Mage
Overview
Mages are people who make their living with the study and use of magic. Magic is a difficult, demanding mistress and achieving great skill with the mystic arts precludes great skill in other demanding disciplines. Student Mages are not encouraged to waste their time with trivia like 'armor' or crudities like 'weapons'. For a mage, magic is weapon, armor, shield, and comfort. Even small branches out into other areas of study frequently relate back to magic. Mages can excel at creating potions and runes without sacrificing a great deal of their magic. Mages tend to analytical minds and this makes them fine engineers, if they can be persuaded to sacrifice a bit more of their raw capability.
Armor Proficiency: Moving under stress in armor is a trained, physical activity and not something Mages are taught. Mages may wear Costume Armor without spending precious resources to learn better.
Weapon Proficiencies: Mages are skilled in the use of magic implements: Daggers, Staves, and Wands.
Mana: Mages may purchase mana without limit, although their efficiency suffers a bit past the efficient limit of 100. This more than anything is what distinguishes a Mage from a dabbler.
Class Features Second Breath: A Mage may reset his spell pool without cost, count, or announcement once per reset.
Overcast: A Mage up against the wall may burn one base Body point to immediately generate 10 Mana, to the limit of his base Body points. A Mage that does this cannot use their magic for ten minutes per Body spent. This damage cannot be healed with magic, although they may heal it with chemical or natural remedies. Overcast is a weapon of last resort; Mages loathe being severed from their magic, but when things are bad enough, Overcast provides one last hope.
Mage Skills
| Skill Name | Prerequisite Skills | SP Cost | Use Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mana (1-100) | - | 1/2 | - |
| Mana (101+) | Mana (100) | 1 | - |
| 1st School | - | 5 | - |
| 2nd School | 1st School | 10 | - |
| 1st level spell | 1st School | 1 | 1 Mana |
| 2nd level spell | 1st School, 1st level spell | 1 | 2 Mana |
| 3rd level spell | 1st School, 2nd level spell | 1 | 3 Mana |
| 4th level spell | 1st School, 3rd level spell | 1 | 4 Mana |
| 5th level spell | 1st School, 4th level spell | 1 | 5 Mana |
| 6th level spell | 1st School, 5th level spell | 1 | 6 Mana |
| 7th level spell | 1st School, 6th level spell | 1 | 7 Mana |
| 8th level spell | 1st School, 7th level spell | 1 | 8 Mana |
| 9th level spell | 1st School, 8th level spell | 1 | 9 Mana |