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Mage

The Mage strives to be a master of magical energies, shaping them and casting them as spells. To do so, they study strange tongues and obscure facts and devote much of their time to magical research. A Mage must rely on knowledge and wit to survive — they are rarely seen adventuring without a retinue of fighters and men-at-arms.

Because there are different types (or schools) of magic, there are also different types of Mages: the generalist Mage studies all types of magic and learns a wide variety of spells; specialist Mages trade an opposed school for an extra spell per level.

Class features

  • May not wear any armor.
  • May only use the following weapons: dagger, quarterstaff, dart, sling.
  • May only become Proficient (one slot) in any weapon class.
  • May not place any slots in any fighting style.
  • May cast arcane spells scribed from a spellbook.
  • Hit Die: d4.
  • Prime Requisites for Dual-Classing: Intelligence.

Specialist Mages and Wild Mage

Specialist Mages may memorize an additional spell of each level per day once they can cast that level. They are prohibited from learning spells in their opposed school and cannot multi-class — except gnomish characters, who may only multi-class as Illusionists. Human specialists may dual-class.

  • Abjurer — protective magic; opposed school: Alteration
  • Conjurer — summoning; opposed school: Divination
  • Diviner — detection; opposed school: Conjuration/Summoning
  • Enchanter — mind magic; opposed school: Invocation/Evocation
  • Illusionist — illusion; opposed school: Necromancy; the only specialist a gnome may multi-class into
  • Invoker — raw and elemental energy; opposed: Enchantment/Charm and Conjuration/Summoning
  • Necromancer — death magic; opposed school: Illusion
  • Transmuter — physical alteration; opposed school: Abjuration

Plus the school-independent kit:

  • Wild Mage — wild surges, fluctuating casting level, unique wild-magic spells

Multi-class options (non-humans)

  • Fighter/Mage
  • Mage/Cleric
  • Mage/Thief
  • Fighter/Mage/Cleric
  • Fighter/Mage/Thief
  • Gnome-only: Fighter/Illusionist

Spell list

See every spell castable by this class: Mage spell list.

Source: bg2ee/original_manuals/baldurs_gate_2_ee_mastering_melee_and_magic.pdf — "Mage", "Specialist Mages".