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Originally Posted by Endoperez

Both boost paths. That's their main use, and the only other power I remember is slight bonus to penetrating enemy's magic resistance. The magic boost is what makes them very, very good.
Elemental paths: fire, water, air, earth
Sorcery paths: astral, nature, death, blood

RoS boosts sorcery paths, RoW boosts all paths (both elemental and sorcery).

+1 penetration, is not a slight bonus, but rather huge. Penetration, and penetration items make some strategies possible which otherwise would not be.. like mass enslaves or mindhunts.