Magic | Game mechanics Legend of Grimrock II Guide

Not much of a spell casting possibility.

The creators of the game prepared for you a, rather interesting, magic system. Honestly though, comparing it to the other games magic systems, this is rather poorly developed one. It has only nine basic spells and only couple of combinations, which you can learn. How does it look in practice? On the very beginning a hero won't be able to use any spell. You can click on the runes, with a right mouse button on the blue palm icon, but it won't result with casting a spell. To learn a spell you will have to find, while exploring the world, a special scroll. Having it in your equipment and then, repeating written there sequence will enable you an abiding ability of spell casting (go to the runes window, press a spell with your left mouse button and then click on the question mark). After that, you can get rid of the scroll, it won't be of any use anymore and it will only take your inventory space. Of course, having a particular scroll may not be enough if you don't have a particular, practical skill. Depending on which element connects with a spell, this is the one you will have to upgrade (at least to the first level) in order to use it. For example, a fireball needs a point added to the Fire Magic. Things complicate a bit while talking about complex spell combinations, to which you will have to use specials scrolls, as you'll as the special magic abilities (from one to two at once, sometimes also the concentration ability will be necessary). A bit of an effort will pay off though; a powerful lightning, meteors or ice spikes will be the spells which you will surely be in fond of. In order to cast them, simply click the left mouse button on the particular runes whilst keeping their connection line and then, activate the sequence. Fortunately, the game creators thought about the white mages, who don't need to depend on a staff in the early game, before finding any scroll. They have actually enabled them a basic spell. So if you had, for example, invested in the air magic from the start, you will be able to use its rune, which in this case stands for using a lightning shock (the right column, the first row). In the end it is worth mentioning, that some of the enemies - nature elementals, to be more precise - can heal themselves using our spells. For example, a fire elemental will be tougher after casting a fireball on him.