Magical Traditions

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Every magician has a Magical Tradition from which their specialization descends. Your Tradition is your philosophy & history that shapes the way you see the world & the sort of spirits you can interact with; it also shapes the spirits you are most likely to encounter.

Each Magical Tradition defines the following:

• A single Tradition Feature, a special Class Feature that’s always obtained the first time you gain a rank in the Magician Class, that comes with both benefits & drawbacks reflecting the way that tradition of Magicians see & interact with the world.
• A list of 12 backgrounds unique to that Tradition.
• A list of 12 spells, the most frequent spirits encountered & captured by that Tradition’s practitioners.

Magicians are not limited to capturing (& casting) spells from their Tradition. Per the rules on spellcasting, any magician can cast spells from any Tradition or even those that have no native Tradition, provided that they have a Fact or Feature that relates to that spell. That said, the spells in a Tradition’s list are the ones they’re most likely to attract as they grow in power.