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<blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 3778222" data-attributes="member: 54846">I don't think it's a change of &quot;schools&quot; so much as it is &quot;You use this tool to do this kind of job&quot;. For instance, Evocation looks like it's handled both with a staff and a wand (Lightning bolt: staff, fireball: wand), &quot;Protection and Countermagic&quot; is also handled by wands, so minor adjuration. Adjuration, transmutation and likely Necromancy will get handled with Tomes. It sounds like Conjuration, Divination and Illusion are going to get handled by the Orbs (with things like Wall Evocation abilities folded in). So I suspect that a specialized wizard would take a Talent Tree: Orbs and be good at Conjuration/Illusion/Divination. So his Orbs are real good. My guess? A generalist wizard doesn't need to specialize in any of these, but he'll have to have one of his foci tools out to use them. I highly doubt he's going to be able to cast from his Orb on round One, his Staff from Round Two, and his Tomb on Round Three, because he can't juggle them all in his hands; I bet he'll need both hands to use one implement.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rechan, post: 3778222, member: 54846"] I don't think it's a change of "schools" so much as it is "You use this tool to do this kind of job". For instance, Evocation looks like it's handled both with a staff and a wand (Lightning bolt: staff, fireball: wand), "Protection and Countermagic" is also handled by wands, so minor adjuration. Adjuration, transmutation and likely Necromancy will get handled with Tomes. It sounds like Conjuration, Divination and Illusion are going to get handled by the Orbs (with things like Wall Evocation abilities folded in). So I suspect that a specialized wizard would take a Talent Tree: Orbs and be good at Conjuration/Illusion/Divination. So his Orbs are real good. My guess? A generalist wizard doesn't need to specialize in any of these, [i]but[/i] he'll have to have one of his foci tools out to use them. I highly doubt he's going to be able to cast from his Orb on round One, his Staff from Round Two, and his Tomb on Round Three, because he can't juggle them all in his hands; I bet he'll need both hands to use one implement. [/QUOTE]

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