Schools of Magic

Magic has been broken down into eight categories, however, these categories are not fundamental and serve only to group similar types of spells together. Many spellcasters, and specifically wizards, oft specialise in a single school of magic although this does not prevent them from using or even excelling at spells from a different school of magic.

The eight schools of magic are:
Abjuration: This school is focused on protective spells, as well as spells which cancel or interfere with other spells, magical effects or supernatural abilities.

Conjuration: This school is focused on instantaneous transportation, conjuring manifestations of creatures, energy or objects, and object creation.

Divination: This school is focused on acquiring and revealing information.

Enchantment: This school is focused on affecting "the minds of others" including "influencing or controlling their behaviour".

Evocation: This school focuses upon creating matter and energy typically with destructive effects.

Illusion: this school focuses upon changing the appearance of something or creating a sound, smell, or image where one does not exist.

Necromancy: Necromancy spells involve death, undeath, and the manipulation of life energy.

Transmutation: This school focuses on the ability to change matter.

There are other proposed schools of magic including chronomancy and hemomancy, but they are not accepted by all arcane authorities.

Type

Metaphysical, Arcane