Wizard

Wizards are masters of arcane magic, spending years studying how mana works and the best ways to manipulate it. A wizard has access to a truly staggering number of spells, as very few are beyond their grasp. Their dedication to arcana means they often don't have time for other pursuits, and so most wizards bring little beyond their array of spells, though to learn arcane magic requires a keen intellect.
Because of how dangerous a rogue or reckless wizard can be, arcane magic is heavily policed. The League of Arcanists is the premier organization on Earth when it comes to magic policing, and as their name implies, they are primarily concerned with the arcane. Those who would learn to use arcane magic must be schooled via one of their academies, and those who would learn magic from other sources are ruthlessly pursued by their mage-hunters, the Falconers. Those with psychic potential are barred from studying the arcane, for fear of them dabbling into forbidden magic.

School Relations

Specialist wizards focus their study on a single school of magic, and as a result, are extremely skilled with spells from that school. They are also quite adept with its "sister" schools, as well. However, these specialists lose the ability to cast spells from their opposition school and struggle with the opposing schools of their sisters, typically called "rival" schools. People with an arcane bloodline may choose any two schools as their sisters, any other two as their rivals, and one more as their opposed school, but ultimately still gain and lose just as many.

Specialized School	Sister Schools	Rival Schools	Opposition School	School Focus
Abjuration	Animism, Divination	Astramancy, Nosomancy	Alteration	Protective magic and anti-magic spells
Alteration	Astramancy, Nosomancy	Animism, Divination	Abjuration	Infusing things with magical properties
Animism	Abjuration, Transmutation	Alteration, Conjuration	Nosomancy	Healing, curing disease, and destroying undead
Astramancy	Alteration, Evocation	Abjuration, Illusion	Divination	Weather manipulation
Conjuration	Nosomancy, Telepathy	Animism, Telekinesis	Transmutation	Opening portals and summoning creatures
Divination	Abjuration, Illusion	Alteration, Evocation	Astramancy	Seeing through time and space
Evocation	Astramancy, Telekinesis	Divination, Telepathy	Illusion	Destruction and demolition with elemental energy
Illusion	Divination, Telepathy	Astramancy, Telekinesis	Evocation	Creating unreal or semi-real sensations
Nosomancy	Alteration, Conjuration	Abjuration, Transmutation	Animism	Disease, rot, and the undead
Telekinesis	Evocation, Transmutation	Conjuration, Illusion	Telepathy	Manipulating matter and projection of force
Telepathy	Conjuration, Illusion	Evocation, Transmutation	Telekinesis	Manipulation of the minds of others
Transmutation	Animism, Telekinesis	Nosomancy, Telepathy	Conjuration	Transmuting matter and energy

Classes

Arcane Scholars, the default wizards
Abjurers, wizards that focus on the abjuration school
Alterationists, wizards that focus on the alteration school
Arcane Bombers (Gnomes only), wizards that utilize a limited number of tinker gadgets
Astramancers, wizards that focus on the astramancy school
Battlemages, fallen paladin magisters that have wholly dedicated themselves to the study of magic
Conjurers, wizards that focus on the conjuration school
Evokers, wizards that focus on the evocation school
False Clerics, wizards that pretend to be clerics
Illusionists, wizards that focus on the illusion school
Nosomancers, wizards that focus on the nosomancy school
Physicians, wizards that focus on the animism school
Scryers, wizards that focus on the divination school
Telekines, wizards that focus on the telekinesis school
Telepaths, wizards that focus on the telepathy school
Transmuters, wizards that focus on the transmutation school

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