Elemental skill

You can buy ranks in any of the magic schools after you purchase the Spellcasting special power. See the Magic chapter for a list of schools. Your number of ranks in magic schools affects the length of time a spell lasts, or how big an area it can cover. You can add your magic school rank to both Spell Attack and Spell Defense rolls. For instance, if you have 5 ranks in the Fire School, the following is a Spell Attack roll for a Fireball.

Example Spell Attack for Fireball

+

AGI

+

5 (School)

+

Hurt for the Spell

Against a spell from a school he knows (Fire in this case), a mage can add the school rank to his Spell Defense roll.

Example Spell Defense

+

AGI

+

Dodge

+

END

+

Armor

+

5 (School)

See the magic chapter for more details on Spell Attack and Spell Defense.