The Arcane Spellcaster

Mage Basic Career

What is a fantasy game without the Mage? Most fantasy involves magical elements of some kind and there always seems to be a mage – for good or for ill – involved in the story. Mages in many fantasy stories and games go by various names: wizard, sorcerer, warlock, witch, spell caster, thaumaturge, etc. In our game, any character that casts magic is a Mage. Sorcerers and Warlocks are specialized mages and those names are reserved for those characters that pursue those Advanced Careers. There are numerous and varied character archetypes that fit in this Basic Career: hedge wizards, students of magic, combat mages, healers, etc. Magic in our game augments well with other careers to help to round out a character but it takes a committed amount of time and Build Points for a character to reach the higher ranks of magic; dabblers abound but masters are few. Mages can learn any School of Low Magic in our game and purchase their Power Points at a reduced cost. They can also easily learn to read magic but have a limited number of weapons to choose from. The Warlock and Sorcerer are the Advanced Careers that are associated with this list. The Alchemist and Spell Singer careers do not require the character to start out as this Basic Career. The character may also choose to follow one of the faiths and become a Druid, Follower of the Light or Servant of Darkness.

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Mage Basic Career Skill List

The Mage Basic Career Skill List costs 10 Build to purchase and may only be purchased once. When you buy this Skill List, you automatically get an award of 3 Power Points. All ranks of magic are considered ‘on list’ for Mages, but only Rank 1 is shown here for brevity.

Name Cost Prereq Purchase Tagged
Mage Basic Career Skill List 10 Once No
Power Points 1 Multi Yes
Weapon Skill: Quarterstaff 2 Once No
Weapon Skill: Small Weapon 0 Once No
Auras Rank 1 2 3 Power Points Once No
Bonds Rank 1 1 3 Power Points No
Charms Rank 1 1 3 Power Points Once No
Death Rank 1 1 3 Power Points Once No
Enchantments Rank 1 1 3 Power Points Once No
Healing Rank 1 2 3 Power Points Once No
Ice Rank 1 2 3 Power Points Once No
Necromancy Rank 1 2 3 Power Points Once No
Pyrotechnics Rank 1 2 3 Power Points Once No
Shadow Rank 1 2 3 Power Points Once No
Thaumaturgy Rank 1 1 3 Power Points Once No
Read Magic 1 Any Literacy Skill Once No
Demonology Rank 1 3 Plot Approval, 3 Power Points Once No
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