Spells are exclusive to this mod, meaning actors who are not wizard cannot conjure spells.

To use spells, you will need:
1. A wizard actor; equipped with
2. A spellbook
and
3. Spell scrolls
4. Hold fire button to charge, release to cast.
5. To cycle through spells, open the pie menu and press fire button (preferably on the reload sector).


For a video tutorial, watch:

1. Wield a trap.
2. Switch to the spell you wish to combine with trap.
3. Hold and release fire button.
4. Now the trap is a throw-able proximity mine.

Zero Mana Cost
Allows you to use spells without concern for mana at all.

Fast Spell Recharge
Removes spell charge time entirely, for even more recklessness with ancient powers.

Actors in The Academy can hold 4 - 10 spells, depending on their class. Each actor also has an affinity for a particular element, and has a chance to gain bonuses such as double cast and improved mana efficiency when using.
Wizard - Arcane
Wanderer - Air
Warden - Earth
Warlock - Fire
Thaumaturge - Water
Necromancer - Necromancy

Some actors have unique passive effects. For instance, the Warden self heals when using Earth spells, and the Wanderer releases pixies when on low hp. The Necromancer has a unique death effect where a skeleton is summoned on death.

Spellbooks are essential for spell casting. Each spellbook has its own unique properties, e.g. The Necronomicon spawns several skeletons when the user is killed.

The spell sword can be used in place of a spellbook. It deals melee damage while casting, and can be used in conjunction with an off-hand item.

Alkahest
Can be used to produce a throw-able grenade with the spell of your choice.
Refer to trap making instructions if needed, except using an alkahest in place of a trap.

Empty Spell Trap
Can be used to produce a proximity mine with the spell of your choice.
Refer to trap making instructions if needed.

Anubis Idol
Similar to a spell trap, but instead of producing a mine, you will produce a zombie infused with the spell of your choice, which can in turn self destruct to unleash the spell.

Sacrificial Dagger
Hold fire button to use. This knife reduces your health, but replenishes some of yorur mana in return. It is known to cause death, and no, it is not covered by any existing insurance.

Memento
Alchemy artifact that could theoretically produce living beings. Not out of thin air though, there is a price to pay.

Firestone
It breaks into tiny burning fragments when thrown.

Magicstone
A small stone that transforms into a huge boulder when thrown, crushing your enemies, while completely disregarding the conservation of momentum. But then again, it is magic.

1.1.2

Thaumaturge is now in the Sniper Group, hopefully this give it sniper AI.
Frost stars now gib correctly.
Frost stars now spins in different directions depending to whether target is to its right or left.
! Added some spell traps for bunker construction (AAA bunker tab).
Fix rollerbomb ini mistake.
Added a spell switching chance (edit MAGen.lua), for CPU casters to switch spell after casting, the chance incrase proportional to casting time.
Reincaration now reduce your team death count.
Skeleton from raise dead now mimic the caster's AImode.
Casters now switch to a random spell after learning from spellbooks
! The mod now has partial support for void wanderer that should be fully playable (abit with a new system, randomized spells, and less tooltips)
Added a new book-learning option (edit MAGen.lua), this fix a sidesteps a issue this mod has with void wanderer. (Also an option even if you don't play void wanderer)
A new faction lua file for void wanderer, with difference pricing and no scrolls, fixing the 6 scroll wizard bug.
Added no tooltip/spell-naming option (edit MAGen.lua), this fix a bug of this mod that occurs in void wanderer.
Fixed a numbering error for blizzard.
CPU with casters that have scolls but no spellbook now get a spellboom for free so they can cast.
Fixed another loadout spellbook reference.
Lengthened Barrier, Leviate (15s->30s)
! Added lightning and poison skeleton, poison skeleton has 10sec poison.

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1.1.1

Fixed Elemental Grimorie spelling mistakes.
Fixed bunker placement stage headless wanderer bug.
Fixed loadout spellbook reference.

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1.1.0

! Switching to uncontrollable actors now kills them allowing them to remain uncontrollable and giving you a way to clear excess summons.
! Changed the uncontrollable "actors" from particles to actors, allowing them to be harmed by burn and be treated as actors by scripts.
Revamped how ice shards works, now with less terrain damage.
! Newly cast "Buff" spells such as barrier, leviate, pixie swam, frost star and guardian stones now overides older "Buffs" instead of being overitten by the old "Buffs".
Increased Thaumaturge mana regen (10->13).
Changed trail color and length of death ray MOpixel.
! Reduced various spells' casting time, especially rolling boulder and other earth spells.
Increased warden's spell "haste" (x1.6->x1.4).
Leviate's main scripting is moved to the object from the actor, non-mages can now leviate(if you managed to get the effect on them), leviated enemy has different effects.
! Added Frost Star spell.
File size reduction by removing excess lightning sprites.
Added glow to searing pillar.
! Added roller spellbombs.
! Changed the skeleton actors made by death effect bolts and raise dead, raise dead now summon skeleton mages.
Fixed spellmine rot angle.
Crafted items now have goldvalue.
Spelltrap mass increased, also get hits now.
Summoned actors' death no longer count toward team death total.
Buffed flyswarm and pixieswarm swarm numbers. (15->25) (35->45).
! Guardian stones now shoots toward enemies instead of dropping to the ground.
Blood particle now spawn correctly at the flies for the Infest spell.