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I will make one addendum to the discussion of Man's limited magic skill.

It occurs to me that you can in fact boost magisters with earth and judges with fire in an interesting way. Supplying either with a corresponding gem allows them to cast one spell at a skill level higher. If you use that gem to cast Summon Earth Power or Phoenix Power, then you can boost their magic skill for the duration of the battle. This can really open up some of your battlefield spell options for very little fatigue.

If you follow up the empowering spells with a another use of a gem, you can cast spells requiring earth 3 or fire 3. A judge with two fire gems can cast falling fires once and follow up with some fireballs. A magister with earth and air and three earth gems can cast Summon Earth Power followed by Rain of Stones. Sneaky.