Types of spellcaster
Depending on their area of
expertise, spellcasters are often referred to by many different names and have various powers. Commonly, spellcasters with no area of expertise are called 'generalists',
wizards / magi or sorcerers.
Traditional magic specialists
| Title | School of expertise
| Abilities
|
|---|
| Abjurer | Abjuration | Magical shielding, dispelling other spells, spells that protect against the elements.
|
Conjurer / summoner
| Conjuration | Summoning creatures of various types, creation of objects, teleportation
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| Illusionist | Illusion | Invisibility, creating illusionary objects and creatures, false sensual perceptions
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| Diviner | Divination | Scrying a location remotely, foretelling the future, acquiring information about a person or object
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| Enchanter | Enchantment | Charm enemies to turn them friendly, magical sleep, mind manipulation that confuses the target
|
| Transmuter | Transmutation / alteration
| Buff spells, altering the properties and size of materials/objects, transformation spells
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Evoker / Invoker
| Evocation / invocation
| Manipulation elemental energy, common offensive spells like fireball, chain lightning, cone of cold etc.
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| Necromancer | Necromancy | Raising the dead as zombies/ skeletons, syphoning life energy from another creature to himself, talking with the dead
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Some settings simply have
black mages and
white mages, reflecting a tighter classification of magic in general.
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