The effectiveness of a spell is based on the "Spell Level" at which it's cast. A character will cast a spell at their Spell Level in the guild that taught them the spell (equal to half their level in that guild). If a character is a member of several guilds that offer the same spell, then the best guild will be always be used: A level 50 Magi who is also a level 20 Warlock will cast a shared spell (i.e. 'Life Shatter') using their Magi spell level (since it is higher than their Warlock spell level). However, if the Warlock's guild can cast the spell for less points than the Magi's guild, the lowest points will be used! 

When using the special abilities of an item to cast a spell, the highest spell level from all of the guilds the character is a member of is used, unless the item casts a spell at a specific level (which can be found out by getting complete information on an item). 

NOTE: You can teach your guild new and more powerful spells by finding certain items (Treatises) in the dungeon and turning them in to the guild! 

Example of Casting a Spell 
You can cast a spell while in the dungeon by pressing ‘c’ and typing in the full name (or the first few letters) of the spell you wish to cast. You may also ‘load’ a spell in one of the 10 spell buffers, allowing you to cast a spell by pressing shift + a number key (see ‘Buffer Window’ in The Game Screen section for more information) or by double-clicking the buffer itself. 

To cast a spell on another character, such as ‘heal’ or ‘resist poison’, the character must be in the current area. For more information, please refer to the Parties section in this On Line Information System. 

Some monsters have partial or total immunity to certain spells, while some have complete immunity to all spells. For example, fire spells won't work on most dragons. The higher the level of the character, the better the chance of affecting a monster with partial immunity to magic (total immunity can never be negated). 

Spell Power & Damage 
Spells that inflict damage or heal hits have two numbers associated with them - a power & damage (or heal) rating (e.g. '15/2'). This rating includes a Base number and a Level Modifier number for the spell. The Base number represents the base (average starting) amount of healing/damage points the spell will do. Level Modifier is the rate at which <base> raises based on the caster's spell level. So, a damage spell of 15/2 means that it starts with an average of 15 hits damage and raises at a rate of 2, which is not much at all. This means that a caster with a spell level of 25 probably wouldn't do much more than 20 points of damage with this spell. However, if we had a spell of 15/15, a spell level of 25 would probably do damage in the 100’s because the Level Modifier value is like a 'focus' value for the caster's spell level (i.e. the higher the focus number, the higher the additional Base Damage from the caster's spell level). 

There really isn't an equation to tell exactly how many points of damage a certain spell (say 30/15) will do when cast at a given spell level since there can be too many other variables involved (i.e. target's resistance, size, etc.). The player generally must learn by experience and get a 'feel' for the Base/Level Modifier system works. 

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Base Level, Required Stats and Description 
Each spell has Base Level at which the spell is generally learned. When only one guild has access to a spell, the Base Level is the spell level at which the spell is learned. However, many spells can be cast by more than one guild, but each guild can get access to the spell at different spell levels - if this is the case, the level at which the spell is learned by a particular guild is listed after the guild name. For example: 

Base Level: 3 Guilds: Explorer (9), Sorcerer (3), Warlock (9), Cleric (6) 

This information would mean the the Explorer's and Warlock's guilds learn the spell at Spell Level 9, the Cleric's guild learns it at 6 and the Sorcerer's guild learns it at the Base Level of 3. In general, Guilds that specialize in spells (i.e. Clerics and Heal spells) will learn a spell before any other guild that has access to the spell. 

Required Stats 
If a spell has Required Stats, the caster must have the given stats to cast the spell. As with items, Required Stats for spells are based on your overall stats (natural and modified). 

Spell Information & Description 
Each spell has an one or more lines of information after the Required Stats information that state the effect of the spell, including if it affects the entire party, or how many groups of monsters and how many monsters in each group, and the range. Most spells are either combat or non-combat spells. Combat spells can only be cast in combat while non-combat spells can only be cast when there are no monsters, or there are peaced monsters in the area. Below is an example of the Firebolt Fire Spell information: 

Special: Damages or Kills Target(s)
Spell affects 2 groups, 4 mons max per group (range of 1). 

This means that if the spell was cast on group #1 of 12 monsters, it could potentially kill up to 4 monsters from that group before moving on to group #2 (which is the next monster group if it exists). 

If you click on the Info button when viewing the spell information, you will see a brief description for the spell so the caster has a better idea of exactly what it does and where the spell came from. 

Spell Classes 
Spells are broken down into "spell classes” that specify the nature of the spell. Below is a list of the spell classes, a brief description of the class origins, and the spells available within each class. 

Keep in mind that you will have to experiment with the spells to figure out exactly what they do. Some spells will not be very effective when you are first able to cast them, but will improve as your character becomes more powerful (gains levels). 

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