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Old 05-28-2021, 02:14 AM   #1
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Default Re: Very variant spell magic

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I'm thinking of Magery being normally One College (Enchantment).
Some mages are Ceremonial Magic Only with Solitary Ceremonial
T28 notes that enchanting is already an exception to the need for at least 2 people to perform a ceremony, so I don't think you'd need to bother with that enhancement if you took (B67) One College Only (Enchantment) -40%

Which I guess you would take on top of Ceremonial Magery -40% (T23) for a total of -80% as otherwise (since Enchantment is always done ceremonially, I think?) there'd be no reason to take OCO(E) when you get the same discount with fewer limitations from CM-40

Not sure if you could also take "Enchantment-Only Magery" (T24) for a total of -110% ... the distinction seems to be that EOM prevents CASTING non-enchantment spells, while OCOE prevents LEARNING non-enchantment spells:
differs from One College Only (Enchantment) in that you can learn spells from any college
Seems like this would only work on all your magery if you were using Ritual Magery though (prereq count only) since the key "Enchant" spell has outside-college prereqs.

Of course this gets further muddied by the "Unusable Prerequisites" note which says the standard assumption is you are able to learn spells you can't actually cast due to magery/mana limitations.

Which really is why the "your magic school is a place of High Mana" or "your magic teacher has Mana Enhancer" ways seem like a must, and mandating that you need the proper magery/mana to learn, otherwise Enchantment-Only Magery and Enchantment College Only being different things doesn't really make sense AFAIK
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Old 05-28-2021, 08:20 AM   #2
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Default Re: Very variant spell magic

Mages wouldn’t have both. Most are Enchantment Only, others are Ceremonial. The latter are far less common.
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