Essence Magic Users draw on the power of magic through formulae and ritual.
Their realm stat is Intelligence. They cannot wear armor at all without it interfering with their spells, and they cannot cast spells if they carry a heavy load.
Pure Spell Users choose 3 base lists and 5 open or closed Essence spell lists at Level 1. They have access to Levels 1-10 in each of these spell lists. They also gain 3 cantrips from the 5E rules at Level 1 and one additional cantrip every 4 levels thereafter.
Semi Spell Users choose 2 base lists and 2 open or closed Essence spell lists at Level 1. They have access to Levels 1-5 in each of these spell lists. They also gain 1 cantrips from the 5E rules at Level 1 and one additional cantrip every 5 levels thereafter.
In addition to gaining spell lists through level advancement, Essence users can learn spell lists through adventuring.
After character creation, Essence users have to learn spell list fragments, each of which contains 5 levels of spells. (Levels 1-5, 6-10, etc.) They must learn lower spell levels before they can learn higher levels in a list. (You have to know Levels 1-5 before you can learn 6-10.) They can cast any spell they know, but it's harder to cast higher level spells.
They consist of:
- Pure Essence Users
- Semi Essence Users