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* DisciplinesOfMagic: The titular WizardingSchool teaches the PureMagic-based path of the Soul and the MagicKnight path of Blood. It's possible to train in abilities from both paths at once, but the PointBuildSystem makes it easy for such a build to slip into TheRedMage.
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** The game opens with the player having fallen asleep during alchemy class.

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** The game opens with the player character having fallen asleep during alchemy class.



* CombatExclusiveHealing: While there is a slow RegeneratingHealth, the spells you use to self-heal can only be used by draining health from enemies. You can still use potions to regain health if desired.

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* CombatExclusiveHealing: While there is a You have slow RegeneratingHealth, but the spells you use to self-heal can only be used work by draining health from enemies. You (You can still use potions to regain health if desired. healing potions, though.)

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* AttackOnTheHeart: [[spoiler:Morgath's SequentialBoss fight ends with you exposing and destroying his heart to kill him forever. It's stationary, naturally, but uses a variety of energy attacks.]]



* CarryABigStick: Notable because staves are the only weapon you can use.



* GemHeart: The demon lord Morgath is mostly organic and tentacular, but his heart is a massive crystal. [[spoiler:You expose and destroy it in the final stage of his boss fight.]]



* MagicStaff: All of your weapon options are staves, and you can only use magic while you have a staff equipped. You can find staves of all materials, power levels, and specializations.



* MysticalCave: Graduation requires you to reach the depths of the Crystal Caves and complete a {{Threshold Guardian|s}}'s trial to align yourself with either Blood or Soul Magic.



* OrphansPlotTrinket: The player's medallion.
* ParentalAbandonment: The player has never had any contact with his parents.

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* OrphansPlotTrinket: The player's medallion.
player character was found as a baby with a mysterious medallion. [[spoiler:Meganteolis turns out to have an identical one, courtesy of their shared Kyranian heritage.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: The player knows nothing about his parents and has never had any contact with his parents.them, since [[spoiler:they sent him away from the imminent destruction of their people.]]



* PointOfNoReturn: The game doesn't advertise that stepping through to the Kyranian Waste is one-way.

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* PointOfNoReturn: The game doesn't advertise that stepping through the portal to the Kyranian Waste is one-way.



* SadistTeacher: Two of your teachers assign you easy tasks to earn your graduation. Della Gustera sends you alone to pacify a huge crypt full of hostile undead that the wrathful spirit of the Academy founder reanimated, then threatens to withhold his approval anyway for destroying the founder's body in the course of their BossBattle. He must really hate people who sleep in class.



* SiblingRivalry: [[spoiler:Meganteolis.]]

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* SiblingRivalry: [[spoiler:Meganteolis.[[spoiler:Meganteolis reveals himself to be the protagonist's older brother, but while the protagonist is trying to stop Morgath, Meganteolis is trying to claim Morgath's power.]]



* StarPower: The Planetarium.
* SummonMagic: A tab beside Blood and Soul, but meant as a complement rather than a standalone.

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* StarPower: The Planetarium.
Planetarium collects the power of the stars and channels it to charge {{Magitek}}. Its apparatus can be aimed at different stars to support different forms of magic.
* SummonMagic: A tab beside Blood and Soul, but meant as a complement rather than a standalone. There is a separate line of summons for each magic path, unlocked with a minimum score in that kind of magic and gaining power from that stat.



* UltimateFinalExam: The final trial to become a mage in the titular WizardingSchool is a solo Dungeon Crawl through a monster infested cave to find a PowerCrystal. Along the way, you find the remains of people who couldn't cut it.
* WeBuyAnything: Gorlin again. Good thing, since he's the only merchant in the game.

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* UltimateFinalExam: The final trial to become a mage in the titular WizardingSchool is a solo Dungeon Crawl {{Dungeon Crawl|ing}} through a monster infested cave to find a PowerCrystal. Along the way, you find the remains of people who couldn't cut it.
* WeBuyAnything: You can sell Gorlin again.more or less everything you find in your travels. Good thing, since he's the only merchant in the game.



* WizardingSchool: Avencast itself, though it's not the only one.

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* WizardingSchool: Avencast itself, though it's is a magical boarding school, community, and research institute -- not the only one. does it instruct students in the various forms of magic, it has residential space and laboratory facilities for plenty of adult mages. The existence of other schools is mentioned, but never shown.

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