You learn real magic—not tricks and misdirection. From your hands, you can release gouts of flame. With a word, you can cross vast distances in an instant. You can call up monsters to fight on your behalf and consult with mind-boggling, diabolical beings. Learning magic requires time and energy, forcing you to neglect other areas of potential development, but then, who needs to be good with a sword when you can blast your enemies apart by speaking a few mystical words?

Suggested Attribute Scores

Natural Defense: 8

Health: 12

Languages: Arcane and Common

Traditions: Two

Spells: Four novice

Mage Implement: You have a wand, amulet, totem, or crystal ball, or some other item that helps you focus your magic. If you lose this object, you can fashion another one after you rest. You can have one mage implement at a time. The implement contains a number of charges equal to your level. Once per round, you can expend 1 charge from the implement to produce one of the following effects. You regain expended charges after you rest.

• Augment Magic: You can produce this effect when you cast a spell or use a magical talent. You roll with 1 boon and you impose 1 bane on rolls made as a result of casting the spell or using the talent.
• Mage Sense (Magical): You can use an action to perceive the presence or absence of magic within 5 yards. The range increases to 10 at level 3, and 20 at level 7. If a creature, object, or space is under the effects of or created by magic and is within range, you know it and where to find it. The effect lasts 1 minute.
• Mage Shield (Magical): You can use a reaction when a creature you can see within 10 yards targets you with a magical effect. You roll to resist the effect with 1 boon and you impose 1 bane on the roll made to affect you. In addition, if the magic deals damage, you take half damage from it.

Health: +2

Traditions: One

Spells: Two novice

Spell Recovery: You can use an action to heal half your damage total and regain all the expended castings of your novice spells. At level 5, you also regain one expended casting of an expert spell. At level 9, you also regain one expended casting of an expert or master spell. Once you use this talent, you lose access to it until after you rest.

Health: +2

Spells: One expert

Spell Expertise: When you cast a spell and the spell requires you to make an attribute roll, you roll with 1 boon. When you cast a spell and the spell enables an affected creature to make an attribute or luck roll, you impose 1 bane on the creature’s roll.