Olympia: The Age of Gods PBEM (May 4 1999)
Magic is divided into six schools of study:
num name time to learn --- ---- ------------- 160 Magic two weeks 1 NP req'd 162 Scrying three weeks 1 NP req'd 163 Gatecraft three weeks 1 NP req'd 164 Artifact construction four weeks 1 NP req'd 165 Necromancy four weeks 1 NP req'd 170 Advanced sorcery four weeks
Magical spells are simply sub-skills of one of the magical skill categories.
An aspiring mage will issue the study
order to learn the basics
of a particular school of magic, known as the category skill. For
example, one wishing to pursue knowledge of Magic [160] would order:
study 160
A noble must know the category skill for a school of magic before a spell in that school can be known.
Knowledge of individual spells in a school of magic is not possible without having learned the category skill.