4.1.4 Magical skills

There are fourteen different magical skills:

Magical skill Used for Opposed to
Magic - Air Casting magical spells and rituals based on the element of air Magic - Earth
Magic - Countering Casting magical spells and rituals to counter or nullify other magic Magic - Enhancement
Magic - Darkness Casting magical spells and rituals based on the element of darkness Magic - Light
Magic - Death Casting magical spells and rituals based on death (e.g. curses, black magic) Magic - Life
Magic - Earth Casting magical spells and rituals based on the element of earth Magic - Air
Magic - Enhancement Casting magical spells and rituals to enhance or boost other magic Magic - Countering
Magic - Fire Casting magical spells and rituals based on the element of fire Magic - Water
Magic - Illusion Casting magical spells and rituals based on illusion and deception Magic - Truth
Magic - Life Casting magical spells and rituals based on life (e.g. healing, blessing, white magic) Magic - Death
Magic - Light Casting magical spells and rituals based on the element of light Magic - Darkness
Magic - Projection Casting magical spells and rituals based on projecting own will to directly control what is taking place elsewhere (e.g. telepathy, telekinesis) Magic - Stasis
Magic - Stasis Casting magical spells and rituals based on self-control and resistance to external influences Magic - Projection
Magic - Truth Casting magical spells and rituals based on truth (e.g. detection) Magic - Illusion
Magic - Water Casting magical spells and rituals based on the element of water Magic - Fire

Each magical skill is idealogically opposed to one other magical skill, hence there are seven pairs of mutually opposing magical skills. A magical skill is said to be opposed to another if it works its magic by using concepts, techniques and special effects totally at odds with those of the other skill. There are three impacts of opposed magic skills:

Certain magical skills are better than others at achieving particular effects (e.g. Truth magic skill is the best skill for casting detection magic) and so there may be limitations in what can be achieved using a particular magical skill (e.g. Death magical skill cannot be used to heal, etc.), see summary in section 4.1.4.1.