You can invest 1 point in all four magic spells so that you can take advantage of all environmental hazards. Or you can do what I do, and just keep a few elemental staves in your inventory. It doesn't matter if your air staff does worthless damage. It still electrocutes puddles just fine.
Yeah, I've noticed that shooting with my air staff stuns people standing in blood. Is it possible to shoot with a water staff with that basic intial skill on a fire surface and extinguish the flames? I think that even if it is, it seems pretty tedious at best as the radius of the attack is pretty small.
You only reduce/eliminate the action point penalty. You can never reduce the action point cost below the default for the spell.
Thanks! Is there a way to determine just how high my skill has to be to eliminate the penalty? I haven't found any clear statements on that point in the game.
A little bit, but summons increase in level with you. So the level you gain the summon is more about playstyle and the theme of the school.
Yeah, but doesn't "Skill Level" reflect the power of the spell? I figured that would be the ultimate way of finding the most powerful summoned creature.
