Sublight Magic Schools Reference

School Definitions & Oppositions

Abjuration (White) - Protection, shielding, countermagic, armor bonuses, curse breaking Opposed to: Necromancy

Conjuration (Yellow) - Summoning creatures/objects, teleportation, creating elements Opposed to: Transmutation

Divination (Green) - Revealing knowledge, identifying items, detecting hidden things, scrying Opposed to: Enchantment

Enchantment (Cyan) - Mind control, charm effects, sleep, compulsion, persuasion Opposed to: Divination

Evocation (Red) - Damage dealing, elemental attacks, raw magical energy, some healing Opposed to: Illusion

Illusion (Blue) - Deception, invisibility, disguises, hallucinations, sensory manipulation Opposed to: Evocation

Necromancy (Black) - Life/death magic, undead, necrotic damage, resurrection Opposed to: Abjuration

Transmutation (Blue) - Changing properties, polymorph, flight, material transformation Opposed to: Conjuration

Color Oppositions - Yellow ↔ Blue (Conjuration ↔ Transmutation) - Magenta ↔ Green (None assigned ↔ Divination) - Cyan ↔ Red (Enchantment ↔ Evocation) - Black ↔ White (Necromancy ↔ Abjuration)

Example Spells by Level Low-level: Shield (Abj), Fireball (Evo), Invisibility (Ill), Animate Dead (Nec), Fly (Trans), Teleport (Conj), Detect Magic (Div), Charm Person (Enc)

High-level: Invulnerability (Abj), Meteor Swarm (Evo), Weird (Ill), True Resurrection (Nec), Time Stop (Trans), Wish (Conj), Foresight (Div), Power Word Kill (Enc)