Spell School Difficulties

I didn't read the rules, but I did read the spell schools.

Is Enchantment in this case like controlling peoples minds or is it more like enchanting items? Either way I like the paired schools you have there, they go together pretty well.

>>53777468
How do Metal & Transmutation, Motion & Levitation and Conjuration & Scrying not deal direct damage?
Also, how do you exclude schools from doing direct damage if they don't have defined spell effects?
And why is "direct damage" a thing anyway?

>>53777555
It is mind control, fear and nightmares. But it can also be used for messages, making people forget and so on.
It's mostly "dark" magic, removing free will.

>>53777559
Direct damage means you cannot conjure metal and use it the same round. For example, throwing a fireball is direct damage. Conjuring a spear then throwing it would need 2 rounds, it's not "direct". It's mostly to keep the more damaging schools balanced.

>>53777597
>bend metal armor/weapon wielded by enemy
>propel existing metal into enemy
>conjure heavy object above enemy
>conjure harmful object/substance beneath enemy
>conjure harmful substance on enemy
>propel enemy into object
>propel object into enemy
>propel enemy into the air
>propel enemy into the ground
>propel enemy into enemy

>>53777716
Propelling someone into something or someone requires there to be a solid enough for them to impact into, so it's not reliable. You certainly could throw stuff at them, but you still need the ammo, so it's not reliable either. These are all perfectly reasonable uses, but the school on it's own cannot deal damage.

>>53777759
What about Conjuration then? No requirements there.

>>53777775
Conjuration I am having difficulty with, I intend it mostly to conjure or produce already existing things. But I don't want it to be able to conjure things like fire, lightning, etc. What would you suggest?

>>53777785
For starters?
Coming up with your own categories of magic that can be properly distinguished in the context of both your system and your setting instead of haphazardly combining D&D's spell schools with elements that were just an additional descriptor of spells belonging to schools and trying to make sense of that mess.

>>53777785
You scry yourself a portal and pull whatever you see out of wherever it was into wherever you are.

>>53777468
Is the distribution for mana costs just the cost of the current level (as a number) as well as all levels before it?

I.E.
L1: 1
L2: 3
L3: 6
L4: 10
L5: 15

>>53777468
Hey, OP, I got 2 questions, how do you calculate the total of mana of an individual?
And does the spells work every time, regardless of it's level, if not, how do you estimate the dificulty of the dice roll?

>>53777785
You need to put your wizard rune on a thing before you can conjure it.

Intelligent outsiders offer contracts in exchange for summoning creatures from their stable.

>>53778045
That is correct.

>>53778405
Total mana is the base amount (10) + however much the character bought. Sometimes items add more.
>>53778720
But I do want people to be able to conjure, say, a length of rope or a bunch of marbles without having to prepare ahead of time.

>>53778797
>But I do want people to be able to conjure, say, a length of rope or a bunch of marbles without having to prepare ahead of time.

Assume every conjurer is savvy enough to put his rune on a bag of stuff.