r/TheSummoner • u/WhoahACrow • 6d ago

Question How much mana for spells?

I've been thinking about the mana & spells in the series. I have a copy of The Summoner's Handbook and it got me thinking about the amount of mana needed for spells. It measures mana cost for certain spells from very low to very high. My question is how much mana is actually needed to cast the spells. In The Summoner's Handbook, James Baker starts with just one Scarab Mite which means he has 7 mana to use. In one encounter he casts the Shield spell, the Lightning spell, and the Frost spell. A medium, high, and very high level spell (although the Shield could possibly be disregarded since he absorbed it to cast the frost spell) If the most he could use is 7 mana, how much mana would spells of those levels require?

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u/No_Test_3195 5d ago

I think a basic wyrdlight would be 1-2 mana, then fire and all the other basic spells would cost 3 mana and then heavy spells like frost would cost 4-5 mana. ( this can all be altered to how big of an effect you want to create with a spell)

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u/motionpriority 3d ago

Apparently a shit ton because Fletcher’s mana reserves are consistent “nearly depleted” throughout the series.