Inside Legendmud: Magic

On Legend we have over 150 spells. But you use them in a way rather unlike most muds. Instead of learning each spell individually, a potential magician first learns the skill CHANT. After that, they must learn a series of magic WORDS. These words are used in various combinations to make up spells. The words that represent the words of power are taken from ancient languages like Sanskrit.

Every mage must learn the school of divination, with its verbs Know and Conceal. After that they must choose between either conjuration (Create and Destroy) and sorcery (Cause and Remove). No mage can ever possess words from both the CREATE and CAUSE schools.

Learning words is just like learning skills: you locate a mob who serves as a teacher for that skill and ask him 'teach'. Words also have there own set prerequisites: which may be a certain level, certain stats, or both. Also, like skills, words require available practices to learn.

CHANTING

Syntax: chant (spell words) ex (target if any)
 
Target may be a person, item or mob; depending on spell 
being cast.

The level at which you learn chant does NOT affect spell 
success; rather, it is the level at which you first figured
out the particular spell that can matter for some spells. 
The number of levels you have known a particular spell is 
the cast level. Words are treated as individual skills and 
must be learned separately. Cast level can be improved by 
studying spellbook items. 
 
The word EX should be considered an end quote to the spell, 
sort of like hitting ENTER after typing a line. 

WORDS

1st circle: VERBS
KNOW    :  vid     CONCEAL :  guh      
CREATE  :  kere    DESTROY :  ksi
CAUSE   :  vina    REMOVE  :  meue
 
2nd circle:
ILLNESS :  vya     WELLNESS:  drva     LIGHT  :  lak            
MOVEMENT:  gam     POWER   :  vant     TIME   :  kala     
MAN     :  dyn     PROTECTION: pur
3rd circle:
FIRE    :  agni    WATER   :  udan     EARTH  :  bhu
AIR     :  vayu    LIFE    :  jiv      DEATH  :  mrti
MATTER  :  mahi    ENERGY  :  anna     GREATER:  rudh
 
First and third circle words are as skills in that they 
require one practice to learn. However, second circle 
words will cost two practices.