Mage spells

[Kalim]

You know, mages are fully able to craft their own spells to their own liking if based on their skill level, that's a given.

Although, what do you people think of having a basic spell list. Just a few words, most likely latin-based that produce a set effect so people can choose to wield their own magic creatively or just "go by the book", so to speak. After all, at a mage academy, you would think they would have some fairly basic spells recorded for students to use and learn from.

Afterwards spell lists could be posted and stickied in the academy for people to use when they so decreed it.

What are everyone else's thoughts on this subject?

[Viktor Delacro]

My thoughts on this are that we really don't need a spell list.

This is free form roleplay, not Dungeons and Dragons.

What we could do instead is define some of the magic for each mage path. I'll happily do that myself if the admin wishes.

Just the magic of each path in general and let the players come up with their own spells from there.

[Ailena]

I think a spell list would be a great place to start. After all, any apprentice has to learn from somewhere. Perhaps a few basic spells would also put the starting mages on some common ground. I don't know if it would bee to much work to think them up, but it would be nice to have that reference.

[Protégé]

I believe some outline of what mages can do, though not neccesarily a spell list, would be useful. For example, give the boundaries of each position, but allow the people to choose how it can be utalized. By listing the boundaries, the player can use some creativity while restricting what a mage can do, which I do not see much of.

[Maril Mazmo]

Each mage has to concentrate on some sort of objest, plant or animal at first, so spell lists would not be helping at all. And as the level increases they learn more spells with wider ranges and more strength.

[Evee~Natalia]

I had an idea to make a list of "my" characters abilities. Of course I wouldn't exceed an apprentice's abilities but I have to be able to do "something" right?