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A History of Magic: Abjuration Subschools and Selected Spells (D&D)

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Previously: The History of Abjuration

Abjuration Subschools: Banishment, Binding, Negation, Shielding, Warding.

Banishment: Spells that cast out entities, physically or metaphysically, causing the magic in the space where they exist, or even within them, to reject them.

Binding: Essentially the inversion of banishment spells, these spells imprison or contain. They may cause the subject to be physically locked into a space (ie; Imprisonment) or to have their powers turned back upon them.

Negation: The second subschool to arise, and the source from which much of the banishment subschool would, in turn, evolve. Spells from this part of the tradition are focused on the manipulation of magic with relationship to energy, rather than physical or spiritual forms. This subschool includes spells that counter, undo, or cause to fail such as Antimagic Shell or Counterspell.

Shielding: The first results of outer path work on defensive magic, and the namesake of the early shield mages. This subschool represents the creation of the variety of barriers used to protect themselves both in research and adventuring. These effects are produced by weaving ambient magic into various forms.

Warding: A derivative of shielding, these effects are turned inward to be released when triggered.

A History of Magic: The History of Abjuration (D&D)

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Previously: Evocation Subschools and Selected Spells

               The earliest outer path practitioners largely eschewed concerns regarding control and finesse in their craft. Consequently, a winnowing began to occur as the most powerful of their number began to experiment with what we would recognize as the earliest attempts at third level evocation spells. This encouraged a new level of care among their number. Coinciding with a renaissance in the inner path due to the breakthrough discoveries of the energy planes, a new group of outer-path researchers began working with inner path formulations for manipulation and control of magical power.