to specialize. The vast majority of the spells are going to be battle spells, so going just for fire because there are one or two defense spells doesn't seem like a great trade-off compared to getting the ability to use all the elements with points in general Battle Magic. I do have an idea, though:

Maybe battle magic/ other magic would work something like this:

Skill X requires Fire Magic 3 to use, OR Battle Magic 6. Skill Y requires Water Magic 1 or Battle Magic 2. It’s the difference between a generalist and a specialist. Specialists can get those skills earlier, but generalists can use get skills from four schools at once.

I believe that would provide all the incentive you need for specializing in certain schools of magic instead of being a generalist.



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I took Fleetfooted and Rosy Cheeks because action points. I'd still recommend dropping one though, it seems a pretty uninteresting way to build a character.


I'm okay with dropping one, but if you do that, maybe increase the value of the remaining perk to 2 AP? Then again, maybe not: there should be a level cap, and so you can only get a certain number of Talent points. There's a difference between spending two Talent points to get two AP and spending one Talent point to get two AP.