There are five core elements in Of Mages and Magic:

• Fire
• Water
• Earth
• Thunder
• Ice

Each element has two strengths and two weaknesses as shown in the table below:

Element	Strengths	Weaknesses
Fire	Thunder, Ice	Water, Earth, Fire
Water	Fire, Earth	Fire, Earth, Water
Earth	Fire, Thunder	Water, Ice, Earth
Thunder	Ice, Water	Fire, Earth, Thunder
Ice	Water, Earth	Fire, Thunder, Ice

Note that in this instance, "weakness" simply means that a mage will only do half damage to their opponent. It does not neccessarily mean that the enemy will do double damage back. Hence every element is weak against itself, but it is not strong against itself.

Teams of students should pick their mage elements carefully to ensure that there is a good balance of strengths and weaknesses, allowing them to effectively combat enemy teams.

For each element a mage has a number of spells which they may choose to learn. A mage can know up to four spells from their chosen element. There are several different types of spells.

Attack spells will target either a single enemy or a group of enemies and deal damage to them that is relative to the power of the spell, attack stat of the caster and defense stat of the target.

Power attacks are like normal attacks except that the mage who casts them will sustain some damage from the rebound of the spell. It's costly, but can be useful if your goal is to beat your opponents in the early rounds.

Every attack spell also has a critical hit probability associated with it. If a spell gets a critical hit, then the amount of damage it does is doubled.

Stat attacks can either boost or reduce your enemy's stats. Stats can only go so high or so low and the growth is a percentage of your initial stat. So, for example, it's not always a good idea to start with an extremly low attack stat and then try to boost it to an extremely high degree.

Lastly there is healing magic. This is a specialization of the water mage. Only this class of mage is capable of restoring the health of their allies throughout the battle.

Name	Type	Power	Accuracy	Crit. Hit Prob.
Fireball	Single	40	100	10
Drop Mixtape	Single	60	100	6
Lava Storm	Single	50	100	8
Flame Wave	Group	20	100	2
Blazing Salvo	Group	15	100	4

Name	Type	Power	Accuracy	Crit. Hit Prob.	Rebound
Backdraft	Single	90	100	4	50

Name	Stat	Effect	Power
Solar Blaze	Attack	Boost	1
Unmake	Attack	Reduce	1

Name	Type	Power	Accuracy	Crit. Hit Prob.
Power Swirl	Single	40	100	10
Sting of Neptune	Single	60	100	6
Water Jet	Single	50	100	8
Riptide	Group	20	100	2
Tidal Wave	Group	15	100	4

Name	Type	Power	Accuracy	Crit. Hit Prob.	Rebound
Monsoon	Single	90	100	4	50

Name	Description
Absorb	Reduce target's health and use it to replenish your own
Healing Wave	Restore 20 Health points to target

Name	Type	Power	Accuracy	Crit. Hit Prob.
Stalactite Drop	Single	40	100	10
Bassault	Single	60	100	6
Rock Smash	Single	50	100	8
Landslide	Group	20	100	2
Earthquake	Group	15	100	4

Name	Type	Power	Accuracy	Crit. Hit Prob.	Rebound
Fracture	Single	90	100	4	50

Name	Stat	Effect	Power
Granite Armour	Defense	Boost	1
Quicksand	Speed	Reduce	1

Name	Type	Power	Accuracy	Crit. Hit Prob.
Jolt	Single	40	100	10
Lightning Blade	Single	60	100	6
Lava Storm	Single	50	100	8
Flame Wave	Group	20	100	2
Blazing Salvo	Group	15	100	4

Name	Type	Power	Accuracy	Crit. Hit Prob.	Rebound
Voltage Slam	Single	90	100	4	50

Name	Stat	Effect	Power
Charge	Speed	Boost	1
Shattering Bolt	Defense	Reduce	1

Name	Type	Power	Accuracy	Crit. Hit Prob.
Chill Strike	Single	40	100	10
Frostbite	Single	60	100	6
Ice Breaker	Single	50	100	8
Glacier	Group	20	100	2
Blizzard	Group	15	100	4

Name	Type	Power	Accuracy	Crit. Hit Prob.	Rebound
Frost Storm	Single	90	100	4	50

Name	Stat	Effect	Power
Ice Wall	Attack	Boost	1
Ice Cage	Attack	Reduce	1

Spell and element definitions are contained in the data/magic/magic.xml file. By editing this file you can change the element strength/weakness configurations, manipulate the power, accuracy and effects of spells or even create your own spells and elements for the game (although this would require you to also provide your own animations. Otherwise the game won't know what to draw on screen).